Top Chef
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Season 9
- Ep 16Finale (2)2/22/12
- Ep 15Finale (1)2/15/12
- Ep 14Mentors2/8/12
A blindfolded stroll through the pantry for the Quickfire is only the beginning. The Elimination begins with the restoration of a former competitor; then the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that will not only impress the judges, but honor the chefs who trained them.
- Ep 13Bike, Borrow & Steal2/1/12
Pee Wee Herman drops by for breakfast and dinner today. First the chefs must show their creativity with a pancake stack in the Quickfire. Then, they are armed with just $100 and a bicycle to navigate San Antonio's streets and collect ingredients for a dish to wow Pee Wee in the Elimination.
moreless - Ep 12Block Party1/25/12
From Quickfire teams to Elimination head-to-head challenges, this will not be an easy day for the remaining chefs. First up is a timed Quickfire where teams must prep and cook their ingredients into a wonderful dish. Then they are off to a charity block party where one-to-one cook-offs leave everyone vulnerable to elimination.
moreless - Ep 11Fit for an Evil Queen1/18/12
The Quickfire is on the move, except it's the ingredients that are moving—by train. Next, the chefs must access the darkness inside of them when they are asked to create "evil" on a plate.
- Ep 10Restaurant Wars1/11/12
The most dreaded challenge is back with a few additions. Tonight the teams not only have to conceptualize, decorate and execute a menu for their restaurants, they must also design signs, logos and other accessories never before required in the challenge.
- Ep 9BBQ Pit Wars1/4/12
The chefs combine learning with cooking tonight when they use Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine to influence their Quickfire dishes. Next, they team up for a barbecue cook-off where the diners determine the winning team.
- Ep 8Tribute Dinner12/21/11
The chefs must adapt quickly when their cooking mashes up with social networking and they begin receiving dish notes via Twitter. Later, they will each be able to pay homage to an influential teacher when they are asked to create dishes in the teachers' honor.
- Ep 7Game On12/14/11
The chefs begin the day with shots of tequila, and then must cook for an all-star table of chefs when they cater a game night event for Tim Love's friends. Unfortunately, the random pairing of teams may work against some as tonight's twist is a double elimination.
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Guest Judge: Tim Love
Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish That Pairs with the Tequila of Your Choice
Elimination Challenge: Cook One Course for a Game Dinner
Round Five - Ep 6Higher Steaks12/7/11
The contestants settle into their new home kitchen at Dallas' Le Cordon Bleu. The collegial atmosphere seems appropriate, since the Quickfire asks them to regress to sauciers. Next, they must prepare steak for some of Texas' most discerning palates, at least beef-wise, the attendees of the Cattle Baron's Ball.
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Guest Judge: Dean Fearing
Quickfire Challenge: Personalize Your Mother Sauce
Elimination Challenge: Create a Four Course Steak Dinner for Cattle Baron's BallRound Four
moreless - Ep 5Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party11/30/11
The contestants begin the day on the road as they travel to Dallas, and Padma decides to test their creativity with canned goods in the roadside Quickfire just to keep things in theme. Then it goes from rags to riches as the chefs must shift gears to cater a dinner party in an exclusive Dallas suburb.
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Guest Judge: John Besh
Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Using the Ingredients Inside the Survival Kits
Elimination Challenge: Create a Course for a Progressive Dinner Party
Round Three - Ep 4Red Hot Chili Cook Off11/23/11
The contestants spend two long, spicy and Texas-themed days cooking. First up is a dish that uses chili pepper, but the chefs must choose carefullythe winning dish is awarded a cash prize based on the heat of the pepper used. Next, they divide into teams to create unique chilis that will satisfy the Tejas Rodeo Company participants. Of course, this means a scramble for space, ingredients and cooking appliances back at the house.
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Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Highlighting One Chili Pepper
Elimination Challenge: 1. Team Chili Cook-off 2. Repurpose Losing Chili into Winning Dish
Round Two - Ep 3Quinceanera11/16/11
Tonight the chefs are asked to create a dish using rattlesnakes. Later, they will cater a girl's quinceañera celebration.
