Kitchen Impossible

Culinary highlights await viewers in the season finale of “Kitchen Impossible”. In the "Best Friends Edition" Tim Mälzer and two top chefs compete in a very personal competition and push themselves to the limit to get the right taste. The Viennese two-star chef Lukas Mraz makes his friends Tim Mälzer and Juan Amador sweat with the name of one of the most successful chefs of today: Massimo Bottura is an Italian three-star chef who makes both Tim Mälzer and Juan Amador nervous with admiration become.

Tim Mälzer invites Edi Frauneder to his hometown of Hamburg to cook in "Mälzer's City - Mälzer's Rules". The points from the first two challenges are counted straight away, making for an exciting and emotional episode.

Tim Mälzer in Östersund (Sweden): Anton Schmaus sends Tim Mälzer to Östersund, Sweden. At the beginning, Tim Mälzer first has to demonstrate his technical skills in order to receive a cookbook as a reward. This comes from a good friend of Anton Schmaus: the Swedish chef Elaine Asp, who specializes in traditional dishes from the Sami, the indigenous people of Scandinavia. Using the cookbook, Tim Mälzer is allowed to choose the dishes for the box and the challenge himself for the first time! But of course there is a catch: the cookbook is in Swedish and he has to choose his challenge based on the pictures. It remains exciting to see how satisfied he is with his own selection. He can't complain about the task.

Tim Mälzer in Munich (Germany): Tim goes to the Bavarian capital Munich, where he gets a “makeover” from his opponent Hans Jörg Bachmeier at the beginning. Tim Mälzer's joy about the traditional Bavarian costume is limited and his mood gets even worse. Because an absolutely mammoth task awaits him in the black box: Rumohr sweetbreads with Albufera sauce, developed by Eckart Witzigmann himself. In the legendary restaurant “Tantris DNA”, the old place of work of Hans Jörg Bachmeier and in front of the eyes of the French chef Virginie Protat, Tim Mälzer has to prove whether he can recreate a classic by the great Eckart Witzigmann.

Tim Mälzer vs. Hans Neuner: Crete/Greece | Tim Raue vs. Hans Neuner: Munich/Germany | Tim Mälzer vs. Tim Raue: Spangereid/Norway

Tim's opponent Graciela Cucchiara sends him to Argentina, where he is supposed to recreate a traditional winter stew, the "Locro". Tim returns the favor by sending her to Barcelona and expecting a dessert from her.

Tim Mälzer is sent to London by Elif Oskan and Markus Stöckle, where he is tasked with creating a tricky dessert without any clues. His second trip takes him to the Allgäu, where he is tasked with cooking traditional Bavarian food.

René Frank sends Tim Mälzer to the place of Spanish haute cuisine: San Sebastián! Early in the morning, Tim's world is still in order - until he is confronted with the dish of one of the best and most influential chefs of our time.

Tim Raue sends his friends to Nuenen to see Soenil Bahadoer. Tim Mälzer sends Tim Raue and Max Strohe to South Tyrol. Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue are sent by Max Strohe to Portugal, where they recreate a dish by Hans Neuner.

Tim Mälzer is not only faced with a water cave in the Swabian Alb, but also with a "brutally regional" dish. Then he has to prove himself in Berlin with a dessert by René Frank - for which he also needs vegetables.

In Austria, Tim Mälzer is tasked with re-creating a dish from Alain Weissgerber's sister-in-law. In Ireland, a delicate task awaits him. Weissgerber has to prepare a vegetable millefeuille in France. Then Tim sends him to Italy.

Tim Mälzer is faced with a green challenge in a vegan restaurant in Zurich, dressed as a meat-eater. He then has to try his hand at a new interpretation of Alpine cuisine in Lech am Arlberg. Sven Wassmer has to recreate a Baden classic in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl - a plate of aspic. He then has to prepare a "Vincisgrassi", a special form of lasagne, in Munich.

Tim Mälzer is sent to Heidelberg by Björn Swanson. After Tim has survived a test of courage, his challenge follows: an ambitious star kitchen that, as expected, he can't do anything with! For the first time, Tim sends an enemy chef to one of his own restaurants, namely in 'Die Gute Botschaft' in Hamburg. Björn is served the soul and fast food classics of Japanese cuisine: okonomiyaki and karaage.

In this Kitchen Impossible "Best Friends Edition", Tim Mälzer, Tim Raue and Alexander Herrmann compete against each other to find out face to face who is the best among them.

Philip Rachinger has taken over his father's reins in the historic Rachinger family business on the Mühltalhof. Tim Mälzer is reserved when he opens the box - he doesn't really understand the dish.

The heart of the Turkish community in Cologne beats on Keupstrasse. Tim Mälzer is accompanied along Keupstrasse by one of the restaurant owners himself and immerses himself in the hustle and bustle of this special street.

Tim Mälzer had to compete in Spain, while Tim Raue went to Switzerland. Then they both traveled to Austria and cooked the same dish together.

The next level of escalation: While this time the black box awaits Tim Mälzer in Bangkok (Thailand) and Kaysersberg (France), Martin Klein is served a meal in Rome (Italy) and Seville (Spain).

