Episode guide
Chopped: Season 18
13 episodes · premiered Nov 26, 2013
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- Episode 1: No Pain, No Shame Nov 26, 2013 The chefs get a special tool in the basket to help them bust apart a challenging ingredient: a giant jawbreaker. The judges hope the shards-of-candy appetizers do not cause them any harm!…
- Episode 2: Teen Talent Dec 10, 2013 Four talented teenaged chefs bring their energy and ambition to the Chopped Kitchen! With a $40,000 scholarship on the line, the young competitors open up the first basket and find a sweet…
- Episode 3: Tapas Time Dec 17, 2013 Time to shake things up in a big/small way as the chefs find out that this competition has a tapas theme. In the first round, the baskets contain some beautiful Spanish ingredients…
- Episode 4: Waste Not Jan 5, 2014 The chefs must make use of ingredients that are usually thrown out, for being imperfect, overripe or stale. For example, the first basket includes juicer pulp and tea bags. Then in the…
- Episode 5: Firefighter Chefs Jan 12, 2014 Chopped: The firefighter competitors get the meal started with some hearty meat-and-cheese appetizers that would be a hit back at their firehouses, but will the judges enjoy them? Then in…
- Episode 6: Hoofin' It! Jan 16, 2014 When the clock starts ticking down from 20 minutes, the chefs must rush to make appetizers with pickled pigs' feet and sweet potato chips. And one chef doesn't realize they've made a…
- Episode 7: Pizza Perfect Jan 21, 2014 The chefs learn they will be expected to make a pizza perfect meal. In the first round one of the competitors takes a loose interpretation of the theme: How will the judges react? Then…
- Episode 8: All-Burger Meal! Feb 9, 2014 The chefs learn that they will be making hamburgers, in some shape or form, for every round, starting with veal burgers for appetizers. Then in the entree round a little quail egg causes a…
- Episode 9: Chocolate Competition Feb 11, 2014 With chocolate in every basket of this themed competition, the chefs must figure out how to make this perennial dessert favorite work in the first two savory courses. Then the two…
- Episode 10: Bacon Baskets! Feb 16, 2014 The chefs get some great news before the cooking begins: bacon will be in every basket! In the first one, they find Mangalista bacon and apple chips. Then in the second round, the judges…
- Episode 11: Beer Here! Feb 23, 2014 Chefs are brewing up as all three rounds are devoted to beer. Chefs must make sausages work with toasted lager for appetizers and a tasty tripel ale's in the basket for the entree round…
- Episode 12: Burn For The Worse Apr 7, 2014 Two starchy ingredients, Chinese dumplings and Middle Eastern noodles, are used in the appetizer round. Later, one chef burns two of the mystery ingredients when making a lamb entrée; and…
- Episode 13: An Egg Up May 13, 2014 The competing chefs are forced to cook with the so-called "100-year-old egg" in the appetizer round; find mango pudding in their entrée baskets; and make desserts with waffle cones.