In each episode, four chefs go head to head and compete to create a delicious three course meal. The competition is divided into three rounds: "
Appetizer", "
Entrée", and "
Dessert". In each round, the chefs are presented with a mystery basket containing four ingredients, and the challenge is to incorporate those mystery ingredients into an appetizing dish. The ingredients are generally diverse items which are not commonly prepared together. The chef competitors are given access to a
pantry and
refrigerator stocked with a wide variety of other ingredients, which they are free to use as they wish. Each round is timed (twenty or thirty minutes for the Appetizer round, thirty minutes each for the Entrée and Dessert rounds), and the chefs must cook their dishes and complete four platings (three for the judges and one "beauty plate") before time runs out. After each cooking round, there are three celebrity judges on hand to critique the dishes based on presentation, taste, and creativity. The chef with the worst dish is "chopped" from the competition. The host reveals the judges' decision by lifting a
cloche on their table to show the losing chef's dish, and one of the judges comments on the reason for their decision. By the dessert round, only two chefs remain, and when deciding the winner, the judges deliberate not only on the dishes created by the two chefs during the final round, but also their overall performance throughout the competition. The winner is awarded a prize of $10,000, and the title of Chopped Canada Champion. ==Teen Tournament==