Food Network Cutthroat Kitchen TwinsCutthroat Kitchen Wikipedia. Cutthroat Kitchen. Genre. Reality, cooking. Starring. Alton Brown. Judges. Simon Majumdar, Antonia Lofaso, Jet Tila, Richard Blais. Country of origin. United States. Original languagesEnglish. No. of seasons. 15. No. of episodes. 18. Production. Executive producersShauna Minoprio, Julia Cassidy, Michael Davies, Melissa Stokes, Alton Brown. Running time. 60 minutes. Production companysEmbassy Row. Release. Original network. KTSSII_Chefs-Grid.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix/1443537362174.jpeg' alt='Food Network Cutthroat Kitchen Time Warp Tournament 1980' title='Food Network Cutthroat Kitchen Time Warp Tournament 1980' />Food Network. Original release. August 1. 1, 2. 01. External links. Official websitewww. Fck. Cutthroat Kitchen is a cooking show hosted by Alton Brown that premiered on the Food Network on August 1. Host Alton Brown sits down with Cutthroat Kitchen judges on his Webexclusive AfterShow to fill them in on the highpriced bidding and evilicious sabotages that led. 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. It features four chefs competing in a three round elimination cooking competition. The contestants face auctions in which they can purchase opportunities to sabotage one another. Each chef is given 2. KT0513_Alton-Brown-Mini-Kitchen.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix/1426865329498.jpeg' alt='Food Network Cutthroat Kitchen' title='Food Network Cutthroat Kitchen' />The show is in its fifteenth season as of November 2. The series shares some basic elements with other four chef, three round elimination style competitions on Food Network including Chopped and Guys Grocery Games. Numerous Cutthroat Kitchen contestants have competed on these shows. Each episode features four chefs competing in a three round elimination contest. Brown gives each chef 2. The chefs each have their own stations to prepare and cook food, and the kitchen includes a wide range of other tools and equipment as well as a pantry stocked with ingredients. In each round, the chefs are assigned a dish to create. Although most dishes are specific, such as macaroni and cheese, French toast, or fish and chips, Brown occasionally issues a broader challenge such as British pub food or a skillet breakfast. Other than in the first season, and a handful of second and third season episodes, the first two rounds typically feature savory dishes and the third features a dessert. After the dish is announced, the chefs have one minute to collect all of the ingredients they need from the pantry in one trip, using metal hand held shopping baskets. When the time runs out, Brown shuts the pantry doors any chefs who remain inside must surrender an ingredient of Browns choosing. In each of the first two rounds, Brown follows the shopping time by auctioning off a series of items that the chefs can use to sabotage one another. Sabotage types include equipmentingredient changes, restrictions on movement freedom, and loss of cooking time. Sabotages are often loosely themed around the assigned dish, such as being required to follow a maze of velvet ropes in order to move between prep and cook stations while making red velvet cake. The highest bidder pays for the item out of hisher remaining funds, and if necessary, decides which opponents will face the sabotage. The auctions are followed by the chefs preparing and plating their dishes in 3. Brown occasionally offers additional auctions during the cooking time. In the final round, the two chefs remaining begin cooking immediately after shopping for their ingredients, and the auctions take place while they are working. As each round progresses, Brown offers comments delivered as a piece to camera on the chefs cooking methods and strategies to compensate for the sabotages. Once the cooking time has expired, all visible indication of the sabotages is removed from the set and a judge is brought into the kitchen to evaluate the dishes. In order for the judge to be able to offer an unbiased opinion, heshe is sequestered in an isolation room during each