Guest Judge: Johnny Hernandez
Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Using Rattlesnake
Elimination Challenge: Cook for Family & Friends at Blanca's Quinceañera Party
Round One - Ep 2The Heat Is On11/9/11
Night two of heats for the coveted contestant slots begins with 10 competitors, 10 ingredients, and only five chef coats left. Once again, those who excel in the challenge get a chef coat immediately, and those who bomb are sent home. The remaining hopefuls on the "bubble" participate in a cook-off for the last coats with last week's four who are still waiting in the Stew Room for their second chance.
''Group 3 Qualifying Challenge: Choose One of the 10 Ingredients and Then Create a Dish in the Amount of Time on Your Clock
''Qualifying Challenge Final Cook Off: Prepare a Dish Using Any Ingredients in the Kitchen
''moreless - Ep 1Everything's Bigger in Texas11/2/11
29 chefs gather at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, to compete for 16 slots in the 9th season of Top Chef. Tonight they are divided into three groups and must master their challenge to move forward. Some will know their fate immediately and receive a chef coat or be sent home. Others will be on the "bubble" and must compete and be judged again before they know their fates. Yes, it's bigger in Texas, but it's also hotter and harder, too.
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Group 1 Qualifying Challenge: Prepare a Dish Using One Cut of a PigGroup 2 Qualifying Challenge: Prepare a Dish Using the Same Ingredient
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Season 8
- Ep 17Top Chef All-Stars Reunion4/6/11
The judges and chefs join host Andy Cohen to reflect on the season with the assistance of clips, outtakes and even a new music video. Plus, Jen and Elia have a chance to defend themselves for their post-packing-of-knives behavior. - Ep 16Finale3/30/11
The remaining two chefs prepare the best meal of their lives in a return of a version of Restaurant Wars that begins with a high-stakes blind taste test.''''Guest Judge: Hubert Keller''''Quickfire Challenge: None''''Elimination Challenge: Create Your Dream Restaurant Featuring a Four-Course Menu''''Final - Ep 15The Last Supper3/23/11
The chefs prepare dinner for an illustrious panel of guest diners who will help determine the finalists, but first they must get through a Quickfire with two twistsone at the beginning, and one in the middleboth assigned by the competition. Unfortunately, this will not be the only surprise they are dealt, as the Elimination turns into a sudden death match.''''Guest Judges: Wolfgang Puck, Masaharu Morimoto, Michelle Bernstein, Melanie Dunea''''Quickfire Challenge: Chefs Must Assign a Classic Top Chef Quickfire to One of Their Competitors''''Elimination Challenge: Chefs Must Create a Last Supper for Three Culinary Icons''''Semifinalmoreless - Ep 14Island Fever3/16/11
The contestants must make 100 servings of the same dish 100% alike, but at least there's a kitchen. The next day they will be asked to cater a yacht club's anniversary party, but the protein is catch-as-catch-can and their work stations may have a stellar view, but lack some of the basics.''''Guest Judge: Lorena Garcia''''Quickfire Challenge: Create 100 Dishes Showcasing Consistency & Precision''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Lunch to Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Nassau Yacht Club''''Quarterfinalmoreless - Ep 13Fit for a King3/9/11
A Quickfire duel against their season's Top Chef begins the chefs' day, and from there they must cook for the island's "royalty" with very little tools to assist them toward perfect dishes, but that is only after a kitchen catastrophe puts a second twist to the chefs' plans.''''Guest Judge: Eric Ripert''''Quickfire Challenge: Chefs Battle Head-to-Head Against Their Season's Winner''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish for Bahamian Royalty''''Round 13moreless - Ep 12Give Me Your Huddled Masses3/2/11
A ferry ride brings a junk food Quickfire, and then the chefs must dip into their pasts to create a dish worthy of Ellis Island which introduces some surprise advocates for dinner.''''Guest Judge: Dan Barber''''Quickfire Challenge: Create a Dish Using Only What You Can Find on the Ferry Snack Bar''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Based on Your Ancestry''''Round 12moreless - Ep 11For the Gulf2/23/11
