The Art of the Mechanical Bull — Alton's After-Show
No matter the dish of the day or the chefs competing in battle, Alton Brown frequently auctions off sabotages that send Cutthroat Kitchen contestants to the seemingly strangest of work stations to prep their plates. (Remember the ball pit, the canoe and the high chair?) This week's face-off was no exception as the Round 2 barbecue bacon cheeseburger test landed one competitor — where else? — atop a mechanical bull for the ultimate in ready-for-anything cooking. In true After-Show fashion, Alton wasted no time in saddling the judge of the day to this diabolical fate, and Antonia Lofaso took her turn at the challenge. Luckily for her, though, she didn't have to prep burgers from scratch.
"You've got mise en place for the papaya salad," Alton explained to her, as she had everything she'd need to make the Round 1 dish so long as she could stay atop the bull. "This is actually not that hard," Antonia said while reaching for her ingredients and assembling the salad. But that was before Alton showed off the power of the bull controls. "How hard is it now?" he joked with her, after turning her around on the bull so she faced squarely away from the prep table. Once Alton repositioned her at the table, it was all about making do with the bucking and handling the moves in stride before she ultimately turned out a finished papaya salad.
Click the play button on the video above to see Antonia atop the bull, and watch as Alton tastes her papaya salad offering.
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