Chopped 2025: Yes, it's still on

[ZoqFotPik]

I was just thinking over the weekend, "There hasn't new episode of 'Chopped' in a while. Is the show even still on?"

To my surprise, a new episode aired on Tuesday. This time with auctions. It was okay. I don't know, maybe I'm just tired of this show.

[mlp]

4 hours ago, ZoqFotPik said:

I don't know, maybe I'm just tired of this show.

I watched Chopped faithfully for years and enjoyed it.  My interest started to decrease when they kept changing the judges and, since they made Tiffani F. a permanent judge, I rarely watch any more.  Also I don't care for the special competitions with gimmicks.  Still love Ted Allen though.

[AZChristian]

I thought the "auction" thing was ridiculous.  So many chefs became known to us after competing on "Chopped"; surely there are always new chefs who want to appear and - hopefully - charge up their visibility and increase their options.

I don't mind the occasional returning chefs competing on special episodes, but the gambling and other competitions just don't add anything.

[sharifa70]

I agree re the gimmicks. I fast-forward through all the bidding and other shenanigans, and I also fast-forward through Tiffani. I just want to see good, solid cooking with unusual ingredient combinations. Also: I never want to see another episode like the one a year or so ago when they were given absolutely massive ingredients (like 40-some pounds of cooked spaghetti and a crap-ton of sauce that took up an entire table just for the contestants to use, like, a tablespoon of the sauce). I often feel like cooking shows are wasteful but that was the worst I have ever seen outside of the judges being covered in various food items on Masterchef Junior.

[chessiegal]

There was a behind scenes show for Iron Chef some years ago where they said that FN makes a concerted effort to donate food rather than trash it.

Edited January 9 by chessiegal