History Funny / Chopped

* During the spinoff, ''Chopped Junior'', they did a special series where the winners of the first three episodes would judge the normal judges in the forth. While also a big SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the three kids, the thought of a bunch of Pre-Teens judging professional chefs is worth a laugh.

* In the entree course of the amateur competition of the Ultimate Champions Tournament, a tug of war ensues for a grill between 70 year old Elda and firefighter Keith, who is a full head taller than her. Elda was just calmly yet insistently telling him to give it to her before he relented.
** While watching this Scott actually said he was betting on Elda to win.

* In the third of five in the "Pros vs. Joes" Chopped Ultimate-championship, which was the "Amateurs"-episode, two of the contestants were one of the dads from the Fathers Day-special and one of the grandmothers from the "Grandma vs. Grandma"-episode, and they actually got into a fight over the grill (the grandma ended up getting it and they both made it to the final round, and the dad won).

* The 2013 Halloween episode, which featured one chef who seemed sincerely convinced that he'd been left on Earth by aliens. This was even better when he decides to melt a green, gummy candy skull, one of the basket ingredients, and it does end up looking like an alien's head.
** There was also Chef Sharon, who states that she hates Halloween the second Ted asks her about it.

* In an all-fried-foods episode, one contestant puts canned chickpeas in hot oil before they're thoroughly dried; oil then spews from his dutch oven. This prompts Amanda Freitag to deliver a PSA to one of the cameras, smiling the entire time she delivers her message:

* During the Hot Pepper challenge episode, Aaron Sanchez comments that the dish could have used more habanero (one of the basket ingredients). The other two judges (Zakarian and a guest judge) are eating the appetizer and say that no, it has just the right amount of heat to prevent it from overpowering the other ingredients. Sanchez shoots an incredulous ''"whatever, you guys"'' look over to them. Cue the next contestant (a Chinese immigrant) who didn't think the habanero was spicy by her standards, and all three judges (Sanchez included) [[FireBreathingDiner are practically smoking out their ears.]]

* During the Hot Pepper challenge episode, Aaron Sanchez comments that the dish could have used more habernero (habernero being a basket ingredient). The other two judges (Zakarian and a guest judge) are eating the appetizer and say that no, it has just the right amount of heat to prevent it from overpowering the other ingredients. Sanchez shoots an incredulous ''"whatever, you guys"'' look over to them. Cue the next contestant (a Chinese immigrant) who didn't think the habernero was spicy by her standards, and all three judges (Sanchez included) [[FireBreathingDiner are practically smoking out their ears.]]

** In the final part of that five episode-arc, the same dad almost got into another fight over the same grill, but this time, it was almost with Laila Ali--who happens to be one of the daughters of Muhammad Ali and who also spent ten years of her life working professionally as boxer, just like her own dad did. The guy later admitted that although he wanted the grill, there was no way he was getting into a fight with Muhammad Ali's daughter.
* In an episode where all the contestants were college students, one of the contestants was a girl who was a senior at the University of Washington in Seattle, and she was only 18--when she first reveals this to Ted and the judges (two of whom were Marc Murphy and Chris Santos), they're obviously a little confused, and she explains that she [[GradeSkipper skipped a few grades and started her freshman year of college when she was only 15]]. Marc jokingly said to Ted and the other judges (mainly Chris), "Bet you feel like a dumbass now."
* In the dessert round of part 1 of "Chopped: Impossible", one of the contestants is making a tuile (a type of wafer cookie that can be sweet or savory), and tries making it on the stove, but doesn't have enough leverage to properly flatten it. What does she do? She gets another baking sheet to put on top of the tuile mix, puts it on the floor and then ''uses her bodyweight to flatten it by standing on it''. Ted and the judges notice this and are obviously a little confused, but also seem to find it funny that she's doing this.

* In an episode called "Momumental," [[CaptainObvious where all the contestants were moms]], a basket ingredient in the second round was carrot ''baby food''. The moms were obviously a little surprised to see it, with one of them commenting that she hadn't even seen or used baby food since her own kids were babies (and she had earlier mentioned having two kids who're around 15 to 17 years old). Alex Guarnaschelli, one of the judges in that episode and who also happens to be a mother herself, admitted that the only times she herself has ever actually tasted baby food is when her daughter had thrown it at her while she was eating.

--> '''Ted''' (flatly): Chris, let me do that.

* During the spinoff, ''Chopped Junior'', they did a special series where the winners of the first three episodes would judge the normal judges in the forth. While also a big SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the three kids, the thought of a bunch of Pre-Teens judging professional chefs is worth a laugh.

* During the spinoff, ''Chopped Junior'', they did a special series where the winners of the first three episodes would judge the normal judges in the forth. While also a big CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the three kids, the thought of a bunch of Pre-Teens judging professional chefs is worth a laugh.

--> '''Alex''': I totally love this dish. That's it. It's delicious.

--> '''Contestant''': I used to make a similar dessert when I worked at vegan dining facility.
--> '''Marc Murphy''': Is this health food?
--> '''Contestant''': It's not ''bad'' for you...
--> '''Ted''': Don't tell him that! Tell him there's a stick of butter in it!

--> '''Alex:''' You'll notice every man in the couple is handling the meat.
--> '''Scott:''' It's because the balls are taken away from them very early in the relationship, and it's just nice to see them again.

--->"Look, it's snowing!"

-->Chef Monkonjay: [[RefugeInAudacity Are you married?]]

-->Alex: I totally love this dish. That's it. It's delicious.

-->Chef Monkonjay: [[RefugeInAudacity Are you married?]]

-->Chef Molokonjae: [[RefugeInAudacity Are you married?]]

