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Season 1 - San Francisco

  • S01E01 Who Deserves To Be Here

    • March 8, 2006
    • Bravo

    In the first episode of the series we meet the 12 contestants. For the quickfire challenge they are tested in Fleur de Lys (a San Fransisco restaurant). For the elimination challenge each chef must make their specialty.

  • S01E02 Food Of Love

    • March 15, 2006
    • Bravo

    For this episode the contestants have to impress Elizabeth Falkner the owner of Citizen Cake. For the elimination challenge the turn up the heat with a "Sexy Dessert" contest for a fetish party for Mistress S.

  • S01E03 Nasty Delights

    • March 22, 2006
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire challenge the contestants have to cook with octopus. For the elimination round the contestants are put into two teams: Red and Blue. They have to cook monk fish specialties for the kids at the Boys and Girls Club of America.

  • S01E04 Food on the Fly

    • March 29, 2006
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire challenge the contestants are brought to a convenience store to buy ingredients for their dish. For the elimination round the contestants must create a delicious entree that can be reheated in a microwave for women at a local Junior League.

  • S01E05 Blind Confusion

    • April 5, 2006
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire challenge, the contestants are brought into an isolated room with many random exotic foods. They have to guess what they are with a blindfold on. For the elimination challenge the contestants are put into pairs and have to make fusion dishes with Latin and one other type of cuisine.

  • S01E06 Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

    • April 12, 2006
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire challenge the contestants are put under some serious money restraints. They have to choose from ingredients that are put in front of them that are priced by the pound and can only spend up to three dollars, but all the food on the Top Chef pantry was free.

  • S01E07 Restaurant Wars

    • April 19, 2006
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire challenge the contestants must make a gourmet sandwich. The winner doesn't get immunity but a sandwich on chef Tom Colicchio's menu at his new sandwich restaurant. For the Elimination Challenge the contestants are put into teams and have to basically create a restaurant and menu. The restaurants would be set up in two different rooms in the same building, both visible from the entrance. The menus will be displayed in the waiting area so the customers can choose which restaurant they want to eat at, then rate their dining experience.

  • S01E08 Wedding Bell Blues

    • April 26, 2006
    • Bravo

    Teams compete for the chance to cater a commitment ceremony.

  • S01E09 Napa's Finest

    • May 3, 2006
    • Bravo

    The four remaining contestants cook for some of Napa Valley's most respected chefs.

  • S01E10 Reunion

    • May 10, 2006
    • Bravo

    Contestants reminisce about the competition.

  • S01E11 Finale (1)

    • May 14, 2006
    • Bravo

    Part 1 of two. The tension boils over when the three remaining chefs journey to Las Vegas to compete in a room-service challenge. Chef Hubert Keller serves as a guest judge.

  • S01E12 Finale (2)

    • May 24, 2006
    • Bravo

    The final two contestants compete in the last elimination round to see who will become Top Chef.

Season 2 - Los Angeles

  • S02E01 Into the Fire

    • October 18, 2006
    • Bravo

    Fifteen new contestants are introduced for Top Chef's second season in Los Angeles by new host Padma Lakshmi. Guest Judge: Harold Dieterle. QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using the Flambé Technique. Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Using all Five Mystery Box Ingredients.

  • S02E02 Eastern Promise

    • October 25, 2006
    • Bravo

    An Asian culinary theme runs through this episode's challenges. First the contestants put their own twists on sushi, then they work as teams to participate in a charity event. Guest Judge: Hiroshi Shima – QuickFire Challenge. Guest Judge: Ming Tsai – Elimination Challenge QuickFire Challenge: Create a Sushi Dish in 30 Minutes. Elimination Challenge: Work as Two Teams to Create One Hot and One Cold Dish Using Flavors from Korea and Vietnam.

  • S02E03 Food for the People

    • November 1, 2006
    • Bravo

    The 13 remaining contestants are asked to make food for everyday people: beach goers and firemen. Guest Judge: Stephen Bulgarelli. QuickFire Challenge: Create an Original Ice Cream Flavor. T.G.I. Friday's Elimination Challenge: Create a Dish Updating a Childhood Classic.

  • S02E04 Less is More

    • November 8, 2006
    • Bravo

    Attention to detail will be rated during this round. The chefs are asked to create a tidbit from not so tidbit-y choices, and then must serve a meal to kids at a fitness camp. Guest Judge: Suzanne Goin QuickFire Challenge: Create an Amuse-Bouche. Elimination Challenge: Create a Meal That Does not Exceed 500 Calories.

  • S02E05 Social Service

    • November 15, 2006
    • Bravo

    This round is all about leftovers and the chefs’ ability to be creative with difficult ingredients. They must make fine cuisine from truly disgusting fare, and then create a multi-course affair from only a restaurant’s refrigerated remains of the night before. Guest Judge: Michelle Bernstein QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish using "Offal" the Leftover Parts of Animals. Elimination Challenge: Create a Luncheon for Sixty Using the Leftovers from the Social Menu.

  • S02E06 Thanksgiving

    • November 22, 2006
    • Bravo

    Taking the traditional and turning it on its ear is tonight's theme. The chefs are asked to make canned food pretty, and then a smaller group must make a "cutting edge" Thanksgiving dinner. Guest Judge: Anthony Bourdain QuickFire Challenge: Create a Tasty Dish Using at Least Three Canned Ingredients. Elimination Challenge: Create a Thanksgiving Meal with a Twist.

  • S02E07 The Raw and the Cooked

    • December 6, 2006
    • Bravo

    This round's theme is all about working with limitations. The contestants must create a dish that is not cooked, and then adapt when they're asked to plan a dish without knowing the kitchen equipment available to them. Guest Judge: Raphael Lunetta QuickFire Challenge: Create an Entree Using Only Raw Food Without any Cooking. Elimination Challenge: Create a Gourmet Breakfast for Mystery Athletes.

  • S02E08 Holiday Spirit

    • December 13, 2006
    • Bravo

    It's all a party when the contestants are asked to put their skills to work on both hors d'oeuvres and spirits. This round focuses on entertaining as the chefs are first asked to create an original drink accompanied by a small snack, then they must change gears and cater a holiday event. Guest Judge: Kristin Woodward – QuickFire Challenge Guest Judge: Lee Hefter – Elimination Challenge QuickFire Challenge: Create an Original Bailey's Holiday Cocktail. Elimination Challenge: Cater a Hollywood Holiday Party.

  • S02E09 Seven

    • January 3, 2007
    • Bravo

    Tonight's theme focuses on the chefs' creativity in using food as an expression of art. They first must create a dish using one color – a hard task for the color-blind chef, then the contestants are "given" their inspiration for a theme to a star-studded dinner. Guest Judge: Ted Allen QuickFire & Elimination Guest Judge: Roberto Ivan Elimination QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using One Color. Elimination Challenge: Create a Seven Course Dinner Inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins.

  • S02E10 Unhappy Customers

    • January 10, 2007
    • Bravo

    This round's theme deals with vision and execution, challenging the chefs' to create original ideas that can also be achieved. First up is snack food limited by three condiments, then on to this season's version of "Restaurant Wars". Guest Judge: Mike Yakura Kraft QuickFire Challenge: Create a Gourmet Snack Dish. Elimination Challenge: Create a Restaurant Concept & Menu, then Execute It with Your Team.

  • S02E11 Sense and Sensuality

    • January 17, 2007
    • Bravo

    The sensuality of food runs through this round's challenges as the five remaining chefs are asked to determine what they want the diner to experience and then create a dish that carries this through. First up is everything chocolate, then they must prepare a meal for couples who are all celebrating anniversaries. Guest Judge: Eric Ripert Nestlé Chocolatier QuickFire Challenge: Create a Sweet or Savory Dish using Nestlé Chocolatier. Elimination Challenge: Create a Romantic Dinner with Paired Wines.

  • S02E12 Finale (1)

    • January 24, 2007
    • Bravo

    Location, location, location! The remaining chefs travel to Hawaii for this round, and must use food native to the island for a luau that ends with naming the final contestants. Guest Judge: Alan Wong QuickFire Challenge: There is none in this round. Elimination Challenge: Prepare a Birthday Luau, Reformulating Traditional Luau Fare into each Chef's Own Style. Round Twelve.

  • S02E13 Finale (2)

    • January 31, 2007
    • Bravo

    The final two contestants battle for the title of "Top Chef." Guest Judge: Hubert Keller Final Challenge: Cook the Best Five Course Meal Each Chef has Ever Prepared in his Life.

Season 3 - Miami

  • SPECIAL 0x1 4 Star All Stars

    • June 6, 2007
    • Bravo

    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

  • S03E01 First Impressions

    • June 13, 2007
    • Bravo

    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 – to introduce themselves and their cooking to their fellow contestants and the judges. Guest Judge: Anthony Bourdain. QuickFire Challenge: Create an Amuse-Bouche in 10 Minutes Elimination Challenge: Create a Surf & Turf Dish Using Exotic Ingredients

  • S03E02 Sunny Delights

    • June 20, 2007
    • Bravo

    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

  • S03E03 Family Favorites

    • June 27, 2007
    • Bravo

    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

  • S03E04 Cooking by Numbers

    • July 11, 2007
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S03E05 Latin Lunch

    • July 18, 2007
    • Bravo

    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. Guest Judge: Maria Frumkin QuickFire Challenge: Create a Dish Using a Frozen Pie Crust. Elimination Challenge: Cater a Latin Lunch for the Cast & Crew of Telemundo's Dame Chocolate.

  • S03E06 Watch What Happens

    • July 25, 2007
    • Bravo

    In a special episode, Bravo's Andy Cohen sits down with past and current contestants to explore their experiences in the competition

  • S03E07 Freezer Burn

    • August 1, 2007
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S03E08 Guilty Pleasures

    • August 8, 2007
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S03E09 Restaurant Wars

    • August 15, 2007
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S03E10 Second Helping

    • August 22, 2007
    • Bravo

    Chef Geoffrey Zakarian guest judges a relay race challenge. The chefs get another try at "Restaurant Wars," continued from last episode.

  • S03E11 Chef Overboard

    • September 5, 2007
    • Bravo

    Chef Michael Schwartz helps to judge challenges that involve a cruise ship buffet and creativity in a grocery store.

  • S03E12 Snacks on a Plane

    • September 12, 2007
    • Bravo

    Jimmy Canora guests on an episode that takes to the skies when the chefs take on the dreaded plane cuisine.

  • S03E13 Manhattan Project

    • September 19, 2007
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S03E14 Finale (1)

    • September 26, 2007
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs make the move to Aspen, Colorado for the semifinal and the decision of who the final two will be.

  • S03E15 Finale (2)

    • October 3, 2007
    • Bravo

    The Top Chef is chosen.

  • S03E16 Reunion

    • October 10, 2007
    • Bravo

    The cast and contestants get together to reminisce about the season and answer questions.

