Richard Experiences the Highs and Lows of Sabotage — Alton's After-Show

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For Cutthroat Kitchen judge Richard Blais, there was no shortage of roller-coaster emotions as he tried his hands — or, rather, his tongs — at not one but two of the day's sabotages during the After-Show. After host Alton Brown asked him to prep an everyday cobb salad, the judge was mostly pleased with the task. But in true Cutthroat fashion, the challenges didn't stop there. "Why do you guys have to do this?" Richard joked after being saddled with a duo of challenges. He was forced to carry multiple shopping bags on both of his arms — which sounds easy enough — but then instead of being able to use his hands to prep the salad, he was given salad tongs. And that's when the situation turned evilicious.

"The lettuce is going to be an issue," Richard noted after he mangled his mise en place of fresh avocado and grilled chicken. When it came to cracking and peeling a hard-boiled egg, he said simply, "That's not fun at all." But once he learned the basic technique of working with tools upon tools, he couldn't help but feel proud of himself. "Now I'm kind of crushing it," he admitted, having successfully used tongs to hold a spoon and scoop out mustard for the base of his dressing. As he used the tongs to claw away chunks of bacon from the strips, he explained how downright diabolical this sabotage proved to be, calling it "one of the toughest challenges" he'd seen. Once again, though, the frustration didn't last long. By the time Richard added the last of his ingredients to the salad, he admitted, "I'm feeling good about this." Sure enough, he was pleased with the final results.

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