It's a deep fry contest for the queen of deep fat, then the chefs prepare seafood dishes for a charity event. - Ep 10Lock Down2/16/11
It's a Sesame Street kind of day when the chefs find themselves cooking to please Muppet palates. Next they are tasked with making a dish at a Target store. - Ep 9Feeding Fallon2/9/11
The chefs put their signature on fondue, and then cater Jimmy Fallon's birthday party. - Ep 8An Offer They Can't Refuse2/2/11
The chefs must tap into their artistic side as they demonstrate plating techniques for a famous designer. Then they will have to tap into their old-world side when an actress asks them to create a traditional three-course Italian dinner. - Ep 7Restaurant Wars: One Night Only1/19/11
After a fish fillet contest, the chefs must conceptualize and open "one night only" restaurants. - Ep 6We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat1/12/11
The chefs must catch and cook fish for a beach party. - Ep 5Dim Sum Lose Sum1/5/11
Tom challenges the remaining chefs to beat the time he takes to complete a dish, and then it's off to Chinatown where their dim sum will face some harsh critics.''''Guest Judge: Susur Lee''''Quickfire Challenge: Create a Winning Dish in Less Than 8 Minutes and 37 Seconds''''Elimination Challenge: Take over a Dim Sum Restaurant's Lunch Rush in Chinatown''''Round Fivemoreless - Ep 4Advantage Chef12/22/10
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 - Ep 3New York's Finest12/15/10
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.
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''Guest Judges: David Chang, Kate Krader
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''Quickfire Challenge: Mise-en-Place Race & Then Create a Dish
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''Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish for One of New York's Finest Restaurants
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''Round Threemoreless - Ep 2Night at the Museum12/8/10
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 - Ep 1History Never Repeats12/1/10
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
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Season 7
- Ep 15Reunion Special9/22/10
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 Columbiaperhaps even Peagate will be put to rest. Finally, Andy will announce the theme and contestants for season eight.moreless - Ep 14Finale Part 29/15/10
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 - Ep 13Finale Part 19/8/10
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 - Ep 12Gastro-nauts9/1/10
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 - Ep 11Making Concessions8/25/10
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 11 - Ep 10Covert Cuisine8/18/10
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 - Ep 9Restaurant Wars8/11/10
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 raceblindfolded.''''Quickfire Challenge: Tag Team Cook-Off''''Elimination Challenge: Restaurant Wars''''Round Nine - Ep 8Foreign Affairs8/4/10
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 Eight - Ep 7Power Lunch7/28/10
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 - Ep 6Cold War7/21/10
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 entres. 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 - Ep 5Farm Policy7/14/10
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 - Ep 4Room Service7/7/10
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 pured, 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 Pure Version''''Elimination Challenge: Create Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Courses for the Hilton Menu''''Round Fourmoreless - Ep 3Capitol Grill6/30/10
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.
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''Guest Judges: Johnny Iuzzini, Jonathan Waxman
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''Quickfire Challenge: Make a Pie from Scratch
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''Elimination Challenge: Prepare a Picnic for Capitol Hill Interns That Includes 1 Main Dish & 2 Sides
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''Round Threemoreless - Ep 2Outside the Lunch Box6/23/10
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 - Ep 1House of Chef-presentatives6/16/10
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.
