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Chopped All-Stars Season Two Is Coming April 8

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The Food Network announced a second season of Chopped All-Stars, in which the network throws its talent (chefs and television personalities) into the deadly Chopped arena. (Nate Appleman won last year's contest.) There are four themed episodes and one finale, and the first episode airs April 8th; the prize is $50,000 for their charity of choice. The brave competitors this time around:

Iron Chefs: Cat Cora, Marc Forgione, Jose Garces, and Michael Symon
Prime Time vs. Day Time: Hosts Keegan Gerhard (Food Network Challenge), Jeffrey Saad (United Tastes of America, Cooking Channel), Aarti Sequeira (Aarti Party), and Marcela Valladolid (Mexican Made Easy)
Food Network Star Contestants Food Network Star Season Seven Finalists Justin Balmes, Penny Davidi, Vic 'Vegas' Moea, and Chris Nirschel
"Judge Remix": Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, and Chris Santos

Here's an episode listing and a video teaser:

Part 1, “Iron Chefs Do Battle” Premieres Sunday, April 8th at 9pm ET/PT
Competitors: Iron Chefs Cat Cora, Marc Forgione, Jose Garces and Michael Symon
Judges: Scott Conant, Aarón Sanchez, Geoffrey Zakarian

Part 2, “Prime Time vs. Day Time” Premieres Sunday, April 15th at 9pm ET/PT
Competitors: Show hosts Keegan Gerhard (Food Network Challenge), Jeffrey Saad (United Tastes of America, Cooking Channel), Aarti Sequeira (Aarti Party) and Marcela Valladolid (Mexican Made Easy)
Judges: Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sanchez, Geoffrey Zakarian

Part 3, “Food Network Star Contestants” Premieres Sunday, April 22nd at 9pm ET/PT
Competitors: Food Network Star Season Seven Finalists Justin Balmes, Penny Davidi, Vic “Vegas” Moea and Chris Nirschel
Judges: Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sanchez

Part 4, “Judge Remix” Premieres Sunday, April 29th at 9pm ET/PT
Competitors: Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson and Chris Santos
Judges: Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sanchez, Geoffrey Zakarian

Part 5, “Grand Finale” Premieres Sunday, May 6th at 9pm ET/PT
Competitors: Prior episode winners
Judges: Anne Burrell, Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sanchez

Video: Chopped All-Stars Season 2 Teaser

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