Chopped

The chefs set out to make trendy 1990s foods yummy for a new millennium; the combination of ingredients in the first basket confuses the competitors, and missteps threaten to derail one competitor's plans in the dessert round.

The competing chefs have to cook with ingredients representative of foods we might be noshing on in the future, including insects in the first round.

Chefs get a big surprise ingredient with a challenging texture; in the entree round, some sticky beans and a peculiar salad are shockers; the final chefs attempt to make winning desserts from the wild ingredients in the third basket.

The competitors brace for zany, brainy ingredients courtesy of Alton Brown, starting with a super stinky item in the appetizer basket; in the second round, a unique style of apple pie may have the competitors asking, why.

Alton Brown is at it again; the chefs in his Maniacal Baskets tournament are seriously tripped up by a canned wonder in the appetizer round, and a shelf-stable surprise in the entree basket is unlikely to be a crowd pleaser.