Notes: This is the first "Chopped Champions" event, featuring winners of past episodes. Go behind-the-scenes of Chopped Champions. Four up-and-coming chefs transform everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal in a three-round cooking competition. 18:00. Starting September 8, 2009, Food Network aired a four-episode Chopped Champions tournament, in which 13 previous winners were invited to face off again. There were four loosely connected parts, wherein the winner of this episode got $10,000 and the chance to compete in the next special episode against three new past champions, potentially winning up to $40,000 with each round they get through. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. April 28, 2020. Fernanda Tapia (winner of episode 44.07 – "Dine On A Dime") (advances to final round) … Unsurprisingly, Chopped champions are often just as successful off-screen as they are on. Four "Chopped" champs compete for a spot in the tournament finale; in the preliminary battle, the first basket includes an anything-but-basic burger. Four chefs competed per episode; the three losing chefs were eliminated from the tournament, while the winner received $10,000 and faced three new competitors in the next episode. Host Ted Allen with competitors Heather Priest, Wayne Lyons, James Gillespie and Wade Burch, as seen on Food Network's Chopped, season 9. Sorry, but right now we don't have any sources for this episode. Not only did Rebecca win the title of Chopped Sweets Champion, she walked away with $10,000. At 9 p.m. Tuesday, Josh Moore, executive chef and managing partner at Volare Italian Ristorante, 2300 Frankfort Ave., will face off against other "Chopped" champions as … Chef Jun Tanaka is ultimately named the Chopped Grand Champion and claims a $50,000 prize that he'll use to start his own restaurant. This week is more mellow than last week. S2020E08 - Beat Bobby Flay: Battle 2 Air Date: Aug 16, 2020 18:00 - 2 months ago.