Cutthroat Kitchen

- Season 1

(2013)

It's an unpredictable competition with pocketknives, thievery and turkey.

Check out a sadistic competition full of savory sabotage as chefs battle. A winning recipe for pork chops & applesauce must be made w/o the use of the 2 main ingredients. Later, mac & cheese is made; & fish & chips are prepared w/o a fryer.

One chef tries to tempt the judge when forced to make tacos with bologna.

A chef forces mystery meat on an opponent to sabotage their cheese steak; another chef has to make cupcakes in a microwave oven. Also: pie crust is substituted for pizza dough.

Which chef has more guts as one has to serve giblets with fried chicken? Other challenges are another chef is tasked with turning snack foods from a gas station into gourmet ravioli; making burgers on a camp stove.

Which chef's the most cold blooded to freeze an opponent for ten whole min?

One contestant uses a hand torch to make grilled cheese, while another is forced to fill a shepherd's pie with beef jerky; then fortune cookies actually change one chef's fortune in an egg roll showdown.

The stakes are raised when one chef is allowed to salt their steak. Other culinary obstacles include having to make an omelet on the underside of a pan; and being forced to serve bananas Foster on a stick.

All of the competitors throw their chips into the pot in a cutthroat auction.

A chef is forced to wear oven mitts while rolling a burrito. Other challenges include making a pie using only a pastry server; and preparing a teriyaki bowl with water yielded from whole coconuts.

Time to see how the chefs stack up for the round one pancake challenge.

Watch as one chef attempts lasagna as they make an opponent grate a three pound block of Parmesan. There's a noticeable chill in the air when a chef denies his opponent the ability to taste their chili.

Sharing is anything but caring in a fiery barbecue round when two chefs have to share their cook time. The competition gets heated when one chef adds s'more fuel by forcing an opponent to build a campfire.