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''Guest Judge: Eric Ripert
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''Quickfire Challenge: Mise en Place Tournament
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''Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish that Reflects Where You're From
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Season 6
- Ep 16Reunion Special12/16/09
The season six cast and talent gather to rehash the season, hosted by Andy Cohen. - Ep 15Season Finale Part 212/9/09
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. - Ep 14Season Finale Part 112/2/09
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 - Ep 13Culinary Olympics11/18/09
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. - Ep 12Strip Around the World11/11/09
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. - Ep 11Top Chef Reunion Dinner11/4/09
Fabio Viviani from season five has invited contestants from his season and those in the past for what is supposed to be a convivial gathering of chefs cooking, eating and talking. But this is Top Chef, after all, and if you include Marcel in any invitation pleasant can turn on a dime.moreless - Ep 10Meat Natalie10/28/09
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 - Ep 9Restaurant Wars10/21/09
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. - Ep 8Pigs and Pinot10/14/09
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. - Ep 7Dinner Party10/7/09
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. - Ep 6Penn & Teller9/23/09
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. - Ep 5Camping9/16/09
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. - Ep 4Vivre Las Vegas9/9/09
The contestants must tap into their traditional cooking skills when they're asked to show their mastery of French cuisine, and as if that's not stress enough tonight's judges are some of the biggest names in the industry: Daniel Boulud, Hubert Keller, Joel Robuchon and Jean Joho. - Ep 3Thunderbirds9/2/09
The remaining contestants try to serve the 300 pilots and crew from the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron based at Nellis AFB with the same Pride, Precision and Professionalism on deck that the Thunderbirds show in the air. Guest judge: Mark Peel. - Ep 2Bachelor/Ette Party8/26/09
The men take on the women tonight as they prepare competing events for a bachelor and bachelorette, but first up is a QuickFire with a very appropriate reward for the town in which it's located. Guest judge: Todd English. - Ep 1Sin City Vice8/19/09
Seventeen new chefs arrive in Las Vegas eager to prove that they have what it takes to be named Top Chef.
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Season 5
- Ep 15Watch What Happens Reunion3/4/09
Andy Cohen returns to host the season five reunion. - Ep 14Finale Part 22/25/09
The final contestants perform their final challenge, cooking the best meal they've ever made. - Ep 13Finale Part 12/18/09
Top Chef moves to New Orleans, and tonight the chefs cook for restaurateur Emeril Lagasse for a chance to be in the final challenge, but an unexpected twist will winnow the herd a little more than is expected. - Ep 12The Last Supper2/11/09
The contestants make a final bid for the four finale spots, showing off their skills and their best dishes. - Ep 11Le Bernardin2/4/09
Eric Ripert returns to Top Chef as the six remaining contestants deal with an electric challenge at his restaurant. - Ep 10Super Bowl Chef Showdown1/28/09
Seven chefs from seasons one through four return in a cook-off that will rival any football game, although with the allotted cooking time there will be some very quick quarters, but first the chefs are challenged to reimagine the uses for a supergrain beyond breakfast.''''Guest Judge: Scott Conant''''Quaker Oats QuickFire Challenge: Pair Whole Grain Oats with Food Group to Create an Original Dish''''Top Chef Bowl Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Based on the Regional Cuisine of an NFL Team''''Round 10''moreless - Ep 9Restaurant Wars1/21/09
Not enough conflict yet? Prepare to be satisfied as one of the most brutal challenges occurs. Two teams will create their vision of a perfect dining experience from start to finish, but personal issues may derail some. Stephen Starr performs guest judging duties. - Ep 8Down On the Farm1/14/09
The chefs take another road trip, this time to Massachusetts and Blue Hill Farm where they must gather their own ingredients, and then serve dinner to the farmers as they explore the flavors of regional produce and sustainable agriculture. Dan Barber, Chef and Co-Owner of Blue Hill Farm and restaurants, guest judges.moreless - Ep 7Focus Group1/7/09
