Teenagers are taking over the Chopped Kitchen! Four talented young cooks bravely attempt a challenge that often throws off trained professionals. Watching the first round, featuring fish filets and a sugary frozen treat, the judges are amazed by the level of maturity, poise and skill: And it's a very difficult choice deciding which rising culinary star will not get a chance to move on. There are some fun items in the second round baskets: cotton candy and French-fried onions. Then the two terrific teens who make it to the dessert round, and find movie-theater popcorn in the basket, put on a great show.
This week at Charm City Cakes truly comes full circle. A couple from Season Two, who had the bakery make a cake for their engagement, are back and this time their getting married. The wedding cake will be a four-tiered asymmetric blue and white cake, and the groom s cake is the Hoya mascot from Georgetown. Our second cake is truly an original. A stack of French toast with a French mouse popping out of it in a beret of all things, a mime shirt, and a cigarette in his mouth.
The final two teams go head-to-head at a San Diego brewery where they must sell a dish based on the other team's signature menu item. After tasting a flight of craft beer, the teams create new specials to sell as a paring to brewery patrons. Next, Tyler Florence and Chef Ruffo Ibarra challenge the trucks to cook with the hottest chilies in the world. Both teams pull out all the stops, but only one team is awarded the $50,000 and crowned winner of the hottest season ever!
Rematch on! With pride at stake and determination in their eyes, four previously defeated competitors return to the Chopped kitchen to prove that they are not second-best, after all. As they set out to redeem themselves, the chefs are challenged by a tough cut of meat and a pungent English condiment in the appetizer basket. And the twenty-minute time limit coupled with some very eager chefs leads to a rowdy round. Then as they hustle to assemble the entrees, the chefs have to fight harder than ever to stay in the competition, but with cookies and fish in the basket, impressing the judges is no sure thing. And in the quest to finally become a Chopped Champion, blueberry jellybeans stand in the way of two very determined previous losers.
Ree Drummond's serving up all different types of eggs for breakfast. There's Eggs Benedict and then a fiery version of the classic, Steak and Eggs Benedict with Spicy Hollandaise. She's making the Best Scrambled Eggs Ever, Pioneer-style, and whipping up Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup. Then, some five-ingredient marvels with Eggs in Tomatoes and Spicy Eggs on Toast, and with just two ingredients is Ladd's favorite, Egg-in-a-Hole. Finally, omelets are the star in Cowboy Breakfast Sandwiches.
Inspired by his own Flavortown Kitchen takeout service, Guy Fieri sends three all-star competitors his takeout food, which they have to incorporate in two rounds of games. First, the chefs must use the ingredients in a breakfast dish. Then they have to turn Guy's delivery into a restaurant-worthy, high-end entree. Guy even sends takeout to the judges so they can eat along with the competition. With at-home takeout tips this good, you may never leave home again.
All-star chefs bring their A-game to compete in Guy Fieri's ultimate ABC battle. In the first round, the chefs have to make their favorite comfort dish out of ingredients that start with their favorite letter of the alphabet. Then in round two, the chefs do a letter draft to determine the starting letter for the ingredients in their seafood classic. The winning chef finds out that "V" is for "Victory" as they shop Flavortown Market for up to $20,000!
Guy Fieri invites three unforgettable foodies with big online followings to team up with their favorite all-star chefs in a high-energy Flavortown competition. First, the teams must prove they're masters of digital communication by planning a classic food duo over their smartphones that features a grocery list of mandatory ingredients. Then, the final two pairs of teammates each shop their half of the store to make a dinner party plate, which could win one team up to $20,000.
A set of twins is among the returning Chopped winners striving for the opportunity to Beat Bobby Flay. In the first round, a cold soup and a stuffed lobster challenge the champs, and keeping track of all four ingredients proves problematic for some. The entree basket includes a giant piece of meat and some tasty little dried fruits. Then, nobody knows how to pronounce the name of a Swedish cookie in the final basket, but will the two chefs who are making dessert know what to do with it?
Four talented moms, who are not professional chefs, take on the mother of all kitchens, the Chopped kitchen. In the first round, the competitors have a lot of work to do, including breaking down an uncommon protein and figuring out how to make coffee a key part of their appetizers. Then in the entree round, a grain and a green must make it onto the plate. And when the last two moms find themselves facing off in the dessert round, they must make nutty and fruity flavors work together.