Plot Synopsis

Chef Chuck Hughes is on a top-secret mission to cook for hungry crowds across the country. In each half-hour episode, he takes on a new challenge by gathering local ingredients and preparing a feast while facing a ticking clock, limited resources, and famished guests. On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 9pm ET/6pm PT, Cooking Channel premiered CHEF VS. CHALLENGE, but the cable channel had no other episodes on its schedule at that time. In the debut installment, "Fast Track Feast," Chuck boards an iconic train in the Pacific Northwestern forest -- in Oregon, near the picturesque Columbia River Gorge -- where he is challenged to prepare a four-course feast with oysters, lamb, and rhubarb for 125 discerning dinner guests on a moving train in under six hours.