Episodes List
Ep.1 When Chefs Collide
Air Date: 2009-10-13
The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
Ep.2 Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi
Air Date: 2009-10-20
Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
Ep.3 Judge Knows Best
Air Date: 2009-10-27
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.
Ep.4 A Nori Story
Air Date: 2009-11-03
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
Ep.5 Sticking To It
Air Date: 2009-11-10
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
Ep.6 Season's Choppings
Air Date: 2009-12-08
The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
Ep.7 Flower Power
Air Date: 2010-01-05
The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
Ep.8 Sweet Redemption
Air Date: 2010-01-12
Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
Ep.9 Winging It
Air Date: 2010-01-19
The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
Ep.10 In a Pinch
Air Date: 2010-01-26
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.
Ep.11 Raw Enthusiasm
Air Date: 2010-02-16
The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
Ep.12 Against the Tide
Air Date: 2010-03-02
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.
Ep.13 Chopped Liver
Air Date: 2010-03-09
The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.
