The BEST episodes of Top Chef Canada
Every episode of Top Chef Canada ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef Canada!
In this high stakes competition series, audiences get to see 16 up-and-coming Canadian chefs battle it out to win a $100,000 cash prize, a GE Monogram Kitchen valued at over $30,000, and the coveted title of Canada’s Top Chef.
#1 - Restaurant Wars
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/16/2012
In the high stakes Quickfire Challenge, Chef McEwan asks the remaining chefs to create their take on a classic lunchtime combo. Later, it is time for the classic Top Chef challenge – Restaurant Wars! Divided into two teams, each group must create – and execute – a brand new restaurant concept in 24 hours. The home base for this challenge is the flagship operation of internationally acclaimed chef and restaurateur, Susur Lee, who also acts as a guest judge.
#2 - The Numbers Game
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/6/2011
The chefs must create an amazing dish using a specific number of President's Choice™ signature products.
#3 - Surf and Turf
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/20/2011
In this episode, the chefs are challenged to take haute cuisine to the street. For the Quickfire Challenge, they create two distinctive dishes with international flair that can be served from a street cart in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square. In their Elimination Challenge, they choose from a selection of seafood to create three distinct dishes in a very short period of time.
#4 - Chef McEwan's Favourite Things
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/27/2011
The chefs must create a special family style meal for Mark and some very close friends.
#5 - A Classic Deconstruction
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/23/2012
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish using traditional canned goods. During the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must deconstruct a traditionally classic dish for a table of food lovers which includes Top Chef All-Stars champion, Chef Richard Blais.
#6 - Getting To Know You
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2011
In the series debut, viewers meet the 16 chefs who will compete for the title of Canada’s Top Chef.
#7 - Chef's Start Your Engines
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/2014
The chefs put their culinary skills to the test when competing in a challenge revolving around the ever-versatile egg; and later, create Southern-style street food to serve to fans at a racetrack. Zane Caplansky and Pino Posteraro are guests at the judges' table.
#8 - The Finale's Taboo
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/12/2014
The chefs create the meal of a lifetime; a winner is announced.
#9 - The Science of Food
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/5/2014
The chefs bake cookies for Chef Duff Goldman; exploring molecular gastronomy.
#10 - School's Out for the Chefs
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/2014
The chefs create dishes based on a popular food idiom; healthy lunch buffet using wholesome foods.
#11 - Lords and Ladies at the Castle
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/21/2014
Weird ingredients in the Quickfire; the chefs make dishes for a castle garden party.
#12 - Restaurant Wars
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/14/2014
#13 - Game, Set, Match
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2014
A three-legged cook-off; the chefs cook for Amir Johnson.
#14 - Five-Alarm Fire
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2014
#15 - The World According to Chang
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2014
#16 - Up In The Air
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/3/2013
For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs battle it out in a burger war to create the ultimate Top Chef burger and in the Elimination Challenge, they take flight. Each chef must create a multi-course meal for Air Canada’s Executive First Service – and they need to serve it on board an Air Canada 767 aircraft. Joining the judges is James Beard Award winning Chef Charlie Palmer.
#17 - Building A Home For Friends
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/19/2012
The chefs are challenged to create dishes for a construction crew, featuring special guest Mike Holmes.
#18 - Food From Around the World
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/2/2011
With a focus on food from around the world, the chefs must create their own unique salad for the Quickfire Challenge this week. For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs are dispatched to different ethnic neighbourhoods to purchase their ingredients. Using those ingredients, they must create a hot and a cold dish that is inspired by different world cuisines.
#19 - Home Is Where The Heart Is
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/12/2012
In the season 2 debut, the 16 Canadian chefs fighting to become Canada’s next Top Chef arrive for the competition and are thrown into battle in a dramatic Quickfire Challenge at Chef Mark McEwan’s stunning Toronto restaurant, Bymark. Later, in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must use their hometown as inspiration to create a memorable dish and Chef Michael Smith acts as guest judge.
#20 - A Day in the Life of Canadian Food
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/13/2011
The chefs must choose a distinct region of Canada and create a day's worth of meals from their chosen region.
#21 - Restaurant Wars
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2011
In this episode, the competitors compete in the signature Top Chef challenge, Restaurant Wars. Special guest, David Adjey, sits at the judges' table.
#22 - Life's Little Milestones
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2011
The chefs must use All-Bran cereal in dishes for the Quickfire Challenge. Then they prepare a romantic meal for couples celebrating a special anniversary.
#23 - The French Feast
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/2011
The contestants put their own spin on poutine. Later, they take on classic French cuisine.
#24 - Pork to the People
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/9/2011
For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must properly butcher a whole pig. In the Elimination Challenge, the chefs use the same pork they butchered to create dishes at George Brown Chef’s School for a cocktail party in support of Food Banks of Canada. Senior students from the Chef’s School at George Brown lend a helping hand.