Chopped - Season 3
1 - When Chefs Collide
Air Date: October 13, 2009
The chefs must use kumquats and croissants in their appetizers; green beans and ground pork in their entrées; and grits in their desserts.
2 - Oh My Goshy, Umeboshi
Air Date: October 20, 2009
Featured ingredients include eel, umeboshi, parsnips and soda crackers.
3 - Judge Knows Best
Air Date: October 27, 2009
The chefs must work with a fish that's traditionally used for sushi in the appetizer round. Then, they find an unfamiliar condiment in the entrée basket and prosecco is used to make dessert.
4 - A Nori Story
Air Date: November 3, 2009
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
5 - Sticking To It
Air Date: November 10, 2009
The chefs must use graham crackers in their appetizers; puffed-rice cereal and chorizo in their entrées; and coffee beans in their desserts.
6 - Season's Choppings
Air Date: December 8, 2009
The chefs must cook with the holidays in mind when working with the mystery ingredients, which include venison and marshmallows.
7 - Flower Power
Air Date: January 5, 2010
The chefs must incorporate zucchini blossoms into their appetizers; burdock root into their entrées; and chickpeas into their desserts.
8 - Sweet Redemption
Air Date: January 12, 2010
Four previous runners-up return and compete again in hopes of finally being named a "Chopped" champion.
9 - Winging It
Air Date: January 19, 2010
The chefs must work with chicken wings in the appetizer round; catfish in the entrée round; and cherry tomatoes in the dessert round.
10 - In a Pinch
Air Date: January 26, 2010
A challenging piece of meat poses problems for the chefs in the entrée round. They also must use soft-shell crabs in their appetizers and peppermint sticks in their desserts.
11 - Raw Enthusiasm
Air Date: February 16, 2010
The chefs must use raw oysters in their appetizers; a rare fruit in their entrées; and miso in their desserts.
12 - Against the Tide
Air Date: March 2, 2010
The chefs must combine fish with chocolate in the appetizer round. Then, a trendy root vegetable shows up in the entrée round and violet mustard is used to make desserts.
13 - Chopped Liver
Air Date: March 9, 2010
The chefs must use liver in their appetizers; pasta sheets in their entrées; and cactus pears in their desserts.