We report on a 22-year-old assistant cook, presenting with seizures evoked by immersing his right hand into hot water of 40–46∘C. His seizure pattern consisted of either simple partial seizures of a tingling sensation arising in the right hand and marching to the right shoulder or a similar attack evolving to a complex partial seizure. Video-EEG monitoring recorded habitual seizures originating from the left centro-temporo-parietal region, compatible with lesions seen on brain magnetic resonance imaging. He responded well to antiepileptic drug treatment and wearing gloves while working in the kitchen. In this patient , hot water of 40–46∘C could maximally stimulate skin warm thermoreceptors in the right hand whereby afferent impulses subsequently activated the epileptogenic focus, adjacent to or in the sensory cortex, and elicited seizures.