8.4/1016 votes#1 - Dream'n of Redeem'n
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2010
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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8.1/1016 votes#2 - Wok This Way
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/2010
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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8.4/1020 votes#3 - Squashed
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2010
Four female chefs compete. Featured ingredients include kabocha squash and sardines.
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8.6/1015 votes#4 - $50,000 Tournament: Round One
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/31/2010
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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8.5/1016 votes#5 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Two
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/2010
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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8.3/1017 votes#6 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Three
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 9/14/2010
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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8.3/1017 votes#7 - $50,000 Tournament: Round Four
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/2010
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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9.1/1018 votes#8 - $50,000 Tournament: Grand Finale
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/28/2010
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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7.9/1017 votes#9 - Spouting Off
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/5/2010
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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8.2/1016 votes#10 - When Octopuses Attack
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 10/12/2010
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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8.2/1018 votes#11 - Fright Bites
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 10/19/2010
A Halloween-theme challenge has the chefs cooking with creepy ingredients, including a very daunting piece of meat.
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8.3/1018 votes#12 - Cornuchopia
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/16/2010
The chefs must make a Thanksgiving meal, using assorted cheeses, a bitter vegetable, mushrooms and a Chinese condiment.
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8.5/1023 votes#13 - Yes, Virginia, There Is a Chopping Block
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/2010
Holiday dishes are made using non-traditional ingredients, such as gingerbread oysters and a sweet jarred fruit.
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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!
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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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Dream'n of Redeem'n" is the best rated episode of "Chopped" season 5. It scored 8.4/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/20/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Wok This Way".