Chosen soup finally handed over (9)
I believe the answer is:
preferred
'chosen' is the definition.
('prefer' can be a synonym of 'choose')
'soup finally handed over' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'over' could be 're' and 're' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for preferred that I've seen before include "Chose before others" , "singled out" , "Liked better" , "Was partial to" , "choice" .)