For Tim Mälzer, the culinary competition begins in Switzerland. Here, the star chef has to compete with two Michelin-starred chefs. In order to collect more points than his competitor and two-star chef Tim Raue, he has to recreate a speciality of Europe's youngest three-star chef, Andreas Caminada, as precisely as possible. And he is known for turning every course into a true work of art. Tim Raue's first stop is Poland. Here, the two-star chef has to contend with several challenges.

Because it's a public holiday, only one supermarket is open. And since no one speaks English, communication is anything but easy. Will Tim Raue still manage to get all the ingredients?

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.

At Christmas time, the chefs Tim Mälzer, Tim Raue, Christian Lohse and Roland Trettl are faced with a very special challenge: In "Kitchen Impossible - The Christmas Edition", the top chefs will compete in teams and recreate a complete Christmas menu. Tim Mälzer will travel to Latvia with Tim Raue. Here, the two chefs will delve deep into the traditional Christmas world and have to face a very special menu. Roland Trettl and Christian Lohse will be sent to Alaska and have to recreate a Christmas menu together. Their first meeting in the kitchen is anything but harmonious. Will the two chefs pull together and present a finished Christmas menu to the jury? The four chefs will find out who won in the end when they cook and celebrate Christmas together. Each chef will prepare his or her own personal Christmas dish for the others.

In the Christmas special, Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue as well as Roland Trettl and Peter Maria Schnurr face the challenge of perfectly recreating Christmas dishes in the most remote places. While Team Trettl/Schnurr travels to Kuusamo (Finland), a culinary challenge awaits the Tims in Goldegg (Austria). After their return, the four spend Christmas Eve together to find out who won.

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.

As in previous years, there will also be a Christmas edition in 2019. For the first time, Mälzer and Tim Raue will not compete as a team, but against each other. Mälzer will be supported by Mario Lohninger, Raue by Roland Trettl.

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.

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

To mark the anniversary, Tim Mälzer and Tim Raue meet in Brazil for a duel. In São Paulo, Mälzer explores the city, while Raue serves a dish by Alex Atala. Mälzer must identify the flavors and recreate them.