Pressure Cooker
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Pressure Cooker
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this TV show.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Pressure Cooker is a reality competition cooking show. Chef-testants live in the same house and also vote one person out of the house each episode. As a result, the tensions sometimes run high, including verbal hostility and mean behavior between the chefs. There's a large serving of salty language like "piss off," "Jesus Christ," "ass," "hell," "damn," and "s--t," but no F-bombs. In their off hours, chefs drink alcohol and sometimes have adult conversations that include innuendo. There's product placement throughout, and constant emphasis on the cash prize. The cooking content is fun, but there are more wholesome chef competition shows out there for kid and tween foodies.
What's the Story?
Eleven professional chefs face off against one another in PRESSURE COOKER, a reality competition series. The chefs live in the same house, and can be summoned to cook at any moment by a restaurant-style ticket printer. They must cook to impress, as the chefs themselves taste and judge each other's dishes. The contestants also choose who gets eliminated from the competition. Some chefs vote based on culinary performance, some vote based on personality, and some vote with game strategy in mind. The last chef standing wins the $100,000 prize. In Pressure Cooker, it's equally important to be a great cook and a great game player.
Is It Any Good?
This reality cooking show differs from the tried-and-true format where celebrity chefs and experts judge the food of up-and-coming chefs. Pressure Cooker combines the fine dining challenges of Top Chef with the reality TV gamesmanship of The Mole or The Circle. Foodie teens will enjoy both the cooking and the drama. Grown-ups may not appreciate the backstabbing and popularity-contest behavior. Pressure Cooker is entertaining and does showcase some real culinary talent, but families looking for a heartwarming cooking show should order something else from the streaming menu.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the strategy the chefs use on Pressure Cooker. How would you play the game? Would you stick to your morals, or try to win the money? Do you think it's OK to try to win a game when it may hurt other people in the process?
Being a chef is a competitive career path, even when not on a reality show. Do you think you'd like to work in such a high-pressure environment? What appeals to you or doesn't appeal to you?
TV Details
- Premiere date: January 6, 2023
- Network: Netflix
- Genre: Game Shows
- Topics: Cooking and Baking
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: January 6, 2023
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