While in this episode the black box awaits Tim Mälzer in Nuremberg (Germany) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Max Strohe is served a meal in Bologna (Italy) and Bornholm (Denmark).

The next stage of escalation: While the black box is waiting for Tim Mälzer in Cyprus and Rust, Franz Keller is served a dish to cook at home in Nuits-Saint-Georges (France) and Alicante (Spain).

The black "Kitchen Impossible" box awaits Tim Mälzer in Cullen Bay (Scotland) and Budapest (Hungary), and Nenad Mlinarevic is served an unknown dish to cook in Naples (Italy) and Kobarid (Slovenia).

Tim Mälzer sends Tim Raue to the small village of Caimari on Mallorca and to the beautiful town of Sarzana in Italy. In this episode, Tim Raue sends his opponent to his hometown of Berlin and to Zurich.

While the "Kitchen Impossible" box is waiting for Tim Mälzer in Mallorca (Spain) and Graz (Austria), Tanja Grandits is served an unknown dish to cook in Flensburg (Germany) and Torre de Moncorvo (Portugal).

While the "Kitchen Impossible" box is waiting for Tim Mälzer in Zwolle (Netherlands) and Copenhagen (Denmark), Lukas Mraz is served an unknown dish to cook in Piane di Montegiorgio (Italy) and Medellin (Colombia).

While the "Kitchen Impossible" box is waiting for Tim Mälzer in Athens (Greece) and Munich (Germany), Ali Güngörmüs is served an unknown dish to cook in Eggersdorf/Graz (Austria) and Stockholm (Sweden).

This time, Tim Mälzer and Christian Bau are competing against each other. While Mälzer is heading to Baiersbronn and Amsterdam, Christian Bau is facing an unknown dish in Cologne and one in Ghana in the box.

This time, Tim Mälzer and Johannes King are competing against each other in the cooking competition. While Mälzer is heading to the Faroe Islands and France, Johannes King is heading to Lake Skadar in Montenegro and the USA.

This time, Tim Mälzer and Tohru Nakamura will compete against each other in the cooking competition. While Tim Mälzer will be traveling to Tokyo and Cadzand in the Netherlands, Tohru Nakamura will be traveling to Kirchheim an der Weinstraße and Madrid.

This time, Tim Mälzer and The Duc Ngo are competing against each other. While Mälzer is heading to Hanoi and Berlin, The Duc Ngo is facing an unknown dish in Purbach am Neusiedler See and in Philadelphia in the "Kitchen Impossible" box.

Tim Mälzer sends Tim Raue to the small village of Caimari on Mallorca. Here Tim Raue has to cook two dishes that, just like this place on the Germans' favorite island, have a very special meaning for Tim Mälzer.

First, Roland Trettl goes to Bad Oeynhausen where he is supposed to cook something typically Westphalian after he has learned the traditional art of baking bread. Then he has to cook “Stippgrütze with Westphalian rye bread,” an original recipe from Dirk Timmerberg. For the second challenge he goes to Charleston in the USA, where he has to prepare "Shrimp & Grits, Fried Green Tomatoes and Red Slaw", an original recipe by Robert Stehling from the Hominy Grill, with shrimp he caught himself. Christian Lohse is sent to wonderful Venice by his opponent Roland Trettl. He has to prepare "Ragù di Baccalà" and recognize the specialty and peculiarity of this Italian classic from original chef Franco Favaretto from "Baccalà Divino". The second task is also Italian and brings with it a touch of home flair: Christian is supposed to prepare "Gnocchi di melanzane al pomodoro" in a grand hotel in Taormina.

In Escholzmatt in Switzerland, Tim Raue is faced with a difficult task: he has to recreate a dish by Stefan Wiesner, a star chef who is also known as "the Sorcerer". And that's not all: Tim has to prepare the delicacies in the great outdoors. The second location of the challenge is also outdoors: the largest market place in Marrakesh. Here the top chef has to recreate a lamb tagine with couscous. In Lithuania, a genuine national dish awaits Meta Hiltebrand: cold beetroot soup. This task doesn't scare her, but the Lithuanian Baumkuchen does. Stop number two is South Korea. There she has to prepare abalone and sea urchin, two dishes by Jung Sik Yim, the best chef in the country and also a good friend of "Kitchen Impossible" opponent Tim Raue.

Tim Mälzer's first challenge takes him to Prague, where he is challenged with apple strudel with vanilla sauce. Maria's first task takes her to Hungary, where she is expected to prepare pörkölt with spaetzle and cucumber salad.

Roland Trettl is invited by Tim Mälzer to his hometown of Hamburg, where the box is waiting for him. To his great delight, he is served classic northern German cuisine: kale with cabbage sausage and smoked pork and a meatball with mustard. Simple, hearty, good!

Tim Mälzer in Portugal: The contents of the box that awaits him on the picturesque beach initially delight him: How can a rice dish with seafood taste so good? In Helsinki, Juan Amador receives his dish in a simple backpack.

The style of North African cuisine in Paris is not at all Tim's world. Analyzing the dishes is difficult. Meta, who is known for her love of meat, is in for a nasty surprise in Vienna: vegan gourmet snacks await her.