Chopped: 12x8

Cake Walk!

The chefs find carrot cake in the first basket, along with an unusual seafood product: Will they be able to pull together cohesive appetizers? In the entree round, the competitors take three different approaches with a familiar protein, but the judges are disappointed by the chefs’ scant usage of a prized ingredient. Pop goes the dessert round, with caramel corn in the basket.