La Chispa de Chef Carmen is an exciting quest through Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and the Dominican Republic. As we navigate through the natural beauty of each country, we hold castings to find a chef's assistant for the renown and charismatic chef, Carmen González. While Chef Carmen encounters new challenges in her life, (opening a restaurant in Maine, launching a book and producing her celebrity talk+cooking show in Miami) she invites viewers to take a look into her life as an awarded chef.