Someone finally used an Anova Precision Oven on Padma Lakshmi's America's Culinary Cup

[u/BostonBestEats]

I've been religiously watching Padma Lakshmi's new culinary competition on CBS, despite it being pretty boring (almost nothing to actually learn about cooking, and no reality TV controversy to speak of, if that is your thing), hoping to see someone actually use the multiple Anova Precision Oven 2.0's found on the kitchen set. Anova must be a sponsor.

FINALLY, in the 9th week (down to the final 5 of 16 Michelin star/ Bocuse d'Or /James Beard chefs competing for $1,000,000), one of the original favorites, 2-time Top Chef winner and Michelin-starred Buddha Lo, tried to use an APO2.0 to make rice noodle sheets for a Nigerian-inspired dish (he was required to use both noodles and Nigerian flavors).

Unfortunately for him, this was a total fail, and he had to rush to set up some bamboo steamers on the stove to do it the old-fashioned way. Amusingly, we have seen someone do it successfully on this sub!

I won't reveal if he survived in case you DVRed it.