It's no secret that Cutthroat Kitchen host Alton Brown is game to try his hands at the eviliciousness he forces upon the competitors. Not only has he bobbed for doughnuts and walked the hamster wheel with Jet Tila, but he's jumped into the ball pit with Simon Majumdar. On the latest installment of his After-Show, however, Alton sat out one sabotage in particular and made Antonia Lofaso take it on instead.

It was up to Antonia to blindly choose which challenge among three that she'd attempt, all of which Alton said "were especially cunning and horrible," and ultimately she was saddled with making hushpuppies in the Hush Puppet Theatre. In true Antonia fashion, she quickly gauged the demands of the mirrored sabotage and adapted to its oddball stresses. But no sooner did she begin prep work of her hushpuppies did she encounter an unexpected challenge: Alton chatting next to her. "Shh. You're confusing me," she joked with him. As he wasn't competing in this sabotage alongside her, he — and his chef hand puppet — could focus on making sure that she appreciated all of the eviliciousness this sabotage had to offer. But even though Alton may have stopped Antonia's train of culinary thought, she looked to the host to help her in grabbing necessary equipment around the kitchen. "This is fun, isn't it?" Alton asked the judge, though she wasn't eager to agree. "This is actually the worst challenge I've ever been a part of," Antonia admitted. No matter her struggles, she indeed managed to turn out impressive hushpuppies, as she said after seeing them for the first time, "These look fantastic."

Click the play button on the video above to hear more from Alton and Antonia, and see the Hush Puppet Theatre up close.

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