Episode guide
Chopped: Season 13
12 episodes · premiered Sep 4, 2012
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- Episode 1: Stacking Up Sep 4, 2012 The competition starts off strongly with four chefs, cooking with gusto, as they attempt to make delicious jumbo shrimp appetizers. Then, in the entree round, with less than a minute…
- Episode 2: Class Acts, Too Sep 25, 2012 Class is once again in session in the Chopped Kitchen, with ladies from America's school cafeterias competing and sharing their stories. In the first round, ground turkey and frozen yogurt…
- Episode 3: No Kidding! Oct 2, 2012 Teenagers are taking over the Chopped Kitchen! Four talented young cooks bravely attempt a challenge that often throws off trained professionals. Watching the first round, featuring fish…
- Episode 4: Pigging Out! Oct 23, 2012 The chefs learn that they have come to the Chopped Kitchen for a special competition where they will be cooking with unusual cuts of meat, embracing the philosophy that almost every part…
- Episode 5: Unsung Heroes Nov 6, 2012 Four culinary heroes, who use their talents to do good in their communities, arrive at the Chopped Kitchen to compete. In an impressive first round, the chefs pull from their varied skill…
- Episode 6: Bird in the Pan Nov 27, 2012 In the appetizer round, three out of the four chefs make a similar choice with a tricky basket ingredient: Will the fourth chef's different approach work in his favor? Then for the…
- Episode 7: Thirsty for Victory Dec 11, 2012 Appetizer: lump crabmeat and ice cream cones Entree: a sports drink. Dessert: carob syrup and spaghetti squash.
- Episode 8: Trout Bout Dec 18, 2012 With brook trout in the first basket, the chefs try to reel the judges in with some amazing appetizers. Then candy and kale in the entree round keep the chefs' creativity on overdrive. And…
- Episode 9: Belly Up Jan 1, 2013 The chefs must combine cocoa mix with Japanese peppers in challenging fish-course round. Then in the entree round — a big, big, oops! — one chef accidentally drops pork belly onto the…
- Episode 10: Hecho en the Chopped Kitchen Feb 7, 2013 The chefs open the appetizer basket and find exciting ingredients from Mexico, including pigs' feet and tres leches cake. Then the chefs are presented with a second basket of surprises…
- Episode 11: Make No Mistake Feb 17, 2013 Four returning losers — chefs who made big mistakes in their first competition — are dead set on not repeating history in the Chopped Kitchen. Having practiced and prepared to do better…
- Episode 12: Untrained, Undaunted Feb 26, 2013 Four amateur cooks step into the Chopped Kitchen, believing that they can show the pros how it's done. First, the cooks' raw talent is put to the test with a sushi platter in the appetizer…