Season 4 - Chicago

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Top Chef Holiday Special

    • December 24, 2007
    • Bravo

    The Holiday Special brought back many of the ghosts of Top Chefs past as CJ, Marcel, Tre, Betty, Josie, Sandee, Stephen, and Tiffani came back to compete once more -- this time in Chicago. After opening some gifts and reminiscing, it was back to business. In the Quickfire the chefs were greeted by Padma and a mystery Santa, who turned out to be none other than the delicious Eric Ripert. The chefs had to create a dish from one gifted ingredient, which were chosen through a game of "Dirty Santa." For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs had to create a a three-course meal, and would be judged through every course head-to-head, meaning that two chefs would be eliminated each round.

  • S04E01 Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better

    • March 12, 2008
    • Bravo

    The 16 new contestants face their first QuickFire and Elimination rounds using themes from Chicago's regional cuisine.

  • S04E02 Zoo Food

    • March 19, 2008
    • Bravo

    A farmers' market takes prominence in this week's QuickFire, and an exotic location is the setting for the Elimination round as the remaining chefs cook for guest judge Wylie Dufresne.

  • S04E03 Block Party

    • March 26, 2008
    • Bravo

    The contestants mix it up with Rick Bayless while creating a fiesta for a community.

  • S04E04 Film Food

    • April 2, 2008
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs demonstrate their aptitude with knives, and then help Richard Roeper throw a film-themed dinner. Daniel Boulud guest judges.

  • S04E05 The Elements

    • April 9, 2008
    • Bravo

    The dreaded taste test is back, and even before the chefs recover from it they must cater a charity event. Ming Tsai Guest Judges this week.

  • S04E06 Tailgating

    • April 16, 2008
    • Bravo

    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

  • S04E07 Improv

    • April 23, 2008
    • Bravo

    The chefs begin with a sugary challenge, and then move to the historic Second City Theatre where their improvisational skills will be tested by masters of the art – one of the resident troupes. Johnny Iuzzini from Jean Georges restaurant guest judges.

  • S04E08 Common Threads

    • April 30, 2008
    • Bravo

    The microwaves are back, and this time the contestants are to make a healthy meal using a single main ingredient. Chef Art Smith, owner of Table 52 in Chicago performs guest judge duties.

  • S04E09 Wedding Wars

    • May 7, 2008
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs' knife skills are challenged again, followed by a wedding reception challenge which might bring the blades out for an entirely different purpose.

  • S04E10 Serve and Protect

    • May 14, 2008
    • Bravo

    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 entrée.

  • S04E11 Restaurant Wars

    • May 21, 2008
    • Bravo

    It's all about service tonight as the chefs work the line during a breakfast rush at a diner, and then create their own restaurants from scratch. Washington, D.C. Chef and restaurant owner José Andrés guest judges. QuickFire Challenge: Work a Short Order Egg Station Elimination Challenge: Restaurant Wars Guest Head Judge: Anthony Bourdain

  • S04E12 High Steaks

    • May 28, 2008
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs' butcher skills are tested, and then they must use the cut of meat they made. Guest judge Rick Tramonto, a Chicago chef and restaurant entrepreneur.

  • S04E13 Puerto Rico

    • June 4, 2008
    • Bravo

    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. 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

  • S04E14 Finale

    • June 11, 2008
    • Bravo

    The finalists cook "the most important meal of their lives" for the judges to determine which will be crowned Top Chef. Guest Judges/Sous Chefs: April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig Dan Barber of Blue Hill and Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin Restaurant Special Guest Judges: Alfredo Ayala and Tim Zagat Final Challenge: Create a traditional four course tasting menu

  • S04E15 Reunion

    • June 18, 2008
    • Bravo

    Season four cast and judges gather to reminisce and learn the winner of the fan favorite contest.

Season 5 - New York

  • S05E01 Melting Pot

    • November 12, 2008
    • Bravo

    One chef is eliminated in a three-round quickfire involving apples. The remaining chefs create dishes representing the ethnic cuisines of several New York neighborhoods.

  • S05E02 Show Your Craft

    • November 19, 2008
    • Bravo

    After re-inventing the hot dog for the quickfire challenge, the chefs cook and serve lunch at Tom's flagship restaurant, Craft.

  • S05E03 Foo Fighters Thanksgiving

    • November 26, 2008
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire, the chefs recreate dishes from the Top Chef cookbook. In the elimination challenge, they cook Thanksgiving dinner for the Foo Fighters at the band's tour stop in Syracuse, N.Y.

  • S05E04 Today Show

    • December 3, 2008
    • Bravo

    After creating a breakfast amuse-bouche for the quickfire, the contestants compete in a live food demonstration challenge in order to earn a booking on "Today."

  • S05E05 Gail's Bridal Shower

    • December 10, 2008
    • Bravo

    For the quickfire, chefs must identify ingredients in a dish. For the elimination challenge, the contestants cater a bridal shower for judge Gail Simmons.

  • S05E06 12 Days of Christmas

    • December 17, 2008
    • Bravo

    Domestic guru Martha Stewart oversees the quick fire challenge in this holiday-themed edition. Then, actress Natasha Richardson is the guest judge when the cooks cater a Christmas cocktail party in which the proceeds go to the AIDS research.

  • S05E07 Focus Group

    • January 7, 2009
    • Bravo

    The chefs must create a sweet dish without using sugar (guest judge: chef and restaurateur Jean-Christophe Novelli). In the elimination challenge, chefs prepare a family-style meal for blind judging.

  • S05E08 Down on the Farm

    • January 14, 2009
    • Bravo

    Contestants shop for fresh ingredients at a farm and then create a dinner for the farm workers.

  • S05E09 Restaurant Wars

    • January 21, 2009
    • Bravo

    Two teams have 24 hours to design and open competing restaurants.

  • S05E10 Super Bowl Chef Showdown

    • January 28, 2009
    • Bravo

    A Super Bowl cook-off against seven all-stars from previous seasons.

  • S05E11 Le Bernardin

    • February 4, 2009
    • Bravo

    After a three-round fish filleting tournament, the contestants cook at Le Bernadin where their final product will be judged by chef Eric Ripert.

  • S05E12 The Last Supper

    • February 11, 2009
    • Bravo

    Wylie Dufresne judges a quickfire challenge of egg dishes. For the elimination challenge, the five remaining chefs each cook a "last supper" dish requested by a culinary superstar.

  • S05E13 Finale, Part 1

    • February 18, 2009
    • Bravo

    The season finale finds the chefs traveling from New York to New Orleans. While in the "Big Easy" they will be challenged to kick it up a notch when celebrity judge/chef Emeril Lagasse stops by to appraise their culinary skills.

  • S05E14 Finale, Part 2

    • February 25, 2009
    • Bravo

    Set in New Orleans, season 5 ends as the winning chef is revealed.

  • S05E15 Watch What Happens Reunion

    • March 4, 2009
    • Bravo

    Andy Cohen hosts a candid gathering of season five's chefs and judges.

Season 6 - Las Vegas

  • SPECIAL 0x16 Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 1.

    • March 4, 2009
    • Bravo

  • SPECIAL 0x17 Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 2.

    • March 4, 2009
    • Bravo

  • SPECIAL 0x18 Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 3.

    • March 4, 2009
    • Bravo

  • S06E01 Sin City Vice

    • August 19, 2009
    • Bravo

    17 fresh chefs infiltrate sin city to take on culinary challenges in the season six premier.

  • S06E02 Bachelor/ette Party

    • August 26, 2009
    • Bravo

    The male chefs and the female chefs compete in a battle of the sexes in catering a poolside bachelor and bachelorette party.

  • S06E03 Thunderbirds

    • September 2, 2009
    • Bravo

    The chefs will be creating meals for the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the most renowned aircraft demonstration squadron.

  • S06E04 Vivre Las Vegas

    • September 9, 2009
    • Bravo

    The contestants pair up to create the perfect French dish for acclaimed chefs Joël Robuchon, Daniel Boulud, Hubert Keller, Laurent Tourondel and Jean Joho.

  • S06E05 Camping

    • September 16, 2009
    • Bravo

    The contestants cook with cactus, sleep under the stars, and prepare a menu for Las Vegas cowboys; chef Tim Love serves as a guest judge.

  • S06E06 Penn & Teller

    • September 23, 2009
    • Bravo

    The contestants deconstruct a classic dish for magicians Penn & Teller. Chef Michelle Bernstein serves as a guest judge.

  • S06E07 Dinner Party

    • October 7, 2009
    • Bravo

    A slot machine determines the guidelines for the quick-fire challenge; the contestants prepare a special dinner for members of the Macy's Culinary Council.

  • S06E08 Pigs and Pinot

    • October 14, 2009
    • Bravo

    The chefs head to guest judge Charlie Palmer's Aureole restaurant to host a ``Pig and Pinot'' event.

  • S06E09 Restaurant Wars

    • October 21, 2009
    • Bravo

    Chef Rick Moonen's restaurant is taken over by the contestants and then he serves as their guest judge.

  • S06E10 Meat Natalie

    • October 28, 2009
    • Bravo

    The chefs head to Las Vegas to visit "Craft Steak" and cook for actress Natalie Portman and friends.

  • S06E11 All Stars Dinner

    • November 4, 2009
    • Bravo

    Past chefs recount their favorite moments from the series.

  • S06E12 Strip Around the World

    • November 11, 2009
    • Bravo

    The chefs must make the perfect breakfast in bed dish. Nigella Lawson serves as guest judge.

  • S06E13 Culinary Olympics

    • November 18, 2009
    • Bravo

    A challenge based on the Bocuse d'Or. Guest judges include Jerome Bocuse and Thomas Keller.

  • S06E14 Finale (1)

    • December 2, 2009
    • Bravo

    The final four chefs compete in Napa Valley to determine who will be the final three.

  • S06E15 Finale (2)

    • December 9, 2009
    • Bravo

    The final three chefs attempt to earn the title of 'Top Chef.'

  • S06E16 Watch What Happens Reunion

    • December 16, 2009
    • Bravo

    Chefs and judges reminisce about the season and answer viewer questions.

Season 7 - D.C.

  • S07E01 House of Chef-presentatives

    • June 16, 2010
    • Bravo

    The season will include 17 contestants, as in prior seasons. Eric Ripert will replace Toby Young on Top Chef's judging panel. The new chefs introduce themselves by cooking a dish that best represents their home districts while layering in their own signatures.

  • S07E02 Outside the Lunch Box

    • June 23, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs are asked to do their part to help end childhood obesity and support First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" national initiative by serving a healthy lunch at a local middle school. Guest Judge: White House chef Sam Kass

  • S07E03 Capitol Grill

    • June 30, 2010
    • Bravo

    The dreaded desserts take up the Quickfire where the chefs must make a pie from scratch, and then it's off to Capitol Hill where they are tasked with creating a perfect grilled picnic for the interns there

  • S07E04 Room Service

    • July 7, 2010
    • Bravo

    Padma's baby is hungry, so tonight's Quickfire requires the contestants to create food to tempt Krishna's budding palate. Next, they are paired together for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the in-room dining kitchen.

