Season 12 · Episode 13 — For Sake's Sake
Ostrich tenderloin appetizers are on the menu for the judges after a dramatic first round of cooking. And then, for creativity's sake, the chefs must work hard to make terrific entrees with sable fish and sake. When one of the final competitors uses a rolling pin to compress hot dog buns, the judges wonder what kind of dessert they will get.
Season 12 episodes
E1The chefs get an unusual wake-up call in the appetizer basket: gummy fried eggs. Will they be able to successfully transform this novelty c…
E2The chefs need to have guts when they discover poultry intestines and red miso in the first basket. The ingredients are less daunting for t…
E3It's a chocolate lover's dream competition: Chocolate in every course! Will the chefs take well to this sweet challenge? The appetizer roun…
E4Four chefs from the Big Easy take on the big challenge of excelling in the Chopped Kitchen. In the first basket, half of the ingredients ar…
E5It's a special all-American Chopped! Fierce competition is a matter of national and personal pride, as four chefs face off to see who will…
E6Three of the chefs go in a very similar direction with the first course, and yet the judges find creativity in the variety of flavors in th…
E7When the chefs confront the first basket, their degrees of expertise with tuna belly come into play. Lamb top round is round two's mystery…
E8The chefs find carrot cake in the first basket, along with an unusual seafood product: Will they be able to pull together cohesive appetize…
E9The judges are pleased to see duck confit in the first basket. But when it comes time to taste, they're disappointed that they must conside…
E10When the first basket contains licorice, licking the competition on creativity becomes the chefs' main challenge in the appetizer round. Th…
E11A pink candy surprise in the appetizer basket prompts the chefs to make some very creative choices. Then in the entree round, the chefs hav…
E12With pluck aplenty, four chefs charge into the competition. But will spaghetti in a can spell trouble for them in the first round? In the e…
E13Ostrich tenderloin appetizers are on the menu for the judges after a dramatic first round of cooking. And then, for creativity's sake, the…