Saturday

Necessity is the brother of all invention and there’s nothing that brothers Andrew and Kevin need more than a workshop at their lakeside cottage property. But with a mandate from their parents to keep the projects small and out of sight, the bros realize they might have bitten off more than they can chew after a two-and-a-half ton shipping container they intended to re-purpose for this project gets stuck in the driveway.

For brothers Andrew and Kevin, summers by the lake at their cottage property lack for only one thing: a beach. It’s a situation that they plan to rectify immediately in their quest to host the Ultimate Beach Party. A truckload of sand later and they quickly realize why it takes Mother Nature millennia to craft a beautiful beach. With a tiki bar, open fire spit, tropical cocktails and DIY hula hoops still to build – this is a beach party, Brojects style.

Discover how the most delectable cold smoked salmon, culture-rich yogurt, perfect pouches of ravioli, and the freshest garden salad gets to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory reveals the wonders of how food is really made.

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Discover how comforting purréed buttercup soup, aerosol whipped cream, happy-go-lucky lollipops, and protein-packed crab sticks gets to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory reveals the wonders of how food is really made.

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Hoping to score a few rare treasures, Drew visits some legendary hoarders and eccentrics. Although they’ve got incredible collections, they’re also notoriously unwilling to sell. At Geoff’s Dorchester scrap yard, Drew and Julian uncover the mother lode of rare staddle stones. A self-proclaimed inveterate hoarder, Chris’ sprawling property includes an ‘herbaceous car park’, a collection of cement mixers, and everything in between. Ellys Manor is getting an overhaul and its custodian is looking to clear out the shed. After scouring a used farm machinery dealership, Drew is determined to walk away with a prize or two.

Following up on a slew of great leads, Drew crisscrosses the country to meet some real British eccentrics. At the stately home of the cash-strapped Baronet of Maunsel, Drew and Julian dive into the rat-infested sheds. Julian insists on visiting a tank collector where a joyride in a road-legal tank becomes the main event. A test drive at a Model T Ford dealer has self-confessed car hater Gavin head over heels about classic cars. At a sprawling Bicester scrap yard, Drew spots a few rusty treasures but manager Tony proves to be a tough negotiator.

A last-minute cancellation leaves Drew stranded in Somerset but Julian saves the day when he suggests visiting the nearby Bakelite museum. A visit to a classic car enthusiast in Doncaster has Drew revving his engines. Following up on a lead from Mark, Drew visits an out-of-the-way property in the hopes of nabbing some vintage garden urns. Drew’s salvage mojo is rekindled when he gets an unexpected invitation to an old country house. The owner of Tissington Hall is looking to clear out 400 years of clutter. And from the cellar to the turret, there are heaps of unwanted gems.

Drew and Julian visit a massive airplane scrapyard where the collection is staggering but so are the prices. An enchanting Medieval manor home in Somerset is one of the most beautiful Drew has ever seen but its ‘Aladdin’s cave’ proves to be a letdown. With their expenses mounting and hardly any new stock in the van, the guys head to a Dorset farm where a cider enthusiast has a slew of charming old buildings. Still hoping to fill the van, the guys visit salvage legend Jim Wilke but getting him to part with anything may be a challenge.

Drew visits a series of compulsive collectors and ends up satisfying his own automotive obsession along the way. With Julian in tow, Drew digs through the fantastic stock at a Portsmouth props and costumes warehouse. A developer with a penchant for salvage, Nick’s Norfolk property is packed with curios and a Citroën that reignites Drew’s car-buying demons. The Herring Museum in Great Yarmouth is a honey pot where everything is for sale. At least that’s what Karen says before her husband Ernie arrives on the scene.

On a country house marathon with Julian, Drew’s quest for rare and unique items takes him inside some of Britain’s finest homes. At Great Fulford, Drew shakes on a number of great deals until a reversal of fortune ends up costing him money. Gray’s Court is being turned into a hotel and its owner may just be willing to part with a set of rare tables. Making a sale at the spectacular Chavenage House proves more difficult when Drew rekindles the owner’s interest in her family’s old stuff. At Burton Court, the guys uncover an entire room filled with vintage taxidermy animal heads.

Food Factory serves up Alphabits cereal, squid ink pasta, zesty garden mix, and gummy peach rings.

Food Factory has the tantalizing story behind this iconic strawberry frozen treat, sea salt caramels, cinnamon bun bars, and confetti Koogletz.

Food Factory has the goods on fruit goodies, California rolls, cocktail bitters, and a chocolaty corn snack that’s nearly guilt free.

Food Factory serves up ketchup-flavoured potato chips; Pal-o-Mine candy bars; Szechuan sauce, and, Candy Raisins.

At the Sacramento State Fair, multiple crews work their buns off to save a chef’s bacon. Meanwhile, things heat up as artisan sculptors wield their pickaxes to create a show-stopping ice bar.

