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  • Advantage Chef

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    S 8 : Ep 4 - 12/22/10

    The chefs unexpectedly find themselves without even their knives when they are asked to make stuffing. Next up is playing a culinary version of the U.S. Open. Guest Judge: Tony Mantuano Quickfire Challenge: Swanson Great Stuffing Debate: Create a Stuffing to Win the Debate Elimination Challenge: Create a Healthy Dish to Be Served Head-to-Head at the Home of the US Open Round Fourmoreless
  • New York's Finest

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    S 8 : Ep 3 - 12/15/10

    The chefs pull knives to determine which of four teams will cook in four of the city's best restaurants, but first their knives will be put to use in a Quickfire relay race with a twist.

    Guest Judges: David Chang, Kate Krader

    Quickfire Challenge: Mise-en-Place Race & Then Create a Dish

    Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish for One of New York's Finest Restaurants

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  • Night at the Museum

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    S 8 : Ep 2 - 12/8/10

    The midnight snack for overnight visitors to the American Museum of Natural History turns complicated when the Quickfire judge can't make up his mind. Then a late night becomes an overnighter when the chefs are asked to make breakfast for the same group the next morning. The catch? One group bases their menu on the Tyrannosaurus rex's diet, the other on the Brontosaurus's. Guest Judges: Joe Jonas, Katie Lee Quickfire Challenge: Create a Midnight Snack for Kids Elimination Challenge: Make a Breakfast Inspired by a Dinosaur's Diet Round Twomoreless
  • History Never Repeats

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    S 8 : Ep 1 - 12/1/10

    The contestants are asked to tempt fate by recreating the dishes that caused their downfalls the last time they appeared on Top Chef. First, though, is a team challenge with season bragging rights. Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish that Represents Your Season's City Elimination Challenge: Turn the Dish That Sent You Home into a Success Round Onemoreless
  • Reunion Special

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    S 7 : Ep Special - 9/22/10

    The cast and chefs gather together with host Andy Cohen to review the season, catch up with the chefs, and answer some of the most burning questions left over from their time in the District of Columbia- perhaps even Peagate will be put to rest. Finally, Andy will announce the theme and contestants for season eight.

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  • Finale Part 2

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    S 7 : Ep 14 - 9/15/10

    The remaining three chefs attempt to cook the best meal of each of their lives, hoping to be named Top Chef. Unfortunately, an unexpected illness and clashes with one of the sous chefs may stand in the way of the dream. Guest Judge: Eric Ripert Final Challenge: Create the Four Course Meal of Your Life Finalmoreless
  • Finale Part 1

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    S 7 : Ep 13 - 9/8/10

    The competition moves to Singapore as the chefs are winnowed down to the final three, and even with an unexpected immunity and a team event, don't expect everyone to play nice. Guest Judge: K F Seetoh Quickfire Challenge: Create Street Food Using a Wok Elimination Challenge: Cater a Party for Food & Wine Magazine Based on Local Cuisine Semi-finalmoreless
  • Gastro-nauts

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    S 7 : Ep 12 - 9/1/10

    The chefs are tasked with adding flavor to the food American astronauts eat, and the final taste test will take place off-planet. First, though, they must demonstrate their expert wine palates. Guest Judges: Dana Cowin, Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Based on a Wine Pairing Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish That Can Be Freeze-dried & Sent into Space Round 12moreless
  • Making Concessions

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    S 7 : Ep 11 - 8/25/10

    The contestants take on America's favorite pastime when they take over a concession stand at the Washington Nationals' home, Nationals Park, where they must dress up the ordinary fare normally found there. Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Based on a Food Idiom Elimination Challenge: Create Fine Dining Versions of Ballpark Food Round 11moreless
  • Covert Cuisine

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    S 7 : Ep 10 - 8/18/10

    The chefs are asked to take common recipes and create their own completely original redesigned dish, then they must prepare it in one of the CIA's kitchens for presentation to the director. Unfortunately, disguising a dish takes a bit of creativity, and all of theirs may have been used up in a taxing Quickfire. Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish with Contents of Mystery Boxes Elimination Challenge: Create a New Identity for a Classic Dish Round 10moreless
  • Restaurant Wars

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    S 7 : Ep 9 - 8/11/10

    The most anticipated and, arguably, the hardest challenge of the competition returns as the remaining chefs divide into two teams to conceive and debut their restaurants, but first they must make it through a relay race—blindfolded. Quickfire Challenge: Tag Team Cook-Off Elimination Challenge: Restaurant Wars Round Ninemoreless
  • Foreign Affairs

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    S 7 : Ep 8 - 8/4/10

    The chefs test their version of Ethiopian cuisine with Top Chef Masters' Marcus Samuelsson, and then must create a dish inspired by one of the foreign embassies there in the district. Quickfire Challenge: Create an Ethiopian-inspired Dish Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Inspired by a Specific Country Round Eightmoreless
  • Power Lunch

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    S 7 : Ep 7 - 7/28/10

    The chefs are asked by the country's youngest congressman to put a meal on a toothpick, but then they have to think bigger when they are faced with huge proteins and lunch for the movers and shakers at one of the city's most famous restaurants. Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish That Fits on a Toothpick Elimination Challenge: Create a Power Lunch for Regulars at the Palm Restaurant Round Sevenmoreless
  • Cold War

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    S 7 : Ep 6 - 7/21/10

    Michelle Bernstein returns with her favorite Quickfire challenge: how to make strange meats edible. Then the chefs experience peer review with a touch of strategizing as they are divided into teams to concoct cold entrées. The Catch? Each team serves the other, and the diners nominate the potential winner and loser for that team. Quickfire Challenge: Chefs Must Prepare Exotic Proteins Elimination Challenge: Chefs Must Prepare a Cold Dish Round Sixmoreless
  • Farm Policy

