Chopped: Volume 2

Returning winners, daunting baskets, killer pressure -- it's Chopped Champions! The five-part tournament kicks off with a stellar group of defending champs, who must rock complicated challenges like pig ears and artichoke dessert.

A lively group of returning winners are revved up for more Chopped Champions drama and excitement, but will a deceptively simple basket cause them to choke or shine?

Four returning champs are ready to give it all they've got in appetizer, entree and dessert rounds featuring hard-to-melt candy, a difficult-to-prep veggie and bison jerky.

Geared up for killer cooking and serious drama, a husband and wife are among the champs returning for the fourth round of Chopped Champions.

In the $50,000 Chopped Champions grand finale, an unusual dessert ingredient may bring tears to the champs' eyes.

In Cinco de Mayo-themed baskets, four chefs must grapple with a green pie and fish fillet in round one and a Mexican barbecue specialty in round two. The final basket tosses black beans in with the dessert-friendly chocolate.

Four chefs are stumped by pasta in the first round and a chocolate-covered ingredient in round two. Finally, the two chefs who move onto dessert must make the most of a tropical fruit and a super-savory jarred product.

Eight singles are paired up on blind dates to cook in the Chopped Kitchen. They get to know each other over scallops in the first round, grind their protein in the second round and skip the ice cream maker for the dessert round.

Four chefs tackle seasonal summer ingredients like lobster in round one and potato chips and a mystery ingredient in round two. In the final round, they're challenged to make summer desserts from a refreshing beverage.

Each round in this special competition features ingredients that are actually dangerous. Poisonous seeds and a fierce creature make round one interesting. In the entree round, potent alcohol and shellfish keep the chefs fearful.

In the entree round, the chefs face some big fish and a black liquid, then the finalists get reacquainted with a super sugary kids' cereal in the dessert round.

Four chefs from the same city throw down and in the first round, a mighty midnight snack poses a creative challenge. The chefs who move on to the entree round get a beer and a bird they should know well.

A priest, a nun-in-training, a rabbi and a pastor duke it out in the Chopped Kitchen. The judges are surprised to find out that one of the cooks has never worked with fish before, and salmon is in the appetizer basket.