A Toronto bakery prepares a mammoth order for one of the world’s most prestigious hotels. Meanwhile, the overnight juicing team scrambles as a costly mistake puts them behind schedule.

An over-spiced kettle of soup has a Toronto culinary team heading back to the cutting board with just two hours to spare. Meanwhile, the crew at a New York bakery finds itself short on ingredients and at risk of missing the boat.

A squad of Ohio taco artists is determined to win an annual food truck competition. Meanwhile, a Toronto team struggles to create an exotic custom dessert for a prestigious client.

A Las Vegas baking crew struggles with a last-minute order for wedding cakes. Meanwhile, it’s down to the wire as a catering team races to finish meals for hundreds of hungry athletes.

A mega fish order from Harvard University means an early start for a crew of Cape Cod fisherman. Meanwhile, armed with flashlights, two farmers scour their fields for the freshest veggies around.

It’s all hands on deck as a Louisiana shrimping boat heads out on a special mission. Meanwhile, a Toronto catering company prepares thousands of meals for travellers at the country’s busiest airport.

It will take a small army of bakers to whip up 440 birthday cakes by morning. Meanwhile, it’s full steam ahead as an overnight kitchen crew prepares first-class meals for passengers on board an historic Colorado train ride.

Les Stroud travels to the Mitre Peninsula, a remote peninsula located on the easternmost tip of Isla Grande in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. This part of Patagonia is known as being particularly unforgiving and inaccessible due to the ever-changing weather, the absence of roads or paths and a combination of cliffs, peat bogs, forest and valleys. For 10 000 years, the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego lived on the land. After the appearance of white men, the indigenous population was wiped out in a matter of 200 years. Despite efforts to settle in the peninsula that included seal fur factories, gold mining, logging and cattle ranching, no venture has ever endured the harsh environment. Les will be dropped into this inhospitable landscape and left to survive with no food, no shelter, no water, and no safety gear or camera crew.

Les journeys to an active volcano chain found in the Grenadine Islands deep in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Stranding himself on an uninhabited island called Frigate, Les is left to survive on his own. Discovered by Columbus in 1498, the island has remained untouched by civilization for centuries largely due to the fierce waves that pummel its craggy shores. Scouring the shoreline for edible marine life, Les must work to secure freshwater, build shelter and make fire. While being stranded on a Caribbean island may sound inviting, it is in reality incredibly difficult. Les is forced to eat prickly pear cactus, hunt for bird eggs and even contemplates trapping one of the thousands of turtles that occupy the island. When it comes to survival islands, the island of Frigate offers what all islands do: isolation…of your body, your mind and your spirit. Time away can be a good thing, but this is no vacation.

Les pits his jungle survival skills against the incredibly diverse mountain jungle terrain of Grenada’s largest active mountain, Mt. St. Catherine. Nestled along the invisible line where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela, this island jungle feels mysterious, shrouded in mist, veiled from the sun by thick blankets of cloud. For this, the high-altitude jungle has earned the name “Cloud Forest”. Boasting its original ecosystem, the jungle is home to mona monkeys, tarantulas, scorpions, armadillo, iguana, parrots and possums –an abundance of food for Les if he can catch it. Les must use his years of jungle survival experience to avoid the many poisonous plants and trees indigenous to the jungle – all while carrying more than 50 pounds of camera gear on his back.

After all his years of wilderness survival around the globe, the forests of Ontario’s Temagami still rank as some of the most difficult, harrowing and challenging survival experiences Les has ever faced. Breathtakingly beautiful, Temagami’s old growth pine forests and refreshing blue lakes, bountiful with fish and wildlife, are sure to test Les’s survival skills yet again. Les returns to the oldest mountain ranges in North America to survive with no food, no water, no shelter, no safety and no camera crew. He survives eating wild edibles, hunting for food, making a fire and building a shelter. Key challenges are the incessant sting of mosquitos, blackflies and deerflies, as well as staying ever vigilant for moose, wolves, bears and other territorial wildlife.

Les and his 16-year-old son Logan find themselves trapped without supplies and without a way home while sea kayaking along the coastline of British Columbia. Staying hydrated, fed and warm takes on a whole new meaning with Logan by his side. Lack of food, unsafe water and inclement weather can wreck havoc on the body – let alone one’s mood. Logan’s better at video games than survival and better at hockey than starting a fire. Distraction can cause mistakes…and mistakes can be very costly.

Les and Logan set out for a father/son fishing trip in a tin boat. Stranded after their motor dies, Les and Logan are quickly plunged into an intense survival situation that could happen to any summer cottager. This father/son team must work together to stay hydrated, secure food, make shelter and flag down a rescue plane. Les gets creative using bug spray as a fire-starter. Father/son dynamics effect his decision-making.

Investigating a haunted summer camp tied to the legend of Old Man Gimli.

Ghostly nuns at a former convent-turned-inn interact with guests.

They revisit the McBeth House where their ghost hunting began, uncovering deeper stories with a local medium.