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

TV Show · Game Show

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.

2009 · 41m

Starring Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy

Director Michael Pearlman

EPISODE 1

Time Capsule: '60s Foods!

The competing chefs have to cook with foods that were popular in the 1960s; a certain soda and some sweet meat are part of the appetizer basket, but the clock seems to be the most difficult aspect of the challenge.

41 min
EPISODE 2

Time Capsule: '90s Foods!

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.

40 min
EPISODE 3

Time Capsule: Future Foods!

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.

41 min
EPISODE 4

Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 3

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.

40 min
EPISODE 5

Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 2

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.

40 min
EPISODE 7

Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 1

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.

40 min