{"id":21103,"date":"2021-05-17T14:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21103"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:24:05","slug":"alton-brown-returns-to-the-judges-table-with-the-craziest-baskets-yet-on-new-tournament-chopped-altons-maniacal-baskets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/17\/alton-brown-returns-to-the-judges-table-with-the-craziest-baskets-yet-on-new-tournament-chopped-altons-maniacal-baskets\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton Brown Returns to the Judges’ Table with the Craziest Baskets Yet on New Tournament “Chopped: Alton’s Maniacal Baskets”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alton Brown, the culinary science mastermind, returns to the Chopped judges’ table to confound sixteen bright-eyed chefs with the zaniest and brainiest baskets ever, in the new five-part tournament Chopped: Alton’s Maniacal Baskets<\/em><\/strong>, premiering Tuesday, June 22nd at 9PM ET\/PT on Food Network. Hosted by Ted Allen, each one-hour episode of the out of this world competition features Alton harnessing the power of his broad social media following, as he joins forces with his fans to come up with maniacal ingredients that are sure to have the competitors in disbelief as they must utilize them to create unique and delicious dishes over three rounds – appetizer, entr\u00e9e, and dessert.<\/p>\n

The judges’ panel consisting of Alton, Maneet Chauhan, and Marcus Samuelsson select the winners from the four preliminary heats who will face-off in the grand finale featuring the biggest maniacal twist yet to see which chef goes home with the $50,000 cash prize. Think victory will come easily in any of the battles? Not with Alton Brown in town. Fans can also stream the tournament on discovery+ with new episodes available weekly beginning June 22nd, plus, catch up on every episode of the series to date with all seasons available on discovery+<\/a> beginning that same day.<\/p>