Chopped: Volume 4

The chefs find a peculiar cereal and fluke fillets in the first basket. The entrée round ingredients run the gamut from light to hearty, and the finalists must work a clever crepe and an interactive candy into their desserts.

Ted's in charge of the baskets! In the first round, he challenges the chefs with a wildly unusual product in a tube and his favorite snack of all time. The final basket includes an exotic extract and an Italian dessert that Ted can never pass up.

An over-reduced sauce and undercooked venison are potential problems in the first round. Then, with Mexican chocolate in the dessert basket, it seems like the judges are in for a treat, but one of the chef's time management woes are worrying.

Four chefs connected to the rich culinary history of Africa cook with passion in this special competition. Goat chops test the chefs' chops in the entrée round, and a final basket that skews more savory than sweet presents a challenge for the finalists.

The chef who cracks the code on this special competition's egg-centric baskets will win $10,000! Delicate eggs and smoked seafood are part of the appetizer round challenge, and the finalists find a giant egg in the dessert basket.

Native American chefs who revere indigenous culinary traditions compete in a first-of-its-kind battle. Every basket is packed with ingredients known and loved in native communities, like sumac and whitefish for the first round.

The chefs find a super salty veggie and a dried fruit in the appetizer basket. In the entrée round, a carnival treat meets a Tex-Mex staple in the form of a strange mashup ingredient. Both chefs come up with ideas for creative cakes in the final round.

In the appetizer round, the chefs are excited to show they have what it takes to transform leftovers into an amazing meal. In the entrée round, the competitors attempt to impress the judges using a variety of tools and techniques.