Pasta whiz Chef Scott Conant who resides behind the hot stoves of his Scarpetta restaurants, returns for a second season of ’24 Hour Restaurant Battle’ where in each 60-minute episode, two teams have 24 hours to conceive, plan and open their dream restaurant in one night. When the doors open, each serves a panel of celebrity judges representing areas of expertise and an astute group of diners along with Conant who will pick a winner to receive $10,000 in seed money towards their restaurant dream. This season’s judges include Geoffrey Zakarian, Marcus Samuelsson, Ben Leventhal, Gabriella Gershenson, Alison Brod, David Sax, Drew Nieporent, and Tim Gannon. Contestants come from across the country including Los Angeles CA, Miami FL, Livingston, NJ, and Brooklyn, Floral Park, Glenwood Landing, Manhattan NY and more. Tune in Thursday, April 21 at 10p ET on Food Network.