  • S07E05 Farm Policy

    • July 14, 2010
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S07E06 Cold War

    • July 21, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs are divided into teams to concoct entrées in a form best served cold.

  • S07E07 Power Lunch

    • July 28, 2010
    • Bravo

    The contestants prepare lunch for the movers and shakers at one of the city's most famous restaurants.

  • S07E08 Foreign Affairs

    • August 4, 2010
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S07E09 Restaurant Wars

    • August 11, 2010
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S07E10 Covert Cuisine

    • August 18, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs are asked to take common recipes and create their own completely original redesigned dish.

  • S07E11 Making Concessions

    • August 25, 2010
    • Bravo

    The contestants take on America's favorite pastime when they take over the concession stands at the Washington Nationals' home, Nationals Park.

  • S07E12 Gastro-nauts

    • September 1, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs are tasked with adding flavor to the food American astronauts eat. The final taste test will take place off-planet.

  • S07E13 Finale, Part 1

    • September 8, 2010
    • Bravo

    The competition moves to Singapore as the chefs are winnowed down to the final three.

  • S07E14 Finale, Part 2

    • September 15, 2010
    • Bravo

    The remaining three chefs attempt to cook the best meal of each of their lives hoping to be named Top Chef.

  • S07E15 Reunion Special

    • September 22, 2010
    • Bravo

    The cast and chefs gather together with, you guessed it, Andy Cohen to review the season and maybe dish a little nonsense with the host.

Season 8 - All Stars

  • S08E01 History Never Repeats

    • December 1, 2010
    • Bravo

    Bravo's Top Chef congregates a dream team of 18 past cheftestants who nearly won the title to return to see if they have what it takes. The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award-winning Top Chef returns to New York City for Season 8 with host Padma Lakshmi and head judge chef Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, best-selling author and chef, Anthony Bourdain.

  • S08E02 Night At the Museum

    • December 8, 2010
    • Bravo

    Pop singer Joe Jonas enlists the gourmets to prepare a snack for children taking in a sleepover at New York's American Museum of Natural History. Later, prehistoric sustenance inspires breakfast items for the children, with Season 1 host Katie Lee Joel returning to guest judge.

  • S08E03 New York's Finest

    • December 15, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs square off in a relay race that tests their culinary skills, speed and accuracy with a knife. Later, they serve up food fare in four top-notch New York restaurants.

  • S08E04 Advantage Chef

    • December 22, 2010
    • Bravo

    The chefs prepare a holiday stuffing dish without the benefit of any kitchen tools or knives. Later, they hold court by catering a bash for the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

  • S08E05 Dim Sum Lose Sum

    • January 5, 2011
    • Bravo

    In a series first, head judge Tom Colicchio enters the competition, challenging the chefs to beat his time in creating a dish. Then, the meal masters head to Chinatown to serve up dim sum for locals.

  • S08E06 We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

    • January 12, 2011
    • Bravo

    The remaining culinary all-stars hook and cook a fish dish for a summer's end beach party.

  • S08E07 Restaurant Wars: One Night Only

    • January 19, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs get hooked into a fish-fillet contest at an elite seafood restaurant. In a unique Restaurant Wars test that follows, they must establish "one night only" eateries under the stars in New York City.

  • S08E08 An Offer They Can't Refuse

    • February 2, 2011
    • Bravo

    The contestants' presentation and plating techniques are evaluated. Later, they must create a traditional three-course Italian meal. Designer Isaac Mizrahi and actress Lorraine Bracco are the guest judges.

  • S08E09 Feeding Fallon

    • February 9, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs prepare fondue. Later, they cater late-night talker Jimmy Fallon's birthday party. Fallon serves as guest judge.

  • S08E10 Lock Down

    • February 16, 2011
    • Bravo

    The culinarians concoct cookies in a bid to impress "Sesame Street" denizens Cookie Monster, Telly and Elmo. Later, the chefs commandeer a store and whip up dishes from items found in the aisles.

  • S08E11 For the Gulf

    • February 23, 2011
    • Bravo

    The remaining meal mavens employ a deep fryer in an attempt to please culinary star Paula Deen's precise palate. Later, the chefs serve up seafood at an event that benefits fishermen of the Gulf region. Deen and chef John Besh are guest judges.

  • S08E12 Give Me Your Huddled Masses

    • March 2, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs create food fare on the open water. Later, they journey to Ellis Island to whip up dishes based on their family tree.

  • S08E13 Fit for a King

    • March 9, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs set sail for the Bahamas, and each participates in a culinary duel against the person who was crowned the winner during their first stint on the show. Later, they create meals for Bahamian royalty, but it's a royal pain with limited cooking equipment.

  • S08E14 Island Fever

    • March 16, 2011
    • Bravo

    In the Bahamas, the meal maestros cater a high-end lunch party for a yacht club's 80th anniversary and serve up Bahamian delicacies---including conch, which they themselves must catch in the ocean. Lorena Garcia is the guest judge.

  • S08E15 Last Supper

    • March 23, 2011
    • Bravo

    The still-standing chefs fashion a challenge for their fellow contestants in Season 8's final Quickfire. Then, they dish up a "last supper" for celebrity chefs Masaharu Morimoto, Wolfgang Puck and Michelle Bernstein.

  • S08E16 Finale

    • March 30, 2011
    • Bravo

    The remaining two chefs have no time to digest what just happened as their final challenge is immediately announced. The 2 finalists choose their sous-chefs... blindfolded!

  • S08E17 Reunion Special

    • April 6, 2011
    • Bravo

    Host Andy Cohen serves up a reunion edition featuring the regrouped all-star food fighters, who dish on the raw antics and well-done dramas of Season 8. Appearing: series host Padma Lakshmi and judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.

Season 9 - Texas

  • S09E01 Everything's Bigger in Texas

    • November 2, 2011
    • Bravo

    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. Group 1 Qualifying Challenge: Prepare a Dish Using One Cut of a Pig Group 2 Qualifying Challenge: Prepare a Dish Using the Same Ingredient

  • S09E02 The Heat Is On

    • November 9, 2011
    • Bravo

    Night two of heats for the coveted contestant spots starts with 10 competitors, 10 ingredients, and only five chef coats left. Once again, those who excel in the challenge get a coat immediately, and those who bomb are sent home. The remaining hopefuls on the "bubble" participate in a cook-off for the last coats against last week's four still waiting for their second chance. Also, tonight the first chefs are awarded an opportunity to get back into the race when they are sent to the sister series Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen.

  • S09E03 Quinceanera

    • November 16, 2011
    • Bravo

    In a Quickfire with bite, the chef-testants must whip up a savory meal using rattlesnakes in the recipe. Later, they create a feast for a coming-of-age celebration. Johnny Hernandez is the guest judge.

  • S09E04 Red Hot Chili Cook Off

    • November 23, 2011
    • Bravo

    The heat is on when the chef-testants use hot peppers to create a spicy dish. Later, they visit a rodeo and participate in a chili cook-off. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger are the guest judges.

  • S09E05 Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party

    • November 30, 2011
    • Bravo

    The culinarians cook a meal using ingredients found inside a basic survival kit. Then, they visit an affluent Dallas neighborhood to serve up a sophisticated spread at a high-society dinner party. Guest judge: restaurateur and chef John Besh.

  • S09E06 Higher Steaks

    • December 7, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs get saucy when creating a dish using a distinct sauce. Later, they sizzle and try not to fizzle when preparing steak and a four-course beef menu at an annual cattle-theme ball. Guest judge: chef Dean Fearing.

  • S09E07 Game On

    • December 14, 2011
    • Bravo

    The chefs cook up a dish that can nicely accompany tequila. Then, in a hunting-based test, they team up with famous culinarians and work with game. Guest judge: Tim Love.

  • S09E08 Tribute Dinner

    • December 21, 2011
    • Bravo

    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.

  • S09E09 BBQ Pit Wars

    • January 4, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs are charged with creating innovative fare that will impress precise palates. Later, the heat is on when they square off in an old-fashioned Texas-barbecue showdown. Technology maven and culinary author Nathan Myhrvold is the guest judge.

  • S09E10 Restaurant Wars

    • January 11, 2012
    • Bravo

    The still-standing chefs sharpen their knives for the time-honored fan-favorite "Restaurant Wars" test. The all-encompassing culinary challenge tasks them to create an eatery, from its signage and logos to its menus and meals.

  • S09E11 Fit For an Evil Queen

    • January 18, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs try not to go off the rails when they use various ingredients delivered to them by a train. Later, they create a gothic dish fit for a queen, yet the plate must embody the very essence of evil. Guest judge: Charlize Theron.

  • S09E12 Block Party

    • January 25, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs race against time to finish prep work for a meal. Later, they serve up cuisine at a food-drive block party. Guest judge: Cat Cora.

  • S09E13 Bike, Borrow & Steal

    • February 1, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs are charged with creating imaginative pancakes for Pee-wee Herman. Later, they hit the streets of San Antonio with a bike to gather ingredients for Pee-wee's big dinner party.

  • S09E14 Mentors

    • February 8, 2012
    • Bravo

    The blindfolded chefs must use senses other than sight to gather ingredients for a dish. In a twist, an eliminated cook then reenters the competition and does culinary battle with the remaining four chefs. Here, their cuisine must impress their mentors.

  • S09E15 Culinary Games

    • February 15, 2012
    • Bravo

    The remaining four chefs arrive in British Columbia and wage culinary battle in Olympic-theme games. Cooking on a speeding gondola and grabbing ingredients in a biathlon are included.

  • S09E16 Fire and Ice

    • February 22, 2012
    • Bravo

    A tag-team battle includes culinary support from Asian masters. Later, a fire-and-ice theme inspires the chefs when they concoct a dish and a cocktail.

  • S09E17 Finale

    • February 29, 2012
    • Bravo

    Season 9 comes to a close with the final chefs commandeering a Vancouver restaurant, where they must cook up a four-course meal for the judges and some surprise guests.

  • S09E18 Reunion

    • March 7, 2012
    • Bravo

    A reunion edition featuring the Season 9 chefs.

Season 10 - Seattle

  • S10E01 The Ultimate Chef Test

    • November 7, 2012
    • Bravo

    Season 10 opens with 21 chefs battling for culinary honors in Seattle.

  • S10E02 A Shock at the Space Needle

    • November 14, 2012
    • Bravo

    The Seattle-based contest heats up with a game-changing surprise twist. Guest judge: Tom Douglas.

