The BEST episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen
Every episode of Cutthroat Kitchen ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen!
Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition? Cutthroat Kitchen hands four chefs each $25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money on helping themselves or sabotaging their competitors. Ingredients will be thieved, utensils destroyed and valuable time on the clock lost when the chefs compete to cook delicious dishes while also having to outplot the competition. With Alton Brown as the devilish provocateur, nothing is out of bounds when money changes hands and we see just how far chefs will go to ensure they have the winning dish.
#1 - Domo Arigato, Mr. Gelato
Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/21/2017
In Round 1, two chefs have to prep their waffle breakfast sandwich on a table covered with eggs. Then, two chefs have to make their Korean barbecue dish while sitting at a crowded Korean barbecue restaurant table. Finally, one chef has to make gelato using only tools attached to the statue of David.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#2 - Gettin' Judgey with It
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2016
The Cutthroat Kitchen judges compete, and the first task is making a poached egg on a bench press prep station. Then, one judge has to make a grain bowl while working backwards, and finally, one judge enters a soundproof chamber.
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#4 - Profiterollin' with the Homeys
Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/28/2017
One chef has to cook their flauta on a flaming flute; chefs have to make their pork chops and apple sauce while rolling around the kitchen; one chef has to roll around in a tube as they make their profiteroles.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - Do You Really Wonton Hurt Me?
Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/28/2017
Two chefs have to prep their popcorn dish in a giant bucket of popcorn. Then, one chef has to harvest their wonton soup ingredients from a ton of soup that Alton won. Finally, one chef gets caught in the rain as they make their pina colada dessert. Food Network Star Kids host Donal Skehan serves as special guest judge.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#8 - Time Warp Tournament Grand Finale: 1990s
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2016
In the grand finale of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1990s. First up, three chefs have to join a boy band as they make barbecue chicken pizza. Then, two chefs have to make fried calamari while riding on a ship bow. Finally, one chef has to go through a giant, physically-challenging obstacle course as they make cookie dough ice cream.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#10 - Hakuna Frittata
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2014
Making a frittata becomes nearly impossible as one chef must cook inside eggshells. A yard sale box of old kitchen supplies becomes one chef's worst nightmare and one chef earns the right to shred their opponent's Steak Diane.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#12 - Tournament of Terror: Heat Three
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2016
In heat three of the Halloween Tournament of Terror, three chefs have to make their frogs' legs in a graveyard. Then, two chefs have to make their witch's stew while riding around on a witch's broom. Finally, one chef has to make their devil's food cake with tools attached to a giant spider costume.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#13 - Gluttons for Punishment
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/2014
Four chefs return to Cutthroat Kitchen for more punishment and a second chance to outsmart and outcook their competition. Things start off with a blend when a chef gets to pulverize one competitor's hot dogs in a food processor. Then one chef goes back to science class when they're forced to cook pasta carbonara with a chemistry set. And finally it's anything but a day at the fair when a chef is handed a cotton candy machine to use as sugar for their brownies.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#14 - Foul Play
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/16/2014
Two chefs learn the true meaning of improvising when they're forced to switch dishes and sabotages in the middle of a challenge. Then, someone has to get innovative when they are given a loaf of sliced bread to use as a bread bowl for clam chowder. Finally, a chef is taken back to their childhood when they must harvest breading from chicken nuggets for their chicken fried steak.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#15 - Sabotage Is Comin' to Town
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/2014
Three chefs play white elephant to determine their sabotages for their ham dinner. Later, two chefs gather around the tree to open presents filled with their new ingredients. Lastly, a chef cooks their holiday cookies in a fireplace.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#16 - S'more Sabotage
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/3/2013
In this episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, we take it back to the classics. As the chefs battle to make the most be"wich"ing sandwich, things get switched up when two chefs are forced to swap their baskets! Then, sharing is anything but caring in the fiery barbecue round when two chefs have to share their cook time. Finally, the competition gets s'more heat when one chef adds s'more fuel to the flame when they force their opponent to build their own campfire.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#17 - The Pesto Times, The Worst of Times
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2016
Two chefs must make pesto dishes while working in a personal pine forest, then one chef has to make shaking beef on a shaking prep station. Finally, one chef has to hit home runs over Cutthroat Kitchen's Green Monster stadium wall while making Boston cream pie.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#18 - Soupsy Daisy
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/2014
One chef must get to work when they are handed a 500 watt work light as their only heat source to cook a quesadilla. Then it's careful cooking when someone is forced to cook chicken soup on a cookie sheet. And finally, Alton's bait bucket becomes one chef's main supply for a fish fry.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#19 - Scone Home
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2015
Three chefs have to make a tuna melt with a glob of melted tools. Another chef has to cook Salisbury steak while standing on a "high stakes" platform above the kitchen. Finally, a chef has a tea party while trying to make scones.
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#21 - To Kale a Mockingbird
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2016
Three chefs have to work in a drum circle while they make a kale salad. Next, two chefs have to play air hockey to get their ingredients for poutine. Finally, one chef has to make their red velvet cupcakes behind a red velvet curtain.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#22 - Wing It
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2013
In this devilishly fun episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, we'll see which chef is the most cold blooded as they bid on a chance to freeze an opponent for 10 whole minutes. Then, one of the chefs will have to wing it when they're forced to use some strange ingredients in their chicken wing plate. And in an exciting climax, we'll see which chef will take home the dough with their superior gourmet doughnuts.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#23 - The Yolk's on You
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/5/2014
Giada De Laurentiis guest judges this episode of Cutthroat Kitchen and is welcomed with a sweet version of a deviled egg. Then, one chef must avoid being canned when they have to create chicken and waffles with a whole canned chicken. Finally, we see if one chef can create a delicious dessert after their sugar is replaced with sugar cane.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#24 - It's Not Delivery, It's Old Delivery
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2014
Breakfast becomes the most important meal of the day when three chefs must find new uses for common breakfast appliances. Then, a chef must decide to go sweet or savory with their calzone when their entire stash of cheese is swapped out for tiramisu. In the final challenge, a chef is forced to downsize when they have to cook their fajitas on a mini skillet.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#25 - A Few Good Ramen
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2014
Three chefs are forced to come up with new versions of BLTs when their main ingredients are taken away. A chef is forced to make ramen without noodles and someone is slowed down when they get a little puffed up while making a souffle.
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