Season 4 (2010)

Episodes: 13

Star Cast: Ted Allen ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 Rattle and Roll

Air Date: 2010-04-06

Rattlesnake meat must be included in the chef's first course.

Ep.2 My Froggy Clementine

Air Date: 2010-04-13

The chefs find frog legs in the first basket for the Appetizer Round.

Ep.3 Jitters & Giant Eggs

Air Date: 2010-04-20

Panic threatens to paralyze one of the competitors who is feeling jittery.

Ep.4 Dr. Deckle & Mr. Fried

Air Date: 2010-04-27

Three of the four chefs make a huge mistake with the jumbo shrimp.

Ep.5 Mussels Mastery & Cotton Candy Can-Do

Air Date: 2010-05-04

The chefs have to muscle through to come up with a terrific mussels appetizer in just 20 minutes. Then in the entrée Round, a humble breakfast food must be combined with a high-brow delicacy. And with a favorite childhood treat in the final mystery basket, the judges are expecting whimsical desserts, but will the chefs deliver?

Ep.6 Fired Up!

Air Date: 2010-05-05

The competitors get fired up when they discover this competition is all about grilling! They find some strange basket fellows in the Appetizer Round: striped bass and strawberries. In a smok'n entrée Round the chefs try to glean ideas from one another on how to handle a tricky ingredient. And in the last course, a classic American food – perfect for the grill but peculiar in dessert – complicates the judges' final decision.

Ep.7 First Things Worst

Air Date: 2010-05-11

When time runs out on a frantic appetizer round, two of the chefs are unhappy with what did not make it on to their plates in the final moments, while one chef is upset that a little something extra accidentally did. Then in the entrée round, it's up to the judges to determine who fell short whose dish was a cut above the rest. And the two finalists devise ambitious plans for using a salty condiment and a sweet fruit in their desserts.

Ep.8 Quahog Quandaries and Pickle Puzzles

Air Date: 2010-06-08

When panic sets in at the end of the appetizer round, the judges cheer on a competitor who appears to be giving up. Then in the rush to get a tantalizing entrée finished, one chef makes a dangerous mistake. And even though they find peanuts in the dessert basket, the finalists know that they are competing for so much more and bump the intensity level up a notch as they face off for $10,000.