Ep 1. Tournament Of Terror: Heat One
- TVG
- September 28, 2016
- 42 min
Tournament of Terror is back on Cutthroat Kitchen, and things are heating up in Heat One. Host Alton Brown welcomes four accomplished chefs to the competition, each eager to take home the top prize of $25,000. As the contestants gather in the kitchen, Alton hints that the challenges to come will be some of the scariest yet.
To kick off the tournament, Alton presents the first challenge: a Halloween-themed potato latke contest. But this is no ordinary latke cook-off. In true Cutthroat Kitchen fashion, the chefs must bid on sabotages to inflict on their competitors, from swapping out healthy ingredients for unhealthy ones to forcing the chefs to cook with blindfolds on. The chefs must navigate these obstacles as they race against the clock to create the perfect latkes.
As the competition heats up, tensions rise in the Cutthroat Kitchen kitchen. The chefs resort to sabotage and trickery to outsmart their opponents, even as they struggle to keep up with the demanding challenges. One chef, in particular, seems to have a target on their back, as other contestants team up to try to knock them out of the competition.
As the challenges progress, the chefs are faced with increasingly difficult tasks, from creating a dish using only Halloween candy to cooking a meal with their hands tied behind their backs. Throughout it all, Alton Brown remains a gleeful and mischievous presence, reveling in the chaos unfolding around him.
The final round is a nail-biter, as the final two contestants face off in a haunted house-themed cooking challenge. With only minutes on the clock, the chefs must race to create a dish that incorporates spooky ingredients like dry ice and pumpkin guts. As the judges taste the final results, the tension in the kitchen is palpable.
In the end, only one chef can emerge victorious in Heat One of the Tournament of Terror. The winner takes home $25,000 and moves on to the next round, while the others are sent home, defeated but not broken. As Alton Brown signs off, viewers are left eagerly anticipating the next episode in this spine-tingling competition.
