I am addicted to the show "Chopped". I was lured by Ted Allen because of this appearances on "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy".
The premise for "Chopped" is that four chefs gather to compete with mystery boxes of ingredients to create an appetizer, entre', and dessert. Some of the combinations of required ingredients would put Emeril on his knees crying for his mother. Make a dessert out of chicken livers, canned spaghetti, Gummi worms, and Funyons.
Amazingly, they avoid all of the clichés in this eponymous edition. No one says, "Eh", like we expect. None of the contestants coat their dishes in maple syrup, eh.
They don't address the eternal question of, "If Canadian bacon is actually ham what do they call bacon?" Perhaps, that mystery will be solved in an upcoming episode.
The Canadian rendition of the show lacks a major element: Ted Allen. But, I may warm up to the New-Mountie-in-town.
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