The remaining contestants face some brutal challenges this week. First up is a sweet QuickFire without a sweetener, then an Elimination that is a mystery for not only the chefs, but the judges as well. Toby Young joins the judging team.''''Guest Judge: Jean-Christophe Novelli''''Diet Dr. Pepper QuickFire Challenge: Create a Guilt-Free Dessert using Any Non-Sugar Ingredients''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Family-Style Meal for a Blind Tasting''''Round Seven''moreless - Ep 612 Days of Christmas12/17/08
The chefs cater a holiday cocktail party for Natasha Richardson, and Martha Stewart drops by for the QuickFire challenge. - Ep 5Gail's Bridal Shower12/10/08
The contestants cater Gail's event, but there's always a twist, and this time they must create their dishes around the traditional bridal rhyme, "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." - Ep 4Today Show12/3/08
Rocco DiSpirito has hung up his dancing shoes just in time to help determine which of the chefs will win the really grand prize of a demonstration on the Today Show, but tonight speed may be the deciding factor in the challenges, and not everyone will measure up. - Ep 3Foo Fighters Thanksgiving11/26/08
Rock band the Foo Fighters celebrate Thanksgiving the Top Chef way on the road with the band in Rochester and a holiday feast prepared outdoors to individual tastes. Guest judge James Beard Award-winner Chef Grant Achatz. - Ep 2Show Your Craft11/19/08
Tom Colicchio takes it home to his very first restaurant tonight as the chefs are asked to serve more than just judges although the customers' opinions may make them long for the tried-and-true. - Ep 1Melting Pot11/12/08
An introduction to the 17 new chefs and their skills, demonstrated with challenges that send them into the ethnic districts of New York City.''Guest Judge: Jean-Georges Vongerichten
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Season 4
- Ep 15Watch What Happens Reunion6/18/08
Season four cast and judges gather to reminisce and learn the winner of the fan favorite contest. - Ep 14Finale6/11/08
The finalists cook "the most important meal of their lives" for the judges to determine which will be crowned Top Chef.
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Guest Judges/Sous Chefs: April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig, Dan Barber of Blue Hill, and Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin
Special Guest Judges: Alfredo Ayala and Tim Zagat
Final Challenge: Create a Traditional Four Course Tasting Menu
Finale - Ep 13Puerto Rico6/4/08
There are four chefs and only three spots for the final round, and the contestants know it as they travel to Puerto Rico for the next two challenges.
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Guest Judge: Wilo Benet
Quickfire Challenge: Make Two Frituras featuring Plantains
Elimination Challenge: Use a Whole Pig to create Dishes for a Governor's Mansion Event
Semifinal - Ep 12High Steaks5/28/08
The remaining chefs' butchering skills are tested when they are challenged to cut and then cook the perfect steak. Guest Judge Rick Tramonto then trusts his new restaurant, Tramonto Steak and Seafood, to the Top Chefs for one evening.''''Guest Judge: Rick Tramonto''''QuickFire Challenge: Butcher and Cook a Perfect Steak''''Elimination Challenge: Prepare an Appetizer and Entre''''Round Twelvemoreless - Ep 11Restaurant Wars5/21/08
It's all about service tonight as the chefs work the line during a breakfast rush at a diner, and then team up to create their own restaurants from scratch.''''Guest Head Judge: Anthony Bourdain''''Guest Judge: Jos Andrs Elimination Challenge''''Guest Judge: Heleen Thanas QuickFire Challenge''''QuickFire Challenge: Work a Short Order Egg Station''''Elimination Challenge: Restaurant Wars''''Round Elevenmoreless - Ep 10Serve and Protect5/14/08
Salad, one of the least respected dishes by chefs, takes center stage tonight as the contestants are challenged to reformulate it, then they continue with the healthy kick by trimming calories and all things bad from a classic entre.''''Guest Judge: Sam Talbot, Finalist from Top Chef Season Two.''''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Modern "Sexy" Salad''''Elimination Challenge: Create Gourmet and Healthy Boxed Lunches''''Round Tenmoreless - Ep 9Wedding Wars5/7/08
