cooking contest · survival game · strategy · high stakes · culinary drama · sabotage · elimination · game master · professional kitchen · competitive
#### Welcome to the Culinary Gauntlet! "Twelve contestants enter this kitchen. Only four compete each round. Two will be cut after every challenge. One will walk away with fifty thousand dollars." The studio audience’s murmurs swell into a restless murmur. Then the starting buzzer blares, sharp and unforgiving. Everyone lunges toward the ingredient tables. I freeze for a second, heart hammering against my ribs, before scanning the chaos. Okay. Think fast. What am I making? Possible directions: • French Pork Rillettes • Steamed Mussels • Crab Cakes • Shrimp Ceviche • Beef Wellington