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Crime Scene Kitchen
Genre	Reality competition Cookery
Directed by	Paul Starkman (season 1) Ashley S. Gorman (season 2) Harbinder Singh (season 3)
Presented by	Joel McHale
Judges	Yolanda Gampp Curtis Stone
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	29
Production
Executive producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan Conrad Green Joel McHale John Brunton (season 3-present)
Production locations	Los Angeles (season 1) Atlanta (season 2) Toronto (season 3)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Insight Productions (season 3-present) Fox Entertainment
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26) – present

Crime Scene Kitchen is an American reality television series that premiered on Fox on May 26, 2021. The series is hosted by Joel McHale with Yolanda Gampp and Curtis Stone serving as judges.

In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered in June 2023. In March 2024, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on September 26, 2024.

Format

In each episode, teams of two bakers are tasked with deducing the type of dessert that was prepared in a kitchen by inspecting the state of its tools, food remnants, and other evidence such as written clues. Each team re-creates the dessert they identified, from scratch. The judges evaluate each team's dish based primarily on accuracy in identification, while taste and execution are considered as secondary factors.

Each episode consists of two rounds. The first round is the "Safety Bake" in which the winners are exempt from the second round and safe from elimination. In the first season, the first round was called the "Dessert Round", and the winners instead received an extra hint during the second round. The second round is called the "Elimination Bake" or the "Showpiece Round" in the first season. The worst-performing team in the second round is eliminated from the competition.

Each season features twelve teams, initially divided into two groups of six. In the second season, the groupings were based on the bakers' backgrounds, pitting self-taught bakers against those who are classically trained. Each of the first six episodes of each season features only one group, alternating until three teams have been eliminated from each group. Thereafter, the six teams remaining compete simultaneously. Thus, no more than six teams compete at once.

Production

On April 7, 2021, it was announced that Fox had ordered Crime Scene Kitchen, with Joel McHale as host, who also serves as an executive producer. Yolanda Gampp and Curtis Stone serve as judges for the series. The series premiered on May 26, 2021.

On May 16, 2022, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 5, 2023, after originally being planned to premiere on May 22, 2023. In March 2024, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on September 26.

Elimination tables

Season 1

The team won the first round and received an extra hint for the Showpiece Round.

Season 2

1. Bakers in this group are self-taught
2. Bakers in this group are classically-trained

Season 3

1. Bakers in this group are family
2. Bakers in this group are friends

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2023)

Season 3 (2024)

Reception

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

References

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External links

• Official website
• Crime Scene Kitchen at IMDb 

• 2020s American cooking television series
• 2020s American reality television series
• 2021 American television series debuts
• Cooking competitions in the United States
• American English-language television shows
• Reality cooking competition television series
• Fox Broadcasting Company reality television shows
• Television series by Fox Entertainment
• Television series by Insight Productions
• Television shows filmed in Los Angeles
• Television shows filmed in Atlanta
• Television shows filmed in Toronto