• Air date: 13 Oct '09 13 episodes
      A 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.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. When Chefs Collide

      13 Oct '09
      The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
    • 2. Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi

      20 Oct '09
      Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
    • 3. Judge Knows Best

      27 Oct '09
      The chefs must work with a fish that's traditionally used for sushi in the appetizer round. Then, they find an unfamiliar condiment in the entrée basket and prosecco is used to make dessert.
    • 4. A Nori Story

      03 Nov '09
      The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
    • 5. Sticking To It

      10 Nov '09
      The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
    • 6. Season's Choppings

      08 Dec '09
      The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
    • 7. Flower Power

      05 Jan '10
      The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
    • 8. Sweet Redemption

      12 Jan '10
      Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
    • 9. Winging It

      19 Jan '10
      The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
    • 10. In a Pinch

      26 Jan '10
      A challenging piece of meat poses problems for the chefs in the entrée round. They also must use soft-shell crabs in their appetizers and peppermint sticks in their desserts.
    • 11. Raw Enthusiasm

      16 Feb '10
      The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
    • 12. Against the Tide

      02 Mar '10
      The chefs must combine fish with chocolate in the appetizer round. Then, a trendy root vegetable shows up in the entrée round and violet mustard is used to make desserts.
    • 13. Chopped Liver

      09 Mar '10
      The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.