Become a Contestant

Seeking dynamic, outgoing, experienced chefs, Men and Women, any ethnicity and cooking specialty are encouraged to apply. To submit, please complete the entire application below and attach a current photo and culinary resume to be considered.

See videos and schedules for your favorite Food Network shows, including Ace of Cakes, Good Eats, 30 Minute Meals and Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

This is a hilarious application!!

Chopped is cooking up a lot of SPECIALS!

A list of contestants and people on the show

Food Network's hit cooking competition show is seekingpassionate, dynamic, skilled, creative, and competitive cooksto compete on new episodes of CHOPPED in:New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville

With all that cooking and cleanup, how long does an episode take to shoot? How do the dishes stay hot by the time they hit the judges' table, and doesn't host Ted Allen get hungry watching everyone else eat? Yahoo! TV talked to Ted Allen to get the inside scoop.

Chef Cole Dickinson explains what it is actually like to compete and win on one of America's most beloved competition television...

â??Chef Kathy Fang explains what you don't see on TV-and what it takes to win.

'Yeah, they gave you about five or 10 minutes to walk around the pantry and familiarize yourself with everything. Actually they do this before each round, because the pantry ingredients change periodically between segments.'

Last week, my gigantic head was plastered on televisions across the country when I appeared as a contestant on Food Network's Chopped. I'm sure you've all seen the show at least once. You've said things like Well, that's not too bad! Surely I could do that!