The Lost Kitchen

It's winter in Maine, and The Lost Kitchen is closed down for the season. With time available for family and friends, Erin gathers loved ones for a more personal and relaxing feast -- a fish fry out at Freedom Pond, complete with ice fishing!

Winter is ending, and Erin is planning for a new season that will bring big changes to The Lost Kitchen. The restaurant is growing, but Erin is also losing one of her oldest staff members. Erin takes one last chance to host a dinner for close friends.

Erin prepares to open The Lost Kitchen for the first dinner of the ninth season, joined by more new team members than ever before. After getting everyone ready and up to speed, they serve up a beautiful meal celebrating spring and new beginnings.

With the first week of service behind them, Erin and her new team have grown more confident. Erin decides to push them with a new menu that reflects the promise and unpredictability of spring.

The Lost Kitchen is expanding to take over the entire mill space, which gives Erin the opportunity to start dreaming bigger for the restaurant. With the availability list low this week Erin gets creative, creating a menu that is simple and delicious.

In the height of summer, one of Erin's biggest dreams becomes reality: she opens a storefront. In the kitchen, Isa is out for the week so Ashley joins in the kitchen staff. Erin plans a menu with fresh peaches, gazpacho, cod and a semifreddo dessert.

Erin is in Canada because of a family emergency, so the team has to prepare for service without her as she creates a comforting menu from afar.

The Lost Kitchen is closed for the week as Erin and Michael take time to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary at the beach.

As the fall begins to beckon, Erin says goodbye to summer with nostalgic dishes from her childhood and new recipes that get her and the The Lost Kitchen team excited for the new season.

Erin crafts a menu this week that says goodbye to summer and hello to fall.

As days become colder and darker, Erin wants to give her guests warmth and comfort to savor for this week’s meal. Inspired by childhood memories, she creates a menu packed with fall flavors and features apples from her next door neighbor’s tree.

Erin prepares a rich and decadent menu full of favorites like mussels cooked in a hot skillet, duck two ways and ginger creme brulee.