The 24 hour clock by no means stops, and Olivia Ostrow would not need it another means. The Miami, Florida-based chef is gearing up for the season 3 premiere of 24 in 24: Final chef standinghowever her preparation for the high-stakes competitors was surprisingly minimal.
“I watched one episode. That felt like the correct quantity of analysis,” she tells ET. “After that I believed, ‘Okay, persons are exhausted and making questionable selections. Excellent. I am prepared.’ … I am French. We watch after which we simply do our personal factor.”
Her strategy within the kitchen is simply as instinctive. “I am very within the second. Cooking is nearly like music to me,” she says. “Typically I am within the temper for jazz and I am very improvisational, generally it is classical and exact, and generally it is a full-on boy band second.”
As a substitute of being intimidated by the cameras, Ostrow leaned into the construction of the tv present, which pits 24 cooks in opposition to one another over a continuous 24-hour interval with eight shifts, 24 challenges and a $100,000 prize.
“I really like the chaos, the tempo and that barely unhinged vitality the place issues can go very proper or very incorrect,” she notes.
She additionally drew on her expertise as a supervisor Home Ostrowthe place she redefines kosher eating with French-Mediterranean flavors.
“Operating a restaurant in Miami is already a actuality present,” she explains. “You are juggling all the things, persons are dramatic and timing is all the things. … Being underneath strain actually helps me.”
But even Ostrow had her limits.
“I realized that I can perform with out sleep, pure adrenaline and stubbornness,” she jokes.
As for viewers tuning into the sequence, hosted by Michael Symon and Esther Choi, Ostrow suggests, “Have one thing you’ll be able to eat with one hand, since you’ll be yelling on the display such as you’re a decide.”
24 in 24: Final chef standing premieres on Meals Community on Sunday, April 26 at 8 p.m.
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