Chopped

Season 3

TV-G

Chopped challenges four promising chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. In each episode, four chefs compete. The show is divided into three rounds; in each round, the chefs are given a basket with four unrelated ingredients, and the dish each competitor prepares must contain all of these ingredients.

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13 Episodes

When Chefs Collide
E1
When Chefs CollideThe chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi
E2
Oh My Goshy, UmeboshiFeatured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
Judge Knows Best
E3
Judge Knows BestThe 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.
A Nori Story
E4
A Nori StoryThe chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
Sticking To It
E5
Sticking To ItThe chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
Season's Choppings
E6
Season's ChoppingsThe chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
Flower Power
E7
Flower PowerThe chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
Sweet Redemption
E8
Sweet RedemptionFour previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
Winging It
E9
Winging ItThe chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
In a Pinch
E10
In a PinchA 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.
Raw Enthusiasm
E11
Raw EnthusiasmThe chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
Against the Tide
E12
Against the TideThe 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.
Chopped Liver
E13
Chopped LiverThe chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.