Michelle's husband, Carlos, is shocked to come home to a full house. While Michelle and Carlos relax, Curtis prepares a hearty Hungarian soup with pork dumplings, for dessert, apple-filled spring roll pastries.

After Michael, Natasha's husband, comes home from a long day at work, Curtis serves up a fresh halibut tatar (raw halibut) followed by a second dish of cooked halibut on a bed of greens. For dessert: roasted pineapple in rum sauce.

Curtis helps Heather serve a surprise meal for her boyfriend Scott. Asparagus in a raspberry and shallot vinaigrette, roasted yams, and grilled pork chops. And coffee-flavored crème brulee to end the night.

A birthday celebration for Michelle's mother and family. Curtis serves roasted potatoes stuffed with sour cream and chives along with spaghetti and crab meat in a white wine sauce. For desert, homemade apple sorbet topped with a spun sugar garnish.

Andrea and Mario sit down to an appetizer of chicken and sweet corn soup. Next, Curtis brings out a special entrée: crispy skin Hoisin duck and for dessert, mango and sake jelly.

Curtis creates the perfect birthday dinner. \ Juicy roast beef with a mustard rub along with one of his hometown favorites: Yorkshire pudding. To complete the celebration, a chocolate cake topped with a creamy layer of white chocolate mousse.

Curtis and Kaye decide to make a feast for Kaye's Greek boyfriend, George. Traditional Greek salad and moussaka--a Greek casserole with alternating layers of meat sauce and eggplant topped with cheese. For dessert, Curtis' unique take on baklava.

Deanna's husband and kids are surprised and excited. The meal begins when Curtis serves grilled corn with butter and cheese spread and fava beans alongside the lamb barbequed in rosemary, garlic and honey. For dessert: a plum crumble.

Curtis serves an appetizer of raw and fried oysters, for the main dish- steamed mussels and red snapper in coconut sauce and fried bananas and almond brittle for dessert.

Curtis offers pregnant Carolyn help with the cooking and serves Dungeness crab salad, Dover sole fillets with a blood orange crust on a bed of spinach, and a rich baked chocolate pudding.

Mike is pleased with Heather's anniversary surprise and the two have a romantic candlelit dinner outside. Curtis serves a vinaigrette and Parmesan salad along with creamy lobster risotto. For dessert, a cheese plate with a pear port reduction.

Curtis gets challenged when he picks up former pastry chef Marah. The main course is steamed Alaskan black cod and stir-fry. For dessert, chocolate box filled with chocolate cream and fresh raspberries.

After Nancy's husband Kent arrives, the two sit down to a starter of homemade tortilla chips with guacamole dip and a shrimp and tomatillo dip. After the porterhouse steaks, Curtis brings out the pavlova (meringue filled with whipped cream & fruit).

Curtis and Shira surprise Natasha and then serve up Sangria and a variety of tapas plates including chorizo, cheese-stuffed chilies, marinated shrimp, stuffed artichokes, and lamb cutlets.

Curtis convinces Jill to let him cook for her husband Bob. Starting with a salad of roasted turnips on a bed of turnip leaves topped with chunks of feta cheese. Curtis serves a hearty French dish, coq au vin. For dessert, pear fritters & pear sorbet.

Curtis serves grilled swordfish on a bed of fennel and capers and for dessert, rich chocolate mousse layered with crème brulee and topped with berries.