15 of the best aspiring and promising chefs are challenged with creating amazing culinary dishes. They are competing to try and receive the title of `Top Chef America'.
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.
The chefs are challenged in the Quickfire to put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso.
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 a dish inspired by 5 of the larger Asian communities in Houston.
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.
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 pitmasters in Houston.
Working in pairs, the chefs must create salty-sweet desserts that will inspire a new flavor of Talenti gelato.
The chefs expand their horizons in a master class on Nigerian flavors. For this Quickfire challenge they must create a stew that perfectly pairs with traditional Nigerian swallows.
“Top Chef’s” signature challenge levels up yet again, requiring the chefs to satisfy their VIP counter and a dining room full of guests watching their every move in an open kitchen.
For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will be tasked with creating dishes that speak to their souls for a block party fundraiser.
The chefs have to put their own fresh take on fajitas, a Houston classic. The best fajita dish will win $10,000 courtesy of Chipotle.
It’s time to hit the beach. The Chefs head to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston Texas, using the freshest gulf shellfish to create a seafood tower with one hot and one cold dish.
The chefs will 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.
For their last Quickfire Challenge, legendary chef Carlotta Flores challenges the chefs to create a dish featuring her Carne Seca.
The finalists prepare themselves for the most important cook of their lives. They’ll have to leave it all on the plate in order to wow the judges.
To celebrate the milestone 20th season, Top Chef returns for an epic international showdown with World All-Stars in London.
In the second Quickfire, the chefs are challenged to make an amuse-bouche that must fit on a Ritz Cracker.
In lieu of a Quickfire, Tom and Gail surprise the chefs with an old-fashioned pub crawl around central London.
Master chocolatier Paul A. Young joins Padma to judge the Quickfire Challenge. They task the chefs with creating a beloved English classic: the biscuit.
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.
The chefs are shocked when they discover this week’s Quickfire Challenge is the midseason finale of Last Chance Kitchen.
The chefs are in for a surprise when they walk into the "Top Chef" kitchen and see Gaggan Anand, praised as one of the world's best chefs, as their guest judge.
Guest Judge Judy Joo surprises the chefs by challenging them to create delicious street food-inspired dishes.
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.
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.
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.
As the journey in London comes to a wrap, the final four chefs welcome back the winner of Last Chance Kitchen.
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.
The finalists are on top of the world as they’ve made it to the finale in Paris.
“Top Chef” heads to Wisconsin with 15 new chefs, new rules and new host Kristen Kish.
“Top Chef” Colorado winner Joe Flamm joins Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to create a dish featuring hops.
The chefs are in for a cherry good time when “Top Chef” All-Star alum Carla Hall and actor, director and writer Clea Duvall join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge.
With no Quickfire this week, the chefs hit the road and take the Frank Lloyd Wright trail to Madison, touring a few of the Wisconsin native’s notable sites, including Burnham Block, Monona Terrace and Taliesin.
While in Madison, the chefs receive a message bright and early from Kristen alerting them that they’ll be shopping for their Quickfire Challenge at the Dane County Farmers’ Market, the largest producer only farmers market in the nation.
The chefs are shocked by a “Last Chance Kitchen” surprise that changes the game. Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi joins Kristen for a sweet Quickfire that requires the chefs to create a dairy-forward dessert.
Bryan Voltaggio joins Kristen for a two-part Quickfire Challenge testing the chefs’ flambé and charring skills. Amar Santana heads to the kitchen with the famous Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages.
There is no Quickfire as the chefs prepare for the highly anticipated Restaurant Wars elimination challenge.
Kristen is joined by judges Tom and Gail for this week’s Quickfire Challenge as the chefs are tasked to create dishes featuring cranberries in a unique way.
Celebrating a Wisconsin classic, this week’s Quickfire Challenge has the chefs participating in a meat raffle. Guest judge and chef Art Smith joins Kristen, Tom and Gail to determine which protein dish reigns supreme.
A familiar face returns to the competition from “Last Chance Kitchen.” In this week’s Quickfire challenge, the chefs must put their detective skills to work when Tom cooks up a dish that Kristen and Gail couldn’t resist and left little on the plate after tasting it.
In this week’s Quickfire Challenge, the chefs are tasked with identifying as many ingredients as they can in a blind taste test. For the Elimination Challenge, they must create a dish that exemplifies their culinary growth throughout their time in Wisconsin.
The final four chefs arrive in Curaçao for their last Quickfire Challenge and must create a dish highlighting fish and cheese to impress Kristen, Tom, Gail and local guest judge Helim Smeulders.
For the season’s final challenge, the three remaining chefs must create the best four-course progressive meal of their careers.
“Top Chef” heads to Canada with 15 new chefs. Upon arrival, the chefs draw knives, splitting them into groups of three and head to the “Top Chef” kitchen where they are greeted by Kristen, Tom and Gail, and their first Quickfire Challenge.
Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada’s famous poutine.
In this week’s Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must make their own version of a Jamaican patty. Canadian hockey star Natalie Spooner assists Kristen in presenting the Elimination Challenge.
Actor Michael Cera joins Kristen in the kitchen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs' trivia skills are put to the test; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must put their own spin on some of Canada's most iconic confections.
The chefs are taken by surprise when a Last Chance Kitchen chef joins the competition; the chefs' collaboration skills are put to the ultimate test as this time is a double elimination.
Top Chef Masters alum Susur Lee and Jet Bent-Let join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles.
For this week's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish with an ingredient using only the toughest stains as their clues.
There is no Quickfire as the chefs take on the famed Restaurant Wars elimination challenge. Divided into two teams, the chefs are tasked to conceptualize and create two restaurants, each featuring a three-course progress menu.
Kristen is joined by Tom, Gail and chef and professor Ilona Daniel for this week’s Quickfire Challenge as the chefs are tasked with flexing their culinary “mussels.”
Comedian Punkie Johnson tests the chefs’ creativity for the Quickfire Challenge when they’re asked to create a dish using only the items and tools found in a Canadian convenience store.
The six remaining chefs set off to Calgary where they are greeted by the judges; making pancakes for 50 diners; the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that feature beef and local berries, hoping to impress a table of culinary tastemakers.
Aspiring chefs are judged by a panel of food and wine experts while competing against one another for a shot at culinary stardom.
Benvenuto a Milano! For the chefs’ last Quickfire Challenge of the season, they’re tasked with creating a classic Milanese dish and the most feared dish by many “Top Chef” contenders, risotto.
For their last elimination challenge, the final three chefs must create the best progressive four-course meal of their lives; with the help of their sous chefs, the finalists must pull out all the stops to impress an esteemed table of diners.
