Jul 20, 2010 · 42m
Past runners-up return in a quest to redeem themselves. They must use a pungent English condiment in their appetizers; cookies and fish in their entrées; and blueberry jelly beans in their desserts.


A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.
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Jul 20, 2010 · 42m
Past runners-up return in a quest to redeem themselves. They must use a pungent English condiment in their appetizers; cookies and fish in their entrées; and blueberry jelly beans in their desserts.
Jul 27, 2010 · 42m
The chefs must incorporate trout and white chocolate in their appetizers; whole coconuts in entrées; and two Japanese ingredients in their desserts..
Aug 10, 2010 · 42m
Four female chefs compete. Featured ingredients include kabocha squash and sardines.
Aug 31, 2010 · 42m
Bring on the Champions for the $50,000 prize! Four previous winners return to compete in the first leg of an extraordinary, five-part Chopped event. A repeat win gets a berth in the Grand Finale competition with $50,000 at stake! But when the champs discover Rocky Mountain oysters in the appetizer basket, things get off to a bumpy start.
Sep 7, 2010 · 42m
Ready to repeat?! Four new returning champs compete for one of the prized spots in the $50,000 Grand Finale fight. Feeling the pressure of this potentially life-changing opportunity, the chefs set off with record speed and exceptional confidence. But the judges must debate whose catfish appetizer will get one champ chopped.
Sep 14, 2010 · 42m
Four previously unbeatable chefs compete to see who will win the chance to return to fight for $50,000! But in the appetizer round, will the sweetbreads be the not-so-sweet surprise that unhinges a proven champ?
Sep 21, 2010 · 42m
One spot left!! Four returning champs compete to see who can secure the very last place in the Grand Finale champions' contest. With their minds on the $50,000 grand prize, the chefs open the appetizer baskets to find something fishy and something fizzy.
Sep 28, 2010 · 42m
Who is the unstoppable, un-"choppable" champion? Four tenacious repeat winners fight it out for the three-peat and the biggest cash prize in Chopped history! Ready for anything, the chefs open the appetizer baskets to find an over-sized sea creature and a scoop-shop treat. Then a wild combination in the entrée basket makes an intense round even more outrageously difficult. And when the two remaining champions find champagne in their baskets, just whose victory the judges will be toasting is the $50,000 question.
Oct 5, 2010 · 42m
A chef spills beer during the appetizer round; the entrée round features an ancient grain; and global ingredients are used for the desserts.
Oct 12, 2010 · 42m
The chefs must use octopus in their appetizers; flank steak and granola bars in their entrées; and Greek and Japanese ingredients in their desserts.
Oct 19, 2010 · 42m
A Halloween-theme challenge has the chefs cooking with creepy ingredients, including a very daunting piece of meat.
Nov 16, 2010 · 42m
The chefs must make a Thanksgiving meal, using assorted cheeses, a bitter vegetable, mushrooms and a Chinese condiment.
Nov 28, 2010 · 42m
Holiday dishes are made using non-traditional ingredients, such as gingerbread oysters and a sweet jarred fruit.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Chopped Season 5 premiered on July 20, 2010.
Chopped Season 5 has 13 episodes.
The season opens with Season 5 Episode 1, "Dream'n of Redeem'n". It aired on July 20, 2010.
Go to Season 5 Episode 1