Chef Michael Symon faces his toughest challenge yet when he heads to The Rock to cook for an exclusive event for 125 guests at America's most notorious prison. With kitchens separated by a city, and a schedule that restricts his time on the island to the bare minimum, will Michael live within the limits of the law or will this be Dinner: Impossible?
Extra difficult baskets are guaranteed when four lucky chefs arrive in the Chopped Kitchen for a viewers' choice competition! The fans pick a creepy protein and a bloody soup for the first round, while something hearty and something super-hot are in the second basket. Then, the judges must put a fork to pork in dessert dishes made with offal and atole.
The Chopped Kitchen is taken over by food truck chefs, steering toward success! The first basket contains ingredients from Chinese and Greek cuisines, while a classic American street food meets a fun-to-say Korean dish in the entree basket. The two food truck chefs facing off in the dessert round work with unripe fruit and a much-loved sweet spread.
Tyler Florence brings together five of Chicago's most acclaimed chefs to compete in an Italian restaurant. The first round throws them for a loop when they're presented with alligator meat. They take advantage of the kitchen's powerful pizza oven with the hope of cooking it just right and moving on to the final round that decides the Windy City's Bite Club Champ.
Four pastry chefs step into the Chopped kitchen to show off their chocolate skills. A chocolate-covered seafood snack is a sneaky surprise in the appetizer basket, and a tart fruit and a Japanese food staple find their way into the entree basket. The remaining chefs find jerky in the dessert basket, and it just might work in their favor.
In this challenge, Robert heads to Lake Tahoe to the American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament. He has just six hours to feed a tent full of 250 celebrity players and tournament sponsors at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. By the end of the final round of play, Robert must create a gourmet grilling experience in a beautiful kitchen on the greens.