# Chopped All-Stars, kick it up a notch! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725 "2011-03-07T01:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/21 "2011-03-09T10:18:37Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > my understanding is that one of the prelim rounds will be 4 chopped judges, which is the one I’m looking forward to the most. It looks like only three, unless I’m forgetting someone who’s judged in the past. I’ve found the aforementioned [Geoffrey Zakarian](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-16.html), with [Aaron Sanchez](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-13.html) and [Amanda Freitag](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-15.html). ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/22 "2011-03-09T13:56:36Z")
Yeah, it looks like [Maneet Chauhan](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-16.html)will be grouped in with the judges to make up a foursome. I guess none of the other judges wanted to be on the other side of the table, the big sissies 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/23 "2011-03-10T00:42:34Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I guess none of the other judges wanted to be on the other side of the table, the big sissies 😛 Alex Guarneschelli did want to cook, but she said on Twitter on Sunday that the producers wanted one woman on the judging panel and so she let Amanda Freitag cook. Since she has her own stand-up cooking show & Freitag doesn’t (though Freitag should be an Iron Chef now, dammit) it makes certain sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/24 "2011-03-10T01:21:48Z")
I’ve been enjoying the Chopped series and think this All-Stars version will be great. Sometimes, though, I think you could prepare the best thing on the planet and the judges would criticize it. They seem so petty. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/25 "2011-03-10T02:23:35Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > I care not about her judge’s kewpie doll face. After watching her own show on Cooking Channel, I see a something there…a deep smoldering passion that might be fun to set free and enjoy the ride. Since I’ve only seen her as a panelist on Food Network shows I’m concerned she might be, um, judgemental about - well about everything. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/26 "2011-03-10T03:31:58Z")
Of all the cooking shows I’ve seen, I find the format of Chopped the most appealing. I usually only watch the last few minutes of Iron Chef, if at all, for example. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/27 "2011-03-10T03:37:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > Since I’ve only seen her as a panelist on Food Network shows I’m concerned she might be, um, judgemental about - well about everything. She’s passionate about food. Her tweets about food remind me of how I talk about sex in the company of my closest girlfriends. Lots of things melting and soft and dripping and juicy in her tweets. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/28 "2011-03-10T15:31:32Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > She’s passionate about food. Her tweets about food remind me of how I talk about sex in the company of my closest girlfriends. Lots of things melting and soft and dripping and juicy in her tweets. 🆒 No kidding, I saw her describe a cheese souffle on “Best Thing I Ever Ate” and thought she was going to have a cheesegasm right there on camera. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/29 "2011-03-21T07:46:57Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Yeah, it looks like [Maneet Chauhan](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-16.html)will be grouped in with the judges to make up a foursome. > > I guess none of the other judges wanted to be on the other side of the table, the big sissies 😛 In one of the previews for the judges episode I just saw, they showed footage of Maneet as a Chopped judge? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725/30 "2011-03-21T15:26:08Z")
Yeah, I didn’t remember seeing her as a judge on “Chopped,” just on “Next Iron Chef.” Whoops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-all-stars-kick-it-up-a-notch/573725.md?page=1)