Last season's relay race is back as the eight remaining chefs show off their speed and skills in set up, then they cater a wedding that takes sides.''''Guest Judge: Gale Gand Elimination Challenge''''QuickFire Challenge: Mise en Place Relay Race''''Elimination Challenge: Cater a Wedding''''Round Nine - Ep 8Common Threads4/30/08
Speed and economy are the themes for tonight's challenges. First the chefs are asked to make an entre in a very short amount of time, and then they must create a family meal with an incredibly strict budget, as well as work with novice sous chefs.''''Guest Judge: Art Smith''''Uncle Ben's QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish in 15 Minutes''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Healthy Meal for a Family of Four Using Only $10''moreless - Ep 7Improv4/23/08
Tonight's challenges juxtapose the organization and preparation required for pastries with the flair and innovation that improvisation can bring to a dish. First, a dessert for a premier pastry chef, and then an improvised menu when the contestants get to visit the historic Second City. But seat-of-pants will involve more than the menu as the chefs encounter a couple nasty surprises back in the kitchen. ''''Guest Judge: Johnny Iuzzini''''Top Chef: The Cookbook Quickfire Challenge: Create a Delicious Dessert''''Elimination Challenge: Prepare Five-course Meal Using Inspirations from the Second City''''Round Sevenmoreless - Ep 6Tailgating4/16/08
Simple pleasures is the theme for tonight's round as the chefs must create a dish that complements beer, and then throw a tailgate extravaganza for fans of the local team.''''Guest Judge: Paul Kahan Elimination Challenge''''Guest Judge: Koren Grieveson QuickFire Challenge''''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish that Pairs Perfectly with Beer''''Elimination Challenge: Cater a Tailgating Party for Chicago Bears Fans''''Round Sixmoreless - Ep 5The Elements4/9/08
The dreaded taste test is back to go along with the round's theme: good taste. Once the QuickFire is complete, the chefs apply their palates to executing a perfect dish as part of a charity event.''''Guest Judge: Ming Tsai''''QuickFire Challenge: Identify the Higher Quality Ingredients''''Elimination Challenge: Create a First Course Inspired by One of Nature's Four Elements''''Round Fivemoreless - Ep 4Film Food4/2/08
The remaining chefs demonstrate their aptitude with knives, and then help Richard Roeper throw a film-themed dinner.''''Guest Judge: Daniel Boulud.''''QuickFire Challenge: Demonstrate Culinary Techniques.''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Six Course Film Inspired Dinner.''''Round Four. - Ep 3Block Party3/26/08
The contestants mix it up with Rick Bayless tonight as they dress up street food, and then take to the streets themselves to cater a community event.
Guest Judge: Rick Bayless
Quickfire Challenge: Create an Upscale Taco
Elimination Challenge: Mealstogether.com Block Party Challenge
Round Three - Ep 2Zoo Food3/19/08
Cooking with limited ingredients is the challenge in this episode which features a QuickFire set at a farmers' market, and an Elimination round in a real zoo.''''Guest Judge: Wylie Dufresne''''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using Only Five Ingredients.''''Elimination Challenge: Cater a Cocktail Party for 200 at the Lincoln Park Zoo using Foods in Five Animals' Diets.''''Round Two.''moreless - Ep 1Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better3/12/08
A classic theme runs through tonight's round that begins with introductions to the 16 new contestants, a QuickFire that takes on a Chicago signature dish, and an Elimination that's nothing but tradition.''''Guest Judge: Rocco DiSpirito''Guest Judge: Anthony Bourdain, Elimination Challenge''''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Signature Deep Dish Pizza''''Elimination Challenge: Head-to-Head Classic Dish Cook-off''''Round Onemoreless
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Season 3
- Ep 18Top Chef Holiday Special12/6/07
Bravo celebrates the holidays with a competition featuring familiar faces, and some we haven't seen for awhile. At stake, a $20,000 grand prize and the title of "Top Chef" for the holidays. - Ep 17Reunion10/10/07
The cast and contestants get together to reminisce about the season and answer questions. - Ep 16Finale (2)10/3/07
The Top Chef is chosen. - Ep 15Finale (1)9/26/07
The remaining chefs make the move to Aspen, Colorado for the semifinal and the decision of who the final two will be. - Ep 14Manhattan Project9/19/07