  • S10E03 Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse

    • November 21, 2012
    • Bravo

    The foodies serve up assorted dumplings featuring various global tastes. Then, it's a battle between Emeril Lagasse and Tom Colicchio when the two celebrity chefs lead teams in a grand-scale Thanksgiving-theme challenge. Guest judge: Dana Cowin.

  • S10E04 '50s Food Flashback

    • November 28, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs must work with two slabs of beef. Later, they reinvent a 1950s menu and serve up classic fare.

  • S10E05 Pike Place Pickle

    • December 5, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs' culinary skills are tested at Seattle's Pike Place Market. Included: They must please palates with rare ingredients.

  • S10E06 Even the Famous Come Home

    • December 12, 2012
    • Bravo

    The chefs' ability to share is put to the test when their genealogy inspires dishes. Later, they must cater a homecoming party for celebrity couple Anna Faris and Chris Pratt. Rick Moonen is the guest judge.

  • S10E07 Foiled Again

    • December 19, 2012
    • Bravo

    An entire pantry wrapped in aluminum foil tests the chefs. Also: head-to-head battles. Former contestant Stephanie Izard is the guest judge.

  • S10E08 Jalapeño Business

    • December 26, 2012
    • Bravo

    The foodies harvest oysters and then prepare them for judge Emeril Lagasse. Later, they serve up fare for a Seattle sports team—and host Padma Lakshmi makes an appearance on roller skates.

  • S10E09 Past Suppers

    • January 2, 2013
    • Bravo

    The contestants' knife skills are put to the test. Later, memorable moments in "Top Chef" history are recalled and celebrated. Judges include Wolfgang Puck, Wylie Dufresne, Jonathan Waxman and Chris Cosentino.

  • S10E10 Battle Before the War

    • January 9, 2013
    • Bravo

    The foodies set out to impress celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. Then, the sweeping and traditional "Restaurant Wars" challenge kicks off, as the group offers new culinary concepts at a Seattle food event.

  • S10E11 Restaurant Wars

    • January 16, 2013
    • Bravo

    The men square off against the women in the all-encompassing "Restaurant Wars" challenge. Here, eateries are built from the ground up and the chefs try to please the palate of restaurateur Danny Meyer.

  • S10E12 Wolfgang Clucks

    • January 23, 2013
    • Bravo

    Sushi dishes test the chefs. Later, they prepare a fried-chicken dinner for a table of culinary judges that includes David Chang, Michelle Bernstein, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.

  • S10E13 Chefs at Sea

    • January 30, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs set sail for Alaska on a cruise ship, where they must transform iceberg lettuce into a tasty bite-size appetizer. Later, they reinvent the classic surf-and-turf dish. Curtis Stone is the guest judge.

  • S10E14 Kings of Alaska

    • February 6, 2013
    • Bravo

    The foodies dock in Juneau, Alaska, and must prove their culinary worth with a local delicacy, king crab. Then, they're tasked with giving their own spin to salmon-and-sourdough dishes. Sean Brock is the guest judge.

  • S10E15 Glacial Gourmand

    • February 13, 2013
    • Bravo

    Adventure awaits the chefs in a glacial-theme test. Later, a meal prepared by Emeril Lagasse and guest judge Roy Choi sets the stage for an elimination challenge.

  • S10E16 Finale (1)

    • February 20, 2013
    • Bravo

    Part 1 of the two-part Season 10 finale features the remaining chefs showcasing their culinary skills at an eatery in Los Angeles owned by Tom Colicchio, who serves as kitchen facilitator. Guest judges: John Besh and Martin Yan.

  • S10E17 Finale (2)

    • February 27, 2013
    • Bravo

    The "Top Chef" winner is crowned in the conclusion of the two-part Season 10 finale.

Season 11 - New Orleans

  • S11E01 Soiree In The Swamp

    • October 2, 2013
    • Bravo

    Season 11 opens with chefs battling for culinary honors in New Orleans. Here, the foodies must cook with either alligator, frog or turtle.

  • S11E02 Rebuilding New Orleans

    • October 9, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs prepare gumbo and try to please the palate of New Orleans chef Leah Chase. Later, they create and operate food trucks to serve Habitat for Humanity volunteers working in New Orleans.

  • S11E03 Commander's Palace

    • October 16, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs reinvent items on a worst food-trends list. Later, they must replicate dishes from a notable New Orleans restaurant. Guest judges: Paul Prudhomme and Tory McPhail.

  • S11E04 Captain Vietnam

    • October 23, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs learn about Vietnamese cuisine, culture and customs, then serve up a multicourse Vietnamese meal. Guest judge: Eddie Huang.

  • S11E05 Lea Michele's Halloween Bash

    • October 30, 2013
    • Bravo

    There are culinary tricks and treats when the chefs must cater a Halloween party for actress Lea Michele.

  • S11E06 Campfires, Cream Cheese, and Countryside

    • November 6, 2013
    • Bravo

    The foodies create dishes from the creole tomato. They must then impress cooks at chef John Besh's restaurants in a farm-to-table challenge.

  • S11E07 Jazz Hands

    • November 13, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs participate in a culinary version of musical chairs. Later, they prepare dishes for musicians at a potluck event hosted by New Orleans jazz performer Kermit Ruffins.

  • S11E08 Piggin' Out

    • November 20, 2013
    • Bravo

    The chefs must whip up hot sauce for musician Dr. John. The focus is then pork when they cook up a 300-pound hog.

  • S11E09 Restaurant Wars

    • December 4, 2013
    • Bravo

    The "Restaurant Wars" challenge tasks the chefs to create pop-up eateries. The judges' panel includes David Chang.

  • S11E10 Like Mama Made

    • December 11, 2013
    • Bravo

    The foodies create dishes that remind them of home. Appearing: actor Anthony Mackie and chef Leah Chase.

  • S11E11 Giving It the College Try

    • December 18, 2013
    • Bravo

    Musician Questlove samples various poultry drumsticks. Later, the chefs serve up food fare to incoming students at Louisiana State University.

  • S11E12 Mississippi Mud Bugs

    • January 1, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs serve up étouffée, then honor local cuisine by preparing two types of seafood. Chef John Besh is the guest judge.

  • S11E13 Oui Si a Challenge

    • January 8, 2014
    • Bravo

    Culinary figure Jacques Pepin arrives to test the chefs' techniques based on one of his favorite dishes. Later, the chefs create meals that represent both France and Spain.

  • S11E14 Po Boy Smackdown

    • January 15, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs create po' boys, then are tasked to prepare their personal culinary visions on a plate. Appearing: Jon Favreau and Roy Choi.

  • S11E15 Leaving New Orleans

    • January 22, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs battle for a new car in tests presented by Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. Later, the foodies demonstrate how New Orleans has inspired their dishes. Appearing: Douglas Keane, Grant Achatz and Andrew Carmellini.

  • S11E16 Maui Wowie

    • January 29, 2014
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs land in Hawaii, where they prepare food fare featuring Spam. Also: a double elimination.

  • S11E17 Finale

    • February 5, 2014
    • Bravo

    In the Season 11 finale, the remaining two chefs open pop-up restaurants, after which the winner is crowned.

Season 12 - Boston

  • S12E01 Sudden Death

    • October 15, 2014
    • Bravo

    Season 12 opens with 16 chefs beginning their battles in Boston. Here, the chefs must cook revamped versions of the first dish they created. Richard Blais serves as a judge. Appearing: Ming Tsai; Lydia Shire; Todd English; and Tiffani Faison.

  • S12E02 Boston's Bravest and Finest

    • October 22, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs serve up surf-and-turf dishes. Later, they use surprise ingredients to create meals for Boston's police and fire personnel. Appearing: foodies Todd English and Dante de Magistris.

  • S12E03 The Curse of the Bambino

    • October 29, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs must use tea to accent dishes. Then, Boston's Fenway Park is the setting when the contestants transform ballpark fare into a fine dining dish. Appearing: Ming Tsai; former MLB player Dennis Eckersley; and sport reporter Dan Shaughnessy.

  • S12E04 12 Chefs Walk Into a Bar...

    • November 5, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs create a bar snack for actor George Wendt at the bar from TV's "Cheers." Later, they must produce a three-course Italian menu, but a twist comes via gluten-free demands. Appearing: Emmy Rossum and culinarian Michael Schlow.

  • S12E05 It's War

    • November 12, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs create dishes on a lean budget in a challenge that features a Revolutionary War theme. Guest judge: Jamie Bissonnette.

  • S12E06 The First Thanksgiving

    • November 19, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs create dishes using the cranberry in a task that takes them to a countryside cranberry bog. Later, they must prepare a traditional Thanksgiving feast using tools, methods and ingredients found in the 1600s. Appearing: Tiffani Faison and Ken Oringer.

  • S12E07 Restaurant Wars

    • December 3, 2014
    • Bravo

    The fan-favorite "Restaurant Wars" challenge unfolds. Here, the culinarians must open their own pop-up eateries. In the all-encompassing test, they must create menus and restaurant decor and train the staff. Appearing: Barbara Lynch; Kristen Kish; and Stephanie Cmar.

  • S12E08 Clean Up in Aisle 2!

    • December 10, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs must cook chowder. Later, an ultimate tasting party with fans of the series tests the contestants. Also: The face of the competition potentially changes when eliminated chefs return. Chef Jasper White makes an appearance.

  • S12E09 Big Sausage

    • December 17, 2014
    • Bravo

    The chefs prepare sausage. Later, they create dishes inspired by the literary work of notable New England authors, including Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. Appearing: NFL player Rob Gronkowski; chef Tony Maws; and editor Francis Lam.

  • S12E10 For Julia & Jacques

    • January 7, 2015
    • Bravo

    The chefs make ramen dishes using ingredients found in college dorm rooms. Later, food luminary Jacques Pepin tasks the contestants to prepare French dishes inspired by the techniques of Julia Child. Appearing: Andy Cohen; Dana Cowin; Alex Prud'homme; Barbara Lynch; Mary Dumont; and Joanne Chang.

  • S12E11 Sous Your Daddy!

    • January 14, 2015
    • Bravo

    The chefs' family members pay surprise visits. In a twist, the family members must serve as sous chefs in a challenge that features the creation of one appetizer and one entrée.

  • S12E12 The Final Battle of Bean Town

    • January 21, 2015
    • Bravo

    Innovative bean dishes are created. Later, the culinary contestants serve up inventive fare that exemplifies the future of cooking, with the winner earning a guaranteed slot in the finals in Mexico. Appearing: Wylie Dufresne.

  • S12E13 Getting Prickly in Mexico

    • January 28, 2015
    • Bravo

    The three finalists journey to Mexico, and one eliminated contestant rejoins the competition. Then, the chefs must prepare a dish that showcases a unique type of prickly pear. Also: Local artwork inspires dishes. Appearing: chef Enrique Olvera.

  • S12E14 Holy Escamoly!

