The popular Food Network show '24 in 24: Last Chef Standing' returns, featuring 24 chefs competing over 24 hours. The competition tests participants' culinary skills, creativity, and endurance, with hourly eliminations leading to the last chef standing winning $75,000. Hosts Michael Symon and Esther Choi emphasize the show's realism compared to other cooking competitions, relating the experience to real-life challenges faced by chefs in the industry. Each episode introduces various challenges that touch on aspects of culinary work such as adaptability and teamwork, reflecting the intense reality of professional cooking.
Compared to other competition shows, Symon says that 24 in 24 is by far the most realistic to what chefs actually go through in the kitchen.
I think for a lot of viewers at home, they're like Oh my God, these chefs are up for 24 straight hours.' But the realization is, in our lives as chefs, all of us have done that at some point in our careers.
After season one, I probably got 300 texts from chef friends of mine saying I want in,' because when they watch the show, they're like, This is what happens in real life, and now people can see it.
As the season goes on, the competing chefs will have to face all the different aspects of being a chef, with challenges facing skills such as simplicity, resourcefulness, artistry, adaptability, teamwork.
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