Sirio Maccione guest judges a QuickFire where the chefs must recreate one of his dishes, then they must impress four more chefs, including Andre Soltner, in elimination. - Ep 13Snacks on a Plane9/12/07
Jimmy Canora guests on an episode that takes to the skies when the chefs take on the dreaded plane cuisine. - Ep 12Chef Overboard9/5/07
Chef Michael Schwartz helps to judge challenges that involve a cruise ship buffet and creativity in a grocery store. - Ep 11Second Helping8/22/07
Chef Geoffrey Zakarian guest judges a relay race challenge. The chefs get another try at "Restaurant Wars," continued from last episode. - Ep 10Restaurant Wars8/15/07
The chefs are told that they must create the perfect burger. Then, they must create a new restaurant concept, including a great menu. Chef Daniel Boulud is the guest judge. - Ep 9Guilty Pleasures8/8/07
This round's theme is guilty pleasures. First the chefs must work with Summer's guilty institution, ice cream, and then they move on to Miami's night life, but there's a surprise in store for them.''''Guest Judge: Govind Armstrong''''QuickFire Challenge: Coldstone Creamery Mix-in Challenge (Create Original Mix-ins for Their Sweet Cream Flavor).''''Elimination Challenge: Create Late Night Bar food in a Mobile Kitchen.''''Round Sevenmoreless - Ep 8Freezer Burn8/1/07
The chef's taste buds are put to the test, and then they must "cook" for a frozen challenge. Rocco DiSpirito acts as guest judge. - Ep 7Watch What Happens7/25/07
In a special episode, Bravo's Andy Cohen sits down with past and current contestants to explore their experiences in the competition. - Ep 6Latin Lunch7/18/07
Timing is the theme for this round as the 11 remaining chefs are asked to be creative with a time-saving pastry and then serve lunch to clients on a tight schedule.
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''Guest Judge: Maria Frumkin
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''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using a Frozen Pie Crust.
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''Elimination Challenge: Cater a Latin Lunch for the Cast & Crew of Telemundo's Dame Chocolate.
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''Round Fivemoreless - Ep 5Cooking by Numbers7/11/07
The contestants mix it up with Bombay Sapphire mixologist Jamie Walker, and then ply their trade at a gastronomic society. Barton G. Weiss of Miami's Barton G. the Restaurant serves as guest judge. - Ep 4Family Favorites6/27/07
This week the remaining chefs must first catch fresh seafood, and then put a fresh twist on American dinner staples for members of the Miami Elks Club.''''Guest Judge: Alfred Portale''''QuickFire Challenge: Catch & Cook Shellfish''''Elimination Challenge: Update Classic Dishes into Modern Lower Cholesterol Meals''''Round Three - Ep 3Sunny Delights6/20/07
Tonight's theme is sunshine, and first the contestants must use a product of that sunshine, citrus. Then they are asked to demonstrate their catering skills at an event which requires sunshine, a gourmet BBQ party.''''Guest Chef: Norman Van Aken''''QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using Florida Citrus''''Kingsford Elimination Challenge: Create an Upscale BBQ Dish''''Round Twomoreless - Ep 2First Impressions6/13/07
Getting to know each other is the theme for this first round. The new crop of fifteen chefs arrives in Miami, and then they are given two challenges - one with leftovers, and another with exotic proteins to introduce themselves and their cooking to their fellow contestants and the judges.
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''Guest Judge: Anthony Bourdain.
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''QuickFire Challenge: Create an Amuse-Bouche in 10 Minutes.
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''Elimination Challenge: Create a Surf & Turf Dish Using Exotic Ingredients.
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''Round One.moreless - Ep 14 Star All Stars6/6/07
Eight chefs return from the previous seasons to compete against each other for $20,000 for their team's selected charity, and Season Three's contestants are introduced.''''QuickFire Challenge: Cook Perfect Eggs with One Hand behind Your Back.''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Four Course Meal Using Scallops, Lobster, Duck & Kobe Beef.
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Season 2
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