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Chopped: Castaways

2026 · 1 season

A breezy outdoor cooking contest where the struggle is physical and the payoff is a plate of food over fire.

Starring
Ted Allen, Marcus Samuelsson, Maneet Chauhan
Overview
Battling the elements across two grueling cooking rounds each week, competitors must build a working kitchen from basic supplies, earn their signature Chopped ingredient baskets through intense physical challenges, and cook entirely over open fire.

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Stream in the UK
  • Discovery+ Amazon Channel
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Starring
Ted Allen, Marcus Samuelsson, Maneet Chauhan
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • work
  • ambition
  • nature
  • friendship
Places
  • wilderness
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Stream
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Details

Starring
Ted Allen, Marcus Samuelsson, Maneet Chauhan, Gabriele Bertaccini
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Food Network
Languages
English

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