Kitchen Impossible

For Tim Mälzer, the culinary competition begins in Switzerland. Here, the star chef has to compete with two Michelin-starred chefs. In order to collect more points than his competitor and two-star chef Tim Raue, he has to recreate a speciality of Europe's youngest three-star chef, Andreas Caminada, as precisely as possible. And he is known for turning every course into a true work of art. Tim Raue's first stop is Poland. Here, the two-star chef has to contend with several challenges. Because it's a public holiday, only one supermarket is open. And since no one speaks English, communication is anything but easy. Will Tim Raue still manage to get all the ingredients?

At Christmas time, the chefs Tim Mälzer, Tim Raue, Christian Lohse and Roland Trettl are faced with a very special challenge: In "Kitchen Impossible - The Christmas Edition", the top chefs will compete in teams and recreate a complete Christmas menu. Tim Mälzer will travel to Latvia with Tim Raue. Here, the two chefs will delve deep into the traditional Christmas world and have to face a very special menu. Roland Trettl and Christian Lohse will be sent to Alaska and have to recreate a Christmas menu together. Their first meeting in the kitchen is anything but harmonious. Will the two chefs pull together and present a finished Christmas menu to the jury? The four chefs will find out who won in the end when they cook and celebrate Christmas together. Each chef will prepare his or her own personal Christmas dish for the others.

For Tim Mälzer, the competition begins in Switzerland. Here he has to recreate a speciality of Europe's youngest three-star chef, Andreas Caminada. His second trip to Ireland is a real contrast: Here the star chef has to conjure up "Tripe and Drisheen" - tripe with traditional black pudding. Before cooking, he has to prepare Drisheen himself. A single Irish butcher makes this blood sausage, which is eaten warm, from cow and sheep blood. After the preparation, the butcher, of all people, announces himself as another member of the jury. Tim Raue's first stop is Poland. Here, the two-star chef faces several challenges. Due to a public holiday, only one supermarket is open - and no one speaks English. His trip to Spain is royal: Rafael Vidal, the chef of the 'Paella Valenciana', has already served it to the Spanish King Juan Carlos during a state visit to Valencia. Since then, Rafael has been called the "Paella King" in the town.

In the Christmas special, Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue as well as Roland Trettl and Peter Maria Schnurr face the challenge of perfectly recreating Christmas dishes in the most remote places. While Team Trettl/Schnurr travels to Kuusamo (Finland), a culinary challenge awaits the Tims in Goldegg (Austria). After their return, the four spend Christmas Eve together to find out who won.

As in previous years, there will also be a Christmas edition in 2019. For the first time, Mälzer and Tim Raue will not compete as a team, but against each other. Mälzer will be supported by Mario Lohninger, Raue by Roland Trettl.

Since the pilot episode in 2014, "Kitchen Impossible" has been filmed over 364 days in 51 different countries. Tim Mälzer has said 57 times so far: "Baking is not cooking!". "F*ckshit" has been counted 347 times. The editors have spent an average of 4105 days on all episodes so far - that's 11.2 years. In "Kitchen Impossible - The Most Emotional Moments", Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue look back at the highlights of the previous seasons.

Since the pilot episode in 2014, "Kitchen Impossible" has been filmed over 364 days in 51 different countries. Tim Mälzer has said 57 times so far: "Baking is not cooking!". "F*ckshit" has been counted 347 times. The editors have spent an average of 4105 days on all episodes so far - that's 11.2 years. In "Kitchen Impossible - The Biggest Freakouts", Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue look back together at the highlights of the previous seasons.

Since the pilot episode in 2014, "Kitchen Impossible" has been filmed over 364 days in 51 different countries. Tim Mälzer has said 57 times so far: "Baking is not cooking!". "F*ckshit" has been counted 347 times. The editors have spent an average of 4105 days on all episodes so far - that's 11.2 years. In "Kitchen Impossible - The Biggest Freakouts", Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue look back together at the highlights of the previous seasons.

This Christmas edition in Switzerland is all about natural cuisine. Tim Mälzer and Max Strohe will be introduced to the secrets and possibilities of natural cuisine by the "wizard" Stefan Wiesner himself. The entire menu will be prepared outdoors and exclusively on fire rings. Mountains, snow, skiing - this is probably how The Duc Ngo and Tim Raue imagined their Christmas edition in France. But it turns out completely differently: Under blue skies and bright sunshine, the two of them not only fight their way through a sporty parkour, they also have to cook at a 3-star level in "La Bouitte"! A little dig for Tim Raue and completely new territory for The Duc Ngo.

In "Kitchen Impossible 2020 - The Diaries of the Chefs", host Tim Mälzer as well as Haya Molcho, Victoria Fuchs, Max Strohe, Max Stiegl, The Duc Ngo and Alexander Wulf report up close about their fears, hopes and strategies during the Corona crisis. The documentary uses private video material to provide up close insights into their lives during the pandemic, in which nothing less than their existence is at stake.

In the Christmas special, Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue as well as Konstantin Filippou and Sepp Schellhorn face the challenge of cooking Christmas dishes in foreign places. While Team Mälzer/Raue travels to Werfen (Austria), Schellhorn and Filippou face a culinary challenge in St. Moritz (Switzerland). After their return, the four spend Christmas Eve together to find out who has won.

In this year's Christmas edition, Tim Mälzer and Lucki Maurer are allowed to immerse themselves in a culinary tradition that is far removed from our latitudes. Their two opponents, Tim Raue and Max Strohe, are treating them to a Chinese Christmas like they have never experienced before! However, as the challenge on culinary unknown terrain is already hard enough for the two of them, they are saving them a long journey and sending them to Tim Raue's favorite restaurant in Munich. This Christmas will be very family-like for Tim Raue and Max Strohe! In the beautiful Apulia on the Adriatic coast in Mattinata, the two will be served a traditional Italian Christmas menu - by a nonna, just like in the books. But the nonna is none other than the mother of Tim Mälzer's good friend and two-star chef from the "bianc" in Hamburg, Matteo Ferrantino.

In the Christmas edition, Tim Mälzer and Johann Lafer travel to Warsaw, where they encounter the Polish Christmas dishes of star chef Wojciech Modest Amaro. Tim Raue and Hans Neuner, meanwhile, travel to the island of Malta, where they have to recreate the traditional Christmas meal of a large family. It remains exciting to see whether the four chefs can meet the special challenges or whether they will fail.

In "Kitchen Impossible - The Christmas Edition" in December, Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue take on Roland Trettl and Sepp Schellhorn. In teams of two, the four face the challenge of perfectly recreating regional Christmas dishes in the most remote places. Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue are sent to Switzerland (Fürstenau) by Roland Trettl and Sepp Schellhorn. Trettl and Schellhorn, on the other hand, have to prove themselves on the island of Crete.

Every year, Tim Mälzer invites you to a festive festive feast among friends. This year there will be the return match from 2024, only in distributed roles: Tim Mälzer and Roland Trettl will compete together for the first time and challenge the duo Tim Raue and Sepp Schellhorn to a culinary Christmas competition. Between South Tyrolean hunting menu and Austrian 2-star Christmas cuisine, friendship, ambition and taste senses reach their limits.