Chopped

Four new chefs are thrown into the mix as they try to transform a hearty sandwich into a dainty appetizer; in the second round, the competitors must make creative, beautiful entrees with weird soda and quail.

Four chefs compete in a battle celebrating Chinese cuisine; they scramble to distinguish themselves when prompted to make similar appetizers, showcase their unique style with an impressive salmon entrée and craft a dessert from noodles and candy.

Competitors race to turn mystery ingredients into extraordinary three-course meals. This competition is all about skill, speed and ingenuity -- and only one chef will impress the judges enough to survive the chopping block.

With no major tricks in the first basket, the chefs are left to create their own problems, as they attempt to piece together meat and potato appetizers; in the entrée round, duck dishes are a tall order in just 30 minutes.

The chefs turn PB&J pancakes into appetizers; a rainbow ingredient in the entrée basket is not a sunny surprise for the chefs; ice cream drama in the dessert round has the judges on the edge of their seats.

The chefs find a peculiar cereal and fluke fillets in the first basket. The entrée round ingredients run the gamut from light to hearty, and the finalists must work a clever crêpe and an interactive candy into their desserts.

This battle is all about indulging wholeheartedly in late-night cravings; in the first round, tacos and ramen in the basket force the chefs to make fusion plates; the entrée basket includes a very hot pepper and a beloved potato product.

The chefs find a salty veggie and a dried fruit in the appetizer basket; in the entrée round, a carnival treat meets a Tex-Mex staple in the form of a strange mashup ingredient; chefs come up with ideas for creative cakes in the final round.

Four chefs connected to the rich culinary history of Africa cook with passion in this special competition.Goatchops test the chefs' chops in the entrée round,and a final basket that skews more savory than sweet presents a challenge for the finalists.

The chefs create a kitchen traffic jam when the first basket inspires them to all use the deep fryer; the competitors struggle to make juicy swordfish steaks, and an unusual cheese product for dessert prompts one chef to attempt a cheesecake.

Four new chefs battle to see if they have the chops to win and one competitor makes a risky choice in the first round; in the second round, the chefs are challenged to make elk entrees in 30 minutes.

Competitors race to turn mystery ingredients into three-course meals; the competition is all about skill, speed and ingenuity.

With a spot in the tournament's finale at stake, four chefs open their first basket to find an ingredient called goat water; a squirmy sea creature in the second basket doesn't seem like a keeper, but a risky switch could land something worse.

The chefs tempt fate when they are given the risky option to switch out their ingredients, and everyone is shocked when one competitor decides to keep a strange one; a turn of events leaves a chef with an ingredient nobody sees coming.

Four new, bold chefs compete in a preliminary battle, and a super sweet ingredient in the first basket proves to be problematic; the entrée basket reveals a cured piece of seafood that doesn't seem like a piece of cake.

Four more culinary gamblers have high hopes as they arrive for a preliminary battle of the tournament; the chefs unanimously agree to give one appetizer ingredient the boot and debate using an odd cotton candy creation in the entrée.

The champs open up the finale appetizer basket and come eye-to-eye with a shocking ingredient; champagne in the dessert basket foreshadows the celebration that lies ahead for one of the competitors.

In round one, the chefs figure out if anyone has a clue what to do with emu. The competitors find a savory cake in the entrée basket. A really weird soda and an ice cream machine battle make for an enthralling dessert round.

America's 50th state knows how to cook up a good time and the fryer is a hot commodity in the appetizer round, creating dilemmas for the chefs who didn't get there first; fish and seaweed in the entrée basket keep the island vibes going strong.

Native American chefs who revere indigenous culinary traditions compete in a first-of-its-kind battle; every basket is packed with ingredients known and loved in native communities, like sumac and whitefish for the first round.

Ted's in charge of the baskets! In the first round, he challenges the chefs with a wildly unusual product in a tube and his favorite snack of all time. The final basket includes an exotic extract and an Italian dessert that Ted can never pass up.

Late night food and a classic three-ingredient sandwich in the first round; a deep-fried snack in the entree round; diner staples in the dessert basket.

Firefighter cooks prove that they are cool under pressure and thrive when the heat is on; in the entree round, the firefighters must make a strange sweet treat work with beef, and the dessert basket reveals a flaming surprise for the two finalists.

The competitors take on Southern classics such as hush puppies and black-eyed peas in the first basket; something fried meets something sweet in the Entrée round; then, fruity, creamy and doughy desserts are the result of a busy final round.

Chefs find donut-shaped sushi in the first basket; the judges are happy to see frog legs in the second basket, but they aren't quick to leap to any conclusions about how the entrées will turn out; there are challenging textures in the dessert basket.

The competitors rescue foods that would normally be thrown out; Chinese and Italian foods make for some fusion cooking; the second basket contains half a sandwich and a bottle of sweet liquid; the chefs find coffee and grapes in the dessert basket.

The chefs get swept up in mushroom mania; the competitors try to make a great first impression on judge Martha Stewart with an unusual cocktail and an intensely-flavored protein; the chefs discover a creative use for bacon.

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