New on TV today: Monday 20 February
Bobby’s Triple Threat
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Bobby Flay is one of the best chefs on the planet and a master in the culinary arena, having spent his life competing at the highest level of cuisine.
Now, Bobby has created the toughest culinary competition yet on the new six-episode primetime series Bobby’s Triple Threat.
In each one-hour episode, one talented and eager chef is challenged to go against the trio of culinary titans handpicked by Bobby himself for a chance to take home $25,000.
The stakes couldn’t be higher, as Bobby celebrates and tests the most talented chefs in America.
This is Bobby’s game and Bobby’s chefs, and there’s only one rule: it’s all or nothing.
At the start of each episode, one competitor enters Bobby’s secret kitchen armed with their expertise and drive to take on the culinary titans selected by Bobby – Tiffany Derry, Michael Voltaggio and Brooke Williamson – in three head-to-head rounds.
In the first two rounds, Bobby picks the main ingredients that the chefs must emphasize in their dishes, as the competitor selects which titan to face off with.
The last round features the competitor picking the ingredients to incorporate, while going against the last remaining titan.
All the while, one discerning guest judge blind taste tests the dishes at the end of every round.
If the competitor can out-cook the titans and earn more points with their cumulative score, they take home bragging rights over the titans, earning the cash prize.
In the series premiere, “Titans vs Jonathon Sawyer”: Heavy hitting Chef Jonathon Sawyer fights for his life against Bobby Flay’s Titans.
In the final round, one chef risks it all by making pasta for legendary Italian chef and judge Nancy Silverton.
Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence
Channel: The Home Channel (DStv 176 / Openview 113)
TX Time: 23h00
Genre: Food, Lifestyle
For over 30 years, actress and author Carol Drinkwater has been living the Mediterranean life in Provence.
In this series, Carol invites us into her home, an olive farm overlooking the bay of Cannes, and shares her local secrets.
In the series premiere: Carol shares her love of Provence in the South of France where she’s lived for the last 35 years with her husband, Michel.
We find that it was love at first sight for the couple.