The tenth and final contestant on The Next Iron Chef's season five, which premieres Nov. 4 on TV, will be revealed at the conclusion of a web-only "Road to Redemption" tournament.
Mashable exclusively has its hands on the the first episode of that three-part web series here:
"Road to Redemption" brings back two former Iron Chef America winners (Lee Anne Wong and Madison Cowan) and two Next Iron Chef contestants (Duskie Estes and Roberto Treviño). They are battling to earn their way onto this fall's Next Iron Chef, which focuses on redemption with a cast filled with previous seasons' chefs.
Season three's Estes prepared with help from her two pre-teen girls, who created quirky at-home challenges to help her train: "They had me wear roller blades and skate from our grill to our outdoor pizza kitchen."
She will face off against season two's Treviño in the second episode on Oct. 19. "I'm ready to redeem myself and live like a chef gladiator," Treviño tells Mashable.
People can watch the tournament at Food Network. The web series finale will be posted Oct. 26.
"Last year's all-star cast inspired us to do this web-exclusive tournament," says Bob Madden, Food Network's GM and SVP of digital food category. "Having a mystery contestant join the cast during the TV premiere and starting the process on the web just seemed natural to entertain our viewers."
The Nov. 4 TV premiere will show each chef cooking with the ingredient that sent them home in past seasons.
BONUS: Food Network's 'On the Road' App Dishes Restaurant Tips for Trips
Users can search for nearly 3,000 U.S. restaurants, food trucks and hot spots by chef, city, cuisine or show.
For example, food joints shown on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, The Best Thing I Ever Ate and The Great Food Truck Race are all listed.
The app shows venues owned or recommend by each chef.
Searching for a type of cuisine such as Greek or Italian yields a result like this.
The app also recommends spots near your current location using GPS.
It gives you tips for top dishes, addresses, phone numbers and directions."
The app has a badge-centric reward system akin to Foursquare or GetGlue.
Users on passport-style badges by recommending places to friends via social media.
As far as social components, people can recommend a location by sharing it to Facebook or Twitter. Users also can add photos to restaurant pages as well as drop locations into a "Favorites" folder or specific road-trip folders, which can be shared on social media, too.
Although the app doesn't let users rate or review venues and food items yet, Food Network plans to include that functionality in the future.
"We've tried to make it as social as possible," Madden says. "I think when we get ratings and reviews added is when it's really going to get much more traction socially."
Venues users favorite can be viewed in map mode.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is among the featured shows.
San Francisco is one featured city.
The app features curated editorial packages to help users discover more places to eat.
Users can drag and drop featured pages into their drawer to view later.
Users can search for nearly 3,000 U.S. restaurants, food trucks and hot spots by chef, city, cuisine or show.
For example, food joints shown on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, The Best Thing I Ever Ate and The Great Food Truck Race are all listed.
The app shows venues owned or recommend by each chef.
Searching for a type of cuisine such as Greek or Italian yields a result like this.
The app also recommends spots near your current location using GPS.
It gives you tips for top dishes, addresses, phone numbers and directions."
The app has a badge-centric reward system akin to Foursquare or GetGlue.
Users on passport-style badges by recommending places to friends via social media.
As far as social components, people can recommend a location by sharing it to Facebook or Twitter. Users also can add photos to restaurant pages as well as drop locations into a "Favorites" folder or specific road-trip folders, which can be shared on social media, too.
Although the app doesn't let users rate or review venues and food items yet, Food Network plans to include that functionality in the future.
"We've tried to make it as social as possible," Madden says. "I think when we get ratings and reviews added is when it's really going to get much more traction socially."
Venues users favorite can be viewed in map mode.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is among the featured shows.
San Francisco is one featured city.
The app features curated editorial packages to help users discover more places to eat.
Users can drag and drop featured pages into their drawer to view later.
Photo courtesy of Food Network
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