The Chopping Block is a cooking challenge reality show available in High Definition on NBC.   Based in Australia, this popular series was first aired on the Nine Network, hosted by chef Matt Moran and Catriona Rowntree.  Originally run and filmed in Australia for it's first two seasons of 8 episodes each, it was a rough beginning for this now highly acclaimed series. Only 718,000 viewers watched during it's first Australian season.

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Confident about the shows concept, it was salvaged by NBC using American scenarios.  It easily became a smashing success in America using Marco Pierre White, their world renowned chef, as a host. The show portrays the trials and tribulations faced by the participants competing for the ultimate prize.  Nearly every nuance of the difficulties faced are filmed and shown as a sequence of events leading up to a finale.

 The host decides who wins the season long cooking challenge through the many episodes within the series. Instead of self contained episodes, The Chopping Block competition runs throughout the season, ending with the presentation of a final reward. Based on a variety of professional culinary factors, the highest performing cooking team wins their own world class restaurant.  The stakes are high and it's fun to watch tempers flair in competition for the real life million dollar restaurant.  When using a real world scenario such as this, real world emotions and determination to win is perfectly apparent.  If things start going wrong, the competition becomes even more fierce.  It's the chance of a lifetime, and this chance introduces pressure caused by the shows demand for raw decisive action.

Marco Pierre White is a ruthlessly intricate culinary mastermind, a seasoned veteran with many awards for his legendary restaurants.  He helps make the participants more professional by leaving nothing to chance.  Every bump in the road is exposed and brought to light so participants who win the restaurant can make the most of it. It is a great show, and any viewer who loves food and the glimpse into a decadent culinary success story such as Marco Pierre White will be thoroughly entertained.  Marco has a charismatic persona derived from his multi-million dollar epic business successs, and is the perfect host for a show like this.  With such a large prize at the end of the season, it really makes it exciting to watch.