Name: Chopped
Released: 2009-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy

Available on HBO Max

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.

Game Show · 2009 · 42 min

Starring Ted Allen , Alex Guarnaschelli , Marc Murphy

Director Michael Pearlman

EPISODE 1

No Pain, No Shame

The chefs need a tool to bust apart a challenging ingredient; a trendy pastry meets a North African stew in the second basket; rosemary and ginger in the dessert round.

41 min · 25 Nov 2013
EPISODE 2

Teen Talent

Four teenaged chefs compete; the first basket contains a sweet drink and a juicy fruit; the second baskets contains sophisticated ingredients; breakfast-like ingredients in the dessert round.

41 min · 9 Dec 2013
EPISODE 3

Tapas Time

All courses must be composed of small plates; in the first round, the baskets contain Spanish ingredients, including gazpacho; the dessert round features catalan crème.

42 min · 16 Dec 2013
EPISODE 4

Waste Not

The chefs must make use of ingredients that are usually thrown out; the competitors have to get creative with a little bit of salad dressing and some paltry scraps of poultry; using fruit and veggie peels in desserts.

42 min · 4 Jan 2014
EPISODE 5

Firefighter Chefs

Some hearty meat-and-cheese appetizers; some big errors with a non-basket-ingredient gets one of the judges inordinately upset; playing with fire.

41 min · 11 Jan 2014
EPISODE 6

Hoofin' It!

The chefs rush to make appetizers with pickled pigs' feet and sweet potato chips; the competitors try to make pie work with venison; two finalists come up with similar ideas for their desserts.

41 min · 15 Jan 2014