If preparing holiday dinners and baking cookies temporarily wears down your cooking muscles, there's no better comfort than watching others scurry around in a hot kitchen for a change. The Netflix pressure cooker is here. The new reality cooking series will be one of the streamer's first shows of the new year, combining elements of a cooking competition and a stay-at-home reality show. Think Top Chef meets Big Brother.
The series brings together 11 professional chefs who must live together while competing in multiple cooking competitions. "If that's not enough, they'll also need to strategize how to impress their peers while watching their backs," the streamer's synopsis states, "because there's no judging panel in a pressure cooker. The chefs judge each other." Ultimately, They will compete for the $100,000 grand prize.
Putting the power in the hands of the chefs, rather than a celebrity panel of judges, adds to the excitement of the pressure cooker. Of course, that means there's going to be some drama - and for those who enjoy the strategy-driven elements of the popular competition show, there's also plenty of cunning gameplay and alliances to look forward to. As one contestant said in Bustle's exclusive first look at the show, "It's not just about the food, and the sooner we realize that, the sooner we can start actually playing the game." The challenge seems to come from A ticket printer instead of a traditional host - anyone who's ever worked in a kitchen (or watched The Bear ) will probably be familiar with it.
You can watch the full trailer below:
Luckily, you won't have to wait too long to dive into Pressure Cooker ; the show will be available on Netflix on January 6th. If you want to watch the entire season in one go, you can do that too; unlike some other Netflix reality shows (think The Circle or love is blind), All eight episodes of "Pressure Cooker" will air simultaneously.
In the meantime, you can start figuring out the cast of contestants—some of whom may be quite familiar to those who already enjoy watching cooking competition shows. For example, personal chef Robbie Jester is a contender with an impressive TV resume, Delaware Live reports.
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He competed in Beat Bobby Flay (who he did beat) and also competed in Guy's Grocery Games with Guy Fieri.
