Roger Mooking

Meet Roger Mooking, an award-winning musician and host of Cooking Channel's Everyday Exotic.

About the Show

For chefs Aarón Sánchez and Roger Mooking, Heat Seekers is a tongue-testing odyssey to discover the most deliciously spicy food across the country — and to figure out why these dishes are so fun to eat. From Los Angeles and Santa Fe to Miami and New Orleans, the dynamic duo discovers the secrets of spicy dishes of all kinds — from Mexican to Korean to Indian cuisine — and then subject themselves to a test of who can handle the heat. Indulging in spicy ceviche and flaming-hot cocktails, Roger and Aarón put their taste buds to the test, and the results are either tears of laughter or tears of pain — usually both.

About the Host

Aarón Sánchez is chef-partner of Johnny Sánchez, with locations in Baltimore and New Orleans. He is a judge on Food Network's hit series Chopped and the host of Cooking Channel's Emmy-nominated Taco Trip.

Most Popular Recipes

All Heat Seekers Recipes

Pimento and Habenero Mac and Cheese

Panna Cotta (Cooked Cream)

Bamboozled Berry Cheesecake Shake

Cebiche Anconero

Nachos with BBQ Rubbed Corn Tortilla Chips and Home Team Death Relish

Wangs 'n' Heat

Sopapilla

Vato Loco (The Hottest Drink on Earth)

Framboise and Creole Cream Cheese Ice Cream Float

5 Alarm Sauce

Lampuca "Sicilian Fish Stew"

Tomasita's Green Chile

Famous Old Town Carnitas with Naga Serpent Salsa

Hellfire Sauce

Easy Joe's Coconut Mousse Cake

Habanero Mad Mac

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Kakawa's Mayan Chile Chocolate Elixir

Guisados' Cochinita Pibil Tacos

Spicy Potato Twister

Diablo Pasta with Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Hot as a Mutha Pasta

Lucky Devils Diablo Sauce

EATS! Midwest BLT with 5-Pepper Sauce

Picadillo Chile Relleno

Zarda Bar-B-Q Creeper Beans

Araya's Place Tom Yum Soup

Oyster Shooter

Causa Makki

Kakawa's Chili Truffles

Dragon Toes

The Heater

Inferno Soup

Voodoo Crawfish Enchiladas

EATS! Heat 5-Pepper Sauce

Big Al's Boiled Crawfish

Curry Goat

Pollo Llora Hoy y Llora Manana (Chicken Cry Today, Cry Tomorrow)

Tomasita's Red Chile

The Bloody Joe

Il Diavolo Pizza

Q's Seoul Bulgogi and Kimchi

Three-Alarm Cruncher

Zarda Bar-B-Q Creeper Sauce

Thai Place Phad Thai Chicken Thai Hot

Hotter-Than-Hell Sliders

The Grease Fire

Super 5 Star Roll with Shut Up Sauce

Pasta Tunisiano

Atomic Ahi Poke (Spicy Ahi Poke with Chili Water)

Fire Breathing Dragon Roll

Bad Bart's Black Jambalaya