Richard, once again, you've hit on the head exactly what I was thinking.

I had a discussion with my sister a couple of days ago about the crazy ingredients on the FN. Some of those things are impossible to find. If they are available, they cost a fortune.
Your pan roasted finger potatoes is a perfect example.

Cooks vs. City was pretty ridiculous. It was the two guys against two girls. One of the girls is on the network and the other one is Kelsey, one of the NFNS contestants from the past. They had to work as teams against each other and race to a finish line after completing assigned tasks.

Aaron was pretty humbled down in this show. I don't like his arrogance either but there was something different about him in this setting.

Did anybody watch the premier of Dinner Impossible? The one with the roller derby people. It was all dishes with no utensils allowed. They made the food to kinda serve as utensils itself.
The amount of food he wasted on camera, during that show, could have fed a family of 4 for a month. It was hard to watch.