Chopped, Season 36

The chefs are expected to deliver three courses of flaky, perfect pies that include ingredients such as gummies, sausage, kale and candied ginger.

Iron Chefs Marc Forgione, Jose Garces and Alex Guarnaschelli judge four Chopped Champions as they create an incredible Thanksgiving feast. The champs work with turkey in multiple forms, an epic sandwich and a sweet casserole.

The chefs get a jolt of energy in the first basket in the form of ground espresso, and they have to work with sweetbreads in round two. A brightly colored sugary snack must be balanced with black molasses in the dessert round.

The chefs cook with ingredients that are bizarre even by Chopped standards. Their baskets include slimy, strangely shaped items, garlic ice cream and a shocking dessert ingredient that is wilder than it appears.

Four of Chopped's biggest winners compete for charity in a variety of festive challenges that include hardboiled eggs, a deckle of beef, honey and chocolate.

The chefs attempt flavorful appetizers using Southern grits in the first round, discover an ingredient similar to grits in the second basket, and face something blue and something boiled in the dessert round.

Luck is not on the competitors' side as they open the first basket to find not duck breast, but a more formidable foe: duck tongue. For the last two chefs battling in the dessert round, a peachy final basket is anything but easy.

Cheers to a fabulous first -- a Chopped cocktail party! The chefs are preparing small plates as well as creative drinks in every round of this special competition.

The chefs compete in challenges that include a prized member of the onion family in the first round, an organ meat in basket two and popcorn-flavored candy in the dessert round.

Four famous fry masters compete to move on to the $50,000 Gold Medal Games finale. The first basket is packed with a fair treat and a gamey meat, and the remaining competitors must roll with matcha powder in the dessert basket.

Four renowned chefs battle to prove that grilling is a "sport" worth cheering for, but only one can advance to the $50,000 Grand Finale. An uncooked pastry and a bone-in steak challenge the chefs in the appetizer round.

Four chefs who are speed demons in the kitchen are shocked to learn that every round is 5 minutes shorter than usual. They're burdened by some tedious prep work in round one as they battle for a spot in the $50,000 Grand Finale.

Four chefs famous for baking compete in the Chopped Gold Medal Games. They face a grocery store breakfast dough and a cut of lamb in round one and a second dough and nostalgic spaghetti product in round two.

The Gold Medal Games champs return for a shot at the $50,000 prize. Their culinary skills are pushed to the limit with something grilled, something frightening, Indian snack food far far and champagne in an unusual form.