The BEST episodes of Top Chef
Every episode of Top Chef ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef!
Top Chef is a reality show unlike any other while it searches for the world's next Top Chef. Each week this talented group of chefs, professionally trained and self-taught, will be challenged and judged by some of the best known chefs in the industry. Over the course of the season and endless challenges one chef a week is asked to "pack their knives and go" until there is only one left standing as the ultimate Top Chef.
#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.
#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.
#8 - 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.
#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.
#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.
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#16 - The Final Plate
Season 19 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/2/2022
#17 - 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.
#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.
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#19 - Restaurant Wars
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/2009
Two teams have 24 hours to design and open competing restaurants.
#22 - 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.
#23 - First Impressions
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/13/2007
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
