Chopped: Volume 1

Four English chefs face off to see who will head back over the big pond with the big money. An American staple and a Japanese snack get the food festivities started, and a distinctly British biscuit shows up in the dessert basket.

Four female chefs compete for the $10,000 prize. They get outrageous ingredients in the first basket, and in a very competitive dessert round, the two finalists get a premade dough and a canned vegetable.

Chopped, no more! Four previously defeated chefs get a second chance at the $10,000 prize. They could not have wanted a victory more, but will they want to call it quits once they see the mystery ingredients?

Octo-tastic! The four chefs take on an eight-armed mystery ingredient in the appetizer round. The judges wonder if the cooperative behavior they see in the kitchen will continue after someone is chopped.

Time starts now! In the first round, the chefs try to figure out how to make a pretty fruit work with two different seafood ingredients. And the judges wonder how the chefs' unique experiences will come into play.

The chefs find some beautiful ingredients in the first basket, including yummy udon noodles and a brightly colored veggie. Some delicious apples, also in the mix, could save the finalists from despair.

It's Halloween! The chefs step bravely into the first round and find candy and ... chicken feet! But it turns into a "nail-biter" at the Chopping Block when the judges discover claws in their appetizers.

Four chefs are cooking for Thanksgiving in the Chopped kitchen. Things start off sweet with maple syrup in the first basket. Then the chefs get an ingredient in the entree round that's more popular as a decoration than as a food.

It's holiday time on Chopped! The competitors are challenged to stay in the spirit of the season throughout the meal. In the appetizer round the chefs, not-so-gingerly, take down some gingerbread houses.