Chopped (2009)

Season 5

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.

Released Jan. 13, 2009 Episode 43 min 10+

Genres: Game Show, Reality, Reality TV

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Watch Providers: Hulu, Disney Plus, Food Network, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery + + 5 more, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV

Production Companies: Notional

Network: Food Network

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 4906

7.4

/4867/

Trakt

/353/

TMDb

/61/

Tomatoes

Michael Krupat
Director

Ted Allen
Himself - Host

Alex Guarnaschelli
Herself - Judge

Aarón Sánchez
Himself - Judge

Marc Murphy
Himself - Judge

Amanda Freitag
Herself - Judge

Geoffrey Zakarian
Himself - Judge

Chris Santos
Himself - Judge

Scott Conant
Himself - Judge

S5E1 - Dream'n of Redeem'n

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.

July 20, 2010, midnight

S5E2 - Wok This Way

The chefs must incorporate trout and white chocolate in their appetizers; whole coconuts in entrées; and two Japanese ingredients in their desserts..

July 27, 2010, midnight

S5E3 - Squashed

Four female chefs compete. Featured ingredients include kabocha squash and sardines.

Aug. 10, 2010, midnight

S5E4 - $50,000 Tournament: Round One

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.

Aug. 31, 2010, midnight

S5E5 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Two

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.

Sept. 7, 2010, midnight

S5E6 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Three

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?

Sept. 14, 2010, midnight

S5E7 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Four

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.

Sept. 21, 2010, midnight

S5E8 - $50,000 Tournament: Grand Finale

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.

Sept. 28, 2010, midnight