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The Best Episodes of Chopped Season 5

Every episode of Chopped Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Chopped Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Chopped Season 5

A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After...
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    9.1/10(19 votes)

    #1 - $50,000 Tournament: Grand Finale

    S5:E8

    Who is the unstoppable, un-"choppable" champion? Four tenacious repeat winners fight it out for the three-peat and the biggest cash prize in Chopped history! Ready for anything, the chefs open the appetizer baskets to find an over-sized sea creature and a scoop-shop treat. Then a wild combination in the entrée basket makes an intense round even more outrageously difficult. And when the two remaining champions find champagne in their baskets, just whose victory the judges will be toasting is the $50,000 question.

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    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #2 - $50,000 Tournament: Round One

    S5:E4

    Bring on the Champions for the $50,000 prize! Four previous winners return to compete in the first leg of an extraordinary, five-part Chopped event. A repeat win gets a berth in the Grand Finale competition with $50,000 at stake! But when the champs discover Rocky Mountain oysters in the appetizer basket, things get off to a bumpy start.

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    8.5/10(16 votes)

    #3 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Two

    S5:E5

    Ready to repeat?! Four new returning champs compete for one of the prized spots in the $50,000 Grand Finale fight. Feeling the pressure of this potentially life-changing opportunity, the chefs set off with record speed and exceptional confidence. But the judges must debate whose catfish appetizer will get one champ chopped.

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    8.5/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Yes, Virginia, There Is a Chopping Block

    S5:E13

    Holiday dishes are made using non-traditional ingredients, such as gingerbread oysters and a sweet jarred fruit.

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    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Dream'n of Redeem'n

    S5:E1

    Past runners-up return in a quest to redeem themselves. They must use a pungent English condiment in their appetizers; cookies and fish in their entrées; and blueberry jelly beans in their desserts.

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    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Squashed

    S5:E3

    Four female chefs compete. Featured ingredients include kabocha squash and sardines.

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    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #7 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Three

    S5:E6

    Four previously unbeatable chefs compete to see who will win the chance to return to fight for $50,000! But in the appetizer round, will the sweetbreads be the not-so-sweet surprise that unhinges a proven champ?

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    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #8 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Four

    S5:E7

    One spot left!! Four returning champs compete to see who can secure the very last place in the Grand Finale champions' contest. With their minds on the $50,000 grand prize, the chefs open the appetizer baskets to find something fishy and something fizzy.

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    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Cornuchopia

    S5:E12

    The chefs must make a Thanksgiving meal, using assorted cheeses, a bitter vegetable, mushrooms and a Chinese condiment.

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    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #10 - When Octopuses Attack

    S5:E10

    The chefs must use octopus in their appetizers; flank steak and granola bars in their entrées; and Greek and Japanese ingredients in their desserts.

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    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Fright Bites

    S5:E11

    A Halloween-theme challenge has the chefs cooking with creepy ingredients, including a very daunting piece of meat.

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    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Wok This Way

    S5:E2

    The chefs must incorporate trout and white chocolate in their appetizers; whole coconuts in entrées; and two Japanese ingredients in their desserts..

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    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Spouting Off

    S5:E9

    A chef spills beer during the appetizer round; the entrée round features an ancient grain; and global ingredients are used for the desserts.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"$50,000 Tournament: Grand Finale" is the best rated episode of "Chopped" season 5. It scored 9.1/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "$50,000 Tournament: Round One".