Pressure Cooker - Season 1
Season 1
Living under one roof, eleven chefs use culinary skills and strategic plays in a tense cooking contest where they vote on who among them will win $100,000.
Episodes
Check Your Ego At The Door
With 90 minutes on the clock, eleven chefs showcase their signature dishes in the competition's first challenge. Then, they rank each other's food.
Someone Is Lying
Two teams are tasked with creating a five-course menu with sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami notes. An elimination vote sees calculated moves.
Eight Aprons, Nine Chefs
Contestants pair up for an untraditional surf-and-turf challenge where tensions run high. The only chef without a partner is given a crucial role.
Traitors
While selecting teams, new alliances are forged and bonds are broken. The chefs then host a five-course dinner inspired by the four seasons.
Break Up The Alliance
An emotional elimination decision leaves the house divided. In a cheesy dessert challenge, the judge determines the time allotted to each chef.
Don't Take It Personally
Two chefs are going home in the competition's first double elimination, where savory dishes must feature a chocolate-forward spin.
Yelp Doesn't Count
Using ingredients from different global cuisines, the chefs go head-to-head with bold flavors. The final four collaborate for a party of food critics.
Start Together, End Together
In the last challenge, chefs must draw from personal stories to craft the perfect progressive menu. Finally, each makes their case for victory.
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