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Status
Returning Series
Release
2009 - Present
Seasons / Eps
64 / 816
Streaming availability by country
A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.
27 Cast Members
Ted Allen
Self - Host
817 Episodes
Alex Guarnaschelli
Self - Judge
12 Episodes
Aarón Sánchez
Self - Judge
8 Episodes
Amanda Freitag
Herself - Judge
6 Episodes
Marc Murphy
Self - Judge
6 Episodes
Chris Santos
Himself - Judge
6 Episodes
Scott Conant
Himself - Judge
5 Episodes
Geoffrey Zakarian
Himself - Judge
5 Episodes
Martha Stewart
Self
5 Episodes
Maneet Chauhan
Self - Judge
2 Episodes
Alton Brown
Self
2 Episodes
Ron Ben-Israel
Himself - Judge
1 Episodes
Tiffani Faison
Self
1 Episodes
Danny Bowien
Self - Judge
1 Episodes
Shirley Chung
Self - Judge
1 Episodes
Katie Chin
Self
1 Episodes
Laurence Louie
Self
1 Episodes
David Wang
Self
1 Episodes
Justine Ma
Self
1 Episodes
Jack Black
Self
1 Episodes