Season 48 · Episode 2 — Grudge Match: Battle 1
A $100,000 grand prize is up for grabs in this extraordinary five-part tournament event, featuring some of the most brilliant stars of the game. In this preliminary battle, defeated culinary heavyweights return with a score to settle, and one ambitious champion runs into two major problems toward the end of the first round. Something stinky in the entree basket has the competitors nervous, and after both remaining champs cook their hearts out in dessert, the judges have a gut-wrenching decision to make.
Season 48 episodes
E1Competing chefs attempt to prove from the start that they're the one to beat. In the first basket, a big burger with a gluttonous twist giv…
E2A $100,000 grand prize is up for grabs in this extraordinary five-part tournament event, featuring some of the most brilliant stars of the…
E3In this spectacular battle of the judges, four Chopped deities -- Amanda Freitag, Marcus Samuelsson, Chris Santos and Tiffani Faison -- bri…
E4Four champions who were previously defeated by Chopped judges return to the kitchen, hungrier than ever to take down everyone in their path…
E5In this phenomenal battle, Chopped legends Scott Conant, Maneet Chauhan and Marc Murphy are joined by smack-talking champ Stephen Coe to fa…
E6In the conclusion of this historic tournament, it's judges vs. champions! Two separate knockout rounds with the same basket will determine…
E7Meat lovers rejoice as four chefs are amped up for a meat battle featuring goat! In an intense first round, the competitors aim to impress…
E8Four carnivores are ready to crush it with a chef favorite -- pork! The battle begins with a double helping of piggy goodness in the basket…
E9Bring on the beef! Four chefs battle it out with bovine-centric ingredients. In the first round, more than one of the competitors decide to…
E10For this fierce meat battle, the baskets feature a trending lean, mean protein: bison! The first round sees the chefs going in distinct dir…
E11Hangry baskets are back for a battle featuring foods for the broken hearted. The chefs must incorporate the post-breakup standbys wine and…
E12The baskets for this battle are packed with must-have ingredients for feeling hungover and hangry! A greasy favorite and some soupy carbs g…
E13Hungry plus angry equals hangry! These battles celebrate the foods we crave when "hanger" strikes, and the baskets are filled with super sp…
E14In a boisterous battle, the chefs get baskets inspired by late-night food cravings. They must resist the temptation to munch away at the fr…