Chopped: Ted Allen challenges Merlin Tlapa, Mona James, Cory Comeau and Anthony Testino to create a three-course meal by using lotus root, treviso, guava nectar and octopus for the Appetizer round; flank steak, chicory, pepino melon and granola bars for the Entrée round; and shiso leaves, pita bread, feta and adzuki beans for the Dessert round. Judges are Aarón Sánchez, Alex Guarnaschelli and Marc Murphy.

Starring:

Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marcus Samuelsson, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sánchez, Maneet Chauhan, Chris Santos, Zac Young, 9 more, Marc Murphy, Joseph "JJ" Johnson, David Guas, Stuart O'Keeffe, Tiffani Faison, Jason Kieffer, Adam Sobel, Angie Mar, James Briscione

Genre:

Food