NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Two
great Food Network forces collide in one incredible, four-part
tournament in Chopped: Beat Bobby
Flay, premiering Thursday,
October 20th at 9pm
ET/PT. Twelve returning Chopped champions bring
their bravado and culinary talent back to the Chopped
kitchen, as they are tasked with making unforgettable meals from a
basket of mystery ingredients over three rounds – appetizer,
entrée, and dessert – with a limited amount of time. However, for
the first time in Chopped history, Bobby Flay, culinary icon and host of
Beat Bobby Flay, joins host
Ted Allen and a rotating
panel of Chopped judges through the three preliminary heats
at the judging table, as each basket will feature a surprise
ingredient selected by Bobby himself to stump the returning
champs. The winner of each of the three heats will move on to
a spectacular grand finale, as the final three chefs battle it out
to see who will win $15,000, with the
winner going up against Bobby himself in a bonus round to earn an
additional $25,000. Can Bobby spoil the chances of one talented
chef, or will the challenge of Bobby having to make the
competitor's signature dish…with the added twist of having to use
the mystery basket ingredients, prove to be too much?
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Episodes Include:
Premiering Thursday, October
20th at 9pm
ET/PT – TOURNAMENT PREMIERE!
"Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay,
Part 1"
Over three preliminary battles, Chef Bobby
Flay sits on the judges' panel, as twelve returning
Chopped champions sweat and scramble to get to the grand
finale. There, Chef Bobby himself will compete in a title fight
against the champ of all champs. In the appetizer round of this
premiere competition, the champions are tested with a Scandinavian
fish and a sugary cereal. A flowery syrup and an onion with
sprinkles appear in the entrée round, and sandwiched between a
cheesy sandwich and some jelly in the dessert basket, the chefs
find an ingredient that Bobby particularly likes.
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Bobby Flay,
Marc Murphy, Chris Santos
Premiering Thursday, October
27th at 9pm
ET/PT
"Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay,
Part 2"
Four new returning champs battle with all they've got to determine
who will be a finalist in the first Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay tournament. A seafood that
needs to be tenderized and a canned product that needs to be
creatively incorporated, are two of the ingredients the competitors
find in their appetizer basket. A king of the sea and a cake of the
ice box are found in the entrée round mystery basket. Then in the
dessert round, an ingredient that Bobby loves ends up in one the
chef's ice cream recipes, but trouble with the machine has everyone
wondering how it will turn out.
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Bobby Flay, Amanda Freitag
Premiering Thursday, November
3rd at 9pm
ET/PT
"Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay,
Part 3"
In the last preliminary battle, a set of twins are among the
returning Chopped winners striving for the opportunity to
make it to the finale and battle it out against Bobby Flay. In the first round, a cold soup and
a stuffed lobster challenge the champs, and keeping track of all
four ingredients proves problematic for some. The entrée basket
includes a giant piece of meat and some tasty little dried fruits,
and nobody knows how to pronounce the name of a Swedish cookie in
the final basket; but will the two chefs who are making dessert
know what to do with it?
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Bobby Flay,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Aarón
Sánchez
Premiering Thursday, November
10th at 9pm
ET/PT – TOURNAMENT FINALE!
"Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay,
Finale"
The $40,000 title finale is here!
Returning Chopped champions compete over three rounds to see
who gets to face Bobby Flay. The
group of three undefeated champs must make appetizers with camel
meat and a strange sauce, and the level of difficulty in the entrée
round is off-the-charts. The one contender who survives to compete
in the highly anticipated Bobby Flay
bonus round has the advantage of making their own signature dish,
but using ingredients from a Chopped basket!
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Amanda Freitag,
Alex Guarnaschelli,
Chris Santos
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