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.

Last Updated: 3/15/2024Network: Food Network CanadaStatus: Continuing
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Restaurant Wars
star
10.00
30 votes

#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.

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Chef McEwan's Favourite Things
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8.77
238 votes

#2 - 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.

Surf and Turf
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8.77
235 votes

#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.

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The Numbers Game
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8.75
239 votes

#4 - 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.

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Getting To Know You
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8.66
429 votes

#5 - 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.

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A Classic Deconstruction
star
8.50
60 votes

#6 - 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.

A Dish for a New Decade
star
8.14
7 votes

#7 - A Dish for a New Decade

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2020

In the season debut, Host Eden Grinshpan and Head Judge Mark McEwan welcome 12 chefs from every corner of the country to compete in the most prestigious cooking competition in the country, battling it out for the biggest prize in Top Chef Canada history and the coveted title of Canada’s Top Chef. In the season’s first Quickfire Challenge the chefs must create their “Desert Island Dish” – the one dish they would want to eat every day if they were stranded on a desert island for the rest of their life. In a Top Chef Canada first, the chefs with the best four dishes will earn a game changing special advantage. Later in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs draw inspiration from the dawn of a new decade, tapping into the pulse of culinary trends to create dishes that speak to the future of food. At Judges Table, reality sinks in when the chefs face the first elimination of the season.

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Restaurant Wars
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8.13
16 votes

#8 - Restaurant Wars

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2022

The Chefs' palates are put to the test at the Top Chef Canada Taste Test Tournament. Then, it's time for Restaurant Wars! The Chefs battle it out in two teams to create an unforgettable restaurant experience. The pressure is on to impress Top Chef U.S star Gail Simmons who joins the Judging panel.

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Up In The Air
star
8.09
43 votes

#9 - 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.

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Winner Takes All
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8.09
11 votes

#10 - Winner Takes All

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2019

In the first part of the finale, the final four chefs go head-to-head in a high-stakes challenge which will determine who moves on. In the last Elimination Challenge of the season, at the Relais & Chateaux country estate at Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa, it’s a course-to-course battle as the chefs serve meals of a lifetime to a table of our resident judges. Only one chef will win it all and become Canada’s Top Chef.

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Vegan Feast
star
8.07
14 votes

#11 - Vegan Feast

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2022

In the Quickfire Challenge, the Chefs are tasked with making as many dishes as possible in 30 minutes. In the Elimination Challenge, the competitors must push the boundaries of plant-based cuisine and impress the Judges at a Vegan Feast.

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Date Night
star
8.07
14 votes

#12 - Date Night

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2022

In the Quickfire Challenge, Chefs must balance contrasting flavour profiles. In the Elimination Challenge, competitors create date night dishes for the loved ones of the judges. The final 4 will head to a popular international food destination.

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Home Is Where The Heart Is
star
8.00
60 votes

#13 - 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.

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Building A Home For Friends
star
8.00
60 votes

#14 - 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.

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Finale Four Ways
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7.95
19 votes

#15 - Finale Four Ways

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/2018

It’s the Finale! First, the final four chefs go head-to-head-to-head in a high-stakes Quickfire Challenge which will determine who goes on to the finals. At the majestic Omni King Edward hotel, it’s a course to course Elimination Challenge as the chefs battle to serve meals of a lifetime to the table of Top Chef Canada resident judges. Only one chef will win it all and become Canada’s Top Chef.

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The Finale's Taboo
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7.94
53 votes

#16 - The Finale's Taboo

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/12/2014

The chefs create the meal of a lifetime; a winner is announced.

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Welcome to Season X
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7.94
16 votes

#17 - Welcome to Season X

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2022

In the milestone tenth season premiere, host Eden Grinshpan and judge Janet Zuccarini welcome 11 Chefs from across Canada to compete in the most prestigious cooking competition in the country. In the season's first Quickfire Challenge, the Chefs will put their skills to the test in a skills race that takes us back to Season 1. A new twist is introduced that shakes up the competition. Later, the Chefs must impress new judge David Zilber and re-imagine a dish that has changed their life.

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Game, Set, Match
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7.92
13 votes

#18 - Game, Set, Match

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/31/2021

Head Judge Mark McEwan puts on an apron and shows the competitors how it’s done in a Quickfire Challenge that tasks them with creating a wine paired dish under serious time constraints. Later, in the penultimate challenge of the season, the final five chefs have one last chance to serve up a grand slam dish worthy of earning them a spot in the finale.

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Final Showdown
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7.91
11 votes

#19 - Final Showdown

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/2020

The battle is on for the last spot in the finale in this season’s unprecedented sudden-death showdown leading to an epic final meal where one chef will win it all, and become Canada’s Top Chef.

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Soccer Fever
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7.91
11 votes

#20 - Soccer Fever

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2022

The Chefs get creative in the Top Chef Canada Kitchen during a very colourful Quickfire Challenge. Later, Soccer Fever is in the air as the competitors put their barbecue skills to the test and host a cookout for the next generation of soccer superstars.

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School's Out for the Chefs
star
7.87
52 votes

#21 - 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.

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Lords and Ladies at the Castle
star
7.86
44 votes

#22 - 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.

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Chef's Start Your Engines
star
7.83
53 votes

#23 - 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.

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It's a BBQ Party
star
7.82
11 votes

#24 - It's a BBQ Party

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2020

Things get both icy and heated during the Quickfire Challenge when the chefs re-imagine classic dishes using hot and cold elements. Things really heat up in the head-to-head Elimination Challenge when the chefs show off their BBQ skills with international cuisine.

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Five-Alarm Fire
star
7.79
53 votes

#25 - Five-Alarm Fire

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2014