Tallahassee chef lands slot on TBS ‘Rat in the Kitchen’

Nearby Tallahassee chef and modest small business owner Nikki Pettineo will be a showcased contestant in an episode of the new TBS actuality cooking demonstrate, “Rat in the Kitchen,” airing at 9 p.m. Could 26.

“Rat in the Kitchen” is a recreation of high stakes cat and mouse the place viewers get to participate in detective.

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In excess of the course of the 10-episode time, a blend of experienced chefs and passionate property cooks compete in a sequence of inventive cooking issues, earning dollars in their lender for every single dish that impresses Chef Ludo Lefebvre, although attempting to expose an undercover mole (the rat) decided to sabotage the dishes and undermine their likelihood at victory.

“Being on Rat in the Kitchen was truly interesting since it is not your ordinary cooking clearly show. You have to focus on the cooking, but also hold your eyes and ears open up for sabotage to the dish. I’m generally up for a challenge to exam my cooking expertise in new means,” Pettineo said.

The episode titled “The Scenario of the Dreadful Waffles,” exposes six cooks to waffle sabotage as groups struggle to discover the rat and acquire up to $50,000. Chef Pettineo, a chef instructor at a local prison and modest organization proprietor of seasoning organization Professional Seasoning, was most worried about taste optics.

“The twist with Rat in the Kitchen is that, at any level, sabotage is doable. An case in point would be the ‘Rat’ secretly above or beneath-seasoning your dish and bombing the flavor, which is my individual nightmare.”

Chef Pettineo will host a view celebration of the “The Scenario of the Dreadful Waffles” episode from 8-10 p.m. Thursday, May possibly 26, at the RedEye Espresso area in Midtown. The local community is invited to show up at and cheer on their hometown chef as she competes to both expose or sabotage her rivals.

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Chef Pettineo will also keep a Pop-Up Waffle tasting with RedEye Espresso Specialty Flight pairing from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, June 12. Tickets for the party will be marketed on all social media internet pages for Chef Nikki Pettineo (@chefnikki on Instagram, NikkiTalksFood on Facebook and Twitter), Professional Seasoning (chefnikki.internet), and RedEye Espresso (redeyecoffee.com).

If you go

What: What get together with Chef Pettineo for “The Circumstance of the Terrible Waffles” episode

When: 8-10 p.m. Thursday, Might 26

The place: RedEye Espresso locale in Midtown. The community is invited to show up at and cheer on their hometown chef as she competes to either expose or sabotage her competitors.

Coming up: Chef Pettineo will also keep a Pop-Up Waffle tasting with RedEye Espresso Specialty Flight pairing from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, June 12.

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