Curtis and Lisa sport stylish aprons and get started on the menu. Curtis dishes out a grilled opakapaka fish over grilled fennel and onions, sharp English cheddar with a port jelly reduction, and "the best upside-down apple tart in the world".

Shauna and her husband Barry are vegetarian. Curtis serves up a mung bean salad with fried tofu and spicy rice noodles with various kinds of eggplant and mushrooms, for dessert - sliced mango with a chili pepper and honey sauce.

Tonight is Laurie and her husband's "date night", so Curtis plans a romantic dinner. Roasted squash soup w/pine nuts and prosciutto-wrapped veal on a bed of peppers and for dessert orange chocolate tart topped with mint whipped cream.

Edwina and her family enjoy poking fun of Curtis almost as much as they enjoy the meal: crispy salmon on a bed of chard topped with beats and, for desert, apple compote and marinated dates between layers of Greek yogurt.

Nicole and Matthew sit poolside as Curtis serves up marinated shrimp barbequed on sugar cane skewers and barbequed rainbow trout on a bed of green papaya salad; all of which is enhanced by the white rum and tequila mojitos.

Curtis surprises Paige, a mother of five, and offers to make dinner for her family. Curtis serves a healthy plate of pasta with gourmet turkey meatballs. For dessert, homemade waffles and ice cream topped with caramelized apples and raisins.

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.