Chopped: Ted Allen challenges Kristen Davis, Michael Jenkins, Mary Beth Johnson and Adam Goldgell to create a three-course meal by using striped sea bass, strawberries, baby fennel and marshmallows for the Appetizer round; pork country ribs, kale, butternut squash and popcorn on the cob for the Entrée round; and polenta, lambic beer, pineapple and hot dogs for the Dessert round. Judges are Aarón Sánchez, Amanda Freitag and Chris Santos.

Starring:

Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marcus Samuelsson, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sánchez, Maneet Chauhan, Chris Santos, Zac Young, 9 more, Marc Murphy, Joseph "JJ" Johnson, David Guas, Stuart O'Keeffe, Tiffani Faison, Jason Kieffer, Adam Sobel, Angie Mar, James Briscione

Genre:

Food