Dish Granted

Dish Granted is a cooking show created and hosted by Steven Lim. In it, Lim is given a dish request from a friend, and he must try to cook a dish matching said request using the finest ingredients possible within 24 hours.

As of May 2021, one three-episode season and a special episode are currently out, with a second season set to air in summer 2021.

Episode Format
Each episode starts with Lim talking to a guest. The guest asks Lim to create a type of dish (for example, Ryan Bergara asks for tacos), sometimes specifying preferred ingredients/presentation styles/etc. From this point onwards, Lim has 24 hours to create his guest's desired dish.

He starts by brainstorming, drawing dish ideas in a notebook, before settling on an idea and gathering ingredients. Most of any given episode's runtime consists of Lim cooking the various components of the dish (with varying degrees of success), and putting everything together just before the guest arrives. The guest then eats the granted dish, gives their thoughts, and the episode ends.

Dish Granted: Mashup
A special episode of Dish Granted (subtitled "Mashup") changes the formula a bit. Instead of giving Lim a type of dish to grant and relatively free reign with ingredients, Mashup has the guest deliver three ingredients to Lim; he can make any kind of dish, but it must include those ingredients. The time limit is now just one hour.

So far there has been one mashup episode, "Can I Make A Dish Out Of Squid, Wasabi, & Pickles?" which aired on May 6, 2021. It was sponsored by Best Foods. For this episode Tony Kim, co-director and camera operator on every episode, joined Steven as a chef. Ryan Bergara challenged them to make a dish using squid, wasabi, and pickles. They also used the special ingredient of Best Foods mayonnaise.

"Can I Make A $300 Mac & Cheese For Shane?"

 * Airdate: January 8, 2021
 * Special Guest: Shane Madej
 * Dish Granted: Mac & Cheese Pie
 * Phone-A-Friend: Francesco Sinatra

"Can I Make A $450 Taco For Ryan?"

 * Airdate: January 15, 2021
 * Special Guest: Ryan Bergara
 * Dish Granted: Al Pastor & Wagyu Tacos
 * Phone-A-Friend: Mythical Chef Josh

"Can I Make A $60 S'more For Andrew From BuzzFeed Worth It?"

 * Airdate: January 23, 2021
 * Special Guest: Andrew Ilnyckyj
 * Dish Granted: S'moysters
 * Phone-A-Friend: Douglas Kim

"I Made A $101 Fried Chicken For Keith From The Try Guys"

 * Airdate: July 16, 2021
 * Special Guest: Keith Habersberger
 * Dish Granted: Fried Chicken
 * Phone-A-Friend: Kiano Moju

"I Made A $360 Steak For A Michelin Star Chef"

 * Airdate: July 23, 2021
 * Special Guest: Jon Yao
 * Dish Granted: Wagyu Steak
 * Phone-A-Friend: Eric Sze

"I Made a $913 Seafood Tower for Freddie from Ladylike"

 * Airdate: July 30, 2021
 * Special Guest: Freddie Ransome
 * Dish Granted: Seafood Feast
 * Phone-A-Friend: Kevin Li

"We Made A $645 Hot Dog FEAST For Competitive Eater Matt Stonie"

 * Airdate: August 6, 2021
 * Special Guest: Matt Stonie
 * Dish Granted: Omakase
 * Phone-A-Friend: Marni Sandico & Adam Gertler
 * Tony Kim helped Steven cook for this episode

"I Made A $385 Breakfast Bowl For My Parents"

 * Airdate: August 13, 2021
 * Special Guest: Tech and Gina Lim
 * Dish Granted: Nasi Lemak
 * Phone-A-Friend: Kyo Pang

"I Made A $127 Boba For Simu Liu From Marvel’s Shang-Chi"

 * Airdate: August 20, 2021
 * Special Guest: Simu Liu
 * Dish Granted: Boba
 * Phone-A-Friend: Bin Chen & Phil Wang

Co-Creators

 * Tony Kim, has been credited as co-director on every episode of "Dish Granted". He also operates one of the main cameras, when he's not cooking. He has helped Steven in the kitchen for the Mashup and Omakase episodes so far.
 * Kiano Moju, who Steven had worked with on a previous holiday special of BuzzFeed "Worth It", is listed as the Culinary Producer for all season two episodes of "Dish Granted" and was the "Phone-A-Friend" on the Season 2, Episode 1 premiere.

First Pop-Up
Watcher partnered with The Boba Guys in Culver City, California to serve a simplified version of the boba drink from the Simu Liu episode. It was held on Friday, August 27, 2021 from 5-7pm PST. Guests could purchase a version of the drink for $6 and also meet Steven and Tony for autographs and photos.


 * Watcher tweet promoting event
 * Watcher tweet thanking people for coming
 * Watcher instagram post, feat. a photo of the drink

Steven posted an Instagram story thanking everyone for attending, and said they only expected maybe 30-50 people, but said there were over 200 at the event.