episodes
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1.
When Chefs Collide
The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
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2.
Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi
Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
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3.
Judge Knows Best
The chefs must work with a fish that's traditionally used for sushi in the appetizer round. Then, they find an unfamiliar condiment in the entrée basket and prosecco is used to make dessert.
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4.
A Nori Story
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
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5.
Sticking To It
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
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6.
Season's Choppings
The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
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7.
Flower Power
The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
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8.
Sweet Redemption
Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
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9.
Winging It
The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
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10.
In a Pinch
A challenging piece of meat poses problems for the chefs in the entrée round. They also must use soft-shell crabs in their appetizers and peppermint sticks in their desserts.
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11.
Raw Enthusiasm
The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
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12.
Against the Tide
The chefs must combine fish with chocolate in the appetizer round. Then, a trendy root vegetable shows up in the entrée round and violet mustard is used to make desserts.
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13.
Chopped Liver
The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.