NEW YORK, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hosted by
Ted Allen, Chopped Grill
Masters and Chopped Teen Tournament return for second
seasons on Food Network with special five-part themed tournaments.
Sixteen grilling professionals from around the country face off in
Chopped Grill Masters, premiering Tuesday, July 14th at 10pm ET/PT. With a $50,000 grand prize on the line, the stage is set
for the ultimate grilling showdown, as the chefs head out of the
kitchen to compete outdoors over three rounds, consisting of an
appetizer, entree and dessert, with recurring Chopped judges
Scott Conant, Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos, and special guest judges
Amy Mills and Tim Love deciding the fates for each
grilling pro. The winner from each episode will face-off in the
fiery finale. When the dust clears, the greatest grilling pro of
all walks away with $50,000.
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Looking to add a little heat to the kitchen as summer comes to a
close, sixteen talented teenagers bring their extreme energy and
ambition to Chopped Teen Tournament, premiering Tuesday, August 25th at 10pm ET/PT. Through this five-part stunt, the
sixteen culinary whiz kids are aiming for perfect appetizers,
entrees, and desserts, as they navigate through three rounds,
utilizing ingredients that could stump even top professionals. The
teen winners from each episode will head to the finale with a
chance at winning the grand prize of $25,000. Judges Maneet
Chauhan, Scott
Conant, Amanda
Freitag, Alex
Guarnaschelli and Chris
Santos help grade
each teen's dish, based on taste and creativity. In the end, one
teen joins the ranks as the new Teen Chopped Grand
Champion!
Visit FoodNetwork.com/Chopped to meet the competitors and find
exclusive content including a fan poll, winner interviews,
behind-the-scenes photos, highlights and photo galleries of top
moments. Join in on all the fun at #Chopped.
Episode descriptions include:
Chopped Grill Masters:
Premiering
Tuesday, July 14th at
10:00pm ET/PT - TOURNAMENT
PREMIERE!
"Grill Masters: Episode One"
In this explosive first Grill Masters battle, big personalities and
old rivalries create a firestorm in the al fresco kitchen. In the
first round, the chefs have two different proteins to prepare: pork
chops and sausages. Exercising restraint with a sweet basket
ingredient in the entree round is a challenge for some of the
chefs. A cheese and a starch are two of the items that the
finalists must make sing on the grills in their desserts.
Competitors: Danielle
Dimovski, Chris Hart,
Staci Graves Jett, Randy Pauly
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Amy Mills, Chris Santos
Premiering Tuesday, July
21st at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Grill Masters: Episode Two"
In the first round, the Grill Masters find grilling-classics hot
dogs and hamburgers in the same basket. Rack of elk is a welcome
ingredient in the second basket, but the 30-minute time limit
presents some issues. The final two chefs have high hopes for what
they can accomplish in the dessert round featuring chocolate
cupcakes.
Competitors: Mary Brent
Galyean, Stan Hays,
Matty Melehes, Candy Sue Weaver
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Tim Love
Premiering Tuesday, July
28th at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Grill Masters: Episode Three"
Two of the competitors in this Grill Masters fight are engaged to
be married, but can they both make it to the final round? In the
first round, a succulent seafood and an odd ice cream are two of
the surprises in the mystery basket. Then in the second round of
live-fire cooking, the chefs are shocked to find a live ingredient.
When a delicate ingredient flames up on the grill in the dessert
round, can one chef's dish be salvaged?
Competitors: Donna Fong,
Leslie Roark Scott, Harry Soo, Tom
Spaulding
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Tim Love
Premiering Tuesday, August
4th at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Grill Masters: Episode Four"
Four grilling experts compete for a final spot in the grand finale,
for a chance at winning $50,000.
Spare ribs play the lead role in the appetizer basket. Then a
specially-sourced, whole fish barely fits into the entree baskets.
And following the round that the judges were not thrilled with how
an ingredient was being used, the judges are plum happy to see
plums in the dessert basket.
