Chopped - Season 13 (2012)

Four talented teen cooks take over the kitchen. They are challenged to use fish fillets and a sugary frozen treat in their appetizers; cotton candy and fried onions in their entrées; and popcorn in their desserts.

With pluck aplenty, four chefs charge into the competition.

A Halloween-themed battle is full of tricks and treats as the competing chefs find pig snouts in their baskets in the appetizer round, popping candy and a spicy ingredient in the entrée round, lollipops and cereal bars in the dessert round.

The surprise for the competitors in the first basket, a whole pig's head. The second basket contains a nose-to-tail theme.

The four competing chefs are do-gooders in their communities. Which chef's final dish will complete the winning meal?

A Thanksgiving battle features turkey gizzards in the appetizer round; pumpkin pie as an entrée ingredient; and desserts made with chocolate.

The chefs must work hard to make terrific entrees with sable fish and sake.

The holiday season is celebrated throughout the competition, beginning with an appetizer round that includes spiral ham and Italian cookies. Later, entrées are created using Santa Claus melons; and desserts are made with eggnog and Hanukkan gelt.

In the entree round, chefs attempt to make delicious Cornish hen dishes.

Lump crab-meat and ice-cream cones are the featured ingredients in the appetizer round. Later, the entrée round requires the use of a sports drink. Finally, for dessert, the remaining chefs are given carob syrup and spaghetti squash.

With brook trout in the first basket, the chefs try to reel the judges in.

One competing chef attempts to recover, after accidentally dropping the entrée ingredient of pork belly onto the floor.