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.
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#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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#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.
Watch Now:Amazon#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.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Curtain Call
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2024
Bonjour Quebec! In the season eleven finale, the three remaining Chefs head to renowned Canadian culinary destination, Montreal. The high-stakes Quickfire challenges the Chefs to re-invent an iconic Montreal staple: Poutine, a smoked meat sandwich, or a Montreal-style bagel! Esteemed Guest Judges Frederic Morin and Antonio Park help decide which competitor gets sent home. Then, after a shop at Jean-Talon Market with Season 8 Winner and Montreal native Francis Blais, the final two Chefs cook the most important meal of their lives, serving a five-course progressive tasting menu and battling it out for the title of Canada’s Top Chef.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Chaos Menu
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2024
In the historic Season 11 premiere, Top Chef Canada celebrates the Canadian culinary scene taking its place on the world stage. Ten Chefs from across Canada are welcomed into the biggest culinary competition in the country. There’s no time for introductions as Host Eden Grinshpan reveals that the first challenge of the season will be Restaurant Wars! Immediately thrown into chaos, the Chefs are split into two teams, and must create a unique restaurant concept and cohesive menu that opens to the public in less than 24 hours. And judging this meal is a table of Canada’s first Michelin-starred chefs, bringing the competition to a whole new level.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Flavours of the Future
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2024
For the Quickfire Challenge, the Chefs are celebrating Tim Horton’s 60th anniversary by creating a dish inspired by their Canadian hometowns, with a chance to be featured on Tim Horton’s menu. Later in the Elimination Challenge, the Chefs are challenged to make a Top Chef quality dish while working with unique and sustainable ingredients that Judge David Zilber predicts will be in the pantries and fridges of chefs in the future.
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#11 - 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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#12 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Firsts
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2024
For the season’s first Quickfire Challenge, the Chefs go back to basics in this very special Skills Race, featuring Guinness World Record Holder and former Top Chef Canada finalist Wallace Wong. Later, while cooking at Judge Janet Zuccarini’s first restaurant Trattoria Nervosa, the Chefs showcase their unique culinary styles by creating a dish inspired by a major 'first' in their life.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - The Gala Fundraiser
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2024
The Chefs explore their sweet and savory sides in the Quickfire Challenge, where they must create a dish that can pair with an espresso beverage served with either breakfast or dessert. Then, it’s time for the first ever Top Chef Canada Gala Fundraiser. The Chefs are challenged with preparing 225 servings of the perfect hors d’oeuvre for over 150 guests at this exciting event to support a not-for-profit that gives back to the hospitality and restaurant industry.
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#18 - 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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#19 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - 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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#23 - 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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#25 - 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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