Chef Adam Pawlak is embarking on his fourth appearance in the national culinary spotlight this season as he participates on the Food Network’s latest culinary challenge: “Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out."  

This new iteration of the original cooking show (which ran for 15 seasons, hosted by Alton Brown) is now hosted by Brian Malarkey.

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Following former appearances on “Hells Kitchen”, “Super Chef Grudge Match” and “Beat Bobby Flay”, Pawlak will be tackling a new series of intensely unpredictable culinary challenges with the hope of bringing home $25K.

How does it work? 

Each episode of “Cutthroat Kitchen” features four chefs competing against one another in a three-round elimination cooking competition, with opportunities to sabotage one another along the way.

In the first round of each episode, Malarkey sets up the challenge, dishes out sabatages and auctions off advantages to the competitors. Each chef has one minute to gather up the ingredients needed to tackle the challenge at hand (and avoid getting stuck in the pantry). One chef is eliminated.

In round two, all three chefs face a new challenge and a new auction during which they can bid on sabataves and advantages. Meanwhile, in round three, the remaining chefs compete in a final challenge with the winner taking home the remaining money in their bank. 

Each episode will feature one judge who will determine the winner of each round by both tasting and evaluating the dishes before they know what challenges and sabotages were endured. The season’s judges will include Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, Alex Guarnaschelli, Aarti Sequeira and Jet Tila.

“Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out”, which debuted on May 13,  features nine episodes total, each running on Tuesday at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Pawlak will be featured in the competition on Tuesday, July 1 in the episode entitled: “Doomsday Sabatage.”