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The Best Episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5

Every episode of Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 1 - Crabs of Steel
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Crabs of Steel

    S5:E1

    One chef has to step up their game when they're forced to work on a traditional Japanese tea table, while another chef becomes crabby when forced to make a crab cake with a toy crab claw in one hand. Finally, a chef looks for a little R and R as they prepare all their food in a hammock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 2 - Tos-Ta-Da
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Tos-Ta-Da

    S5:E2

    One chef is brought back to their childhood when they cook in a high chair. Alton's new magic hobby forces two chefs to share a giant saw, then a chef has all of their cooking vessels replaced with corn husks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 3 - SaBOOOtage
    8.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - SaBOOOtage

    S5:E3

    In this special Halloween episode, one chef pays a heavy price for a deal with the devil. Later, a chef digs themselves out of their own grave while another does all their cooking over a hell flame.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 4 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat One
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat One

    S5:E4

    Chefs Susan Feniger, Jeff Mauro, Michael Psilakis and Aarti Sequeira face off in the first heat of the Cutthroat Kitchen Superstar Sabotage. The chefs will face sabotages including a treadmill station, a hammer carnival game and cooking in a conveyor toaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 5 - Here's Looking at You, Squid
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Here's Looking at You, Squid

    S5:E5

    Elbows are the perfect pastas for macaroni, so one chef uses a metal plumbing elbow to do all of their cooking. One chef must play ring toss for their calamari rings while another chef gets the jitters trying to use a coffee maker to make coffee cake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 6 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Two
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Two

    S5:E6

    Chefs Nadia G., Brian Malarkey, Marcel Vigneron and Justin Warner face sabotages including a very high prep table, cooking in a popcorn machine and getting a hand stuck in a cookie jar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 7 - Chip Off the Ol' Baklava
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Chip Off the Ol' Baklava

    S5:E7

    The chefs have to rummage through boxes to get their cookware in the first challenge. Later, kitchen tools are replaced with tortilla chips; and ingredients must be harvested out of a pot of honey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 8 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Three
    9.2/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Three

    S5:E8

    Chefs Anne Burrell, Eric Greenspan, Johnny Iuzzini and Damaris Phillips battle each other and sabotages such as a floating prep station, holding hands with another chef around the kitchen and having their mixing and cooking vessels replaced by lemons.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 9 - The Undertater
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Undertater

    S5:E9

    One chef tries to outrun a giant boulder of aluminum foil while two chefs put aside their differences and cook for each other. Finally, a chef loses all of their ingredients and must play a memory game to get them back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 10 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Four
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Superstar Sabotage: Heat Four

    S5:E10

    There's only one more spot in the Superstar Sabotage finale and chefs Melissa d'Arabian, Elizabeth Falkner, Alex Guarnaschelli and Fabio Viviani each think they have what it takes to get there. But first, they'll be faced with sabotages including hitting the slots for ingredients, harvesting cheese from a giant cheese block and cooking in banana leaves.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 11 - With a Chariot on Top
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - With a Chariot on Top

    S5:E11

    One chef rides a chariot in a culinary fight for the ages and then the South rises again in a Civil War-inspired sabotage. Finally, one chef makes an ice cream sandwich out of sandwich ingredients.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 12 - Superstar Sabotage: Finale
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Superstar Sabotage: Finale

    S5:E12

    The chefs make: Meatballs Fish and chips Candy Judged by: Simon Majumdar

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Cutthroat Kitchen Season 5 Episode 13 - Empanada Chance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Empanada Chance

    S5:E13

    The chefs make: Waffle breakfast Empanada Lemon meringue pie Judged by: Antonia Lofaso

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Crabs of Steel" is the best rated episode of "Cutthroat Kitchen" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/2014. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Tos-Ta-Da".