Common Sense Media Review
By Marty Brown
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Cooking competition with a twist has language, surprises.
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Rat in the Kitchen
What's the Story?
RAT IN THE KITCHEN is a cooking competition show with a sneaky twist. The competitors work together as one team, while knowing there's a traitor among them looking to sabotage their cuisine at every turn. If the chefs can catch the mistakes before they serve and expose the rat, they will split a big cash prize. But if the saboteur prevails, they get to keep the loot.
Is It Any Good?
A genuinely shocking whodunnit is a rare treat in any format; this cooking competition attempts to pull off a satisfying surprise ending in every episode, and mostly gets away with it. Viewers should enjoy trying to spot the traitor among the competitors, but the build-up to the reveal consists of mostly mundane cooking challenges with just a little extra paranoia. The main course is delicious, but the long trail of breadcrumbs that lead there might leave viewers undernourished.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Rat in the Kitchen differs from other cooking shows. What skills do the chefs use that they wouldn't necessarily need in a typical cooking competition?
What makes the "rat" successful or unsuccessful? Did you guess who it was? How did the other competitors react to the saboteur?
What were some examples of the chefs overcoming sabotage? What were some things they could've done differently?
TV Details
- Premiere date : March 31, 2022
- Cast : Ludo Lefebvre
- Network : TBS
- Genre : Game Shows
- Topics : Cooking
- TV rating :
- Last updated : December 10, 2025
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