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.
#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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#3 - 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.
#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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - My So-Called Trifle
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/2016
Three chefs have to make stuffed cabbage while stuffed in a cab. Then, two chefs have to play a "shock"-shuka game for their shakshuka ingredients. Finally, one chef has to make their trifle one layer at a time.
#8 - Layer, I Hardly Know Her!
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2014
A chef is forced to serve a hot version of cobb salad; someone must build their own kitchen from random items inside of a shopping cart; a chef is forced to make layer cake with a cement mixer.
#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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Pressed or Steamed
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/2014
Cutthroat Kitchen takes things to the extreme when one chef loses everything but a roll of tin foil and heat while cooking a dish. Then, Alton auctions off his compost bucket forcing one chef to make a quiche out of the food bits that are normally thrown out. Finally, a clothes steamer and iron are the only sources of heat for a chef cooking mussels.
#13 - 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.
#14 - The Cone Ranger
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/2014
Two chefs have to cook breakfast as a tag team. Then, another chef gets to chop up someone's pork chop with an ax. Finally, someone has to cook an ice cream cone in traffic cones.
#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.
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#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
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#18 - 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.
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#19 - Tac'o the Town
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2013
In this episode full of culinary curveballs, we'll see if one chef can tempt the judge when they're forced to make tacos with bologna. Then we'll find out who the real traitors are as the chefs try to derail each other's Eggs Benedict. And finally we'll see if one chef can hold it together while they try to keep their crab cake from falling apart.
#20 - Evilicious: Finale
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2015
Two chefs have to make meatballs in a ball pit. Then, two chefs have to make a teriyaki dinner while on a seesaw. Finally, one chef has to harvest coconuts from a tree to make coconut macaroons.
#21 - Molasses, Mo' Problems
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/2015
One chef makes vegetable soup in a kitchen sink. Then, two chefs make Philly cheesesteak and really get on a roll ... really! Finally, a molasses cookie challenge slows the chefs down.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Evilicious: Moo-in' On Up
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2015
Three chefs have to play musical stations while making sushi rolls. Then, two chefs have to walk the fashion runway while making veal Milanese. Finally, one chef has to wear a pumpkin on their head while making pumpkin pie.
#24 - Bolognesed and Confused
Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/7/2017
In Round 1, a chef has to flip their shrimp stir-fry ingredients into their chef’s hat before they can cook them. Then, two chefs have to cook their Bolognese dish in espresso devices. Finally, one chef has to make a Bundt cake while holding a bat in a bunt position.
#25 - Superstar Sabotage Finale: It's Raining Ramen
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2015
Four star chefs return for the Superstar Sabotage finale, and first, one chef has to cook fish sticks in a weather chamber. Then, two chefs have to star in a giant monster movie as they make ramen. Finally, one chef has to cook a dessert with both hands behind their back.