The 15 teams arrive at the Monkey Valley Resort in Noordhoek, Cape Town, which marks the start of an epic, 70-day, 9000 kilometre culinary road trip. The judges set the bar of what they expect teams to produce on the open fire and contestants soon realise that this isn’t going to be a walk in the park when they battle it out in their first challenge in the treacherous weather conditions the Cape of Storms is so famous for!