Underplayed Gems

King of Culinary (2019)

King of Culinary poster
Genre
game show
Country
Singapore
Length
3 seasons, 26 episodes
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

Home cooks compete against professional chefs in cooking challenges for a cash prize and kitchen knives. The show airs across multiple languages in Singapore.

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What happens

King of Culinary (Chinese: 三把刀; pinyin: Sānbǎdāo; lit. 'Three Knives', Malay: Raja Kulinari; Tamil: ராஜா கைய வச்சா; Raja Kaiya Vecha) is a Singaporean culinary game show broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria, Vasantham and simulcast on MeWATCH and YouTube. Each episode feature home cooks pitting against veteran top chefs for a cash prize and a set of kitchen knives. The series premiered on 3 July 2019 and hosted by Lee Teng, before replacing with Cavin Soh, who previously served as a judge in season 1, as the host since season two, which premiered on 18 November 2020. A third season was announced on 15 February 2022 and has been expanded to Malay and Tamil audiences, which premiered on 20 August 2022. A one-off four-part finale, dubbed The Final Showdown, aired on 12 November and ended on 3 December. A fourth season premiered on 6 September 2024 with Soh and three chefs reprising their roles along with a new chef, James Tay, along with their second Suria and Vasantham seasons, which premiered on 24 September and 12 October 2024 respectively and its respective chefs from the previous season reprising their roles. A fifth season of the show, subtitled "the comeback" (Chinese: 再战擂台; pinyin: Zàizhànlèitái) premiered on 25 March 2026, with the four original cooks, the mentees and Soh all reprising their respective roles, while the Malay and Tamil versions did not renew for a third season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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