Best Episodes
Hosted by Ted Allen, Chopped is a high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets "chopped" by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.
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Chocolate, figs and mussels are among the featured ingredients.
The episode was rated 6.59 from 27 votes.
The chefs must work with strawberries, turkey and gummi bears.
The episode was rated 6.63 from 24 votes.
Macaroni-and-cheese, cola and bacon are among the featured ingredients.
The episode was rated 6.98 from 40 votes.
The chefs must use apples, shrimp and peanut butter in their appetizers; pickled peppers and pepperoni in their entrées; and cereal in their desserts.
The episode was rated 7.14 from 29 votes.
The chefs must use coconut in their appetizers, calamari in their entrées and donuts with smoked Gouda in their desserts.
The episode was rated 7.16 from 38 votes.
In the series opener, four chefs must use octopus, duck and animal crackers to make an extraordinary three-course meal in three rounds of competition. A panel of culinary experts determines which chef's dishes deserve the $10,000 prize. Hosted by Ted Allen.
The episode was rated 7.23 from 128 votes.
Featured ingredients include canned peaches (appetizers); fruit punch and rice cakes (entrée); and beets, goat cheese and oatmeal (final course).
The episode was rated 7.26 from 38 votes.
The chefs must work with avocado, cantaloupe, pecans, bran flakes and brioche bread.
The episode was rated 7.37 from 68 votes.
Featured ingredients include tofu, blueberries and oysters.
The episode was rated 7.38 from 77 votes.
The chefs must use string cheese in their appetizers, jicama in their entrées and gingersnaps in their desserts.
The episode was rated 7.39 from 33 votes.
The chefs must work with yucca, watermelon and tortillas in three rounds of competition.
The episode was rated 7.43 from 58 votes.
The chefs must work with bananas, collard greens and grits.
The episode was rated 7.44 from 55 votes.
The chefs must use quail in their appetizers, arctic char in their entrées, and beer in their desserts.
The episode was rated 7.44 from 34 votes.
