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10 | Cooking this week TV Media Weekly | August 10 - 16, 2013 Saturday Tuesday 4:00 p.m. Noon (FOOD) Chopped (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa (FOOD) Mystery Diners (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa (FOOD) Mystery Diners (FOOD) The Pioneer Woman (FOOD) Restaurant Stakeout (FOOD) Trisha's Southern Kitchen (FOOD) Food Network Star (FOOD) Chopped (FOOD) Iron Chef America (FOOD) Chopped (FOOD) Chopped: All Stars (FOOD) Chopped (FOOD) Chopped: All Stars (FOOD) Chopped 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Bring out the knives Competitive cooking gets 'Cutthroat' By Andrew Warren TV Media 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. T he knives are coming out over on the Food Network — unless, that is, a chef decides to stir up some trouble and take away the knives. The hype around the tastiest of networks' newest show has been building for a while now, and come Aug. 11, "Cutthroat Kitchen" will finally see the light of day. As should be expected, coming from a network that's found great success with its slate of cooking competition shows, it thrusts chefs into a strange kitchen to test their cooking mettle with uncommon or unusual ingredients — but with an insidious twist. In "Cutthroat Kitchen," cooking skills aren't enough to win (although they're certainly a good thing to have). Each episode's four contestants are given a big wad of cash straight up, and before each challenge, they're given the opportunity to bid on culinary curveballs. And just what are these curveballs? Well, perhaps one of the contestants will win the exclusive right to use salt in her cooking. Or maybe replacing all of the other contestants' knives with plastic ones would be a bit more cutthroat. In a sure sign that the Food Network believes it has a winner on its hands with "Cutthroat Kitchen," it has pulled out the big guns when it comes to hosting. Alton Brown, one of the network's most recognizable celebrities, will be the master of ceremonies for this underhanded gastronomic event. Probably best known for his long-running food science show "Good Eats," which now airs on the Cooking Channel, Brown's solidified his "nice guy" image as the always-charming host of "Iron 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Wednesday (FOOD) Chopped: All Stars 9:00 p.m. (FOOD) Chopped: All Stars 10:00 p.m. (FOOD) Chopped: All Stars Sunday 4:00 p.m. (BRAVO) Top Chef Masters (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa 4:30 p.m. (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa 5:00 p.m. (FOOD) Sandwich King (BRAVO) Top Chef Masters (FOOD) The Pioneer Woman (FOOD) Bobby Flay's Barbecue (FOOD) Sandwich King 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Addiction 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. (FOOD) Food Court Wars (BRAVO) Top Chef Masters (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (FOOD) Restaurant Stakeout (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (FOOD) Food Network Star (WSOT) Cooking for Busy People (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (BRAVO) Top Chef Masters (FOOD) Mystery Diners 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Thursday 6:00 p.m. (FOOD) The Shed 6:30 p.m. (FOOD) The Shed 7:00 p.m. (FOOD) Food Court Wars 8:00 p.m. (FOOD) Chopped 9:00 p.m. (FOOD) Food Network Star Monday 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics (CMT) Hell's Kitchen 4:30 p.m. (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa 5:00 p.m. (FOOD) The Pioneer Woman 5:30 p.m. (FOOD) Trisha's Southern Kitchen 6:00 p.m. (FOOD) Chopped 7:00 p.m. (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa (CMT) Hell's Kitchen (WSOT) Cooking With Gabi (FOOD) Chopped (FOOD) Barefoot Contessa (FOOD) Chopped 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. (FOOD) The Pioneer Woman 5:30 p.m. (FOOD) Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction 6:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:00 p.m. Alton Brown hosts "Cutthroat Kitchen" Chef America." Of course, he's devilish twists on the competition. also been one of the three celebriThe premise sounds a lot like ty chefs in the past two seasons of "Chopped," with a dash of Bra"Food Network Star," where audi- vo's "Top Chef" tossed in for seaences have gotten to see his hard- soning. That's probably no coincier, more competitive side. It's a dence. Both shows have been side of him that the "Cutthroat huge hits for their respective netKitchen" contestants may get to works, and "Cutthroat Kitchen's" see a lot more of as he springs his looking like a blend of (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:30 p.m. "Chopped's" think-on-your-feetin-bizarre-situations mentality with "Top Chef's" how-can-Ibest-take-out-my-competition line of thought. Fans of either show — or just fans of good TV — should check out the premiere of "Cutthroat Kitchen" on Aug. 11. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10:00 p.m. (FOOD) The Shed 9:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. (FOOD) Cupcake Wars 5:00 p.m. (FOOD) Cupcake Wars 6:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:30 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10:00 p.m. (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Kokomo Tribune, IN: Food Aug 10, 2013 to Aug 16, 2013

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