Aired: 10/13/2009
The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
Aired: 10/20/2009
Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
Aired: 10/27/2009
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.
Aired: 11/3/2009
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
Aired: 11/10/2009
Aired: 12/8/2009
The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
Aired: 1/5/2010
The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
Aired: 1/12/2010
Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
Aired: 1/19/2010
The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
Aired: 1/26/2010
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.
Aired: 2/16/2010
The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
Aired: 3/2/2010
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.
Aired: 3/9/2010
The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.
