The BEST episodes of Top Chef

#1 - Watch What Happens Reunion

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/2009

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

#2 - Finale, Part 2

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/2009

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

#3 - All Stars Dinner

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/4/2009

Past chefs recount their favorite moments from the series.

#4 - Thunderbirds

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/2009

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

#5 - Pigs and Pinot

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/14/2009

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

#6 - Strip Around the World

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/11/2009

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

#7 - Reunion

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/18/2008

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

#8 - Finale (2)

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/3/2007

The Top Chef is chosen.

#9 - Glacial Gourmand

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2013

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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - Finale (1)

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/26/2007

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

#12 - Meat Natalie

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/28/2009

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

#13 - Finale, Part 1

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/2009

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.

#14 - Finale (2)

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/2009

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

#15 - The Final Plate

Season 19 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/2/2022

#16 - Finito!

Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/18/2020

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.

#17 - Champions in Paris

Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/1/2023

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.

#18 - Finale (1)

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/2007

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.

#19 - The Last Supper

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2009

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.

#20 - 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!

#21 - Leaving New Orleans

Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2014

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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - Finale

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/29/2012

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.

#24 - Restaurant Wars

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/2009

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

#25 - Everything's Bigger in Texas

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2011

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