    • February 4, 2015
    • Bravo

    The chefs take a surprise trip to an organic farm, after which they create dishes featuring sweet and savory chocolate. Later, they must serve up a six-course progressive menu accented by different Mexican ingredients. Appearing: Richard Blais and Eduardo Palazuelos.

  • S12E15 Mano a Mano

    • February 11, 2015
    • Bravo

    The final chefs take an early-morning hot-air balloon ride in the Season 12 finale. They then face off by creating a four-course menu, after which the winner is revealed.

Season 13 - California

  • S13E01 Stop the Presses

    • December 2, 2015
    • Bravo

    Top chefs arrive in Los Angeles in the opener of Season 13, which will feature the foodies competing in six cities across California. Here, they try to wow food critics and reporters under the Hollywood sign.

  • S13E02 Pop Up Pandemonium

    • December 3, 2015
    • Bravo

    The foodies must open distinct pop-up restaurants in various Los Angeles neighborhoods. Appearing: chef and pop-up impresario Ludo Lefebvre.

  • S13E03 Spines and Vines

    • December 10, 2015
    • Bravo

    The chefs visit Santa Barbara, where they pick up fresh sea urchin for use in a challenge. Later, a surf-and-turf war erupts.

  • S13E04 It's a Dry Heat

    • December 17, 2015
    • Bravo

    Palm Springs, Cal., is the destination for culinary competition. Here, the chefs use solar-powered stoves in the desert, then prepare dishes on a famed golf course. Appearing: John Besh and Mary Sue Milliken.

  • S13E05 Big Gay Wedding

    • January 7, 2016
    • Bravo

    Top dishes for dates are served up by the chefs in Palm Springs, Cal. Later, they cater a wedding for 25 gay couples. Appearing: model Chrissy Teigen and foodie Art Smith.

  • S13E06 Banannaise

    • January 14, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs head to San Diego and cook up high-end fish tacos. Then, they prepare dishes to complement handcrafted microbrews. Appearing: chef Javier Plascenia.

  • S13E07 Back in the Day

    • January 21, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs return to Los Angeles to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary. A restrictive challenge limits them to 10 ingredients, then they walk down memory lane by creating a dish that represents who they were 10 years ago. Appearing: Michael Voltaggio; Antonia Lofaso; Mei Lin Hua; and Nancy Silverton.

  • S13E08 Where's the Beef?

    • January 28, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs participate in a plating challenge by preparing visually appealing dishes using only snack food. Then, they cook for diners at a black-tie, finger-food event called Beefsteak. Appearing: Colin Hanks; Max Silvestri; Matt Selman; Jacques La Merde; and Neal Fraser.

  • S13E09 Restaurant Wars, Part 1

    • February 4, 2016
    • Bravo

    Part 1 of 2. The iconic "Restaurant Wars" challenge ensues, with the chefs opening eateries for both lunch and dinner services.

  • S13E10 Restaurant Wars, Part 2

    • February 11, 2016
    • Bravo

    Conclusion. The "Restaurant Wars" challenge progresses with the chefs serving up dinner, during which everything from concept and food to service and consistency will be appraised.

  • S13E11 Hammer Time

    • February 18, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs land in the Bay Area and prepare fresh dishes for rapper MC Hammer. Later, they cook from important and influential international food eras. Foodie Jonathan Waxman makes an appearance.

  • S13E12 Wok This Way

    • February 25, 2016
    • Bravo

    A showdown includes woks when the chefs visit San Francisco's Chinatown. Later, they must create a fast-casual restaurant concept. Foodies Martin Yan and Adam Fleischman make appearances.

  • S13E13 Back Where It All Started

    • March 3, 2016
    • Bravo

    San Francisco is the setting when the competing foodies cook for chef Traci Des Jardins. Later, they try to wow master chef Hubert Keller, the judges and San Francisco culinary elite with cuisine inspired by the restaurant Fleur de Lys.

  • S13E14 Magic Hour

    • March 10, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs land in Las Vegas and participate in a high-stakes challenge of cards and cuisine. Later, they must conjure culinary magic for illusionist David Copperfield.

  • S13E15 Finale

    • March 17, 2016
    • Bravo

    The top chef is crowned in the Season 13 finale. Before that, the final two culinarians must prepare the meal of their lives for their mentors and fallen colleagues. Appearing: Emeril Lagasse; Dominique Crenn; Jonathan Benno; Hubert Keller; Charlie Palmer; and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

Season 14 - Charleston

  • S14E01 Something Old, Something New

    • December 1, 2016
    • Bravo

    Eight new chefs and eight returning chefs battle in Charleston, S.C., in the Season 14 premiere. The rookie chefs serve up as many dishes as possible using a whole chicken, and the veterans revamp a classic shrimp-and-grits meal.

  • S14E02 Southern Hospitality

    • December 8, 2016
    • Bravo

    A traditional shrimp boil is sampled by the remaining 15 chefs, who are divided into teams to put a culinary spin on a traditional South Carolina lowcountry family feast.

  • S14E03 Choke Holds and Clammy Hands

    • December 15, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs divide into teams to compete in a "mise en place" race. The foodies must also create a seven-course progressive meal featuring the humble radish in front of "Top Chef" superfans. The guest judges are Chris Cosentino and Richard Blais.

  • S14E04 The Feast of Seven Trash Fishes

    • December 22, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs must create dishes using an odd mix of ingredients and tools found inside gift boxes. Later, they prepare a traditional Italian-American seafood-filled dinner, but they're forced to use a notoriously undesirable fish species. Appearing: editor Nilou Motamed and foodie Mike Lata.

  • S14E05 Smoke 'em If You Got 'em

    • December 29, 2016
    • Bravo

    The chefs are baffled to enter a dark, empty kitchen, with all signs pointing to a biscuit challenge. Later, they must work through the night to prepare a whole hog and three side dishes for 150 barbecue fans, including music star Darius Rucker. Appearing: foodie John Currence and barbecue master Rodney Scott.

  • S14E06 A Southern Legend

    • January 5, 2017
    • Bravo

    U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy enlists the chefs to create vegetarian versions of traditional comfort foods. Then, the chefs must prepare dishes that pay tribute to Edna Lewis, the matriarch of Southern cuisine. Appearing: Alexander Smalls; Art Smith; Hugh Acheson; Nathalie Dupree; and Mashama Bailey.

  • S14E07 Booty

    • January 12, 2017
    • Bravo

    Ingredients and the element of the chefs' zodiac sign must correspond. Later, the food fighters divide into teams to throw a pirate-themed bash, during which they must race through Charleston in a treasure hunt to collect their ingredients. Appearing: Michael Cimarusti and Graham Elliot.

  • S14E08 Restaurant Wars

    • January 19, 2017
    • Bravo

    The iconic Restaurant Wars challenge features the chefs dividing into teams to design a restaurant and create a cohesive menu, but the heat is on when egos collide and tempers flare. Appearing: chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Will Guidara.

  • S14E09 For the Kids

    • January 26, 2017
    • Bravo

    A blindfolded taste experiment tests the chefs. Later, the chefs draw inspiration from their own childhood memories to create meals for a charity gala for the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital. Appearing: Michael Voltaggio and Graham Elliot.

  • S14E10 Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies

    • February 2, 2017
    • Bravo

    The chefs are asked to prepare a decadent brunch for the famed Charleston Hat Ladies. However, it won't be a traditional southern brunch as they must create whimsical breakfast and lunch hybrid dishes inventive enough to impress the judges.

  • S14E11 Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard

    • February 9, 2017
    • Bravo

    The final four chefs cook impromptu dishes while simultaneously instructing mystery partners on how to create the same dish; when the judges compare dishes, the chefs are shocked to discover their secret partners are their visiting family members.

  • S14E12 Cooking Away in Margaritaville

    • February 16, 2017
    • Bravo

    In Guadalajara, Mexico, the three remaining chefs face off against the winner of "Last Chance Kitchen'. The chefs must create a dish using goat, then they are tasked to pair their own cocktail with a dish that incorporates the notes of a margarita.

  • S14E13 Trial By Fire

    • February 23, 2017
    • Bravo

    The Yucatan Peninsula is the setting for a challenge to cook a dish showcasing the local habanero. Later, the chefs learn about traditional Maya cooking, then they create a dish using only ancient Maya ingredients and tools. Appearing: Jeremiah Tower; Roberto Munoz Zurita; Roberto Solis; and Guillermo Beristain.

  • S14E14 Comida Final

    • March 2, 2017
    • Bravo

Season 15 - Colorado

  • S15E01 It'll Take More Than Pot Luck

    • December 7, 2017
    • Bravo

    A diverse group of chefs must make a potluck dish to introduce themselves to the judges; the chefs also prepare their take on a meat-and-potatoes dish for a block party with 200 diners and Denver's biggest culinary names.

  • S15E02 Smile and Say Mise

    • December 14, 2017
    • Bravo

    The chefs battle each other in a fierce Mise En Place relay; chef Alex Seidel invites the group to his farm to learn about his take on farm-to-table cuisine; the chefs are tasked with creating a meal incorporating a mystery ingredient from the farm.

  • S15E03 Keep on Truckin'

    • December 21, 2017
    • Bravo

    In a Sudden Death Quickfire based on the iconic Denver omelet, the intensity in the kitchen is egg-ceptional as one chef completely cracks under the pressure in one of the most gut wrenching eliminations in Top Chef history as judged by Padma, Tom and Chef Lachlan Patterson. Then, the cheftestants tap into their college palates as they make dishes in food trucks for students in Boulder. Internet sensation, Logan Paul helps wrangle the diners and Chef Hosea Rosenberg joins the judges for indulgent, hangover inspired food.

  • S15E04 Little Tools, Big Challenge

    • December 28, 2017
    • Bravo

    The chefs channel their inner child to make upscale versions of kid menu classics for Curtis Stone, Padma, and kids of local culinarians. But there’s a catch, they can only use child-sized cookware, utensils and mixers creating more than pint-sized problems. Then, after a visit to a food incubator assisting immigrant women, the chefs must dig deep into their roots to present dishes based on their own heritage for Immigrant food influencers, including Alon Shaya, Nilou Motamed and Mourad Lahlou.

  • S15E05 This Is Not Glamping

    • January 4, 2018
    • Bravo

    Tom surprises the chefs with a twist that changes the game; the chefs are sent camping where they must make a 5-star meal outdoors and are met with an unexpected storm; chef Naomi Pomeroy joins the judges in the Colorado mountains.

  • S15E06 Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel

    • January 11, 2018
    • Bravo

    Padma and Richard Blais challenge the chefs to transform the most laborious dishes from their own menus into dishes for home cooks; chef Keegan Gerhard tasks the chefs with creating German-inspired dishes.

