The Chopped Champions are Back: The Battle for $50,000 Continues

In the latest episode of Chopped Champions, three talented chefs were put to the test as they competed for the coveted spot in the Grand Finale. The first challenge saw Chef Justin face off against Chef Eric and Chef Marie Claude, each tasked with creating a dish using specific ingredients: wackfish sabana POA, green tomatoes, and wheat La Coe.

The clock was ticking, and the chefs had only 30 minutes to create their dishes. Chef Justin took an unconventional approach, deciding to make a Wreck Fish with a Wheat La Co soft paella. He rubbed the fish filet with smoked hot paprika and ginger to add depth to his dish. However, as the clock ran out, he realized that texture was missing from his dish, and he decided to improvise by adding fried green tomato.

Meanwhile, Chef Eric took a more traditional approach, opting for a poached wackfish served on top of a puree made with Kila Coe. He knew that texture mattered in this dish, but time was running out, and he had to get creative quickly. Unfortunately, his dish didn't quite come together as planned, leaving him one step closer to elimination.

Chef Marie Claude, on the other hand, took a bold approach by making a Salvad Dona POA puree with fried wackfish. Her dish showed promise, but ultimately fell short of expectations, leading her to be chopped out of the competition.

The next challenge saw Chef Eric face off against Chef Allen and Chef Justin once again. This time, the mystery ingredients were macaroni and cheese, apples, raw cashews, and cane syrup. The chefs had 30 minutes to create their dishes, which had to incorporate all four ingredients.

Chef Eric decided to make a mac and cheese sule with fried wons, hoping to showcase his creativity in the face of seemingly impossible ingredients. However, he struggled to bring his dish together, leaving him vulnerable to elimination.

Meanwhile, Chef Allen took a more traditional approach, opting for a caramelized apple dessert with cane syrup as its base. He added a macaroni and cheese marscapone sule and topped it off with a cashew praline and fried wons. His dish showed promise, but ultimately fell short of expectations.

In the end, Chef Allen emerged victorious from this challenge, leaving him one step closer to the coveted spot in the Grand Finale competition. The final chef standing was determined to bring home $50,000 and prove himself as a culinary master.

The Final Showdown: Macaroni and Cheese Beignets

For the final challenge, the remaining chefs were tasked with creating desserts using macaroni and cheese, apples, raw cashews, and cane syrup. The clock started, and the chefs frantically began to work on their creations.

Chef Allen took a bold approach by making beignets out of macaroni and cheese. He added caramelized apples and topped them off with a cashew praline. His dish showed promise, but ultimately fell short of expectations when it came time to present it.

Meanwhile, Chef Justin decided to take a risk by making a macaroni and cheese sule with fried wons. He hoped that his creativity would pay off in the end, but unfortunately, it didn't quite work out as planned.

In the end, only one chef could emerge victorious from this final challenge. And the winner is... Chef Allen! Congratulations to him on landing the last remaining spot in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale competition. He will now face off against other talented chefs for the coveted $50,000 prize and the title of Chopped Champion.

But wait, there's more! The crowd is on their feet as the judges announce that Chef Justin has been chopped out of the competition once again. He may not have won this round, but he proved himself to be a formidable opponent throughout the episode.

