Episode
Chopped: First Things Worst
Overview
When time runs out on a frantic appetizer round, two of the chefs are unhappy with what did not make it on to their plates in the final moments, while one chef is upset that a little something extra accidentally did. Then in the entrée round, it's up to the judges to determine who fell short whose dish was a cut above the rest. And the two finalists devise ambitious plans for using a salty condiment and a sweet fruit in their desserts.
Details
- Series
- Chopped
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2010-05-11
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
First Things Worst is Episode 7 in Season 4 of Chopped. It aired on 2010-05-11. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 6: Fired Up!
The competitors get fired up when they discover this competition is all about grilling! They find some strange basket fellows in the Appetizer Round: striped bass and strawberries. In a smok'n entrée Round the chefs try to glean ideas from one another on how to handle a tricky ingredient. And in the last course, a classic American food – perfect for the grill but peculiar in dessert – complicates the judges' final decision.
Episode 8: Quahog Quandaries and Pickle Puzzles
When panic sets in at the end of the appetizer round, the judges cheer on a competitor who appears to be giving up. Then in the rush to get a tantalizing entrée finished, one chef makes a dangerous mistake. And even though they find peanuts in the dessert basket, the finalists know that they are competing for so much more and bump the intensity level up a notch as they face off for $10,000.
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