Andrew Zimmern Shows Off ‘Pro Move’ on How to Serve Cake — Watch the Clip (Exclusive)

It’s officially a hot grill summer for chef Andrew Zimmern.

Ahead of the celebrity chef’s fifth season of Wild Game Kitchen, which premieres on Monday, June 30, the show’s cohosts presented the Food Network star with a mouth-watering cake to celebrate his birthday in a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE.

The white-frosted cake is adorned with a medley of strawberries and blueberries, an ode to Zimmern’s birthday on July 4. What follows next is called out as a “pro move” by episode guest and All Up in My Grill host Dale Talde.

“This isn’t my first rodeo,” Zimmern says, after he cuts into the cake using an empty water glass as both a means to portion out the cake and use as his bowl.

The premiere of Wild Game Kitchen is part of Tastemade’s annual Grill Week. The series is hosted by Zimmern, and will feature more fan-favorite chefs including Pat Martin and Jess Pryles.

After indulging in cake, the cooks fire up the grill for the main event.

Talde, who takes inspiration as a chef from his Filipino heritage, barbecued a spicy chicken satay. “I wanted something that was flavorful and spoke to my point of view, but also felt familiar.” Talde says.

Host of Barbeque: Life of Fire and chef Pat Martin elected to keep things green. This came as a sharp surprise for Chef Jess Pyrles, who asked “Pat, I thought you were grilling pork, what made you want to make veg?”

Martin shares he’s got a mean green thumb and enjoys cooking with fresh vegetables from his garden during the summer. Zimmern added he’s been eating more vegetables as of late too. That is, until the juicy burgers made an appearance.

“I’m just going to cut right to the chase: pass the burgers around,” Zimmern said. “I mean let’s not kid ourselves.”

Earlier this month, Zimmern gave an emotional and heartfelt tribute to friend and late chef Anne Burrell at the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen on June 19.

“This week we lost Anne,” Zimmern told the crowd during his speech.  “And I know our entire community is beyond saddened.”

He continued, calling Burrell “such a beautiful, gifted soul,” and “ a trailblazer on the Food Network,” as well as “a brash, bold, loud New Yorker, and a woman who had a tremendous capacity for love.”

Tastemade’s annual Grill Week premieres Monday, June 30, with Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen airing at 7 p.m. local time on streaming platforms.

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