The Chopped Champions are back, and the battle for $50,000 continues. Will Chef Allen emerge victorious in the Grand Finale? Stay tuned to find out!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enget ready for an extreme chopped Showdown I dare any chef to take me down I am Unstoppable Victory Is Just My Style 16 returning Champions five grueling battles so glad that just happened only one Chef left standing in the end you got to get through me first homeboy I'm shaking so bad who will take the tournament and the $50,000 prize and who I want it's so bad will I'm the best chef here be chopped we are now just one competition away from the Chopped Champions Grand Finale Fight three unbelievably skilled and determined chefs have already secured their places there now all eyes are on these four new returning winners which one will repeat to compete for the big prize quick review of the rules chefs there are three rounds appetizer entree and dessert each course comes with its own basket of mystery ingredients and you must use every ingredient in the basket if your dish doesn't cut it you will be chopped but if you win your prize will be securing the last spot in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale where you will compete for $50,000 please open your baskets and for the appetizer you must use lamb fries the North African spice blend known as Rasel hanut blood orange syrup and Hot Cross Buns the Hot Cross Buns is my curveball how am I going to make this work with lamb fries 20 minutes on the clock time starts now once I put the lamp fries on the stove it's obvious to me that my choice of starch I want it to be different so I grabbed the rice noodles my dish is going to be Rasel anod rice noodles served with porch lamb fries excuse me excuse me excuse me I'm a little bit concerned cuz I've never used three out of the four products when I see the lamb fries I think to myself what am I going to do I'm thinking of making Ros seared lamb fries serving that with blood orange hot crust bun Christini I decided I'm going to make Ros Holo and blood orange glazed Lam fries with Crispy Hot Cross Buns I could chop that bread up like a panzanella like a bread salad I'm making a spice crusted lamb fry I hope that by the time they make it to the judges that they're cooked all the way through chefs this would be your two-minute warning stupid I decided to grab some apples to do a fresh apple salad to add a really nice tart Counterpoint to to the whole dish there's one spot left for this Championship round last golden ticket and the stakes are so high chefs let's see some finishing touches 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back jef Eric please tell us what you've made uh what you have in front of you is a Rosal hanut P seared lamb fry served with a little bit of a blood orange hot across bun Christini a little bit of a rugal salad jef Marie Claud I made por lamb fries with a Rasel anud verelli next we go to Chef Allan I've made for you today North African spiced lamb fry last appetizer Chef Justin so today I made for you a Ros Hol and blood orange glazed lamb fry so whose dish is on the shopping block Chef Justin you've been chopped you were one step closer to a repeat Victory Chef Eric Chef Marie Claude Chef Allen please open your baskets the mandatory ingredients for the entree course are wreckfish sabana POA green tomatoes and wheat La Coe you'll have 30 minutes this time clock starts now my dish is going to be a wreck fish with a wheat La Co soft palenta the direction is to and Fry the fish filet to its crispiness serve it with the sa puree behind you I rented a pantry to grab smoked hot paprika Ginger C in to rub on the fish I'm making a Southwest Asian poached wck fish served on top of a puree of the Kila Coe I'm looking at the components to this dish I'm realizing that texture matters and I have no crunch to it I thought well fried green tomato would be a perfect textural thing for this dish I realized I only have minutes left to get it done I'm looking at Eric it's a little predictable to fry a green tomato you know like a movie from 1980 it's so amazing to see the amount of focus these Three Chefs have they are so determined to bring this home I'm still waiting for these tomatoes to get crispy and time is running out 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back Chef Marie Claude please tell us what you've got what I've made for you today is a salvad dona poo puree with a fried R Fish and now Chef Allen I've made for you today a pan roasted wreckfish with sabad Don POA rice cracker Chef Eric if you would please take the cup that has the green tomato salsa and put it over the fish what you're about to eat is a Southwest Asian poached wreckfish served with a l COA Chinese spiced puree whose dish is on the shopping block Chef Eric you've been chopped Chef Marie Claude Chef Allen there's a lot more writing on this than your first dessert round here I can tell that Marie Claude is totally hungry for this win this woman knows how to cook that's dangerous I think Chef isan is full of knowledge he knows how to sell his dish but is he a skill Chef please open your baskets and you must use macaroni and cheese apples raw cashews and cane syrup 30 minutes for this round clock starts now I'm thinking maybe they're going to give me $50,000 if this dessert dessert is really good I better come up with something that is like freaking spectacular but I'm forced with the horror of having to make dessert out of macaroni and cheese you can make a sule out of dirt if you have the right process so I decided to make mac and cheese sule with fried wons behind you hardest part about this basket is the process macaroni and cheese I don't know how this is going to be a dessert but somehow Champions you have to pull it off I'm trying to decide what to do so ask my dad to tell me what he wants me to cook for him and he was a big fan of beignet and I said macaroni Apple yeah I can make beign out of it I have to be the guy they want to give the $50,000 too I have to get up on that mountain and wave that flag and say look at me I'm here to win OMG got to get these desserts finished chefs 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back Chef alen the dish that I made for you today is uh caramelized apples with cane syrup a macaroni and cheese marscapone sule with a cashew praline and fried wons Chef Marie CLA what you have in front of you is the macaroni and apple beignet lightly coated with a cashew and then the chocolate sauce whose dish is on The Chopping Block Chef Mar Claude you've been chopped and that means Chef Alan Harding that you are once again the chopped champion and that you have landed the last remaining spot in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale