1. When the ingredients are so bizarre you're pretty sure they're making them up.
2. When contestants decide fighting with each other is more important than winning the $10,000.
3. Every time they set a basket ingredient aside and completely forget about it five minutes later.
4. When this man didn’t know that human blood is NOT an appropriate basket ingredient.
5. Then, there's this guy, who makes us question why he's even on the show in the first place.
6. When contestants' bizarre food combinations were actually just recipes for disaster.
7. When this person thought cake batter was the perfect solution to their burnt chicken.
8. When a contestant decides to unleash their creativity, you know it’s all going downhill from there.
9. When this *brilliant* chef made everyone who has ever cooked feel like a winner.
10. When this guy got the ultimate gift of a $100 truffle and lost it within 30 seconds.
11. Whenever anyone so much as looks in the direction of the ice cream machine.
12. Two words: BREAD. PUDDING.
13. When Ted Allen says “one minute to go” and they decide to just make a quick sauce.
14. When there are fewer than 10 seconds left and they haven't even plated their food?!?!
15. Then, they end up serving the judges à la nothing...
this chopped contestant got NOTHINg on the plate lmao