Seasons & episodes
S2 · E5Pride on the Plate 2009-07-07
The chefs try to represent their cultural heritage through duck appetizers. Then they work with Serrano ham in the entrée round.
S2 · E6Pretty Please with a Pepper on Top 2009-07-14
Piquillo peppers and snap peas are among the featured ingredients.
S2 · E7Pods, Grills, and Sticky Fingers 2009-07-28
The mystery ingredients include star fruit, liquor and spicy merguez sausage.
S2 · E8A Wish Upon a Starfruit 2009-08-11
Part 1 of 4. Past "Chopped" winners return to compete in a champions round. Some chefs have an edge when a Southern specialty shows up in the appetizer basket. Then Japanese noodles and leafy greens create a challenge for the entrées.
S2 · E9Buckwheat Blunders and Twists of Fate 2009-08-25
Part 2 of 4. Four past "Chopped" winners face off in a champions round. Featured ingredients include cockles, ground chicken and apples.
S2 · E10Chopped Champions - Round One: The Ultimate Face-Off 2009-09-08 · 42 min
The first tournament featuring past Chopped champions, where the winner advances to face three new champions next week. First up, chefs must create an appetizer using crayfish and fiddlehead ferns and an entrée that includes dinosaur kale.
S2 · E11Chopped Champions - Round Two: Best of the Best 2009-09-15 · 42 min
Round Two features the Round One victor against three more returning champions. Featured ingredients include cockles, kohlrabi, and goji berries.
S2 · E12Chopped Champions - Round Three: All-Stars Showdown 2009-09-22 · 42 min
The reigning Round Two All-Star Champion competes against three more previous winners. Featured ingredients: lavash, beef jerky, and gin.
S2 · E13Chopped Champions - Round Four: Bring It! 2009-09-29 · 42 min
Conclusion. Four "Chopped" all-stars face off for $10,000. Featured ingredients include bananas, endives, melons and molasses.
S3 · E1When Chefs Collide 2009-10-13
The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
S3 · E2Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi 2009-10-20
Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
S3 · E3Judge Knows Best 2009-10-27
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.
S3 · E4A Nori Story 2009-11-03
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
S3 · E5Sticking To It 2009-11-10
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
S3 · E6Season's Choppings 2009-12-08
The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
S3 · E7Flower Power 2010-01-05
The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
S3 · E8Sweet Redemption 2010-01-12
Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
S3 · E9Winging It 2010-01-19
The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
S3 · E10In a Pinch 2010-01-26
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.
S3 · E11Raw Enthusiasm 2010-02-16
The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
S3 · E12Against the Tide 2010-03-02
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.
S3 · E13Chopped Liver 2010-03-09
The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.
S4 · E1Rattle and Roll 2010-04-06
Rattlesnake meat must be included in the chef's first course.
S4 · E2My Froggy Clementine 2010-04-13
The chefs find frog legs in the first basket for the Appetizer Round.