Glutton For Punishment

Bob's challenge is to break the Guinness World Record for the most pancakes made in an hour.

Bob has one week to train with the chef and owner of a unique one-man, 16-seat restaurant in Paris.

Bob's challenge is to win the Lobster Banding Contest, a race to stretch elastic bands around the pinching claws live lobsters.

Bob enters an acrobatic show of dough tossing bravado when he competes against several international Pizzaiolos for the World Best Pizza-Tosser title.

Bob hikes into a remote swath of burnt forest in northern British Columbia in search of morels.

Bob learns that deep frying is no easy feat - finding the right batter takes hours of trial and error.

Bob is about to meet his match in the form of sea urchins, little red invertebrates that are covered in sharp spikes!

Bob trains to be an official judge at the famed Austin Hot Sauce Festival.

Bob competes against veteran grannies in the Orchard's Annual Apple Pie Baking contest in Vermont.

Bob's challenge is to survive on the line on a busy Friday night in Chicago's busiest Italian restaurant.

Bob enters a grape crushing contest.

Bob competes in the Kona Coffee Festival Coffee Picking Contest.

A consummate individualist, Bob has always chafed under anyone else's authority. But this week it's 'yes sir, no sir' as Bob enlists in the Navy.