  • S15E07 Olympic Dreams

    • January 18, 2018
    • Bravo

    On the eve of the Quickfire, one of the chefs has a very special delivery. Padma and Season 14 Winner Brooke Williamson surprise the chefs at their house with breakfast ingredients and task them to create a delicious breakfast dish featuring Nutella. Then, Olympians Meryl Davis, Gus Kenworthy and John Daly inspire the chefs to focus on precision, speed and creativity in the first-ever Top Chef Olympics where the chefs will face off in three head-to-head heats. Who will win the gold and which bronze medalist will be sent packing?

  • S15E08 Restaurant Wars

    • January 25, 2018
    • Bravo

    In the most anticipated challenge of the season, the chefs face-off in Restaurant Wars, creating and executing two new restaurant concepts from design to dishes in a matter of days. Culinary icons Bruce and Eric Bromberg of Blue Ribbon join the judges to experience and evaluate each restaurant's successes and failures. Nothing is ever as heated as a kitchen under this kind of pressure. Which chef will crumble under the weight of the challenge?

  • S15E09 Bronco Brouhaha

    • February 1, 2018
    • Bravo

    Cooking for Michelin-starred Chef David Kinch adds pressure to an already stressful Sudden Death Quickfire based on edible flowers and the chefs are crushed as one of their own is sent packing. Then, the chefs are challenged to put an elevated slant on pre-game food as they host the ultimate tailgate party at Sports Authority Field at Mile High for the Denver Broncos, the judges, Mayor Michael Hancock and BBQ Pitmaster Adam Perry Lang. Who will throw a game winning touchdown and which chef will make a fourth-quarter fumble?

  • S15E10 Red Rum and Then Some

    • February 8, 2018
    • Bravo

    The chefs put their scariest nightmares on a plate in dessert form during a Quickfire set at the iconic Stanley Hotel, the site that inspired Stephen King's "The Shining"; the chefs offer a dish to John Hickenlooper, the governor of Colorado.

  • S15E11 Cooking High

    • February 15, 2018
    • Bravo

    The chefs are reunited with the winner of "Last Chance Kitchen" and face Padma, Tom and chef Wylie Dufresne; the Quickfire challenge requires the chefs to prepare a dish incorporating the old saloon-slinging medicinal beverage, sarsaparilla.

  • S15E12 Sunday Supper

    • February 22, 2018
    • Bravo

    The Voltaggio Brothers reunite on Top Chef for the first time since competing against each other. Their first task is judging the Rocky Mountain Oyster Quickfire to see which chef has the balls to go all the way. Then, they reunite the chefs with surprise visitors from home in an emotionally charged Elimination Challenge where one chef will pack their knives before the next leg of the finals in beautiful Aspen.

  • S15E13 A Little Place Called Aspen

    • March 1, 2018
    • Bravo

    Before the chefs can prepare the catch of the day, they must first actually catch it; the only thing standing between the chefs and the Grand Finale are 200 plates for the chefs and food connoisseurs attending the Food & Wine Classic.

  • S15E14 Finale

    • March 8, 2018
    • Bravo

Season 16 - Kentucky

  • S16E01 The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking

    • December 6, 2018
    • Bravo

    "Top Chef" heads to the state of Kentucky for season 16. This season, 15 new talented chefs from cities big and small across the U.S. will compete for the sought-after title amid the unique culinary scenes in Louisville, Lexington and Lake Cumberland, before heading abroad for an epic finale showdown in Macau, China.

  • S16E02 Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo

    • December 13, 2018
    • Bravo

    A very pregnant Gail Simmons asks the chefs to feed her cravings in a special Quickfire delivery. Then it’s time to celebrate two iconic Kentucky mainstays: local cuisine and bourbon. The Chefs head to Makers Mark, the oldest distillery in America to put their spins on a meal full of Kentucky classics including burgoo, Benedictine, mutton, hoe cakes and dumplings. This is a true battle for Kentucky as the chefs navigate their first team challenge – and one chef makes a potentially fatal shopping error. Can they recover or will they be scraping the bottom of the barrel to make it through? Food and travel editor, Nilou Motamed joins the judges this season, and Maker’s Mark’s in-house Chef, Newman Miller, sits on the panel as a guest judge.

  • S16E03 Naughty and Nice

    • December 20, 2018
    • Bravo

    It's holiday time for Top Chef, and Richard Blais and Brooke Williamson help spread the festive cheer by presenting a white elephant Quickfire challenge. Then, the Chefs receive an unexpected gift as Michelin starred super Chef Eric Ripert sits down with them to celebrate an elaborate traditional French Christmas dinner. However, once the last bite is taken, Padma informs the Chefs that they’re missing the final part of the tradition of Le Revillon de Noel...the presentation of 13 desserts. It's a midnight pastry free-for-all as the Chefs try to avoid being on the placed on the naughty list.

  • S16E04 Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars

    • December 27, 2018
    • Bravo

    In a massive twist, Padma's favorite challenge Restaurant Wars comes early this year, but before the chefs gear up for battle, they must first duke it out in an amuse bouche-based Quickfire for Top Chef alum turned James Beard Award winning chefs: Karen Akunowicz and Nina Compton. Then, the gauntlet has been thrown and with twelve chefs remaining, three restaurants will be battling for victory. James Beard Award winning restaurateur Caroline Styne joins as the guest judge along with Nilou Motamed. And if this unexpected chaos isn't enough, Tom leaves the Chefs breathless with an announcement that will change the course of the competition.

  • S16E05 Restaurant Wars Part 2

    • January 3, 2019
    • Bravo

    The mayhem and drama continues of the biggest Restaurant Wars in the history of Top Chef. Tom's announcement of a double elimination piles on even more pressure. Top Chef alum turned James Beard Award winning Chefs Karen Akunowicz and Nina Compton join the restaurant crawl along with Nilou Motamed and guest judge and James Beard Award winning restaurateur, Caroline Styne.

  • S16E06 Roaring Munchies

    • January 10, 2019
    • Bravo

    The chefs walk in on an epic battle of Last Chance Kitchen and are drafted into the fight. Once Tom declares a winner, the chefs immediately begin a challenge making dishes based on Prohibition Era cocktails. Chef Ken Oringer joins Padma, Tom and Graham at a Roaring 20's party with Flappers and Dapper Dans.

  • S16E07 Carne!

    • January 17, 2019
    • Bravo

    Lena Waithe surprises the chefs, by challenging them to make their best version of the trademark Kentucky dish, the Hot Brown. Then super-chef Nancy Silverton brings her internationally renowned friend, butcher Dario Cecchini to break down a whole cow for the chefs to utilize along with locally-sourced Kentucky ingredients.

  • S16E08 Whatever Floats Your Boat

    • January 24, 2019
    • Bravo

    With more shoreline than Florida, Kentucky is a hotbed for houseboats. For this elimination challenge, the chefs are split into two teams and tasked with throwing raging party in Lake Cumberland. Mega-chef Emeril Lagasse joins Padma, Tom and Nilou along with Captains Sandy and Lee from Below Deck for some houseboat hysteria.

  • S16E09 Music City USA

    • January 31, 2019
    • Bravo

    The chefs take a road trip to Nashville and cook on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for country music artist Hunter Hayes. Then, they have to dig deep to create a dish inspired by a vibrant music memory. Next, the chefs work on a plate for a full table of Nashville food.

  • S16E10 Hoop Dreams

    • February 7, 2019
    • Bravo

    Top Chef alum Ed Lee drops by for a Quickfire that's part trivia, part culinary creativity; Coach John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats host a concession-stand cook-off in Rupp Arena; Food & Wine Editor-in-Chief Hunter Lewis joins the judges.

  • S16E11 The Greatest

    • February 14, 2019
    • Bravo

    The chefs take a turn at fried chicken; chef Art Smith judges a secret herbs-and-spices blind taste test ahead of the Quickfire fry-off; after the finger-licking goodness, the chefs turn their attention to boxer Muhammad Ali, aka the Louisville Lip.

  • S16E12 Kentucky Farewell

    • February 21, 2019
    • Bravo

    Tom ambushes sleeping chefs and challenges them to make a dish using ingredients harvested from their gardens; for the last elimination challenge, the chefs bid on luxury ingredients at a thoroughbred horse auction house.

  • S16E13 Holy Macau!

    • February 28, 2019
    • Bravo

    The final five chefs travel to the Chinese territory of Macau; Graham Elliot, who has a restaurant in Macau, introduces the chefs to a market full of fascinating ingredients and challenges; the chefs throw a party celebrating the Chinese New Year.

  • S16E14 The Tao of Macau

    • March 7, 2019
    • Bravo

    The final four chefs must cook with the smelly durian fruit; the chefs get a tutorial on the traditional cuisine of Macau; for the elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with blending their own heritage with Chinese flavors.

  • S16E15 Finale

    • March 14, 2019
    • Bravo

    It's the final showdown; the three remaining chefs must create the best four-course meal of their lives; Tom reveals in a twist that only two chefs will get the chance to serve their full menu; only one chef will emerge victorious.

Season 17 - All Stars L.A.

  • S17E01 It's Like They Never Left!

    • March 19, 2020
    • Bravo

    Fifteen of the competition’s fiercest challengers return to face-off in the toughest season yet! A mise-en-place challenge set at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles kicks off the battle, where the Chefs size each other up since last competing.

  • S17E02 The Jonathan Gold Standard

    • March 26, 2020
    • Bravo

    This week the chefs honor the late, great Pulitzer-Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold. Using Gold’s last guide list, the chefs fan out all over Los Angeles to sample the unique taquerias, food trucks, mom-and-pop cafes, upscale eateries and ethnic cuisine only found in the City of Angels. Drawing inspiration from this one-in-a-lifetime culinary odyssey, the chefs create dishes to serve 200 of Jonathan Gold’s friends, family, and restaurateurs that he loved at the iconic Union Station. Noted food writer and personal friend of Jonathan Gold, Ruth Reichl serves as guest judge alongside Padma, Tom and Gail.

  • S17E03 Strokes of Genius

    • April 2, 2020
    • Bravo

    Comedic superstars Ali Wong and Randall Park swing by the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire Challenge tasking the chefs to make the wackiest fried rice they can. Then, the chefs head to the famed Getty Museum to seek inspiration from one of four historical art movements to create a masterpiece on their plate. Guest Judge Ludo Lefebvre joins Tom, Padma and Gail, as well as guest diners Chefs Ray Garcia, Sara Hymanson, Sarah Kramer and Craig Thornton.

  • S17E04 You're So Fresh!

    • April 9, 2020
    • Bravo

    Kelly Clarkson drops into the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire based on her new movie, Trolls: World Tour, where the chefs are tasked with combining colorful ingredients from six different musical ‘lands’ to make one delicious dish. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are split into two teams to create a cohesive, progressive vegetarian meal for Padma, Tom, Gail and James Beard nominated guest judge Jeremy Fox. The catch is they won’t know what ingredients they’ll be working with until the morning of the challenge when they shop exclusively at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.