round and is not told about any of the sabotages that were in effect. Each dish is judged solely on three criteria taste, presentation, and resemblance to the assigned dish. The chefs are given a chance to describe and explain their dish and choices. They may not complain in general or disclose any sabotages they faced, but they may try to explain truthfully or otherwise the cooking choices they made or were forced to make. The chef whose dish is judged the least satisfactory is eliminated from the game and forfeits all of hisher remaining money. After the final round, the surviving chef keeps whatever money heshe has not spent on auction items. Two episodes have ended in a tie, with both chefs keeping their remaining money. Jet Tila, Simon Majumdar, and Antonia Lofaso have served as regular judges since the series premiere. In 2. 01. 6, Richard Blais became a regular judge as well, starting with the Season 1. The Breakfast and the Furious. With the exception of Judging Judges and Valentines Day Massacre see below, each episode features only one judge who evaluates the dishes in every round. The contestants do not learn the judges identity until heshe enters the kitchen at the end of the first round. In the 3rd season episode, Judging Judges Lofaso, Tila, Majumdar and former guest judge Geoffrey Zakarian competed against each other with their winnings going to a charity of their choice. Lofaso won the competition with 2. For winning her total was increased to the initial 2. Majumdar, Tila Zakarian were each awarded 5,0. Guest judges have appeared in some episodes, as shown below. Guest Judge. Episode. Giada De LaurentiisThe Yolks on You Season 2Geoffrey ZakarianWell, Hot Clam Season 3Jaime Martin del Campo and. Ramiro ArvizuJudging Judges Season 3, round 1. Daniel HolzmanJudging Judges Season 3, round 2. Sherry YardJudging Judges Season 3, round 3You Dim Some, You Lose Some Season 1. Valerie BertinelliWho Tarted Season 6Anne BurrellWhatchoo Taco ing About, Alton Season 7Hes Just a Po Boy Season 1. Tournament of Terror Finale Season 1. Susan FenigerTikka Me Alton Season 8A River Runs Canoe It Season 1. Cat CoraAll in a Days Jerk Season 8David Alan GrierTaco Dirty to Me Season 9Ted AllenWhen Cherry Met Salad Season 1. William ShatnerThe One With William Shatner Season 1. Monti CarloShot Through the Tart Season 1. Marc SummersTime Warp Tournament Grand Finale 1. Season 1. 3Eric GreenspanGettin Judgey with It Season 1. Chad JohnsonFry Day Night Bites Season 1. Ali Tila co judged with Jet TilaValentines Day Massacre Season 1. Clay WalkerThe Good, the Hash, and the Ugly Season 1. Donal SkehanDo You Really Wonton Hurt Me Season 1. Duff GoldmanFast Times at Cutthroat High Season 1. TournamentseditSuperstar Sabotage TournamenteditIn October 2. Superstar Sabotage began airing. The contestants competed on behalf of their favorite charities for a potential top prize of 7. Four preliminary heats were held, with four chefs participating in each heat. The winners received their unspent money as charity donations and advanced to the finals, where they were given an initial stake of 5. All chefs eliminated in the preliminary heats received 2,5. A second Superstar Sabotage tournament premiered in November 2. Evilicious TournamenteditFrom April 1. May 1. 7, 2. 01. 5, Cutthroat Kitchen aired a five part Evilicious Tournament featuring 1. Similar to Superstar Sabotage, this tournament consisted of four preliminary heats, with the winners keeping their unspent money and advancing to the final round for a chance to win up to 5. Contestants. Heatepisode. Contestants. Original episodes. Evilicious Canoe Jack City. Robert Burmeister. Season 2 Foul Play. Matthew Grunwald. Season 3 Tso Good. Morgan Bonazzola. Season 4 I Cant Believe Its Not Udder. Tom Lin. Season 4 Welcome to the Jungle. Evilicious Frying First Class. Kori Rayburn. Season 1 Steak Out. Leelee Wiginton. Season 2 Wham, Clam, Thank You, Maam. Sammy Monsour. Season 3 The Rice Stuff. Jason Febres. Season 3 Ladel ayheehoo. Evilicious 2. 