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    S 7 : Ep 5 - 7/14/10

    Fresh is best tonight as the chefs gather crabs for the Quickfire, and then travel to a Virginia farm where its bounty will supply the ingredients for dinner. Guest Judges: Patrick O'Connell, Eric Ripert Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Using Crabs Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Using Produce & Proteins from a Local Organic & Humane Farm Round Fivemoreless
  • Room Service

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    S 7 : Ep 4 - 7/7/10

    Tempting different palates is what is on the agenda tonight. First the chefs must create a plate that will satisfy both Tom and Padma, and which, when puréed, will equally satisfy their new babies' appetites. Then the chefs pair up for a three-course Elimination that ends with a double knife-packing. Guest Judges: Beth Scott, Eric Ripert Quickfire Challenge: Create an Adult Dish & a Baby-friendly Purée Version Elimination Challenge: Create Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Courses for the Hilton Menu Round Fourmoreless
  • Capitol Grill

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    S 7 : Ep 3 - 6/30/10

    It's an all-American theme tonight as the chefs create homemade pies for the Quickfire, and then turn their skills to create a perfect barbecue at George Washington's home for some Capitol Hill interns. Unfortunately, mishaps will occur, and a few truths will be driven home during Judges' Table.

    Guest Judges: Johnny Iuzzini, Jonathan Waxman

    Quickfire Challenge: Make a Pie from Scratch

    Elimination Challenge: Prepare a Picnic for Capitol Hill Interns That Includes 1 Main Dish & 2 Sides

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  • Outside the Lunch Box

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    S 7 : Ep 2 - 6/23/10

    The chefs dip into bipartisanship and quorums as they are paired together to make sandwiches, and then grouped when they are asked to do their part to help end childhood obesity in support of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" national initiative by serving a healthy lunch at a local middle school. Guest Judge: Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass Quickfire Challenge: Chefs Must Pair up to Create a Sandwich Elimination Challenge: Create a Healthy School Lunch with a Budget of $2.60 per Child Round Twomoreless
  • House of Chef-presentatives

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    S 7 : Ep 1 - 6/16/10

    It's all about beginnings tonight as the new batch of chefs display their knife skills in a brutal Quickfire, and then they introduce themselves by cooking a dish that best represents their home districts while layering in their own signatures.

    Guest Judge: Eric Ripert

    Quickfire Challenge: Mise en Place Tournament

    Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish that Reflects Where You're From

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  • Season Finale Part 2

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    S 6 : Ep 14 - 12/9/09

    The remaining three contestants vie for the title as they attempt to cook the best meal they've ever made within the most rigid rules in the history of the finales, and just to make things really interesting the producers have devised a couple of very creative curve balls.moreless
  • Season Finale Part 1

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    S 6 : Ep 13 - 12/2/09

    The contestants move from the desert to Napa, California's wine country, for challenges that will winnow them down from four to three. This round focuses on the bounty of the region's farms, vineyards and livestock. First up is a scenic tour by train of the valley, but the chefs won't be able to enjoy it, and then they'll have to use nothing but local wares in two dishes that showcase their traditional and vegetarian skills.moreless
  • Culinary Olympics

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    S 6 : Ep 12 - 11/18/09

    This week's challenge takes its inspiration from the Bocuse d'Or Culinary Olympics, one of the most prestigious cooking competitions in the world. Guest judges include Jerome Bocuse and Thomas Keller.
  • The Problem Solvers

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    S 4 : Ep 5 - 11/12/09

    Jenna and Tracy question their demanding ways when the new TGS cast member is anything but, and Kenneth feels without a purpose as a result. Liz is offered a Dealbreaker talk show by Jack.moreless
  • Strip Around the World

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    S 6 : Ep 11 - 11/11/09

    The day begins with a Quickfire that tasks the chefs to create a perfect breakfast in bed, then they must get what inspiration they can from Las Vegas' strip of hotels in order to cater a VIP cocktail party. Guest judge: Nigella Lawson.moreless
  • Meat Natalie

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    S 6 : Ep 10 - 10/28/09

    TV Guide's editors complicate tonight's QuickFire with their list of shows to use as inspiration for "TV Dinners." Then Natalie Portman is guest client tonight during the Elimination round as the chefs fix her and her friends dinner at craftsteak, Tom Colicchio's Las Vegas restaurant. Guest judges Paul Bartolotta and Natalie Portman.moreless
  • Restaurant Wars

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    S 6 : Ep 9 - 10/21/09

    The dreaded round returns, this time in an existing restaurant, and the chefs will have to watch their Ps and Qs, because the guest judge owns the restaurant. But first is a unique team High Risk QuickFire that uses blindfolds in a new way. Guest judge: Rick Moonen.moreless
  • Pigs and Pinot

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    S 6 : Ep 8 - 10/14/09

    The chefs create their version of Charlie Palmer's annual Pigs & Pinot event at his restaurant Aureole, hoping to perfectly pair their pork dishes with wine.
  • Dinner Party

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    S 6 : Ep 7 - 10/7/09

    The contestants cater a dinner for the chefs in the Macy's Culinary Council, but first they must make it through the QuickFire where Lady Luck again holds all the cards... or rather reels. Guest judge: Tyler Florence.

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  • Penn & Teller

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    S 6 : Ep 6 - 9/23/09

    The chefs must work their own magic when asked to deconstruct a vintage recipe and re-imagine its components into dishes with their own signatures for Penn & Teller. Guest judge: Michelle Bernstein.
  • Camping

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    S 6 : Ep 5 - 9/16/09

    The remaining contestants must corral their wits and skills after a night spent under the stars when they're asked to perform chuckwagon duties for some local cowboys. Guest judge: Tim Love.
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