  • S17E05 Bring Your Loved One to Work

    • April 16, 2020
    • Bravo

    In the Quickfire, it’s a true test of communication as the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish their family member is currently eating at a nearby restaurant. Then, the chefs are tasked with creating a signature product that they will bottle, use on a dish and sell at a food festival. They may get help from their visiting loved ones, but for one chef, the help won’t save them from being sent home. Celebrity Chef Nancy Silverton is the guest judge joining Tom, Padma and Gail.

  • S17E06 Get Your Phil

    • April 23, 2020
    • Bravo

    Padma gets a real rise out of the chefs when she tasks them to make a Quickfire dish without any All-Purpose flour. Instead chefs must work with alternative flours from Blue Corn and Buckwheat to Coconut and Hazelnut. James Beard Award-Winning Chef Chris Bianco serves as the guest judge for the Quickfire Challenge. Then, the chefs are whisked off to the famous Walt Disney Concert Hall to meet legendary conductor Gustavo Dudamel who is about to celebrate the LA Philharmonic’s 100th anniversary. The Maestro inspires the chefs to treat their flavor profiles like musical instruments, each providing a counterbalance to the other. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs serve Dudamel and members of the LA Philharmonic at award-winning Otium restaurant along with Padma, Tom, Gail and Guest Judge, Bocuse d’Or finalist Timothy Hollingsworth.

  • S17E07 Pitch Perfect

    • April 30, 2020
    • Bravo

    The chefs are challenged to a taco throwdown for the taco king, actor and restaurateur Danny Trejo. For the Quickfire, the only sharp tool they can use is a machete, in honor of one of Danny’s signature characters. Then, Padma informs the chefs that the only way to make it to Restaurant Wars is to survive this week’s qualifying challenge. The cheftestants have to dig deep to create and pitch a restaurant concept complete with a couple of dishes to the judges –Padma, Tom and Gail, along with “Top Chef” Chicago Winner Stephanie Izard and James Beard Award winning Restaurateur Kevin Boehm. The top two concepts will be the restaurants built for the signature Restaurant Wars challenge, while the chef with the judges’ least favorite concept will be eliminated.

  • S17E08 Restaurant Wars

    • May 7, 2020
    • Bravo

    It's Restaurant Wars and this season Padma takes all the limitations off the table as the chefs can make as much food as they want and shop wherever they choose; two chefs are given 48 hours to pick their teams and crate the restaurants.

  • S17E09 Cabin Fever

    • May 14, 2020
    • Bravo

    The chefs head to the mountains outside of Los Angeles to go to a summer camp where they are challenged to an outdoor grilling Quickfire for Padma and "Top Chef" Kentucky winner Kelsey Barnard Clark.

  • S17E10 Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki

    • May 21, 2020
    • Bravo

    With only six chefs remaining, the challenges get even more difficult, when pastry super-chef Sherry Yard awaits the all stars for a dreaded dessert Quickfire; chefs endure a blindfolded taste test to pick their ingredients.

  • S17E11 Michael's Santa Monica

    • May 28, 2020
    • Bravo

    Tom makes his final decision from "Last Chance Kitchen" on who should return to the competition; the chefs take off in a Quickfire with Padma and Jonathan Waxman making a two-course business class dish for an airline.

  • S17E12 Lucca

    • June 4, 2020
    • Bravo

    The final five travel to Italy, where the chefs must make an aperitivo for 30 locals from the town of Lucca that pairs perfectly with a Peroni beer; then, they hunt the elusive white truffle which they must use in a dish for a Tuscan food festival.

  • S17E13 Parma

    • June 11, 2020
    • Bravo

    The chefs are treated to a culinary dream trip to Parma, the legendary home of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham; the chefs must feature the ingredients in two courses and serve their dishes to a table of 16 Michelin stars.

  • S17E14 Finito!

    • June 18, 2020
    • Bravo

    The final three all stars face off in an epic Italian showdown to cook the meal of their lives in an effort to take home the ultimate title and prize.

Season 18 - Portland

  • S18E01 First Impressions

    • April 1, 2021
    • Bravo

    “Top Chef” is back with 15 of the country’s best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon. For their first Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants are immediately thrown into teams and tasked with combining their favorite ingredients together in one cohesive dish for Padma and Portland local Gregory Gourdet. For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs will try not to “quack” under pressure as they’re asked to create a dish featuring one of Portland’s iconic local birds. Their dishes will be served in a blind tasting for the judges and the new dining panel of “Top Chef” all-star winners, finalists and favorites. Season 17 winner Melissa King joins Padma, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table to help decide who will be the first chef to pack their knives and go.

  • S18E02 Trouble Brewing

    • April 8, 2021
    • Bravo

    The Chefs are in for a rude awakening when they enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs – Amar Santana, Melissa King, Kwame Onwuachi, Dale Talde, Gregory Gourdet, Carrie Baird and Richard Blais. In this Quickfire the chefs will have just 30 minutes to serve eight plates of breakfast. And if that didn’t get them buzzing, for their Elimination Challenge, they’ll have to create dishes based on two popular Portland brews – Beer or Coffee. Tom shows up with a twist, leaving the chefs to rethink their dishes hours before service. Amar Santana and Dale Talde join Padma, Tom and Gail at judges’ table.

  • S18E03 Pan African Portland

    • April 15, 2021
    • Bravo

    The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert. Carrie Baird joins Padma to pick the winner, who will get their dish turned into a Talenti gelato to be sold nationwide. Gregory Gourdet and Kwame Onwuachi take the chefs on a tour of restaurants in Portland that feature food from the African diaspora. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must make dishes inspired by their tour for the judging and dining panel, as well as the restaurant’s owners.

  • S18E04 Thrown for a Loop

    • April 22, 2021
    • Bravo

    For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell’s Soup for Padma and guest judge Dale Talde. Then, the cheftestants get thrown for a loop when they find out they won’t be shopping for their Elimination Challenge, because they’ll be picking their fruit right off of the trees in the heart of Oregon’s Fruit Loop and making a savory fruit dish without any vegetables. Melissa King and Carrie Baird join Padma, Tom and Gail at judges’ table

  • S18E05 Meet You at the Drive-In

    • April 29, 2021
    • Bravo

    Amar Santana joins Padma for the Quickfire Challenge honoring Mother’s Day. Then, the chefs will go head-to-head at the first-ever Top Chef Drive-In. Not only will they have to impress Richard Blais, but they will also need to win over the diners.

  • S18E06 Stumptown U.S.A.

    • May 6, 2021
    • Bravo

    The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest with their prep tables gone and replaced by stumps for this week’s Quickfire Challenge where they must make a dish featuring Tom’s favorite ingredient – mushrooms. Then in the Elimination Challenge, the cheftestants will be paired up to create a surf & turf dish featuring local fish and game for members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. But first they’ll get to learn and taste some of the initial foods of the area. With a double elimination on the line, Dale Talde joins the judges’ table.

  • S18E07 Feeding the Frontlines

    • May 13, 2021
    • Bravo

    The winner of the first part of Last Chance Kitchen rejoins the competition just in time for their “second chance” Quickfire Challenge where the Chefs are tasked with redoing a past failed dish for guest judge Melissa King. Then in an emotional Elimination Challenge Chef José Andrés calls in to recruit the chefs to join World Central Kitchen, his nonprofit organization that provides meals for victims of natural disasters, tasking the chefs with delivering over 500 meals to frontline workers at 3 local hospitals in Portland. Kwame Onwuachi will serve as the All-Star guest judge this week.

  • S18E08 Restaurant Wars

    • May 20, 2021
    • Bravo

    With the top eight chefs remaining, it’s time for the perennial favorite - Restaurant Wars. This year, the chefs will serve a seven course tasting menu to the judges and All-Star panel. Gregory Gourdet and Kristen Kish join the judges’ table.

  • S18E09 Portland-ia

    • May 27, 2021
    • Bravo

    For this week’s Quickfire Challenge, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein from the hit comedy series “Portlandia” task the chefs with creating a dish using hipster ingredients using only old vintage appliances and equipment. For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs must develop and create a recipe fit for the home cook, and are surprised when unexpected guests show up to test their recipes. All-Star alumni and cookbook authors Dale Talde and Richard Blais join the judges’ table to help decide which chef must pack their knives.

  • S18E10 Tournament of Tofu

    • June 3, 2021
    • Bravo

    Ed Lee enters the kitchen and tells the chefs they will be competing tournament style; the chefs duke it out at the Portland Japanese Gardens, where they must create dishes featuring various textures of tofu.

  • S18E11 Blind Ambitions

    • June 10, 2021
    • Bravo

    In teams of two, the chefs each take a turn entering the box where they blindly taste a dish created by guest judge Gabriel Rucker and then must try to re-create it.

  • S18E12 The Cheesier the Better

    • June 17, 2021
    • Bravo

    The final four chefs near the end of their journey in Portland; popular chef and special guest Massimo Bottura has the chefs pull inspiration from his famous parmigiano reggiano dish.

  • S18E13 Shellfishly Delicious

    • June 24, 2021
    • Bravo

    The remaining chefs get an early wake-up call from Padma to go meet Brooke and dig for clams; the chefs honor the area where James Beard spent his summers, creating both a hot dish and a cold dish with one of his favorite ingredients, Dungeness crab

  • S18E14 The Next Top Chef Is ...

    • July 1, 2021
    • Bravo

    After 13 grueling weeks of competition, the chefs must create the best four-course meal of their lives; they'll serve it to an esteemed table.

Season 19 - Houston

  • S19E01 Primal Instincts

    • March 3, 2022
    • Bravo

    Fifteen of the country’s best chefs arrive in Houston, Texas, ready to fight for the title of “Top Chef.” The opening Quickfire proves to be the toughest first challenge to date when the chefs must team up to create a cohesive dish that showcases each of their styles, but cannot speak to each other during the cook. The stakes only get higher for the Elimination Challenge as the chefs must perfectly cook primal cuts of beef for a table of distinguished Houston chefs including, Robert Del Grande of The Annie Café as well as Top Chef alums Dawn Burrell and Kristen Kish.

  • S19E02 Friday Night Bites

    • March 10, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs are challenged in the Quickfire to put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso, judged by local legend Chef Irma Galvan. For the Elimination Challenge, the competition heads to the field of a high school football stadium. Working in two teams of seven coached by all-star alumni Sam Talbot and Dawn Burrell, they’ll create seven carb-loaded dishes that will be served in a head-to-head battle. The team that scores a touchdown first wins. Tom, Padma and Gail will be joined by award winning Chef Chris Shepherd and Top Chef Charleston winner Brooke Williamson at the judges' table.

  • S19E03 Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice

    • March 17, 2022
    • Bravo

    For their first individual challenge of the season, the chefs are surprised in the kitchen by “Top Chef” Miami winner Hung Huynh and challenged to make an Asian-inspired dish. Nothing, however, on “Top Chef” is that simple. Along with Hung, the judges and renowned chef Kiran Verma, they’ll be serving 100 guests at “Top Chef’s” first Asian Night Market.