0,0. Leagues Under the Prep Table. Tommy Stevens. Season 3 Hawaii 5 Oh No Frances Tariga Weshnak. Season 3 Hakuna Frittata. Jernard Wells. Season 4 Anything but a Cake Walk. Alexis Hernandez. Season 5 Crabs of Steel. Evilicious Moo in On Up. Aaron Crumbaugh. Season 4 Chilid to the Bone. Yaku Moton Spruill. Season 6 The Supper Bowl. Carlos Anthony. Season 7 Gno cchi to Victory. Food Network Star Wikipedia. This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. June 2. Food Network Star is a reality television series that premiered June 5, 2. It was produced by CBS EYEtoo Productions for Seasons 1 8 and by Triage Entertainment for subsequent seasons. It airs on the Food Network in the United States. Prior to season seven, the series was known as The Next Food Network Star. Season oneeditSummaryeditThe first season of The Next Food Network Star series was taped in February 2. June 2. 00. 5. 1Chicago area caterers Dan Smith and Steve Mc. Donagh emerged as the winners, and went on to host a show called Party Line with Dan Steve, now titled Party Line with The Hearty Boys, which premiered on September 1. The runner up, Deborah Fewell, was chosen to host a special on food at beaches, Surf N Turf, which aired in June 2. Michael Thomas was the recurring chef on The Tyra Banks Show. Susannah Locketti made an appearance on The Tony Danza Show, and is also an on air chef for Publix grocery stores in the southern United States. How To Eat Breakfast When Not Hungry. ContestantseditSeason twoeditSummaryeditThe second season of The Next Food Network Star series was taped in December 2. March 2. 00. 6. Guy Fieri was announced as the winner on April 2. Reggie Southerland. Fieri has achieved considerable success at Food Network since his victory, and is still regularly on air as of July 2. Guys Big Bite premiered in June 2. Originally intended as a one hour special, Fieris second series, Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, premiered April 2. He went on to the series, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, premiering February 1. Guy Off The Hook on September 1. He has also started a new successful show called Guys Grocery Games. Fourth place contestant Nathan Lyon began hosting his own series, A Lyon In the Kitchen,3 on the Discovery Health Channel in March 2. ContestantseditSeason threeeditSummaryeditThe third season began on June 3, 2. Sunday, July 2. 2. In season 3, judges sent 1 or 2 contestants home weekly. Once the field was down to 2 final contestants, the viewers picked the winner. Marc Summers host of the first 2 seasons only returned for this seasons finale. Bobby Flay would host subsequent season finales. During the season, the contestants lived in a shared house in New York City. The contestants challenges included cooking concession food for an NBA game with guest Darryl Dawkins to a mini version of Food Networks Iron Chef America with guest judges Bobby Flay and Cat Cora. The Selection Committee consisted of Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson along with one guest. Guest judges included Alton Brown, Giada De Laurentiis, Duff Goldman, season two winner Guy Fieri, and Robert Irvine. Paula Deen and Rachael Ray participated in contestant challenges, and Bobby Flay also played a role in the guidance and selection process. Amy Finley was chosen by America as The Next Food Network Star on July 2. Her new show The Gourmet Next Door premiered on October 1. Finley later declined to continue with the series, citing relocation to France for family reasons. ContestantseditName. Age. Hometown. Occupation. Eliminated. Amy Finley. San Diego, CAStay at Home Mom. Winner. 1Rory Schepisi. Vega, TXRestaurateur. Runner Up. Joshua Adam JAG Garcia. Havelock, NCChef de Cuisine. Withdrew. 1Paul Mc. Cullough. 36. Los Angeles. Caterer. Week 6. Adrien Sharp. Jackson, MILocal Cooking Show Host. Week 5. Michael Salmon. Brooklyn, NYDirector of Operations for Macys. Week 4. Tommy Grella, Jr. Methuen, MASelf Taught Chef. Week 3. Colombe Jacobsen Derstine. New York, NYFormer Child Actress. Week 3. Nikki Shaw. Oakland, CACaterer. Week 2. Patrick Rolfe. Seattle, WAChef. Week 1. Vivien Cunha. 