Chopped: Volume 3

Renowned chefs from across America compete in a five-part tournament extravaganza. In this preliminary battle, four culinary greats from the West face off, starting with an appetizer basket that includes a prized fish and a popular pepper.

Four Northern chefs battle to see who will rep their region in the $50,000 finale, and they start off with a strange paste in the appetizer round. A certain style of pizza and a signature spud are right up this group's alley in the entree basket.

In this preliminary tournament battle, four Southern chefs open the appetizer basket and find some hearty comfort foods to inspire them to lean into their culinary roots. A famous soul-food duo is a fun, if challenging, surprise in the entree basket.

Elite chefs from America's Eastern region battle to see who will face champions from the West, North and South in the finale. In the appetizer basket, a signature dish from the Keystone State must be combined with a Big Apple cocktail.

Returning winners from all corners of the US -- North, South, East and West -- are back to see who can conquer all and win $50,000! In the appetizer round, not everyone is thrilled to see the cut of lamb that they must incorporate into their dishes.

In the appetizer round, the competitors ramp up the creativity with a peanut butter product to try to give the judges plates they won't forget. Then in the entrée round, all three chefs run for the grill pans after seeing the protein in the basket.

Four chefs who are obsessed with burger mastery compete to see who will reign supreme. The grinders get a workout with magnificent, premium beef appetizers, epic lamb burgers for the main course and challenging sweet burgers for the dessert round.

Four chefs hope for a sweet start as they open their appetizer baskets to find a green gummy shocker. In the entrée round, the big question for the competitors is how to deal with the veal, and it's a race to the ice cream machine in the dessert round.

When the chefs get fried potatoes topped with Korean chile powder in the appetizer basket, the judges could be in for some fusion confusion or satisfying first plates. The competitors find a versatile, lean cut of meat in the entrée basket: beef knuckle.

It's Halloween, and the basket goblins have found ingredients that are positively spooky. The chefs struggle to wrap their heads around a "pasta brain," try to make something glorious out of something gross and take their final shot with tasty syringes.

Four teams of best buddies compete to make a Thanksgiving feast. Mayhem ensues with eight chefs in the kitchen in the first round, as everyone tries to make the most of an iffy canned product. A weird hot dog is part of the entrée round puzzle.