Cutthroat Kitchen

It's no secret that Michael LOVES cooking and watching cooking shows/competitions. He's learned a ton over the years and has become a truly incredible cook. He's always talked about how fun it would be to compete on one of these shows. So, as a unique Christmas gift, I decided to host a "cooking competition" for him modeled after the show Cutthroat Kitchen. 

Our great friends the Spurgeons joined us for our epic competition with Angie and their girls competing and Matt acting as our judge. 

Round one was our kids round...

Teams: 

Hazel 

Eliza

Lenora, Olive, and Ruby 

The Challenge: A BIG Breakfast

These girls were SO cute on their round and blew us all away with how well they did. Their sabatoges included replacing their meat with SPAM (Eliza), cooking only in teeny-tiny pans (Lenora/Olive/Ruby), and playing "keepy uppy" the last five minutes (Hazel). They were unfazed and turned out some beautiful plates! 

Hazel - Bacon, Hashbrowns, and from scratch Baked Apple Pancakes

Eliza- Bagel, Breakfast Sandwich, SPAM hash, raspberry pancakes, and a smoothie

Lenora/Olive/Ruby - Pancakes with a side of toast, sausage, and fruit

Matt said everything tasted great, but declared Eliza the winner of round one! 

Next up was round two.... the Adults. 

Teams: 

Angie

Michael

The Challenge: Shis-ka-Bobs

Michael's prep station was legit

Stabatoges: 

Hunt town all your skewers from these two Bobs

Skewer fake meat/veggies on a stick every 3 minutes 

Hold your phone and film yourself in selfie mode for the last 5 minutes

This round was great! Michael and Angie are both incredible cooks, so it was super close. But in the end Matt voted that Michael was the winner! 

For the Final, the kid's round winner went face-to-face with the adult round winner. 

Teams:

Eliza

Michael 

The Challenge: Any Dessert Featuring Apples 

Eliza was sabatogued to bob for all of her apples! In the end it was a close call but the winner was ...

 

Michael (left) - pancakes with apples and candied bacon, Eliza (right) - Vanilla cake with apple topping

ELIZA!!!! 

Her cake was seriously SO good! She really dressed up the apples and whipped cream too. 

It was SUCH a fun day. Michael loved it and so did all the kids. The best part of the day for me was this... 

I loved seeing Michael and the kids cooking along side each others. Michael has made delicious food an important part of our family culture. He takes time to prepare some amazing meals and has also taken lots of time to teach our kids along the way. Maybe his mentoring is too good since they're coming back to take the prize!