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Top Chef: Restaurant Wars  Season 17, Episode 8

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 create the restaurants. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on May 8, 2020 at 9:28 AM - 15 comments

Top Chef: Pitch Perfect  Season 17, Episode 7

A Last Chance Kitchen winner re-enters the competition, Danny Trejo drops by, and the chefs must pitch a concept for the upcoming Restaurant Wars. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on May 2, 2020 at 8:30 PM - 13 comments

Top Chef: Get Your Phil  Season 17, Episode 6

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. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Apr 24, 2020 at 7:45 AM - 6 comments

Top Chef: Bring Your Loved Ones to Work  Season 17, Episode 5

In the Quickfire, the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish their family member is eating at a nearby restaurant; the chefs create a signature product that they will bottle and sell at a food festival.
posted by praemunire on Apr 17, 2020 at 8:03 AM - 12 comments

Top Chef: You're So Fresh  Season 17, Episode 4

Kelly Clarkson drops by. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Apr 10, 2020 at 8:39 AM - 7 comments

Top Chef: Strokes of Genius  Season 17, Episode 3

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 the art. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Apr 3, 2020 at 9:24 AM - 6 comments

Top Chef: The Jonathan Gold standard  Season 17, Episode 2

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. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Mar 26, 2020 at 10:27 PM - 5 comments

Top Chef: It's Like They Never Left!  Season 17, Episode 1

First episode of an all-stars season (set in California) features the classic mise-en-place challenge and cooking with fire.
posted by praemunire on Mar 20, 2020 at 12:40 AM - 16 comments

Top Chef: Finale  Season 16, Episode 15

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.
posted by Anonymous on Mar 16, 2019 at 12:12 PM - 12 comments

Top Chef: The Tao of Macau  Season 16, Episode 14

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.
posted by Anonymous on Mar 11, 2019 at 9:10 AM - 5 comments

Top Chef: Holy Macau!  Season 16, Episode 13

The five remaining contestants head to Macau for the beginning of the end of 'Top Chef' season 16. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Mar 1, 2019 at 10:54 AM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Kentucky Farewell  Season 16, Episode 12

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.
posted by Anonymous on Feb 24, 2019 at 6:39 AM - 9 comments

Top Chef: The Greatest  Season 16, Episode 11

The chefs compete to impress the judges and the daughter of a Louisville hero. Nilou Motamed returns to judge.
posted by Emmy Rae on Feb 15, 2019 at 6:47 PM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Hoop Dreams  Season 16, Episode 10

'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.
posted by Anonymous on Feb 8, 2019 at 1:34 PM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Music City USA  Season 16, Episode 9

In Nashville, Tenn., the chefs cook onstage at the Grand Ole Opry for singer Hunter Hayes. Inspired by a vibrant music memory, the chefs put their hearts on a plate for musician Caleb Followill, model Lily Aldridge and chef Jonathan Waxman.
posted by Anonymous on Feb 5, 2019 at 12:26 PM - 6 comments

Top Chef: Whatever Floats Your Boat  Season 16, Episode 8

For an elimination challenge, the chefs are split into teams and tasked with throwing houseboat parties on Lake Cumberland; chef Emeril Lagasse joins Padma, Tom and Nilou, along with Capts. Sandy and Lee from "Below Deck" for houseboat hysteria.
posted by supercres on Jan 25, 2019 at 7:47 PM - 10 comments

Top Chef: Carne!  Season 16, Episode 7

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.
posted by Anonymous on Jan 23, 2019 at 9:14 AM - 5 comments

Top Chef: Roaring Munchies  Season 16, Episode 6

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 begin a challenge making dishes based on Prohibition Era cocktails. Chef Ken Oringer joins for a Roaring Twenties party.
posted by Anonymous on Jan 13, 2019 at 2:21 PM - 7 comments

Top Chef: Restaurant Wars 2  Season 16, Episode 5

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.
posted by Anonymous on Jan 8, 2019 at 5:00 PM - 7 comments

Top Chef: Kentucky: Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars  Season 16, Episode 4

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.
posted by nightrecordings on Dec 29, 2018 at 7:10 AM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Kentucky: Naughty and Nice  Season 16, Episode 3

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 placed on the naughty list.
posted by nightrecordings on Dec 20, 2018 at 5:22 PM - 11 comments

Top Chef: Kentucky: Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo  Season 16, Episode 2

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.
posted by xtine on Dec 14, 2018 at 12:26 PM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Kentucky: The Fastest Two Minutes in Cooking [Season Premiere]  Season 16, Episode 1

Top Chef Kentucky begins as fifteen of the country's finest chefs are off to the races at Churchill Downs for the ride of their lives. After a lightning fast two minute mise-en-place focused Quickfire, the Chefs are challenged to make a dish that will appeal to a crowd of two hundred at a stakes-filled Kentucky Derby party. Churchill Downs' own Chef David Danielson serves as guest judge along with returning regulars Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, and Graham Elliot.
posted by nightrecordings on Dec 6, 2018 at 7:31 AM - 7 comments

Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen  Season 13 (Full Season)

The Last Chance Kitchen is a web series featuring challenges in which the ousted chefs compete for a chance to re-enter the main competition. Each week, two or more chefs compete against each other in the Top Chef kitchen, with the results judged solely by Tom Colicchio. The winner(s) of each week moves on to face the next eliminated Top Chef contestant(s), while the loser is eliminated from the competition for good. The champion of the Last Chance Kitchen returns to compete in the season finale.
posted by smackfu on Jan 9, 2016 at 9:34 AM - 18 comments

Top Chef: Spines and Vines  Season 13, Episode 3

Uni? Vineyard? Yes please.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering on Dec 11, 2015 at 11:20 PM - 7 comments

Top Chef: Pop Up Pandemonium  Season 13, Episode 2

To better introduce the Chefs to the city of Los Angeles, Padma challenges them to create and open four distinct pop-up restaurants reflecting the culture of the respective neighborhoods they land in. Tom, Padma, Gail and guest judge and Pop-Up King Ludo Lefebvre eat their way through Mexican, Persian, Korean, and even Vegan cuisine to pick the best dish that celebrates LA's mosaic of cultures.
posted by smackfu on Dec 7, 2015 at 7:01 AM - 13 comments

Top Chef: Stop the Presses  Season 13, Episode 1

A collection of the country's best Chefs converge in Los Angeles where they will hit the road and compete in six cities across the Golden State. To get their feet wet, the Chefs face off in a fan favorite Quickfire challenge. Then, the Chefs must make dishes that stand out for a group of top food critics and reporters in order to survive the first elimination.
posted by smackfu on Dec 4, 2015 at 5:03 PM - 14 comments

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