The WORST episodes of My Kitchen Rules
Every episode of My Kitchen Rules ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of My Kitchen Rules!
Teams of two from across Australia compete to determine who makes the best meal. The teams prepare three-course meals and score one another's dishes. Celebrity chefs Pete Evans and Manu Feildel also judge the meals. The low-scoring teams are eliminated throughout the competition with the eventual winning pair earning a AU$250,000 grand prize.
#1 - Josh & Andi (WA)
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2013
Tonight the competition heads to the west coast and into the kitchen with dating hipsters Josh and Andi. They like to follow the fashion trends, but will their food be in vogue with the judges and their guests?
#2 - Elimination Kitchen: Thomas & Carla (VIC, Group 1)
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2012
Tonight begins the round of elimination kitchens as we go around the county again. To start things off Thomas & Carla (VIC) from Group 1. After failing to impress the judges and fellow contestants with their dessert, they're desperate to make amends. Will they make the most of their second chance or crumble under the pressure?
#3 - Offsite Challenge: Taronga Zoo
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/2013
Tonight, teams are cooking lunch for hoards of school kids on a school excursion at Taronga Zoo. Teams will have to cook healthy kid-friendly food for 200 children. The best dish as voted by the kids will be safe from elimination, with the weakest team heading straight to the Sudden Death Cook-Off.
#4 - Semifinal
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2010
Mossy & Gabe and Veronica & Shadi competed for the final position to compete in the Grand Final.
#6 - Mick & Matt (TAS)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2013
Tonight, it is Tasmania's turn as father and son Mick and Matt prepare their three-course menu. There will be thrills and spills as they battle the clock and their nerves to plate up on time.
#7 - Episode 18
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/2020
A new round of restaurant takeovers sees House Manu take on Modern Australian. As the Faves try to deliver the wow factor, a new alliance could change the course of the competition forever.
#9 - Group One: NSW
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/2012
There are plenty of surprises in store as Australia's favourite home- cooking show My Kitchen Rules returns for a brand new series. Our twelve new cooking teams each take turns to transform an ordinary home into an instant restaurant, serving up a three- course menu designed to impress not only their fellow contestants but MKR judges, Pete Evans and Manu Feildel. Tonight, it is NSW's turn as Greek siblings Steve and Helen battle the clock and their nerves to plate up on time. Will they be able to recover after an oven mishap threatens to derail the show's first instant restaurant? Let the battle begin!
#11 - Quarter Finals 1
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2010
Similar to the Kitchen Cook-off, 6 Teams went head to head in pairs, where 3 would advance. Clint & Noah received the highest points from the whole round and automatically proceeded to the Grand Final. The remaining two successful teams from this round (Mossy & Gabe and Veronica & Shadi) faced off in the Semi Final to compete against Clint & Noah. Holly & Grace vs Mossy & Gabe
#12 - Sudden Death Cook-Off 5
Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/6/2011
The lowest-ranking teams face off in a battle for survival in the competition. They must cook their best three-course meal for the judges and guest judges Guy Grossi, Tobie Puttock, Liz Egan and Karen Martini.
#13 - Sudden Death Cook-Off 2
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/2011
#14 - Group Two: WA
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/9/2012
Engaged scientists Emma and Andrew host their instant restaurant. Will they have the right formula to win? They'll serve up a three-course menu designed to impress not only their fellow contestants but also judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel. In a hilarious episode, Andrew's clumsiness threatens to get the better of them as they spend more time tending to his wounds than their menu.
#15 - Episode 4
Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/2024
The competition travels to Townsville, as brother and sister Danny and Sonia, hope to impress judges Manu and Colin with some North Queensland flair.
#16 - Episode 10
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2023
In Melbourne, it’s the battle of the OG’s vs the Gate Crashers, as housemates Nick & Christian are hoping to redeem themselves with their second cook at their Instant Restaurant, “3181”.
#17 - Asian Street Food Challenge (Group 2)
Season 9 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/12/2018
Group 2 is bringing the heat to Spice Alley, rocking the woks at their very own Asian street food stalls. With a paying public to please, one team stumbles in their own backyard.
#18 - Episode 4
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2023
Tonight, besties Coco and Pearls are pushing their fighting to the side, and hoping to offer their guests both style AND substance with a creative menu in Northern NSW.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2022
A number of teams of amateur chefs hit the kitchen in an attempt to impress judges Nigella Lawson and Manu Feildel.
#20 - Kitchen Cook-Off
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/2011
There is a 30-minute rapid cook-off with a twist followed by a spectacular cooking showdown. The lowest ranking team will be sent to the sudden-death cook-off. Who will face elimination?
#21 - Episode 28
Season 11 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/23/2020
The last Instant Restaurant of the Finals. Tonight’s team have a strategy to win, but will their confidence be their undoing? Expect a night of surprises as the Grand Final line up is decided.
#22 - Episode 14
Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/2/2023
Tonight, it’s the Semi Final where Manu, Colin and domestic goddess, Nigella Lawson, welcome the top four teams into Kitchen HQ to compete across two eliminations for their spot in the Grand Final.
#23 - Episode 10
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/22/2022
It’s Adelaide’s Spanish Foodies Nicky & Jose who’ll work to impress with their quintessential Spanish menu and sexy Spanish themed Instant Restaurant.
#24 - People's Choice Challenge: Street Party
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/2011
The 12 teams are taken out of their comfort zones and must cook in other people's homes for an entire street of people for their annual street party. For the first time, real people will get to vote on the contestants' food.
#25 - Offsite Challenge: Bed & Breakfast
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/29/2012
After an emotional first elimination, the remaining teams are about to be taken completely out of their comfort zone. The teams set off on an adventure of a lifetime with challenges in amazing Australian locations where partnerships are tested and tempers ignite. First stop is the scenic Blue Mountains for a bed and breakfast challenge. The weakest team - as chosen by judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel- will head straight to a Sudden Death Cook-off where they will face elimination. It's a struggle in unfamiliar territory and it's no holds barred in a dash to win the People's Choice to avoid elimination.