The WORST episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen
Every episode of Cutthroat Kitchen ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - I'm Kind of a Big Dill
Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/8/2019
In the first round, one chef has to make their loaded hash browns on a pan shaped like Alton Brown's face. Then, two chefs have to prep and cook their Cubanos on baseball bats. Finally, one chef has to make their tiramisu while holding tiny hands.
#2 - My Kitchen for a Horse
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/19/2015
A gang of chefs on bouncy horses face a biscuit breakfast challenge; two on a stroller making chicken nuggets; two chefs battle with long tools and short legs.
#3 - Evilicious: Canoe Jack City
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2015
Three chefs have to make fish stew in a canoe. Another chef has to make pasta carbonara in a moving mine cart. Finally, one chef has to use a chemistry set to make pound cake.
#4 - Tiki Torch-Ure
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2015
One chef has to cook fish tacos on tiki torches. Then, one chef has to make pasta salad, using water that they harvest from a patio mister. Finally, one chef has to bake an apple pie inside apples.
#5 - Meanwhile, Back on the Huevos Rancheros…
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/12/2015
An egg soccer match gets intense; two chefs literally can't get off each other's backs; and a bad memory hounds a chef while making blondies
#6 - Ho-Ley Pot
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/10/2014
A chef is forced to cook soup using a single brew coffee machine. Later, chefs get hands-on when Alton asks for peace in the kitchen.
#7 - Get Rich or Die Frying
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2015
Two chefs make a Hawaiian pizza on a swaying hula prep station. While making shrimp stir-fry, one chef has to ride around in a shrimped-out ride. Finally, one chef has to make a candy bar in an actual bar.
#8 - Tikka Me Alton
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2015
Guest judge Susan Feniger samples the chefs' smoothie moves. Then, someone takes a ride on an elephant they'll never forget. Finally, a chef raises the roof in an oatmeal cookie challenge.
#9 - Well, Hot Clam!
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2014
The ultimate backyard grill suit is unveiled. One chef's equipment becomes all tangled up in fish nets. In the final round, claw hands are the name of the game for a barbecue chicken sandwich.
#10 - Naughty vs. Nice
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2015
In a special holiday episode, three chefs have to harvest ingredients from Christmas stockings to make a party dip. Then, two chefs must pull around Santa in his sleigh while preparing a beef tenderloin dinner. Finally, one chef has to make their snack for Santa in Santa's workshop.
#11 - Superstar Sabotage: Knife, Knife Baby
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2015
Chefs Richard Blais, Cat Cora, Melissa d'Arabian, and Aarti Sequeria face off in the first heat of the Superstar Sabotage tournament. First, one chef has to make an English breakfast while wearing knight armor. Then, two chefs have to make a tofu dish while strapped toe-to-toe. Finally, one chef has to make an angel food cake on top of their head in a halo.
#12 - Superhero Sabotage
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/2014
One chef enters a phone booth and attempts to transform into a super chef. Next, two chefs get cozy in Alton's living room circa 1974 and then one chef attempts to ride a bike in the kitchen.
#13 - I Would Do Anything for Loaf
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/2014
A chef wears Alton's ultimate poncho as they make a breakfast quesadilla. Then, one chef has to cook meatloaf while in a recliner. Finally, a chef has to walk on cupcake boxes when they make cupcakes.
#14 - Evilicious: 20,000 Leagues Under the Prep Table
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2015
Two chefs have to make fast food while carrying around a cardboard car. Then one chef has to prep their scallop dish underwater. Finally, one chef has to make donuts on the giant donut that they have to wear.
#16 - I Know Who Kilt Me
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/26/2015
A chef gets hassled by haggis; a pair of chopsticks becomes a huge obstacle for someone; a chef finds struggles with key lime pie.
#17 - The Best of the Worst
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2015
Host Alton Brown revisits some of the worst sabotages of all time. Included: cooking upstream; and canned chicken Parmesan. Also: making crepes becomes even more tricky.
#18 - Lamb-a Dama Ding Dong
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2015
In a special springtime episode, two chefs have to make an egg salad sandwich on a picnic blanket they wear around their necks. Then, one chef has to herd "sheep" while making a lamb dinner. Finally, one chef has to harvest their carrot cake ingredients out of a carrot garden.
#19 - Whisk-ey Business
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2015
In a speed round, three chefs have to make an omelet in one pan. Then, a chef has to get all of their oyster Rockefeller ingredients out of an oil drum. Finally, one chef has to use finger whisks to make a cream puff.
#20 - With a Chariot on Top
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2014
One chef rides a chariot in a culinary fight for the ages and then the South rises again in a Civil War-inspired sabotage. Finally, one chef makes an ice cream sandwich out of sandwich ingredients.
#21 - Time Warp Tournament: 1960s
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2016
In the second heat of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the sixties. In the first round, three chefs ride around the kitchen in a mustard submarine. Then, two chefs have to prep chicken Kiev on protest signs. Finally, one chef has to make banana pudding while wearing a space suit.
#22 - Anything but a Cake Walk
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/6/2014
Things get sizzling when two chefs cook steak over a romantic candlelit dinner. Then one chef is cut down to size while stuck with a giant whisk as their only tool. Finally one chef learns making cake is no cake walk when forced to walk around the kitchen on cake boxes!
#23 - Split Happens
Season 11 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/2016
Two chefs have to make spring rolls on a prep table they make of bungee cords. Then, two chefs have to make brick chicken in a brick building. Finally, one chef has to make a banana split with a bowling ball on their hand.
#24 - Vive le Sabotage
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2013
In this unpredictable episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, pocketknives and thievery turn this turkey dinner into a not so "Thanksgiving." Then we'll see which chef gets burned when they're forced to make an edible French toast with burnt bread. And finally, one chef gets their hands dirty when they have to make a lobster roll without utensils.
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#25 - The Waffle Truth
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2015
Challenges are encountered while making artichoke dip, stromboli and waffles.