Chopped: Volume 1

In the first round, four competitors try to make octopus and huckleberry into dishes that will make them stand out as Chopped Champ material. Two finalists create desserts with a Peruvian drink and a Mexican cheese.

The chefs must figure out something savvy to do with Savoy cabbage and a curious web of fat. And a very competitive final round featuring edible flowers results in a daring dash for the ice cream machine.

With canned spiced ham in the first basket, the chefs must stay determined if they want to elevate their dishes. Lake perch is the catch of the entree round. A French bakery staple makes for a buttery surprise in the final basket.

In this special competition, every basket contains leftover ingredients. The chefs race to make fun and tasty appetizers out of slices of leftover pizza, and the final two chefs shock with their cold refried beans desserts.

In the first round, the chefs do their best to delicately cook a familiar fish as they struggle to decide what to do with a tiny, Indian gourd. A smelly fish product in the second basket leaves the competitors taking risks.

Four firefighters battle to become the Chopped Champ! To start, they must find a way to turn hot dogs and smoked mozzarella into an elegant appetizer, and their entrees feature bison steaks and fire-roasted tomatoes.

Snails are the first order of business in the Chopped kitchen. Then, two very driven finalists compete to make great desserts from garnet yams and roasted noodles.

Four chef-entrepreneurs have something to prove in the Chopped kitchen. In the first round, will their hearts sink when they see hearts of palm and rabbit escabeche in the basket? And how can dark chocolate marry with goat chops?

Does yuzu juice go with sturgeon? That's part of the first-round riddle that the competitors face. One chef's recollection of what he did with a mystery ingredient comes into question when facing the judges.

The chefs struggle to make composed, elegant dishes with green goddess salad dressing in the first round. The second round brings about a reversal of fortune with fortune cookies and branzino.

Getting piggy with it for Halloween, the chefs have to cook with snouts in the first round. Then, with fear in their Halloween-loving hearts, they open up the second basket to find a dangerously hot ingredient and popping candy.

Gobble, gobble! It's Turkey Day in the Chopped kitchen, but when the chefs are given gizzards in the first basket, will they feel thankful? In the dessert round, they have to compose chocolatey desserts.

Holiday time is here! The chefs open up the first basket to find spiral ham and beautiful Italian cookies. The two remaining chefs must turn eggnog and Hanukkah gelt into the perfect final gift for the judges.