Episode list

The chefs learn that they will be required to fry something in every course; in the appetizer round, a brightly colored beverage and a stuffed pasta are part of the puzzle; a wild sundae brings fun to an exciting dessert round.

A creative take on poke and some special seafood in round one; pork not found at the average grocery store; the competitors who make it all the way to the dessert round must work with the salty and sweet snack.

Chefs compete to develop a tasty appetizer which must include venison tri-tip, lacy cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and edible bird's nest. The entrée round must include oyster mushrooms, blueberry vodka, bison tenderloin, stinging nettles. Finally, unique ingredients such as beer flour, jalapeño peppers, camel milk, crunchy fruit candy are required in the dessert round.

Four college students with a passion for cooking take over the kitchen to prove who can make the grade; a humble pizza and a common protein keep the appetizer basket palatable but present a challenging culinary puzzle.

Four chefs will each create a tasty appetizer using the mandatory basket ingredients such as vegan pork, pecan kringle, mixed beet blush, and moringa powder. Three chefs will create tantalizing entrées using lamb shoulder, spaghetti sushi, burrata, and baby artichokes. In the dessert round, two chefs will use frog eye salad, papaya, Negroni, and dried mulberries as they compete to become the Chopped Champion.

Four chefs have to sort out what to do with the odd pie in the appetizer round; an egg-flavored snack in the second basket brings some novel ideas for the entrée plates, and there is hardly time to stop and smell the rose latte in a fast dessert round.

It's game day in the "Chopped" kitchen; after kickoff, the chefs get an appetizer basket loaded with foods to fuel hungry sports fans; the entrée basket has a super strange shot glass and some winning wings.

Four chefs return to the kitchen to win the ultimate prize. The appetizer round includes a chicken-stuffed watermelon, egg roll wrappers, bok choy, and mushroom ketchup. The entrée round includes basket ingredients as lamb neck, natto, white nectarines, street corn nachos. The dessert round must include longan fruit, matcha cream puffs, chocolate coconut almonds, chow mein noodles. One of these chefs will move onto the Grand Finale Championship.

It's a rough reunion with the Chopped kitchen when the returning champs find a diabolical set of ingredients in their first basket. The chef who best handles a salad cake in the dessert round moves on to the $50, 000 finale.

The chefs set out to make a whole day's worth of amazing food with the cooking rounds changed to breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Chefs are competing to develop tasty foods using unique basket items. The appetizer round must include chicken hearts, spaghetti ring ice pops, black summer truffles, and avocado fries. The entrée round features fried chicken bao, turkey breast, horseradish leaves, and instant lemon pudding mix. Finally, babka cheesecake, pickled cherry blossoms, canary melon, and bacon brittle are required in the dessert round.

The theme for this episode is producing at least one smoked item in each round. Chefs are using unique ingredients such as sablefish, smoked baba ghanoush, marshmallow bouquet, and chioggia beets in the appetizer round. Elk ribeye, Ancho Chile Liqueur, marrow bones, and fava beans were the mandatory ingredients in the entrée round. Finally, the dessert round featured ingredients as crème brûlée ice cream, pineapple, shredded coconut, and smoked salmon candy.

Chefs will generated unique dishes using some relentless ingredients. Geoduck, cucumber kimchi, spring onion, and biscuits and sausage gravy are to be used in the appetizer round. Squab, chocolate fish, poblano peppers, and canned jackfruit are featured in the entrée round. Finally, the dessert round must include dessert pizza, sun-dried bell peppers, huckleberries, and purple sweet potatoes.

Four chefs have to tackle with basket ingredients such as beef tendon, bok choy, dried persimmon, and pea milk to develop tasty appetizers. Three chefs will compete using items from the basket including Lomo Ibérico, Chinese okra, king oyster mushrooms, and pinto beans and cheese during the entrée round. Two chefs will compete in the dessert round using apple tarte tatin, mangoes, preserved yogurt, and graham crackers with the remaining chef becoming the Chopped Champion.

These returning Chopped Champion chefs have to develop tantalizing dishes while incorporating very unique mandatory basket items. The appetizer round will include mixed oca, seaweed salad, paw paw brandy, and cod milt. The entrée round features octopus corn dogs, pink variegated lemons, tomahawk steaks, and potluck potato casserole. Yogurt soda, carved melons, Serrano ham, and ice cream tacos must be used in the dessert round. Which chef will present the most creative and tasty dishes and win the $50,000 prize?

Chefs will compete to develop an appetizer using hot chicken poutine, Argentinian sausage, fava beans, and sour bamboo slices. Red grouper, spring garlic, bubble tea, and broccoli and cheese calzones are required for the entrée round. The remaining two chefs will fight to become the Chopped champion while they develop a dessert with Chinese bacon, rainbow pretzels, black mission figs, and canned custard. Who will take home the $10,000 prize.

