King of Culinary 三把刀

King of Culinary is an arena-style cooking competition where amateur chefs pit their mettle against professional chefs. There is a total of three rounds and the contestant gets the opportunity to choose the Chef they want to compete against. They can also set the rules by deciding the cuisine and pick a key ingredient for the cook-off, plus an advantage of a 10-minute head-start. In each round, the contestant stands to win a culinary knife and a cash prize. They can choose to exit the competition, or bet all their cash winnings to compete against the next Chef. If they win all three rounds, they will bring home three culinary knives and more cash prizes.

In Season Two, the professional Chefs brought along their disciples. While the rules remain the same, contestants now have one more hurdle to cross, they have to compete and win against the disciple of their first chosen Chef before they can compete with the Chef himself.

Seasons Three expands into three separate competitions featuring Chinese, Malay and Indian cuisines to showcase each of their unique tastes and culture. The three winners will compete against each other in the Battle of the Kings and the overall winner will be crowned King of Kings. 

In Seasons Four, “Regional Chef” Chef James joins in the mission of guarding the knives. With his presence, the competition format is changed, and the journey of the challengers become tougher.

In Season Five, contestants from past 4 seasons make their comeback in the arena, united with a common mission: Seize at least 10 knives. Armed with upgraded “Surprise Attacks” and with the main ingredient revealed only during preparation, they push the chefs to their limits.

Host: Cavin Soh, Udaya Soundari and Farhana M Noor

Languages: Chinese, English, Malay, Tamil

Production year: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026