** And hanging a big old {{Lampshade}} on the FoodPorn trope during the finale's dessert round by likening Alex Guarnaschelli's description of a contestant's dessert to something he'd hear on a phone sex line.

* Alton Brown is 'always'' good for a for a few of these, and his five-part special had no lack of them.
** Admitting that he put the whammy ingredients like kimchi in the basket because "I wanna watch people suffer."

* In an episode called "Momumental," [[CaptainObvious where all the contestants were moms]], a basket ingredient in the second round was carrot ''baby food''. The moms were obviously a little surprised to see it, with one of them commenting that she hadn't even seen or used baby food since her own kids were babies (and she had earlier mentioned having two kids who're around 15 to 17 years old). Alex Guarnaschelli, one of the judges in that episode and who also happens to be a mother herself, admitted that the only times she herself has ever actually tasted baby food is when her daughter had thrown it at her while she was eating.

* In an episode called "Momumental," [[CaptainObvious where all the contestants were moms]], a basket ingredient in the second round was carrot ''baby food'', and the moms were obviously a little surprised to see it, with one of them commenting that she hadn't seen or even used baby food since her own children were babies. Alex Guarnaschelli, one of the judges in that episode (who happens to be a mother herself), admitted that the only times she herself has ever actually tasted baby food is when her daughter had thrown it at her while she was eating.

* During the Hot Pepper challenge episode, Aaron Sanchez comments that the dish could have used more habernero (habernero being a basket ingredient). The other two judges (Zakarian and a guest judge) are eating the appetizer and say that no, it has just the right amount of heat to prevent it from overpowering the other ingredients. Sanchez shoots an incredulous ''"whatever, you guys"'' look over to them. Queue the next contestant (a Chinese immigrant) who didn't think the habernero was spicy by her standards, and all three judges (Sanchez included) [[FireBreathingDiner are practically smoking out their ears.]]

* In the dessert round of part 1 of "Chopped: Impossible," one of the contestants is making a tuile (a type of wafer cookie that can be sweet or savory), and tries making it on the stove, but doesn't have enough leverage to properly flatten it. What does she do? She gets another baking sheet to put on top of the tuile mix, puts it on the floor and then ''uses her bodyweight to flatten it by standing on it''. Ted and the judges notice this and are obviously a little confused, but also seem to find it funny that she's doing this.

* In the Season 3 ''Chopped Champion'' finale, chef Jun Tanaka admits that his first exposure to cooking was when, as a child in Japan, his mother ran a baking class out of their kitchen, where he spent most of his time under the kitchen table looking at the women's legs.
* Robert Irvine was on one of the celebrity episodes, and was positively disgusted with the presence of BrandX Fruit Loops as an ingredient. He doesn't even open the box like a normal person--he takes a gigantic butcher's knife and effectively guts the box to access the cereal. Even the other judges can't help but react to the sight of this talented chef showing his opinion of the ingredient.
* In an all-fried-foods episode, one contestant puts canned chickpeas in hot oil before they're thoroughly dried; oil then spews from his dutch oven. This prompts Amanda Freitag to deliver a public-service announcement to one of the cameras, smiling the entire time she delivers her message:

* In the third episode of the five in the "Pros vs. Joes" Chopped Ultimate-championship, which was the "Amateurs"-episode, two of the contestants were one of the dads from the Fathers Day-special and one of the grandmothers from the "Grandma vs. Grandma"-episode, and they actually got into a fight over the grill (the grandma ended up getting it and they both made it to the final round, and the dad won).

* In the dessert round of part 1 of "Chopped: Impossible," one of the contestants is making a tuile (a savory wafer cookie), and tries making it on the stove, but doesn't have enough leverage to properly flatten it. What does she do? She gets another baking sheet to put on top of the tuile mix, puts it on the floor and then ''uses her bodyweight to flatten it by standing on it''. Ted and the judges notice this and are obviously a little confused, but also seem to find it funny that she's doing this.
* In an episode called "Better Saffron than Sorry," while the contestants are hanging out in that area they go to when they get done with a round, one of the chefs says, "At least they didn't give us lamb testicles." And guess what one of the ingredients in the second round basket is? ''Lamb fries (testicles)''.
* In an episode called "Momumental," where all the contestants were moms, a basket ingredient in the second was carrot baby food, and the moms were obviously a little surprised to see it, with one of them commenting that she hadn't seen or even used baby food since her own children were babies. Alex Guarnaschelli, one of the judges who's a mother herself, admitted that the only time she herself has ever actually tasted baby food is when her daughter had thrown it at her while she was eating.

* In the dessert round of part 1 of "Chopped: Impossible," one of the contestants is making a tuile (a savory wafer cookie), and tries making on the stove, but doesn't have enough leverage to properly flatten it. What does she do? She gets another baking sheet to put on top of the tuile mix, puts it on the floor and then ''uses her bodyweight to flatten it by standing on it''. Ted and the judges notice this and are a little confused, but also seem to find it funny that she's doing this.
* In an episode called "Better Saffron than Sorry," while the contestants are hanging out in that area they go to when they get done with a round, one of the chefs says, "At least they didn't give us lamb testicles." And guess what one of the ingredients in the second round basket is? ''Lamb fries (testicles)''.

--> '''Contestant''': I used to make a similar dessert when I worked at vegan dinning facility.

* In the dessert round of part 1 of "Chopped: Impossible," one of the contestants is making a tuile (a savory wafer cookie), and tries making on the stove, but doesn't have enough leverage to properly flatten it. What does she do? She gets another baking sheet to put on top of the tuile mix, puts it on the floor and then ''uses her bodyweight to flatten it by standing on it''. Ted and the judges notice this and are a little confused, but also seem to find it funny that she's doing this.