Four new chefs are thrown into the mix and find out fast what the Chopped kitchen is really like! When they feast their eyes on a hearty sandwich in the first basket, can they transform it into dainty, delicious appetizers? In the second round, the chefs must make creative, beautiful entrees with weird soda and quail. Finally, inside the last basket is duck bacon, which sounds like a dreamy ingredient, but putting it to great use in dessert may prove difficult.
Everyone goes hog wild in the Chopped Kitchen as the chefs take on a pork-themed competition. The first basket threatens to contain too much of a good thing, and a beautiful cut of heritage-breed pork is juxtaposed with a questionable canned product in the entree round, sending the chefs in some creative directions with their dishes. While they would have welcomed bacon in round three, the finalists must make use of more unusual porky items in their desserts.
The Chopped chefs get swept up in mushroom mania, with mushroom surprises in the baskets and plenty in the pantry. In Round One, the competitors try to make a great first impression on judge Martha Stewart with an unusual cocktail and an intensely-flavored protein. In the second basket, the chefs discover a creative use for bacon and a French dessert with a wild twist. Then in the final round, two chefs face the difficult task of making mushrooms into sweet creations.
The Neelys are going oceanside on their "Seafood Shack" food adventure! First stop, crustacean town with their creamy Shrimp Sliders. Then, they've got mollusk mania with their bacon riddled Neely Clam Chowder. They're rounding the meal out with thick Corn Fritters loaded with whole corn kernels and smoky paprika. Finally, Gina Neely makes a cocktail to wash it all down, a tangy Grapefruit Gimlet. You'll feel the ocean air in your hair after this meal goes down at "Neely's Seafood Shack!"
The Neelys are "Kick Starting the Day" with an explosion of breakfast favorites. First, they're making a heart healthy Homemade Brown Sugar Granola with Quick Fix Honey. Then, it's sinfully delightful Cinnamon Sugar Waffles with Blueberry Syrup. And, a stick to your ribs side, Black Pepper Maple Bacon. Finally, they need a beverage to wash it all down, the Best Bloody Mary your lips will ever taste! This meal is just what you need to "Kick Start the Day," every day!
You don't want to miss this flavor-fantastic meal! First up, ridiculously succulent Lobster Rolls, you'll be able to taste the sweet lobster chunks, avocado pieces, and crumbled bacon in each bite! Keeping it real is one killer pot of Baked Cranberry Beans with Smoked Sausage and Roasted Garlic. Finally, to sweeten the deal is a quick dessert made to look like you slaved in the kitchen for hours, a Boston Crème Pie. Now that's one Mac Daddy, Big Daddy meal.
In Memphis, Michael Symon sits down with four generations of barbecue royalty for the scoop on their most delicious family secrets, with a side of smoked turkey and sweet potato fried pie. In Portland, Ore., an insane burger is stacked over a foot tall with three beef patties, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, bacon, ham, eggs and more! And finally, in Atlanta, chile-rubbed duck breast gets top billing as some of the best Latin food north of the border.