(LONG ISLAND, NY) Long Island’s own DJ CHEF will compete on Food Network’s new competition show Cutthroat Kitchen hosted by Alton Brown on Sunday 8/18 at 10pm. Cooking skills aren’t enough to win in Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen – in this new competition series, chefs must also be crafty, clever and willing to sabotage their opponents.
This game features a briefcase filled with $100,000 in cash, four competitors, three rounds of cooking and auctions where chefs bid on items to help themselves or hinder their opponents. The thirteen-episode series premieres on Sunday, August 11th at 10pm ET/PT, immediately following the Food Network Star finale, which airs at 9pm ET/PT.
“Cutthroat Kitchen is a cooking competition like viewers have never seen before – culinary skills can get chefs into the kitchen, but they will have to play a game of wits to stay there,” said Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Food Network. “Alton is the perfect ring leader to the mayhem – his expertise and devilishly delightful sense of humor set just the right tone for this unique new series.”
Marc Weiss known globally as DJ CHEF “The Chef That Rocks!” is only culinary entertainer who simultaneously cooks & DJ’s for special events wide.
Marc started out as DJ & prep cook in Long Beach, NY & went on to graduate from the New York Restaurant School in Manhattan. As a chef he trained under star chefs Bobby Flay, Matthew Kenney & John Tesar. He worked local at George Martin, Tuscany, Coyote Grill & JEM/Morell Caterers.
Marc went on to caterer his own dinner parties, which transfer in cooking parties and today DJ CHEF parties.
$25,000 to spend wisely over the course of the game on auction items to help themselves or sabotage their competitors. After each cooking challenge is given, chefs have sixty seconds to gather ingredients in the pantry and then regroup for an auction to bid on culinary curveballs such as the exclusive use of salt or not allowing their opponents to taste their dishes. A chef will be eliminated after each of the three rounds, and the last competitor to survive wins the money they have left in their bank.
After the show, viewers can visit FoodNetwork.com/CK to watch Alton and each episode’s judge revisit the chefs’ biggest missteps and most surprising triumphs.
More info about DJ CHEF can be found at http://www.djchef.com/
