Big Food Bucket List

Peanut butter and scrambled egg from Kelowna, BC; and handmade pretzels with spicy scallion and cheesy mozzarella from Edmonton, AB.

John heads off the beaten path for the best tasting Black Forest doughnuts in Beaumont, Alberta; John gets the low-down on some award-winning pizzas coveted for their addictive white sauce in Toronto.

In Kelowna, BC, John gets a lesson in deliciously different flavour combos like nori-wrapped halibut, all made from local Okanagan ingredients. Then it's on to the best in the west for mouth-watering fried chicken!

John samples the best of American-Asian fusion cuisine such as kung pao chicken on waffles. From Saskatoon, SK, he travels to Seattle, WA to check out some of the most popular French restaurants in the Pacific Northwest. He heads back to Canada to taste the most talked about poutine topped with fresh Atlantic lobster in Charlottetown, PEI.

John travels back in time to check the ultimate retro Las Vegas, NV steakhouse experience off his bucket list and dig into the biggest chocolate chip cookie you'll ever see. 

John checks the palace of pancakes off his bucket list in Edgewater, NJ and gets cosy with a mouthwatering savoury fried chicken and cheddar stack.

John heads to Phoenix, AZ's best BBQ spot for some eye-popping, king-sized beef ribs that make him fall in love and for dessert, a uniquely amazing pecan pie made inside the BBQ smoker!

John jets to sunny Miami for a bucket-list-worthy Puerto Rican feast.

John dives headfirst into the Italian combination of his dreams in Pittsburgh, PA: fluffy homemade gnocchi swimming inside a saucy Sorrentina-style bread bowl!

In San Diego, John gets stoked over a post-surf snack spot's stacked bacon cheeseburgers; John meets the chef responsible for the 100-mile menu in Vancouver; John meets the enchilada queen in Houston, Texas, and checks Tex-Mex off his bucket list.

John tries some Viet-Cajun cuisine.

John tucks into the juiciest, most authentically southern fried chicken north of the border in Whitby, Ont., and learns all about meat and three' - the classic southern-style plate with mouth-watering side dishes.

John taste-tests a hot pink beet hollandaise sauce and checks the deliciously decadent brunch of his dreams off his bucket list in Calgary, Alta. Then John travels down south to learn how to make perfect smoked meat.

John heads to the birthplace of North American izakaya in Vancouver, B.C. to experience an authentic Japanese pub feast before travelling to the heart of barbeque country to chow down on the best ribs.

John devours a mind-blowing fried bologna sandwich and collard green melt at a New Orleans, La. joint that's turning sandwiches into an art form. Then he's off to Vancouver B.C. to check out their ultra-fresh, seafood.

John checks off a New England hot lobster roll from his list; John devours a feast of pork belly and chicken adobo; John tries the steak and potatoes of the future and an exotic sea urchin panna cotta.

Up first, John digs into some crazy delicious, super-stacked burgers and gargantuan milkshakes in Hamilton, Ont. Next, he heads down south for a taste of the ultimate Southern comfort food: shrimp and grits in Louisville.

John heads to Kentucky to try authentic fried chicken; John digs into a surf-and-turf burger in Boston; John visits a Brazilian restaurant in Toronto.

John dives into a deep-dish pizza in Chicago; John feasts on a burger and jerk lobster in Toronto; John checks some gourmet Jewish cuisine off his list in Philadelphia.