Competitors: Mike Davis, Ash
Fulk, Phil Johnson, Angie Mar
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Amy Mills, Chris Santos
Premiering Tuesday, August
11th at 10:00pm
ET/PT - TOURNAMENT FINALE!
"Grill Masters: Grand
Finale"
The four finalists are facing off for the $50,000 grand prize. These Grill Masters are
expecting difficult baskets, and they certainly get them.
Rattlesnake is the vicious surprise in the first round. Some offal
and fruit are part of the culinary puzzle to solve in the entree
round. And a breakfast item and a classic pie beg to be transformed
in the dessert round to determine the new grilling champion!
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos
Chopped Teen Tournament:
Premiering
Tuesday, August 25th at
10:00pm ET/PT - TOURNAMENT
PREMIERE!
"Teen Tournament: Episode One"
In this first preliminary competition, a strangely fuzzy ingredient
is one of the surprises awaiting the young chefs in the appetizer
round. Then in the entree round, a challenging protein must be
paired with a processed cheese. And the judges become increasingly
concerned for the last two teens, who encounter a number of
problems combining chips and candies into yummy final dishes.
Competitors: Franco Fugel,
Yazmene Kaylani, Anna Mindell,
Theo Vicioso
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Maneet Chauhan,
Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag
Premiering Tuesday, September
1st at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Teen Tournament: Episode Two"
Four new culinary whiz kids enter the Chopped kitchen, as
expensive crustaceans are a bit of a shocker in the appetizer
baskets. Nerves and mishaps plague the entree round, and one of the
young competitors gets very flustered with the sharpness of the
knives and the scarcity of time allotted to complete creative lamb
dishes. The two teen chefs who make it to the dessert round must
create yummy, sweet dishes with a frozen treat and an Indian
spice.
Competitors: Nino Asaro,
Alyssa Chacon, Peter Wenger, Salma
Zahran
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Maneet Chauhan,
Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag
Premiering Tuesday, September
8th at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Teen Tournament: Episode Three"
This group of competitors are particularly young, just 13 and 14
years old. But they quickly impress the judges with their flavors,
poise, and seemingly boundless ambition in and outside of the
kitchen. In the appetizer round,
the teens must grapple with vegan chicken. The entree round finds
the remaining three teens daringly slicing into big butternut
squashes and working out their mixed feelings about okra. There's a
special delivery in the dessert basket: a box of assorted cookies,
which the teen chefs are tasked with repurposing into dishes that
also include walnuts and
plums.
Competitors: Alexina Chasin,
Allison Lee, Eliza McKelvey, Jarren
Pross
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos
Premiering Tuesday, September
15th at 10:00pm
ET/PT
"Teen Tournament: Episode Four"
With just one spot left, four new talented teen chefs have set
their sights on the last remaining place in the grand finale!
The heat is on in the appetizer round when they find a spicy
protein and a strong pepper in the basket. The judges find it
difficult to watch without offering help, as the teen chefs tackle
an entree basket that includes thick veal chops and beautiful
heirloom tomatoes. Then a classic candy bar and a sweet fruit juice
that the teens had never before tried are two of the ingredients at
play in a very competitive dessert round.
Competitors: Justin Ballenger, Danny Ganzman,
Olivia Neumark, Veronica Seguin
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Scott Conant,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris
Santos
Premiering Tuesday, September
22nd at 10:00pm
ET/PT - TOURNAMENT FINALE!
"Teen Tournament: Grand
Finale"
The final four, fearless young culinary hopefuls, return to compete
for $25,000 and the title of
Chopped Grand Champion! Excitement is at an all-time high,
as the teen chefs open the first baskets and find a pasta, some
jarred seafood, a candy, and a veggie. Breaking down a giant fish
is a daunting way to begin the entree round, and scant use of a
certain other basket ingredient could mean elimination for one of
the young returning champs. Then in an intense dessert round, the
two remaining teens compete to turn "mocktails" and a festive cake
into a $25,000
dessert.
Host: Ted Allen
Judges: Amanda Freitag,
Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos
Chopped is produced by Notional
Entertainment.
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