Kitchen Crash

The other day I posted about the show Supermarket Stakeout.  That's a cooking show on Food Network.  At times, not just during a pandemic, I get sucked into watching networks, not even particular shows, just the network.  And I think that's played a bit of a part in this post (and my new obsession) about another Food Network show, Kitchen Crash.

 

It's in season one.  The host is chef Jeff Mauro.  Jeff takes three chefs into a neighborhood and gives them ten minutes to "shop" at people's houses.  If they can convince the occupants of the home to give them all their food and groceries, they have a chance at splitting $10,000 with the chef. They want spices, drinks, meats - especially meats, fruits, vegetables, leftover - just anything they have that can be used in whatever challenges may be thrown at them.  

Meanwhile a mini-kitchen is set up for each of the contestant chefs.

Like other chef competitions on the Food Network, there are three rounds.  But since there are only three chefs competing, no one goes home in round one.  BUT, one chef will win the round and they get an advantage over the other two chefs in round two.  An example of an advantage given is the winner had the choice of taking away either the other two contestants' butter, oil or salt in one competition (she took away their salt).  Someone goes home after round two. And a winner is crowned after round three and the chef and the family who sacrificed their groceries split $10,000.

Now, it's worth noting something I wondered about and that they showed in one of their episodes - all the participating families are reimbursed for their groceries, which is good because who would want to have to replace them all when your chef didn't win?

It's all in good fun and everyone seems to enjoy it and now I'm hooked and have another show to watch.  I binged the entire show (three whole episodes at the time - four now, which I've also watched) so now I have to wait for episodes to air.

But there was one particular episode that had a funny start to it, if you will.  When they told the chefs they had ten minutes to get a family to give them their groceries, one took off running with a chef's knife in hand.  At the time I wasn't looking at the screen but thought of the saying "don't run with scissors" or whatever it is and didn't give it another thought. 

That is until the family that worked with him did a confessional type interview saying they were a bit freaked out when someone came to the door holding a knife and "demanding" their groceries.  Can you imagine?  Imagine something like this. 

  Plus, I think he's wearing his mask wrong.  😂

What are you watching?