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Originally Posted by JTB  1. Easy, lose Alex Guarnaschelli. Every reality show/competition does not need a b*thc/a**hole. Let's stop the trend. Have 3 judges who can dish compliments and criticisms equally. Also, she can dish it, but apparently she can't take it. I've heard things about her appearance on ICA where she (SPOILER) lost to Cat Cora.
2. Make Ted Allen a judge. He's a good judge, we've seen that on Top Chef and ICA. People are complaining that he doesn't do anything on Chopped and that he's robotic. Well make him host/judge. This show is short enough to allow him to do both.
3. Increase the entree section to 45 mins. I know 30 mins is sexy, but for good protein and varied cooking styles, it just seems like they need an extra 15 mins or so in this round. Keep Appetizers and Desserts at 30 mins.
4. Give them some of the ICA culinary toys. I'm not a chef, but I know ICA uses some cool toys for the chefs, right?. Don't they have something like an rapid chiller?
5. Increase the prize. $10k is good, but it's low relative to shows of its kind (and yes, I know it's per episode). If not a monetary increase, how about a sponsor tie-in with some free kitchenwares, etc. Just something to make it feel like a bigger deal.
6. Optional sweatbands for the contestants. 
7. Not a change, but please keep Aaron Sanchez as a permanent judge. He's always positive, but not afraid to give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism (unlike Alex). |
1. You can't lose Alex, she's the ANTI-Christ. If you tried to remove her from Chopped, she's take your soul.
2. WRONG. They need a robotic host, just like every other game show.
3. WRONG. The whole point of the show is speed and thinking quickly. The appetizer round is the only one that's messed up. It was 30 minutes, but then it moved down to 20 minutes. It needs to be moved back to 30.
4. CORRECT
5. CORRECT
6. CORRECT, but only if they're pretty colors.
7. WRONG. They need to maintain the variety.
I'd also like to add one: They need to have an "All-star" show, featuring Food Network personalities and the Iron Chef crew. I personally think the Iron Chef one would be the best Chopped ever. Have all 5 of them there, with 2 of them getting chopped after the dessert round.