competition where you will duke it out for $50,000 congratulations Bring It Onget ready for an extreme chopped Showdown I dare any chef to take me down I am Unstoppable Victory Is Just My Style 16 returning Champions five grueling battles so glad that just happened only one Chef left standing in the end you got to get through me first homeboy I'm shaking so bad who will take the tournament and the $50,000 prize and who I want it's so bad will I'm the best chef here be chopped we are now just one competition away from the Chopped Champions Grand Finale Fight three unbelievably skilled and determined chefs have already secured their places there now all eyes are on these four new returning winners which one will repeat to compete for the big prize quick review of the rules chefs there are three rounds appetizer entree and dessert each course comes with its own basket of mystery ingredients and you must use every ingredient in the basket if your dish doesn't cut it you will be chopped but if you win your prize will be securing the last spot in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale where you will compete for $50,000 please open your baskets and for the appetizer you must use lamb fries the North African spice blend known as Rasel hanut blood orange syrup and Hot Cross Buns the Hot Cross Buns is my curveball how am I going to make this work with lamb fries 20 minutes on the clock time starts now once I put the lamp fries on the stove it's obvious to me that my choice of starch I want it to be different so I grabbed the rice noodles my dish is going to be Rasel anod rice noodles served with porch lamb fries excuse me excuse me excuse me I'm a little bit concerned cuz I've never used three out of the four products when I see the lamb fries I think to myself what am I going to do I'm thinking of making Ros seared lamb fries serving that with blood orange hot crust bun Christini I decided I'm going to make Ros Holo and blood orange glazed Lam fries with Crispy Hot Cross Buns I could chop that bread up like a panzanella like a bread salad I'm making a spice crusted lamb fry I hope that by the time they make it to the judges that they're cooked all the way through chefs this would be your two-minute warning stupid I decided to grab some apples to do a fresh apple salad to add a really nice tart Counterpoint to to the whole dish there's one spot left for this Championship round last golden ticket and the stakes are so high chefs let's see some finishing touches 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back jef Eric please tell us what you've made uh what you have in front of you is a Rosal hanut P seared lamb fry served with a little bit of a blood orange hot across bun Christini a little bit of a rugal salad jef Marie Claud I made por lamb fries with a Rasel anud verelli next we go to Chef Allan I've made for you today North African spiced lamb fry last appetizer Chef Justin so today I made for you a Ros Hol and blood orange glazed lamb fry so whose dish is on the shopping block Chef Justin you've been chopped you were one step closer to a repeat Victory Chef Eric Chef Marie Claude Chef Allen please open your baskets the mandatory ingredients for the entree course are wreckfish sabana POA green tomatoes and wheat La Coe you'll have 30 minutes this time clock starts now my dish is going to be a wreck fish with a wheat La Co soft palenta the direction is to and Fry the fish filet to its crispiness serve it with the sa puree behind you I rented a pantry to grab smoked hot paprika Ginger C in to rub on the fish I'm making a Southwest Asian poached wck fish served on top of a puree of the Kila Coe I'm looking at the components to this dish I'm realizing that texture matters and I have no crunch to it I thought well fried green tomato would be a perfect textural thing for this dish I realized I only have minutes left to get it done I'm looking at Eric it's a little predictable to fry a green tomato you know like a movie from 1980 it's so amazing to see the amount of focus these Three Chefs have they are so determined to bring this home I'm still waiting for these tomatoes to get crispy and time is running out 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back Chef Marie Claude please tell us what you've got what I've made for you today is a salvad dona poo puree with a fried R Fish and now Chef Allen I've made for you today a pan roasted wreckfish with sabad Don POA rice cracker Chef Eric if you would please take the cup that has the green tomato salsa and put it over the fish what you're about to eat is a Southwest Asian poached wreckfish served with a l COA Chinese spiced puree whose dish is on the shopping block Chef Eric you've been chopped Chef Marie Claude Chef Allen there's a lot more writing on this than your first dessert round here I can tell that Marie Claude is totally hungry for this win this woman knows how to cook that's dangerous I think Chef isan is full of knowledge he knows how to sell his dish but is he a skill Chef please open your baskets and you must use macaroni and cheese apples raw cashews and cane syrup 30 minutes for this round clock starts now I'm thinking maybe they're going to give me $50,000 if this dessert dessert is really good I better come up with something that is like freaking spectacular but I'm forced with the horror of having to make dessert out of macaroni and cheese you can make a sule out of dirt if you have the right process so I decided to make mac and cheese sule with fried wons behind you hardest part about this basket is the process macaroni and cheese I don't know how this is going to be a dessert but somehow Champions you have to pull it off I'm trying to decide what to do so ask my dad to tell me what he wants me to cook for him and he was a big fan of beignet and I said macaroni Apple yeah I can make beign out of it I have to be the guy they want to give the $50,000 too I have to get up on that mountain and wave that flag and say look at me I'm here to win OMG got to get these desserts finished chefs 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 time's up please step back Chef alen the dish that I made for you today is uh caramelized apples with cane syrup a macaroni and cheese marscapone sule with a cashew praline and fried wons Chef Marie CLA what you have in front of you is the macaroni and apple beignet lightly coated with a cashew and then the chocolate sauce whose dish is on The Chopping Block Chef Mar Claude you've been chopped and that means Chef Alan Harding that you are once again the chopped champion and that you have landed the last remaining spot in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale competition where you will duke it out for $50,000 congratulations Bring It On\n"