Pastry chefs compete in three rounds of a special chocolate desserts competition that feature a crunchy round, a gooey round, and a fruity round rather than an appetizer, entrée, and dessert round. Ingredients featured in the crunchy round include milk and chocolate chip cookies, chocolate-covered shrimp chips, fermented honey, and tamarillos. Kumquats, miso, chocolate ganache tarts, and spicy chocolate wings are mandatory ingredients in the gooey round. Two chefs will compete in the final fruity round featuring white chocolate banana pudding, freeze dried raspberries, sweet beef jerky, and ruby chocolate candy bars to become the Chopped champion.

It's a match made in culinary heaven as four chefs must tame wild game meat in every round and use a different bourbon to accent and complement their dishes.

A hog-themed day includes all kinds pork in each round. Four competing chefs get huge amounts of pig meat; gorgeous cuts of premium meats; a Bloody Mary with a special surprise; something fizzy and something offal-ly difficult to incorporate in a dessert.

Chefs compete to create appetizing dishes without getting chopped. The appetizer round must include the ingredients of fish heads, pea shoots, white asparagus, and chicken pot pie. The entree round features the must-have ingredients including baked cacio e pepe, rock shrimp, mustard greens, and buttered-flavored soda. Finally, peaches, rosemary, pretzel shortbread, and chicken and waffles taffy are the ingredients to be included in the dessert round.

Four chefs compete for one to be the Chopped champion. They will participate in three rounds using the mandatory items and any other while hoping not to be chopped. The appetizer round includes rabbit terrine, guanciale, spring garlic, and burger meal mix. Mandatory ingredients for the entree round include beer ramen, sablefish, corn on the cob, and lemon cake mix. The final round, which is the dessert course, must feature feta cheese ice cream, pears, blueberry ketchup, and chocolate-covered espresso beans.

Four chefs enter the Chopped kitchen for a diner-themed battle with three courses of elevated comfort food and guest judge Neil Patrick Harris. A breakfast-inspired final basket leads the chefs in two distinct directions.

Cauliflower is the veggie of the moment and the undisputed star of this Chopped battle. In the first round, the chefs must use the ubiquitous carb substitute in their dishes along with a funky Mexican delicacy.

The chefs attempt to use barbecued beef intestines and spiny cacti in their appetizers. They will also make quail entrées using Australian seasoning, and they use a jar of Mexican caramel in their desserts. Which contestant has what it takes to become the Chopped Champion?

Three previous Chopped champion chefs will compete against each other with the final chef trying to beat Executive Chef Alex Guarnaschelli with the dessert course. The appetizer round includes unique ingredients such as rainbow soup dumplings, snow crab legs, mizuna, and cheddar cheese sauce. The entrée round must include the following ingredients: avocado latte, squab, baby bananas in syrup, and cured egg yolks. Finally, the dessert round against Chef Alex must include Vienna sausages, rainbow carrots, pomelos, and gooey butter cake.

Three previous Chopped chefs will be competing in order to beat Chef Scott Conant during the savory round. The appetizer round must include ingredients such as canned shrimp, popcorn gelato, fennel, and mortadella. The pivotal second round entrée mandatory ingredients include alligator tenderloins, coquito, watermelon radish, and pea greens. The winner of the entrée round will compete in the final savory round with Chef Scott using the ingredients a giant can of spaghetti sauce, sunchokes, beef tenderloin, and ranch dressing.

Three previous Chopped champions return to be the winner to go on and compete against Chef Tiffani Faison. The first round is appetizers which must include carrot cake soda, mussels, water spinach, and crispy chicken snacks in their dishes. Second is the entree round and requires ingredients such as shakshuka doughnuts, venison tenderloin, celeriac, and ginkgo nut vinegar. The winner of this round competes with Chef Tiffani and is the "Beat Tiffani" round. The mandatory ingredients include 10-pack of tacos, Dover sole fillets, canned green beans, and chocolate champagne truffles. Can one of these Chopped champions beat Chef Tiffani?

Three previous Chopped champion chefs will compete against each other with the final chef trying to beat Chef Amanda Freitag during the final round. The appetizer round includes unique ingredients such as chicken gizzards, mangos, zhoug sauce, and fish heads. The entrée round must include the following ingredients: Reuben nachos, duck breast, broccoli rabe, and black truffle peelings. The winner will compete in the "Beat Chef Amanda" sensationally savory round and must include omurice, double-cut pork chops, rutabaga, and champurrado. Does the Chopped champion chef has what it takes to beat Chef Amanda?

Three former Chopped champions return to compete with each other and be the final contestant to beat Chef Marc Murphy for $10,000 and bragging rights if s/he wins. This will include three rounds including the final "Beat Chef Marc" round. The first round is the appetizers and must include unique ingredients such as escargot, beet and cashew butter, peas, and pecorino cheese. The two contestants remaining will compete in the entree round building a dish to include super spicy Mexican corn, octopus, pears, and black bean garlic sauce. Finally, the chef who is not chopped will compete in a "Beat Chef Marc" round to develop a tasty and creative dish that has presentation and must include roasted lamb intestines, Denver steaks, okra, and mint chocolate chip cookie dough. Does the Chopped champion have what it takes to beat Chef Marc?

