The BEST episodes of The Food That Built America season 3
Every episode of The Food That Built America season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Food That Built America season 3!
For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This series event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.
#1 - Submarine Warfare
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2022
High School friends see an alternative to fast food with the "submarine" sandwich. But they are quickly met with the fierce competition of a new submarine joint, started by a physicist, that is trying to perfect the art of the franchise, and will go on to be the biggest restaurant chain in the world.
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#2 - Do or Donut
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2022
When a commercial caterer realises his two best selling items are doughnuts and coffee, he joins forces with his brother-in-law to create a revolutionary doughnut chain. Soon a rivalry starts with a beloved Southern-based doughnut shop.
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#3 - The Best Thing Since…
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2022
In a quest to dominate the growing commercial bread industry, Lee Marshall bets on a new kind of white loaf, unwittingly inspiring a homemaker named Margaret Rudkin to come up with a healthier alternative.
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#4 - Pasta Party
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2022
Hector and Mario Boiardi open an Italian restaurant in Cleveland in 1924 and soon introduce Italian food to Americans; the brothers eventually find themselves in competition with James Kraft and his newest offering, macaroni and cheese.
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#5 - A Cold One
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2022
In the late 1800s, German immigrants Joseph Schlitz and Captain Frederick Pabst find themselves in a battle for beer dominance. In their fight for one upmanship they will help create the most popular alcoholic beverage on the planet.
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#6 - The Beef is On
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2022
When Col. Sanders sells his company to investors in 1964, the new owners identify a rising star within the organization: Dave Thomas.
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#7 - Pop Stars
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2022
Small town farmer Orville Redenbacher has a lifelong dream of creating the perfect popcorn kernel, leading to the first significant development of popcorn in thousands of years which he sells nationwide, eventually pitting him against industry rivals for supremacy of America’s oldest snack.
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#8 - Cookie Fortunes
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2022
Hollywood agent Wally Amos transforms his professional life when he decides to make and sell his own gourmet chocolate chip cookies, and opens America's first cookie store; housewife Debbi Fields opens her homestyle cookie shop in a mall.
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#9 - Let Them Eat Snack Cakes
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2022
Martha Entenmann takes the reins of her late husband's baking company and grows it into a national powerhouse; a married couple bankrupt one bakery, but succeed their second time around with a revolutionary way to sell snack cakes.
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#10 - Beyond the Burger
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2022
Restaurateur Glen Bell works to create a burger alternative for the fast-food market and after several setbacks goes on to help introduce the taco to America; two brothers look to beat the burger by betting that a roast beef sandwich can compete.
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#11 - Chain Reaction
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2022
Former wrestler Rocky Aoki and a perfume salesman become the unlikely fathers of a casual dining revolution when they open different establishments in the heart of New York City: one of America's first Japanese restaurants and a swinging singles bar.
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#12 - A Dish Best Served... Soft
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2022
When his ice cream truck breaks down, Tom Carvel discovers that half-melted ice cream is a surefire hit with customers. But while he works to mass produce this new treat, the McCulloughs hit upon the same idea.
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