  • S19E04 Doppelgängers

    • March 24, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs are joined by local chef Chris Williams in the Quickfire Challenge. He tasks the chefs to put their own twist on a biscuit dish in honor of his great grandmother, Lucille B. Smith. Then in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs find themselves pushed out of their comfort zones by chef Wylie Dufresne when they’re tasked to work in teams of two to create two dishes that look exactly the same, but taste completely different. The pressure is on because this is a double elimination.

  • S19E05 Don't Mess With BBQ

    • March 31, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs meet Brooke Williamson at Houston's J-Bar-M, where she tasks them with putting their own spin on a brisket dish for some of the best BBQ pit masters in Houston and their guest judge, pit master Greg Gatlin.

  • S19E06 Texas Trailblaze-hers

    • April 7, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs must create salty-sweet desserts that will inspire a new flavor of Talenti gelato; in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must draw inspiration from the lives of some of Texas's most influential women.

  • S19E07 Swallow The Competition

    • April 14, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs expand their horizons in a master class on Nigerian flavors guided by local chef Ope Amosu and all-star Kwame Onwuachi, and need to make a stew that pairs perfectly with traditional Nigerian swallows.

  • S19E08 Restaurant Wars

    • April 21, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs are put to the ultimate test; they have to build restaurants from the ground up; Top Chef's signature challenge levels up yet again, requiring the chefs to satisfy their VIP counter and a dining room full of guests.

  • S19E09 Freedmen's Town

    • April 28, 2022
    • Bravo

    The chefs are tasked with creating a monochromatic plant-based dish for their Quickfire Challenge; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that speak to their souls for a block party fundraiser.

  • S19E10 Dinner in Zero Gravity

    • May 5, 2022
    • Bravo

    The competition reaches new heights as the chefs voyage to the Houston Space Center; they'll have to create a stellar new menu item that they would crave if they were on a multi-year mission to Mars.

  • S19E11 Family Vacation

    • May 12, 2022
    • Bravo

    It’s time to hit the beach. The Chefs head to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston Texas, but they won’t have any time to relax. Chef Shota Nakajima is here to present them with their next Quickfire Challenge: using the freshest gulf shellfish to create a seafood tower with one hot and one cold dish. Then, for the Elimination Challenge, Padma announces that along with alumni Sheldon Simeon and Adrienne Cheatham, the chefs will be feeding a family of special VIPs, who are expecting them to cater to some very specific tastes.

  • S19E12 We're on a boat

    • May 19, 2022
    • Bravo

    After saying goodbye to their loved ones and another fellow competitor, the chefs receive an ominous gift from Tom, who tells them to get up early and meet him at the docks. They'll have to find their sea legs quickly because for their Elimination Challenge each chef must create two fresh fish dishes to hook their guest judges Stephanie Izard and Daniel Boulud. The catch? They'll be fishing for all of their protein themselves.

  • S19E13 Cactus Makes Perfect

    • May 26, 2022
    • Bravo

    The final four chefs are headed to Tucson. For their last Quickfire Challenge, they’ll make the trip to El Charro, the oldest family-run Mexican restaurant in the country, where legendary chef Carlotta Flores challenges them to create a dish featuring her Carne Seca. In the final Elimination Challenge, alum and Tucson local Maria Mazon wants the chefs to embrace the desert lifestyle and create two dishes – one sweet and one savory – using the classic Sonoran ingredients: cactus and chiltepin. With an impressive assortment of locals and “Top Chef Seattle” winner Kristen Kish joining the judges table, the heat is on.

  • S19E14 The Final Plate

    • June 2, 2022
    • Bravo

Season 20 - World All-Stars

  • S20E01 London Calling

    • March 9, 2023
    • Bravo

    To celebrate the 20th season, "Top Chef" returns for an international showdown in London; sixteen competitors, including previous winners and finalists, face off in the fiercest showdown the culinary series has seen.

  • S20E02 Rice, Rice Baby

    • March 16, 2023
    • Bravo

    In the Quickfire, the chefs are challenged to make an amuse-bouche with unexpected ingredients that must fit on a Ritz cracker; the competition heats up as the chefs head to Alexandra Palace, where they must create rice dishes for 100 guests.

  • S20E03 Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites

    • March 23, 2023
    • Bravo

    In lieu of a Quickfire, Tom and Gail surprise the chefs with an old-fashioned pub crawl around Central London. Pints are consumed and food is devoured until the judges reveal the Elimination Challenge. In teams of two, the chefs are tasked with recreating and elevating a classic pub dish. And to top the pressure, two chefs will pack their knives. Guest judges Brett Graham and James Cochran join Padma, Tom and Gail as well as a room full of guest diners.

  • S20E04 Spurred Lines

    • March 30, 2023
    • Bravo

    Master chocolatier Paul A. Young joins Padma to judge the Quickfire Challenge. They task the chefs with creating a beloved English classic: the biscuit. The chefs head to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a football-themed team challenge. They must impress guest judges Aquiles Chávez and Tottenham’s own Ledley King in up to three rounds of fast-paced challenges featuring favorite English ingredients. The teams that succeed are safe, while the rest are relegated and must compete again. In the final round, the three chefs from the losing team will battle it out. Who will be safe, and who will be kicked to the sidelines?

  • S20E05 Holiday Vacation

    • April 6, 2023
    • Bravo

    In this week’s extra-sweet Quickfire, the chefs are tasked with creating a celebratory dish featuring honey and mead in order to win over Padma and guest judge Adam Handling. Then, the chefs escape the city and head to the Kent countryside. The cheftestants create a festive family meal featuring their favorite holiday dishes for judges Padma, Tom and Gail, along with Top Chef Mexico judge Martha Ortiz.

  • S20E06 Top Chef Is No Picnic

    • April 13, 2023
    • Bravo

    The chefs are shocked when they discover this week’s Quickfire Challenge is the midseason finale of Last Chance Kitchen. They enjoy afternoon tea as they help Padma and Tom decide on who should return to the competition. The chefs take a trip to Highclere Castle for the Elimination Challenge, where they must work together to create and serve an elevated picnic basket. Will the teams be able to produce high-end picnics that can impress Padma, Tom, Gail and guest judge and notable pastry consultant Graham Hornigold? Who will be asked to pack their picnic basket and go?

  • S20E07 Hands Off

    • April 20, 2023
    • Bravo

    The chefs learn Gaggan Anand is the guest judge; they must create a dish inspired by an emoji and are tasked with creating a plate with a message that's visually stunning and can be eaten without utensils.

  • S20E08 Street Food Fight

    • April 27, 2023
    • Bravo

    Guest judge Judy Joo surprises the chefs by challenging them to create delicious street food-inspired dishes. For the fastest Elimination Challenge in series history, the chefs must get inspiration from the new Fast X movie for the largest and fastest mise en place race. Top Chef Canada judge David Zilber sits in as the guest judge along with Padma, Tom and Gail.

  • S20E09 Restaurant Wars

    • May 4, 2023
    • Bravo

    It’s Restaurant Wars, and this season, the perennial favorite is back with a twist! The chefs split into two teams of four and are tasked with creating a restaurant concept and tasting menu. To add to the pressure, they must debut their restaurants at three Michelin-starred Core by Clare Smyth, and the judges will have a full view of the kitchen. Unbeknown to the chefs, Jimi Famurewa, the Chief Restaurant Critic for the Evening Standard, is seated in the dining room and later joins Padma, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table.

  • S20E10 Thali Time

    • May 11, 2023
    • Bravo

    There’s nothing like preserved fish in the morning, which is exactly what the chefs have to cook with for this week's Quickfire Challenge. The chefs enjoy a night off as famed chef Asma Khan treats the cheftestants and Padma to an Indian thali dinner. For the Elimination Challenge, they must use six different flavor profiles to create their own Thali platter to impress a panel of chefs from India and judges Padma, Tom and Gail.

  • S20E11 Battle of the Wellingtons

    • May 18, 2023
    • Bravo

    Coming into the final stretch before the finale. It’s full steam ahead as the remaining six chefs are tasked with creating a steamed dish for their Quickfire Challenge. In one of the hardest Elimination Challenges yet, the chefs are put in teams of two and must create not one, not two, but three different Wellingtons to serve 20 diners, along with Padma, Tom and Gail. The two chefs from the losing team will pack their knives.

  • S20E12 Goodbye, London!

    • May 25, 2023
    • Bravo

    As the journey in London comes to a wrap, the final four chefs welcome back the winner of Last Chance Kitchen. For this week’s Quickfire, the chefs are joined by guest judge Sam Bompas, who challenges them to create a dish featuring jellies and molds. For their final Elimination Challenge in England, they’re tasked with creating trompe-l’œil dishes, where the plates must literally fool the eye and taste like something completely different than what they look like. Who will make it to the finals in Paris, and who will bid adieu?

  • S20E13 Champions in Paris

    • June 1, 2023
    • Bravo

    The final four land in Paris, the culinary capital of the world and home of the 2024 Olympics. In the Quickfire, they compete in the infamous Wall Challenge. Unbeknownst to them, their partners are no strangers to competition and are U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The chefs must work with their mystery partners to create identical plates in hopes of impressing Michelin-starred guest judge Greg Marchand. For their final Elimination Challenge, they must create a Michelin-worthy dish using one of France’s most humble ingredients: the Champignon de Paris. To help determine who will make it to the finale is a star-studded table of diners.

  • S20E14 Fin.

    • June 8, 2023
    • Bravo

    The finalists are on top of the world as they’ve made it to the finale in Paris. The final three will have the opportunity to cook the meal of their lives for Padma, Tom and Gail, along with a table of culinary luminaries. The guests include Marcus Samuelsson, May Chow, Daniela Soto-Innes, Clare Smyth, Simon Rogan, Ángel León, Food & Wine magazine’s Hunter Lewis, Michelin Guide’s International Director Gwendal Poullennec and “Top Chef France” Judge Hélène Darroze. The chefs lay it all on the table in their final challenge, but only one will take home the ultimate title of “Top Chef” World All-Star.

Season 21 - Wisconsin

  • S21E01 Chef's Test

    • March 20, 2024
    • Bravo

    Top Chef heads to Wisconsin with 15 new chefs, new rules and new host Kristen Kish. With no Quickfire Challenge this week, Kristen, Tom and Gail each task five chefs with cooking a dish they believe is a worthy test of being a good chef.

  • S21E02 Living the High Life

    • March 27, 2024
    • Bravo

    Top Chef Colorado winner Joe Flamm joins Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to create a dish featuring hops.

  • S21E03 Take it Cheesy

    • April 3, 2024
    • Bravo

    The chefs must make a dish featuring Door County cherries and a mystery ingredient; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs put on a Cheese Festival where each

  • S21E04 Episode 4

    • April 10, 2024
    • Bravo

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