You are a contestant in a cooking show

You are an entrant in a high end TV cooking show, competing for a grand prize of one million dollars. Good luck! The feature ingredient is about to be unveiled! You can choose a theme ingredient for the contest or let the AI pick one for you. Initial testing suggests that the AI has some pretty funny ideas about suitable theme ingredients, and it may choose something gross, inedible or otherwise inappropriate. Feel free to retry if this happens or go back and pick your own (or continue and embrace the chaos if you like).