40. Hermosa Beach, CACaterer. Week 1Note 1  Amy Finley was eliminated Week 7, and the original finalists were Rory Schepisi and Joshua JAG Garcia. After the final elimination episode was aired, evidence came to light that JAG had lied about both his culinary training and his military service, representing both as more extensive than they actually were. Food Network allowed him to withdraw from the competition and reinstated Amy Finley, who was voted The Next Food Network Star. Season foureditSummaryeditSeason four of The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday, June 1, 2. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson are joined by Bobby Flay as the selection committee for this season. Each new episode aired on Sundays at 1. PM EDT. For this season, the viewers no longer received the chance to vote for the winner producers instead made the final decision. This led to an error by Food. Network. com, which briefly posted the winning moment video on their website three days before the finale aired. The winner for the fourth season was Aaron Mc. Cargo, Jr. His winning show idea, Big Daddys House, first aired August 3, 2. Finalist Adam Gertler was hired to host a Food Network show called Will Work for Food, which debuted on January 1. He hosted the Food Network show Kid in a Candy Store, which aired two seasons. Kelsey Nixon co hosted a web show on food. Food Network sister site aka Cooking Channel and also appeared in the premiere of Chefs vs. City in 2. 00. 9. In 2. 01. 0, Gertler and Nixon became co hosts of The Next Food Network Star After Party, a half hour recapinterview show following that nights episode of Star, on Cooking Channel. Nixon stars in Kelseys Essentials, a program on kitchen and cooking basics for The Cooking Channel that ran November, 2. ContestantseditName. Age. Hometown. Occupation. Eliminated. Aaron Mc. Cargo, Jr. 3. 6Camden, NJChef. Winner. Adam Gertler. Philadelphia, PAFood Server. Runner Up. Lisa Garza. Dallas, TXRestaurateurDesigner. Runner Up. Kelsey Nixon. North Ogden, UTAssistant Culinary Director. Week 7. Shane Lyons. Colorado Springs, COPrivate Chef and actor. Week 6. Jennifer Cochrane. Woonsocket, RIChef. Week 5. Nipa Bhatt. Victoria, MNMarketing Manager. Week 4. Jeffrey Vaden. White Plains, NYFood Service Management. Week 3. Kevin Roberts. San Diego, CARadio Talk Show HostRestaurant OwnerAuthor. Week 2. Cory Kahaney. New York, NYStand up Comedian. Week 1. Season fiveeditSummaryeditSeason five of The Next Food Network Star premiered on June 7, 2. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson were joined by Bobby Flay as the Selection Committee for this season, which was filmed early 2. New York, New York and Miami, Florida. Melissa DArabian was declared the winner on August 2, 2. Ten Dollar Dinners. Her show premiered on August 9, 2. On August 1. 7, 2. Food Network announced Jeffrey Saad would return in a series of online videos based on his pilot, now called The Spice Smuggler. The program premiered with four 4 12 minute videos featuring one spice and a recipe incorporating it. Saad was named the national representative for the American Egg Board. In November, 2. 01. Saad debuted in a new show for The Cooking Channel titled United Tastes of America, which explores multiple aspects of traditional American food. Finalist Debbie Lee has carried her Seoul to Soul concept to the streets of L. A., opening a lunch truck, Ahn Joo, featuring a range of Korean food. ContestantseditName. Age. Hometown. Occupation. Culinary P. O. V. Eliminated. Melissa dArabian. Keller, TXStay At Home MomKitchen Survival GuideWinner. Jeffrey Saad. 42. Los Angeles, California. RestaurateurFood ConsultantRecipe DeveloperChefIngredient SmugglerRunner Up. Debbie Lee. 39. West Hollywood, California. Restaurant ConsultantFrom Seoul to SoulWeek 8. Jamika Pessoa. 30. Atlanta, Georgia. Personal ChefBusinesswoman. Caribbean Cuisine. Week 7. Michael Proietti. City Island, NYExecutive ChefGlobal A Go GoWeek 6. Katie Cavuto. 30. Philadelphia, PAPersonal Chef Dietician. Healthy and Green Cuisine. Week 5. Teddy Folkman. Alexandria, VARestaurant OwnerExecutive ChefGourmet Bar FoodWeek 4. Eddie Gilbert. 30.