Chopped Season 12

Chopped Season 12 has become appointment viewing on and for anyone who enjoys watching people under real pressure. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. With 64 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Ted Allen is a big part of why it works, but the format itself is the real star. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Chopped Season 12 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What separates Chopped Season 12 from the rest of its genre is a genuine understanding of what its audience actually wants to watch. Season 12 of Chopped includes 13 episodes. It aired from June 2012 to November 2012. This season stars Ted Allen. Ted Allen leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2012. What keeps Chopped Season 12 from feeling stale is a production that knows when to get out of the way. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Chopped Season 12 is impossible to watch casually — expect strong opinions. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. The casting and production never let it go stale. The kind of thing that disappears an evening without you noticing.

🎬 Chopped Season 12 — Episode Guide

Sunny Side Apps

2012-06-05

The chefs get an unusual wake-up call in the appetizer basket: gummy fried eggs. Will they be able to successfully transform this novelty candy into something that tastes good with corned beef? Then a sweet-and-sour surprise in the entree round sends the chefs running to the pantry to find suitable ...

A Guts Reaction

2012-06-12

The chefs need to have guts when they discover poultry intestines and red miso in the first basket. The ingredients are less daunting for the entree round, but some big technical flaws are disappointing to the judges. And two talented competitors advance to the dessert round with something to prove ...

Chocolate Challenge

2012-06-19

It's a chocolate lover's dream competition: Chocolate in every course! Will the chefs take well to this sweet challenge? The appetizer round is a heart-stopping affair with a romantic gift as the centerpiece of the basket. The three chefs who advance to cook the second course have a love/hate respon...

Pride of New Orleans

2012-06-26

Four chefs from the Big Easy take on the big challenge of excelling in the Chopped Kitchen. In the first basket, half of the ingredients are very familiar, while the other mystery items just might throw the competitors off their game. In the entree round, the chefs make some very original choices wi...

All-American Competition

2012-07-03

It's a special all-American Chopped! Fierce competition is a matter of national and personal pride, as four chefs face off to see who will be the champ. From apple pie in the appetizer basket to bourbon for dessert, the patriotic theme makes for some yummy, original dishes. And 10,000 American dolla...

Orzo It Seemed

2012-07-17

Three of the chefs go in a very similar direction with the first course, and yet the judges find creativity in the variety of flavors in their seafood sausage appetizers. In the entree round, the chefs must integrate tiny pasta and a powerful liqueur into their dishes. In the dessert round, when one...

Belly Dance!

2012-07-31

When the chefs confront the first basket, their degrees of expertise with tuna belly come into play. Lamb top round is round two's mystery protein, and it's a mystery whose dish the judge like least, until the cloche is lifted. With cayenne pepper and canned pumpkin desserts in the works, one chef h...

Cake Walk!

2012-08-07

The chefs find carrot cake in the first basket, along with an unusual seafood product: Will they be able to pull together cohesive appetizers? In the entree round, the competitors take three different approaches with a familiar protein, but the judges are disappointed by the chefs' scant usage of a ...

Oui, Oui, Confit

2012-08-14

The judges are pleased to see duck confit in the first basket. But when it comes time to taste, they're disappointed that they must consider a competitor's very minimal use of one of the other ingredients. Then in the entree round, a jar of peanut butter and a can of shrimp are two of the puzzling i...

E10

Drawing a Flank

2012-08-21

When the first basket contains licorice, licking the competition on creativity becomes the chefs' main challenge in the appetizer round. The competitors get a jolt of energy in the form of espresso powder, which they must match with flank steak for their entree dish. When it becomes clear that neith...

E11

A Bunny Thing Happened

2012-09-11

A pink candy surprise in the appetizer basket prompts the chefs to make some very creative choices. Then in the entree round, the chefs have to hop to it with a chocolate bunny and an imposing cut of meat as ingredients. A sweet baked good seems like a good start for some delicious desserts, but wil...

E12

Charge!

2012-10-09

With pluck aplenty, four chefs charge into the competition. But will spaghetti in a can spell trouble for them in the first round? In the entree course, everybody raids the pantry for potatoes that they think will complement the tile fish from the basket. A very tough final basket, which includes co...

E13

For Sake's Sake

2012-11-20

Ostrich tenderloin appetizers are on the menu for the judges after a dramatic first round of cooking. And then, for creativity's sake, the chefs must work hard to make terrific entrees with sable fish and sake. When one of the final competitors uses a rolling pin to compress hot dog buns, the judges...

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