The Food Network is celebrating April 20 in high fashion with the debut of a new cooking competition show, Chopped 420. The new series will resemble the original Chopped but with a stoney twist that’s sure to delight marijuana enthusiasts. The judges table will also include a familiar face for fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The new show presents an exciting concept, and with its 4/20 debut, viewers who love food and pot will become fast fans.

The original show had cooks go head-to-head in a competition to come up with the tastiest and most inventive dish they can using pre-selected ingredients. The ingredient baskets contestants receive often contain surprising and tricky foods, so it can be a real struggle sometimes to whip up something delicious. Of course, in the new 420-themed spin off, competitors can expect to see ingredients of a specific nature.

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Chopped 420 will follow the same format as the original series, but the baskets will contain marijuana food items for the four cooks to use. Competitors will have to invent an appetizer, main course, and dessert—all using some form of cannabis as an ingredient. The cooks are competing for a $10,000 prize, so they’ll need to get creative if they want to come up with the best THC-centric dishes.

Comedian Ron Funches will serve as host, and the judges will be RuPaul’s Drag Race alum and marijuana enthusiast Laganja Estranja, comedian Tacarra Williams, and three chefs—Luke Reyes, Esther Choi, and Sam Tabot. The show will debut on Discovery+ on 4/20, the worldwide cannabis holiday, so the timing couldn’t be better. Marijuana legalization has been picking up steam in the U.S. and across the world, and the new show is tapping into that growing stoner market.

The launch of Discovery+ has made possible a bevy of new and inventive shows like Chopped 420. The new series takes a well-liked formula and puts a different spin on it to appeal to a new audience. There’s no telling what will be inside the ingredient baskets, but it’s sure to be things never before seen on Chopped. Food Network fans who are celebrating 4/20 will now have fresh inspiration when it comes to curbing their munchies this Tuesday.

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