Three previously Chopped Champion chefs return to fight during two regulation rounds with the winner competing in the final round against Chef Maneet Chauhan. The first round is creating appetizers and must include the mandatory ingredients include beef tendon balls, grapes, Italian long hots, and toaster pastry cereal. The second round is the entree round and contestants are mandated to use the basket ingredients including red snapper, zucchini blossoms, antipasto tree, and date syrup. Finally, the remaining contestant will compete with Chef Maneet to develop a dessert that includes creativity, taste, and presentation. The dessert must include the ingredients of hummus ice cream, cherries, turmeric, and chocolate snack cakes. Does the winning chef have what it takes to beat Chef Maneet?

The chefs get fries and thighs in every basket, starting with a delicate protein paired with a newfangled starch in the appetizer basket. Bubble tea crashes the theme party in the second round, and the dessert basket features a fun, sugary twist on fries, but the chefs are challenged to make thigh meat work with dessert.

Sixteen fearless, twice-winning, grand champions are back to defeat chef Bobby Flay and win $50,000; strangely sweet sandwiches and beautiful seafood await the champs; unusual beef jerky product and a twist and hummus; special banana pudding; fancy bacon.

Four returning champions try to impress Bobby Flay. In the first round, an oven mishap leads to an alarming situation while cooking with yak burgers, rainbow cookie cake, huckleberry potatoes, and comté cheese. The entrée round includes canned stuffed jalapeños, royale dorade, citrus coriander, and a lemon dessert. Two remaining champs must make big plans while cooking with Watergate salad, coconut sugar, Asian long beans, and kombucha.

Four "Chopped" champs compete for a spot in the tournament finale. In the preliminary battle, the first basket includes a sushi burger, sea cress, lotus root, and ras el hanout. The three chefs in round two have ambitious plans for their dishes while using basket ingredients such as frozen chili cheese dogs, antelope rib rack, oka, and blackberry syrup. The dessert round features gummy bear tart, cocoa nibs, guava, and popcorn shoots.

In the first round, four chefs cook up appetizers using pizza bites, chicken confit, graffiti eggplant, and caviar. In the entrée round, three chefs generate tasty dishes using dirty fries, boar tenderloin, watermelon, and haricot verts. Finally, in the dessert round, the remaining two chefs construct their masterpieces featuring head cheese, sweet and sour cereal, figs, and queso fresco.

The Beat Bobby Flay tournament finale brings four winners back for a chance to defeat a Food Network legend and score $50,000. In round one, appetizers are to be created using stuffed doughnuts, pig kidneys, upland cress, and dried mangosteen. Two of the chefs will be eliminated after the entrée round which features ingredients such as tilefish, lacy cauliflower, potted meat, and rhubarb liqueur. The final chef will go head-to-head with Chef Bobby Flay.

The competing chefs are surprised by a parsley cake in round two. When the finalists focus their attention on a dessert basket that includes Cara Cara oranges and a curiously boozy condiment, the judges are impressed by the level of skill they see.

Four competitors embrace bacon perfection as they attempt to advance to the grand finale of the Comfort Food Feud. The appetizer basket includes a Japanese condiment and a bacon-y bar food. Biscuit dough is part of the puzzle in the entree round, and the two chefs remaining in the final round attempt to make satisfying desserts featuring chocolate and more bacon.

In a burger-themed battle of the $25, 000 Comfort Food Feud, the chefs get a deep-fried surprise and a sloppy classic in round one. In the entree round, they must figure out what to do with a bizarre canned product.

In this round of the Comfort Food Feud, the chefs try to prove they have what it takes to conquer mac and cheese and move on to the tournament's grand finale. In the appetizer round, the chefs get creative with a cocktail and tiny cheesy morsels. The entree round sees the competitors working with a mac and cheese-inspired brunch item, and the final two chefs hope to turn pancake mix and mac and cheese into a heavenly dessert.

The $25, 000 Comfort Food Feud continues with a battle devoted to pizza. The competitors find spaghetti and meatballs in an unusual form in the entree basket, and the dessert round involves some spicy, salty and sugary ingredients.

Four Comfort Food Feud champions return to a decked-out outdoor arena to battle for the $25,000 prize and the title of Chopped Grand Champion. The ingredient baskets contain delicious reminders of the tournament's culinary themes, starting with a special sandwich and a play on pot pie in the appetizer round. The entree basket contains a turkey stuffed with something somewhat shocking, and the last two chefs battling it out for the grand prize race the clock to create $25,000 desserts that make brilliant use of a mashup monstrosity and mango ketchup.

The chefs get a sweet and salty theme and are tasked with perfectly harmonizing the quintessential flavor pairing on their plates; the competitors must combine a Moroccan pie and a sugary take on bacon. Which chef will earn a sweet victory?

Competitors race the clock to use a red spread and dried fish in the second round; the remaining chefs must combine a citrus food and an unusual seaweed snack in their desserts.

The competing chefs find unusual cupcakes and a curious jarred "candy" in the round two baskets, and the final two chefs feast their eyes on a jar of pigs' lips in the dessert basket.

The chefs work to make appetizers from chewy candy and a canned sauce.

The chefs open the appetizer basket to find a peculiar pâté; in round two, the chefs work with a fish that they have never cooked before.