Culinary skills will not be enough to rise to the top in Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out, in which chefs must be willing to sabotage their opponents while being cunning in how they surmount the sabotages thrown their way.

Host Brian Malarkey dishes out the unpredictable and diabolical culinary challenges that will test four chefs on their cooking prowess, strategic thinking, and ability to innovate under pressure.

With a starting bank of $25,000 each, the chefs will have opportunities to spend that money on advantages for themselves or on sabotages for their competition. The last chef standing walks away with the money they have left in their bank.

The nine-episode series premieres on Food Network on Tuesday, May 13, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and streams the next day on Max. Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out is produced by Big Fish Entertainment for Food Network.

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