Chopped

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No Food Network show has been quite as well received as Chopped. The concept is simple: four chefs have a limited amount of time too cook a meal, course by course. For each course they are given a basket of mystery ingredients which must end up on the plate in some form, and they have access to a whole pantry of other ingredients.

Each round, a chef is eliminated (or "chopped") until only one chef, the Chopped Champion, remains.