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"Cutthroat Kitchen" isn't a typical cooking competition. A player, in addition to being a good chef, must be able to outwit and, at times, sabotage opponents to win. Each episode features four people vying in three rounds to win up to $25,000 cash. At the beginning, $100,000 is split evenly among the players to spend however they wish during the game. The chefs spend the money at auctions to get things that could help them -- like buying exclusive use of salt -- or hinder their opponents -- like prohibiting them from tasting a recipe in progress. Each round eliminates one chef, until there is a winner. Although the competitors want to make purchases at auction to improve the chances of winning, they don't want to spend too much; the amount remaining in the winner's bank determines the ultimate prize. Some special tournaments -- usually seasonally themed -- stretch across multiple episodes and offer higher amounts of money. Alton Brown hosts.
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Three teenage chefs have to join a clique as they make their high school breakfast; two chefs have to get their sack lunch ingredients from a cafeteria line; one chef has to prep their after school snack.
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Chefs have to prep their popcorn dish in a giant bucket; one chef has to harvest wonton soup ingredients from a ton of soup; one chef gets caught in the rain while making a pina colada dessert; Donal Skehan serves as special guest judge.
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One chef has to cook flauta on a flaming flute; chefs have to make their pork chops and apple sauce while rolling around the kitchen; one chef has to roll around in a tube while making profiteroles.
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Two chefs have to prep their breakfast sandwich on a table covered with eggs; two chefs have to make their Korean barbecue dish while sitting at a crowded restaurant table; one chef has to make gelato using only tools attached to the statue of David.
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A special cowboy episode judged by Clay Walker; one chef has to use new hash ingredients that are slid down a bar; two chefs have to prep and cook their steak dinners while riding in a wagon; one chef has to prep their cornbread on saloon doors.
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A chef has to flip their shrimp stir-fry ingredients into their chef's hat before they can cook them; two chefs have to cook their Bolognese dish in espresso devices; one chef has to make a Bundt cake while holding a bat in a bunt position.
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Couples compete; one couple makes chocolate chip pancakes on candles floating in a tub; two couples make spaghetti and meatballs while getting a massage or taking a long walk on the beach; one couple makes dessert while one of them is blindfolded.
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Former NFL pro Chad Johnson judges; one chef cooks loaded nachos on a halftime show stage; one chef makes fried chicken sandwich wearing a helmet with a football; one chef cooks using only a monitor with constantly changing camera angles.
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One chef has to make their nachos on a metal pan; two chefs have to make their crab melt in a rocking crab boat; one chef has to play flip cup as they make their filled cupcakes.
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All of the chefs must recreate the dishes that got them eliminated; one chef has to walk on a high wire while making a quiche; two chefs prepare pineapple upside-down cakes while hanging upside down.
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Two chefs are forced to switch dishes in the middle of a challenge; making a bread bowl out of sliced bread for clam chowder.
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Four chefs call on their culinary skills as they face off against one another to prepare a spectacular three-course meal consisting of an appetizer, entree and dessert. The catch? In each round, they have to use all the ingredients the show provides them, however unlikely they might be (Gummi Bears, anyone?). At the end of each course, a panel of three guest judges "chops" one chef who fails to measure up in terms of taste, presentation and creativity. The last chef standing takes home bragging rights and a cool $10,000. Ted Allen hosts.
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Bobby Flay is no stranger to culinary competitions, whether he's hosting ("Bobby's Dinner Battle") or competing ("Throwdown With Bobby Flay"). In this program he does both. Each half-hour episode begins with two chefs competing to create a dish using an ingredient chosen by Flay. The winner of that challenge -- as determined by a special guest judge -- goes to the second round, in which he or she does battle against chef Flay. To make things a little more fair, the challenger has an advantage by being able to prepare a signature dish that is unknown to Bobby until the start of the round. Once he learns what the dish is, Flay must immediately come up with his own version. A panel determines the winner of the second round through a blind taste test. Food Network regulars Sunny Anderson, Anne Burrell and Giada De Laurentiis are among the judges appearing on the show.
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Going to the grocery store could be worth $20,000 for one chef in each episode of this competition series. Four chefs compete in three elimination challenges testing their culinary skills as they make their way through the store's aisles. Each challenge features a theme -- such as using only items from frozen foods -- and is judged by a rotating list of guest judges who determine which contestant is eliminated. The chef who makes it through all three challenges then has two minutes to go through the aisles collecting items on a shopping list. Each item on the list is worth $2,000 and if the chef gets every item, the $20,000 grand prize is awarded. Popular Food Network personality Guy Fieri hosts the competition.
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Chefs mentor amateur cooks in an attempt to transform them from kitchen zeros to kitchen heroes.
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Equal parts smart and sardonic, creator and host Alton Brown uses a combination of classroom methods and wacky comedy sketches to explain not just how to whip up an excellent dish, but also why the ingredients interact as they do when you put them all together. Brown has said that the show's inspiration is to combine Julia Child, Mr. Wizard and "Monty Python."
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