8.3/1035 votesLoading...#1 - Finale
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2011
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!
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8.1/1027 votesLoading...#2 - Set Sail
Season 21 Episode 13 - Aired 6/12/2024
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. The chefs then set sail on Holland America Line’s Eurodam where they enjoy a meal prepared by chef and Fresh Fish Ambassador Morimoto. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are tasked with showcasing different preparation styles of fish. “Top Chef” alum Ed Lee joins Kristen, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table.
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8.0/1037 votesLoading...#3 - Culinary Olympics
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 11/18/2009
A challenge based on the Bocuse d'Or. Guest judges include Jerome Bocuse and Thomas Keller.
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7.9/1041 votesLoading...#4 - Finale (1)
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/2009
The final four chefs compete in Napa Valley to determine who will be the final three.
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7.9/1045 votesLoading...#5 - Hands Off
Season 20 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2023
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.
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7.9/1035 votesLoading...#6 - Fin.
Season 20 Episode 14 - Aired 6/8/2023
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.
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7.9/1029 votesLoading...#7 - Lay It All on the Table
Season 21 Episode 11 - Aired 5/29/2024
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. The chefs ask Tom a series of yes and no questions to determine what ingredients they need to recreate the dish. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs leave it all on the table when they’re tasked with serving their creations directly on a tabletop to Kristen, Tom, Gail, and guest judge and two Michelin star chef Curtis Duffy.
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7.8/1035 votesLoading...#8 - Restaurant Wars
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 10/21/2009
Chef Rick Moonen's restaurant is taken over by the contestants and then he serves as their guest judge.
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7.8/1039 votesLoading...#9 - Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2011
Fish fillet contest; chefs must open ``one night only'' restaurants in New York City.
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7.8/1037 votesLoading...#10 - Feeding Fallon
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 2/9/2011
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#11 - Give Me Your Huddled Masses
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2011
The chefs need to make something out of nothing; the contestants head to Ellis Island, where they must make a dish based on their heritage.
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#12 - Fit For an Evil Queen
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2012
The Quickfire is on the move, except it's the ingredients that are moving—by train. Next, the chefs must access the darkness inside of them when they are asked to create "evil" on a plate.
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#13 - Past Suppers
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 1/2/2013
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- 7.8/1028 votesLoading...
#14 - A Little Place Called Aspen
Season 15 Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/2018
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.
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7.8/1035 votesLoading...#15 - Parma
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 6/11/2020
In the penultimate episode in the All Stars competition, the chefs are treated to a culinary dream trip to Parma, the legendary home of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham. After getting a behind the scenes tour of some traditional multi-generational factories of these exclusive products, the chefs must feature these ingredients in two courses and serve their dishes to a table of 16 Michelin stars. Pasta master, Chef Evan Funke, sits in as the guest judge along with Tom, Padma, Gail and a bevy of celebrated Italian super-star chefs. One chef is eliminated as only the top three will move on to the finale.
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7.8/1041 votesLoading...#16 - Finito!
Season 17 Episode 14 - Aired 6/18/2020
In an epic Italian showdown, the final three All Stars cook the meal of their lives in an effort to take home the ultimate title and prize. To win, all they’ll need to impress not only the judges - Tom, Padma, Gail and Nilou Motamed, but also culinary superstars Mauro Colagreco, Clare Smyth, Marcus Samuelsson, Janice Wong, Tony Mantuano, Eighth Generation Italian Butcher Dario Cecchini and Food & Wine magazine’s Hunter Lewis. It’s a fight to the bitter end, but only one will be have their second chance to finally be crowned Top Chef.
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7.8/1034 votesLoading...#17 - Battle of the Wellingtons
Season 20 Episode 11 - Aired 5/18/2023
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.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#18 - Sausage Race
Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/2024
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. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs divide into two teams and compete in a head-to-head race at American Family Field (home of the Brewers) where they'll serve sausage-forward dishes to a panel of experts, including former Brewer Ryan Braun and actress Brittany Snow.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#19 - The Good Land
Season 21 Episode 9 - Aired 5/15/2024
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. The chefs are then treated to a special meal prepared by celebrated Indigenous chefs and guest judges Sean Sherman and Elean Terry. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must prepare modern dishes using only indigenous ingredients.
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7.7/1040 votesLoading...#20 - Bring Your Loved One to Work
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2020
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.
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#21 - The Final Plate
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 6/2/2022
Aspiring chefs compete for their shot at culinary stardom.
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7.7/1040 votesLoading...#22 - Holiday Vacation
Season 20 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2023
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.
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7.7/1035 votesLoading...#23 - Restaurant Wars
Season 20 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2023
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.
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7.6/1039 votesLoading...#24 - Le Bernardin
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/2009
After a three-round fish filleting tournament, the contestants cook at Le Bernadin where their final product will be judged by chef Eric Ripert.
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7.6/1039 votesLoading...#25 - Sin City Vice
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 8/19/2009
17 fresh chefs infiltrate sin city to take on culinary challenges in the season six premier.
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The Best Episodes of Top Chef
Every episode of Top Chef ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Top Chef!
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Finale" is the best rated episode of "Top Chef". It scored 8.3/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/30/2011. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Set Sail".