About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Thanks, but No Thanksgiving
Aired 16 November 2014 • 60 min
In this Thanksgiving episode, three chefs make a mad dash for all of their cooking equipment for Black Friday. Next, a chef loses their cooking vessels and must cook in nuts. Finally, a chef parades around the kitchen in a turkey suit.
2. In It to Twin It
Aired 23 November 2014 • 60 min
There are two sets of twins competing for Cutthroat victory and three of them deal with some calzone re-zoning. Then, pirates invade the kitchen and later, one chef has a really sad birthday.
3. S'Mortal Combat
Aired 30 November 2014 • 60 min
It's a chilly chili sabotage when two chefs have to harvest ingredients from a block of ice. Then, chefs face the delicious danger of dim sum. Finally, s'mores are made after a chef shoots marshmallows at a giant target.
4. Sabotage Is Comin' to Town
Aired 7 December 2014 • 60 min
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.
5. When Pigs Fry
Aired 14 December 2014 • 60 min
Three chefs get sloppy as they dig for ingredients in a slop trough. Then, one chef has to grab their curry spices out of midair. Finally, one chef gets into a big, blue ball to make blueberry muffins.
6. I Would Do Anything for Loaf
Aired 21 December 2014 • 60 min
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.
7. The Cone Ranger
Aired 28 December 2014 • 60 min
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.
8. The Long Tools and Shortcake of It
Aired 4 January 2015 • 60 min
A chef has to make breakfast has in a bunk bed. Then, another chef has to recreate Alton's hike out of the Grand Canyon. Finally, a chef has to make strawberry shortcake with long tools.
9. Tiki Torch-Ure
Aired 11 January 2015 • 60 min
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.
10. Baby Got Backpack
Aired 18 January 2015 • 60 min
One chef has to make grilled cheese and tomato soup while in a giant high chair. Then someone has to cook orange chicken in oranges. Finally, one chef has to make granola using only the tools from the hiker's backpack that they wear during the whole round.
11. The Supper Bowl
Aired 25 January 2015 • 60 min
In this special big game episode, two chefs have to wear tailgates on their backs. Then, two chefs have to cook in bleachers. Finally, one chef has to make brownies while kneeling.
12. Who Tarted
Aired 1 February 2015 • 60 min
The chefs make: Steamed clams Turkey burger Fruit tart Judged by: Valerie Bertinelli
13. Alton and the Chocolate Factory
Aired 8 February 2015 • 60 min
In a special chocolate episode, one chef has to make molten chocolate cake ... without chocolate! Then, two chefs have to make a savory chocolate dish with fish and eggs.