So the contestants only had 20 minutes to complete the appetizer round on episode 10. I say screw that. I’m going to take my time if I were given the following ingredients: mountain tea, graffiti eggplant, salmon sausage and barbecue sauce. I’m going to make pizza. Because I said so. And because this is a […]
Yes, the appetizer round called for the following ingredients: already-prepped deviled eggs, Canadian smoked cheddar, venison sausages and…get ready for it…rainbow cake decorations. In other words, rainbow sprinkles. Why are ingredients this season so…odd? Anyway… Can you SERIOUSLY incorporate this into a non-dessert? So what can you make with this? Let’s think OUTSIDE of the […]
The mystery ingredients were a bit tougher this week – for me to come up with something, anyway. After a few days of thinking (or over-thinking, I suppose), I’ve decided that maybe a green radish, goat cheese cheese and hemp bite stuffed capon might do the trick (the ingredients in the main course basket were […]
If you ever eat bitter melon with my dad, he’ll tell you a story of how guys in his university residence “forced” him to eat bitter melon because that was the only thing available for dinner said evening (because everything was shared family style, as per Chinese custom and the guys KNEW my dad hated […]
Well, since the Year of the Monkey started on February 8, why not use the mystery ingredients from episode 5’s second round (frozen sausage patties, Long Island Ice Tea, heirloom carrots and figs) to make dumplings? Not too hard to think of something, right? And to make it more main course-like, it can be served […]
Bean curd sheets, or tofu skins, are often see as savoury items at dim sum (fu pay guin). However, it was a mystery ingredient on the third episode of the third season, along with white Saturn peaches, black peppercorns and vanilla powder. If you look at it from a dim sum perspective (even though it’s […]
The first episode of the third season aired on Food Network Canada, featuring, yes, the new host (who made his debut on the show’s teen tournament). Ingredients in the three rounds included candy necklaces in the first round as well as caramel-flavoured rice cakes and yarrow for dessert. The main course’s ingredients were rotisserie chicken, […]
The Chopped Canada Teen finale aired on Boxing Day in Canada with the winners of the previous four episodes competing for $20,000 (a little surprised that the finalists – winners from the previous four episodes – weren’t awarded anything. Honestly, $1,000 to $2,500 towards their education would have been great!). Mystery ingredients for the three […]
Well, episode four was the last show before the final round, which will air on December 26 – Boxing Day – on Food Network Canada. Ingredients on this episode included frozen deep fried pickles and tempeh in the appetizer round as well as white chocolate chips and pizza dough for dessert. However, for the main […]
There are always weird ingredients on Chopped, regardless of whether the chefs are adult professionals or kids! On episode 2, these included “ants on a log” (peanut butter and raisins on celery) and “marshmallow rice cereal” treats (basically Rice Krispies squares, but Chopped never gets food brand sponsorship (why IS that, anyway??), so a generic […]
