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Chopped : Season 17
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Air date: 13 Aug '13 - 14 episodesA 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.
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List of Episodes (14)
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Chopped (2009)
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1. Wasted!
13 Aug '13In this competition, the baskets are full of usually-discarded food scraps. In the first round the chefs must contend with herb stems and what is left of a filleted fish. Then the competitors open the baskets to find eyes on potatoes looking back at them. And the two chefs left in the dessert round must make yummy sweets from the least desirable part of the bread and the least juicy part of the orange.
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Chopped (2009)
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2. Keep on Trucking
18 Aug '13Four chefs with connections to the booming truck-food business motor into the Chopped Kitchen. And the first basket with two assertively-flavored meats makes for a challenging appetizer round. In the second round, the competitors must make dishes that include a sugary powder and a leafy vegetable.
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Chopped (2009)
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3. Sports Stars
03 Sep '13
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Chopped (2009)
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4. Hero Chefs
10 Sep '13These four extraordinary chefs all serve their communities with their culinary talents. In the first round they must combine chicken soup and barbecue sauce. The second round has the chefs creating scallop dishes with two unusual produce items. And the finalists have to get their buns in gear in the last round, when they are given hamburger buns to cook with. Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/chopped/hero-chefs/index.
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Chopped (2009)
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5. We Love Leftovers!
17 Sep '13All leftovers in the baskets today, and some of the chefs are not happy to hear the news. In the first round the competitors must work with what is left in a casserole dish and at the bottom of a takeout bag. The second round has the chefs wondering what to do with something soggy and something sweet. In the final round — featuring a leftover party beverage — one chef beats the other to the ice cream machine, leaving his competitor scrambling for a new plan.
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Chopped (2009)
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6. Count Your Chickens
24 Sep '13The chefs get a first basket with two chicken surprises: chicken livers and chicken tenders. The trend continue into the second round, where the chefs must make a delicious entree with chicken legs and chicken-flavored crackers? Then in the dessert round, an often-disparaged dessert must be elevated.
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Chopped (2009)
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7. Liver and Learn
01 Oct '13The chefs receive calves' livers and ranch dressing in the first round, and the judges watch as four appetizers come together in 20 minutes. Then in the entree round, a small bird and a citrusy spice make for an interesting combination.
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Chopped (2009)
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8. Extreme Halloween
06 Oct '13Halloween means very frightening suprises in the baskets for the chefs. In the first round, they encounter a very troublesome, bloody protein and a can of chips that's more than meets the eye. The three chefs who move on to the second round are in for something gooey and gory — and something that is just offal. The final two chefs boldly move on to a devilishly difficult dessert round.
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Chopped (2009)
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9. Circus Spectacular
24 Oct '13In this Chopped competition, the baskets are all packed with ingredients you might find on a sophisticated brunch menu. Near the end of a champagne and caviar appetizer round, one chef makes a generous, but potentially costly, choice. How will the chefs pair a seafood extravagance with pancake mix in the entree round? Then turning classic brunch items into dessert is the final, demanding challenge for the last two chefs.
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Chopped (2009)
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10. Competition Italiano
29 Oct '13Every basket in this competition features circus-themed ingredients. In the first round the chefs have to make cotton candy and corn dogs doggone delicious. Then in the entree round, one competitor decides to put his nachos — cheese and all — into the food processor: Will the judges like the result? And when snow cones and popcorn pop up in the dessert round, what kind of circusy sweetness will end up on the finalists' plates?
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Chopped (2009)
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11. Redeemed or Re-Chopped?
05 Nov '13Four former runners-up seek redemption; the first round features a faux meat and a hot mustard; sour grapes is an appropriate ingredient in the second basket.
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Chopped (2009)
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12. A Chopped Thanksgiving
12 Nov '13Chefs compete to make the best holiday meal from the mystery baskets; reinventing a green bean casserole; a big bird and a frozen orange treat in the second basket.
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Chopped (2009)
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13. Cloche Call
19 Nov '13The first round chefs must combine kimchi and gefilte fish; the second round basket contains a uniquely flavored vodka and a green snack; the dessert round features marshmallow cake and citrus water.
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Chopped (2009)
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14. Cloche Call
19 Nov '13Two cultures collide in the first round, when the chefs must combine kimchi and gefilte fish. The second round has the chefs working with uniquely flavored vodka and a green snack. And when the two finalists find marshmallow cake and citrusy water in the final basket, the judges hope for delicious desserts.
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