Hosted by Top Chef Master Thierry Rautureau, each episode of Kitchen Circus features three home cooks testing their skills preparing one course of a three course meal at Seattle’s renowned Rover’s restaurant. Who will master the rigors of a professional kitchen and be voted the favorite course of the evening by a 45 dinner guests?

Dishes were judged on three criteria: taste, presentation, and creativity with one home cook winner each evening. Winners from the first three episodes move on to the finale dinner at the end of the season, where a champion is crowned.