The Best Episodes Of 'Cutthroat Kitchen'
There are so many good episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen, but which ones really stand out? Do you like "Judging Judges" the best, or is "It's Raining Ramen" your favorite episode of Cutthroat Kitchen? To determine once and for all what the best episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen are, let's rank every Cutthroat Kitchen episode from best to worst.
In Cutthroat Kitchen, four chefs compete in a three-round cooking competition in which they can purchase items on a $25,000-budget to sabotage their fellow competitors. The chef who survives all three rounds gets to keep what remains from the original $25,000 budget. Alton Brown hosts Cutthroat Kitchen, which premiered on the Food Network on August 11, 2013. Jet Tila, Simon Majumdar, and Antonia Lofaso are the original judges of Cutthroat Kitchen. Each episode is independent from one another, so watch them in any order you like.
Vote up your favorite episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen, and vote down any bad episodes that you really didn't enjoy, despite how much you love the series as a whole. It can be painful to put one Cutthroat Kitchen episode over the other when there are so many good ones, which is why you can vote on however many episodes you like.
- 1
Judging Judges
Judge: Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu (Round 1), Daniel Holzman (Round 2), Sherry Yard (Round 3)
Tables turn in this special "judges compete" episode of Cutthroat Kitchen.
Dishes:
Taquitos
Meatball sub
Fruit tart
- 2
Anything but a Cake Walk
Judge: Simon Majumdar
A chef learns making cake is no cake walk when forced to walk on cake boxes
Dishes:
Steak dinner
Biscuits and gravy
Ice cream cake
- 3
Superstar Sabotage: Heat Two
Judge: Jet Tila
Check out heat two of Cutthroat Kitchen's Superstar Sabotage.
Dishes:
Pancake breakfast
Popcorn shrimp
Oatmeal cookies
- 4
Fast Times at Cutthroat High
Judge: Duff Goldman
Four teenage chefs battle it out while facing high school sabotages.
Dishes:
Carpool breakfast
Sack lunch
After school snack
- 5
Well, Hot Clam!
Judge: Geoffrey Zakarian
One chef's equipment becomes all tangled up in fish nets.
Dishes:
Sliders
Clam bake
Barbecue chicken sandwich
- 6
Evilicious: Finale
Judge: Simon Majumdar
Two chefs have to make meatballs in a ball pit.
Dishes:
Spaghetti and meatballs
Teriyaki dinner
Coconut macaroons
- 7
Superstar Sabotage Finale: It's Raining RamenÂ
Conclusion. Challenges in the Superstar Sabotage finale include cooking fish sticks in a weather chamber; making ramen while starring in a giant monster movie; and preparing desserts with both hands tied behind the chef's back.
- 8
Un-Holy Trinity
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
Time to see how the chefs stack up for the round one pancake challenge.
Dishes:
Pancake breakfast
Jambalaya
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
- 9
Shrimp or Get Off Pot Sticker
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
Things get sticky when pot sticker wrappers are doused in honey.
Dishes:
Pot stickers
Peanut butter and jelly dish
Shrimp scampi
- 10
Soupsy Daisy
Judge: Simon Majumdar
It's "gorilla cooking" with tools like a 500 watt light and a bait bucket.
Dishes:
Quesadilla
Chicken noodle soup
Fish fry
- 11
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat One, Axe to Grind
Judge: Jet Tila
Chefs must make game dishes while helping each other balance on a log.
Dishes:
Scramble
Meat and potatoes
Dessert pancakes
- 12
Time Warp Tournament Grand Finale: 1990s
Judge: Marc Summers
Chefs go back to the 1990s for the last leg of the Time Warp Tournament!
Dishes:
Barbecue chicken pizza
Fried calamari
Cookie dough ice cream
- 13
Melts in Your Pot, Not in your Hand
Judge: Jet Tila
One chef goes island style by harvesting water from coconuts for Pad Thai.
Dishes
Potato skins
Pad Thai
Birthday cake
- 14
Tiny Tools, Big Problems
Judge: Jet Tila
Fortune cookies actually change one chef's fortune in an egg roll showdown.
Dishes:
Grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup
Shepherd's pie
Egg roll
- 15
It's Not Delivery
Season 2 Episode 12: Three chefs must find new uses for common breakfast appliances. - 16
Welcome To The Jungle
Judge: Jet Tila
The kitchen erupts in flames when a chef cooks with Alton's jungle torch.
Dishes:
Satay with peanut sauce
Beef Stroganoff
Fondue
- 17
Superhero Sabotage
Judge: Jet Tila
Chefs face sabotages as they make heros, gyros and superfood desserts.
Dishes:
Hero sandwich
TV dinner
Banana split
- 18
Taco Dirty To Me
Judge: David Alan Grier
Guest judge David Alan Grier dives into some breakfast tacos.
Dishes:
Breakfast tacos
Italian wedding soup
New York cheesecake
- 19
Evilicious: Canoe Jack City
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
Three chefs have to make fish stew in a canoe.
Dishes:
Fish stew
Pasta Carbonara
Pound cake
- 20
Steak Out
Judge: Simon Majumdar
The stakes are raised when one chef is allowed to salt their steak.
Dishes:
Steak and fries
Omelette
Bananas Foster
- 21
Chicken Cordon 'Blue'
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
A chef is forced to make blue chicken cordon bleu.
Dishes:
Lasagna
Chili
Chicken Cordon Bleu
- 22
Superstar Sabotage: Heat Four
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
Chefs must gamble for ingredients in this heat four of Superstar Sabotage.
Dishes:
Seven layer dip
Eggplant parmesan
Banana bread
- 23
Chain of Tools
Judge: Antonia Lofaso
A chef builds their own kitchen from random items inside of a shopping cart
Dishes:
Cobb salad
Enchilada
Layer cake
- 24
Two Chefs, One Toga
Judge: Simon Majumdar
A chef spices things up when their ginger replaced with sushi ginger.
Dishes:
Corn chowder
Gyro
Ginger snap cookies
- 25
Operation Gumbo Drop
Judge: Simon Majumdar
A contestant makes gumbo by tossing their ingredients from a balcony.
Dishes:
German apple pancakes
Gumbo
White chocolate macadamia nut cookies
