Each episode begins in the first family's home where Hunter conducts a surprise fridge raid taking everything from last week's leftover lasagna and the condiment collection, to that questionable bag of frozen vegetables circa 2016. With the ingredients in-hand, the competition heats up at the Fridge Wars studio where two of Canada's best chefs are given 45 minutes to create a masterpiece – cooking with the ingredients they've never seen for people they've never met.