Chopped - Season 7

Ted Allen challenges April Stamm, James Lee, Marie-Claude Mendy and Marc Matsumoto to create a three-course meal by using Korean-style short ribs, lemon thyme, zucchini and gefilte fish for the Appetizer round; hen of the woods, white anchovies, lamb top round and salsa con queso for the Entrée round; and dried apricots, gingerbread cookie dough, elderflower liqueur and halva for the Dessert round. Judges are Geoffrey Zakarian, Amanda Freitag and Aarón Sánchez.

Ted Allen challenges Emily Sims, Stephen Hartigan, Olivier Desaintmartin and Jonathan Doar to create a three-course meal by using gorgonzola cheese, green papaya, sour lemon candies and duck livers for the Appetizer round; tequila, epazote, puff pastry and cuttlefish for the Entrée round; and cocoa nibs, blackberries, corn tortillas and ginger for the Dessert round. Judges are Geoffrey Zakarian, Amanda Freitag and Aarón Sánchez.

Ted Allen challenges Amy Goffio-Mahabir, Joe Landa, Sean Olnowich and Chris Scott to create a three-course meal by using flour tortillas, English cucumbers, fresh fava beans and pickled beef tongue for the Appetizer round; pork rinds, galangal, purple kohlrabi and rabbit legs & thighs for the Entrée round; and lambe, chickpea flour, Asian pears, rose water syrup for the Dessert round. Judges are Chris Santos, Maneet Chauhan and Geoffrey Zakarian.

Ted Allen challenges Heather Priest, Wei Wen, Matthew Marchese and Mark Barrett to create a three-course meal by using corn nuts, fruit cocktail, black garlic and uni for the Appetizer round; watermelon, dried shrimp, dried porcini and Hawaiian snapper for the Entrée round; and challah, almond butter, tamarind pods, delicata squash for the Dessert round. Judges are Marc Murphy, Amanda Freitag and Aarón Sánchez.

Ted Allen challenges Judson Branch, Remy Ayesh, John Ramirez and Justin Burdett to create a three-course meal by using bay scallops, Braeburn apples, sorrel and duck hearts for the Appetizer round; fideos, broccoli rabe, mezcal and eel for the Entrée round; and crumpets, cream cheese, aloe vera juice and orange slice candy for the Dessert round. Judges are Aarón Sánchez, Alex Guarnaschelli and Ken Oringer.