8.0/107 votes#1 - Military Salute: Navy
Season 55 Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2023
U.S. Navy chefs will have to create spectacular appetizers using an aged meat product before reworking a patriotic cake for dessert, all with $75,000 for a charitable cause on the line.
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#2 - Military Salute: Air Force
Season 55 Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2023
Flying high and cooking well, four members of the U.S. Air Force arrive in the Chopped kitchen for the special Military Salute tournament! In the appetizer basket, the chefs find a bowl of something comforting and a crunchy snack. For their entrees, they must use a tangy sauce and a snappy vegetable. Then in an exciting dessert round, the last two Air Force chefs remaining create final dishes that include a wild play on pickles
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#3 - Military Salute: Marines
Season 55 Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2023
Chopped salutes the U.S. Military and welcomes the few, the proud, the U.S. Marine Corps chefs to the kitchen! In the appetizer round, the chefs must figure out how to make something that's normally "ready to eat" ready for the judges! Then in the entrée round, a breakfast food in the basket will awaken the chefs' creativity. Finally, a savory-sweet mash up in the dessert basket turns the final round into a real head-scratcher for the two Marines still cooking
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#4 - Military Salute: Army
Season 55 Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2023
Be all you can be in the Chopped kitchen! Four chefs from the U.S. Army have their marching orders to transform a favorite soldier comfort food into an elevated appetizer. Then, an exotic vegetable and a tender meat surprises the chefs in their entrée baskets before a festive drink shakes up the remaining competitors in the dessert round. The champion of this competition wins a spot in the tournament's finale!
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#5 - Military Salute: Finale
Season 55 Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2023
Joining forces for the finale, the four military finalists cook as a team against a mystery Chopped judge in every round! Four-versus-one seems like a clear advantage for the military chefs, but they're teamwork is tested when they disagree about the timing involved for their first round veggie dish. In the second round, everyone is excited to see beautiful steaks in the basket, and the judges are hoping for grilled perfection. Then, hot dogs in the dessert basket are not a pleasant surprise. Whoever reigns supreme in each round will have the chance to win $75,000 for a charitable cause!
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#6 - Get Your Geoducks in a Row
Season 55 Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2023
The chefs are in for a tricky puzzle when they discover a very sweet drink and a challenging beef product in the first round. Then, a giant clam in the second basket is an exciting find for the competitors, but cooking it correctly may prove challenging.
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#7 - FAN-atics
Season 55 Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2023
Four lucky superfans get the chance of a lifetime to compete in the Chopped kitchen! They'll have to take on a giant gummy creature and an intimidating piece of protein for the main course before using two tricky ingredients judiciously for dessert.
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#8 - Home on the Range
Season 55 Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2023
Four chefs prepare food with the western flavor. They find a beautiful cut of meat in the basket but with no time left to prepare and cook it slowly
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#9 - Too Yacht to Handle
Season 55 Episode 9 - Aired 6/20/2023
Chefs who usually hit the high seas by cooking on yachts battle on dry land, trading their sea legs for a topsy-turvy experience in the Chopped kitchen! Predictably, the chefs get seafood in the first basket, but proverbial rough waters in the appetizer round make for a rocky start to the competition. Creativity abounds from the chefs as they make entrées, but the judges find some technical issues with the plates. Then, it's a tight race in the dessert round as the chefs seek to make incredible final dishes with a strange butter and a tropical cocktail
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#10 - Meat and Taters!
Season 55 Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2023
Hearty, wholesome meat and potatoes! The baskets for this battle all feature the classic comfort-food combo, and the judges hope to get dishes that take the theme in surprising new directions. In the first round, the chefs are challenged to make appropriately sized appetizers out of a basket that has mighty and meaty portions. When the competitors dig into the entrée basket and see a bizarre savory cake, they all decide to take it in a similar direction. Then, it's anybody's guess what's in store for the final two chefs in a meat-and-taters dessert round!
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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...
Genre:Reality
Network:Food Network
Season 55 Ratings Summary
"Military Salute: Navy" is the best rated episode of "Chopped" season 55. It scored 8/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/25/2023. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Military Salute: Air Force".