Bringing the funny to the Chopped Kitchen, four comics (Sinbad, Tommy Davidson, Robert Wuhl and Gillian Vigman) compete for a chance to move on to the $50,000 finale. The stars open up the first basket and get a pork delicacy and a gummy candy. In the entree round, the three remaining comedians must make jalapeno poppers palatable with beer can chicken. And with vanilla cupcakes in the final basket, transforming the ingredient becomes key for the two finalists.
Chopped salutes the U.S. Military and welcomes the few, the proud, the U.S. Marine Corps chefs to the kitchen! In the appetizer round, the chefs must figure out how to make something that's normally "ready to eat" ready for the judges! Then in the entrée round, a breakfast food in the basket will awaken the chefs' creativity. Finally, a savory-sweet mash up in the dessert basket turns the final round into a real head-scratcher for the two Marines still cooking.
Chef Robert Irvine's latest mission introduces him to the Whistle Stop in Hot Springs, Ark., and Linda, a former employee who bought the business when the previous owners abruptly told her they were shutting down. The business turned out to be a poor investment, and Linda has used the inheritance her late husband left her to keep the doors open. Robert has only two days and $10,000 to restore the dining room, clean the kitchen and train the staff.
Things get sizzling when two chefs cook steak over a romantic candlelit dinner. Then one chef is cut down to size while stuck with a giant whisk as their only tool. Finally one chef learns making cake is no cake walk when forced to walk around the kitchen on cake boxes!
Whip up an elegant dinner for your sweetheart in a flash, saving time in the kitchen so you can enjoy your date night in. Enjoy an easy flaky fish dish alongside a hearty artichoke salad. This date night meal cooks up so fast, you'll even have time for a creamy dessert.
In heat two of the Halloween Tournament of Terror, three chefs have to make their deviled eggs while dressed as scary monsters. Then, two chefs have to make their spider rolls on a giant spider web. Finally, one chef has to make their flambe dessert in a haunted, spinning kitchen.
One chef has to use finger tools while making a bacon-wrapped dish. Another chef has to make lasagna while driving around the kitchen in a racecar seat. Finally, a chef has to make a black and white cookie while doubling their movements on a black and white prep station.
It's an East Coast battle when Boston's Robert Sisca and Atlantic City's Michael Brennan duke it out in the kitchen. Born and bred New Yorker and actress Susie Essman joins New Jersey transplant Sunny Anderson to taste and decide who will go up against New York City boy, Bobby Flay.
Things get lyrical in the kitchen when Food Network's Damaris Phillips gets TV host Jaymee Sire to join her sing-along that doesn't end, much to Bobby Flay's annoyance. They get culinary assistance from French chef Remi Granger and Philadelphia native Elijah Milligan, who both hope to strike a victorious chord.
If it were up to Guy, California's state symbol would be fish tacos! Tequila and lime marinated tempura-style cod is piled high alongside thinly sliced cabbage, pico de gallo, and tequila lime aioli. It's a Left Coast thang, and Guy is riding that wave all the way into your kitchen.