Rachael Ray: Rachael's Daytime Talkshow

The Return of Marvin

Aired on: November 24, 2008

Part one of today's challenge was all about Thanksgiving preparation, and as Rachael explains, part two will test the contestants' skills with Thanksgiving leftovers. Donna and Madison will have 25 minutes to create a meal using turkey, a pantry of staple ingredients, and a trio of Thanksgiving leftovers. As the winner of part one, Madison gets to choose her three main ingredients and assign a trio to Donna. But, there's a twist! Each group of ingredients comes with a surprise assistant -- a former Hey, Can You Cook?! contestant:

Group 1: Carrots, green beans, gravy -- Marvin
Group 2: Sweet potato casserole, stuffing and cranberry sauce -- Milt
Group 3: Mashed potatoes, peas, roast squash -- Lindsey

Madison chooses Lindsey and group 3, and makes Donna use group 1 ... and Marvin! His controversial antics had the message boards boiling over, but will he behave himself enough to help Donna become the champion?

Ultimately, the deciding factor will come down to the discriminating palate of a very special surprise judge -- chef Jamie Oliver! The Naked Chef shares why the Thanksgiving leftovers cookoff is especially fitting. "Forty percent of the Thanksgiving Day dinner ends up in the bin," he says, "so this is a really relevant test. It's about not thinking of the budget of one day, but the meals you can get out of a week. Don't compromise your big day, but don't throw the carcass away -- you've got all that lovely meat that you can do so many things with it. It doesn't have to be frumpy -- you can make it exciting."

Click here to learn more about the contestants, to watch their submission videos and to get their recipes from the challenges!