The BEST episodes of Top Chef Canada season 8
Every episode of Top Chef Canada season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef Canada season 8!
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 - 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#2 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Drag Brunch
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2020
It’s Drag Brunch! The Top Chef Canada kitchen glitters like never before when two fabulous Drag Queens, Miss Moco and Baby Bel Bel, drop by to challenge the chefs to create an indulgent three course brunch tasting menu fit for a queen. The chefs work in teams to impress the queens and slay the most decadent meal of the day. Later in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are tasked with taking the judges on a culinary trip across Europe for a European feast. Things get intense in the kitchen as the chefs each create a dish inspired by some of the most iconic cities across the continent.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Grab and Go!
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2020
Bragging rights are on the line in the always intense Quickfire Challenge and later, the chefs take-over Stackt Market to provide on-the-go offerings to 75 busy guests and the always-on-the-move Top Chef Canada Judges.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Castle Cook-Off
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2020
Jaws drop when culinary trailblazer, Daniel Boulud, walks into the Top Chef Canada kitchen to judge a Quickfire Challenge that tasks the chefs with highlighting high-quality European ingredients. In the Elimination Challenge, it’s time for Restaurant Wars! In this iconic Top Chef Canada challenge, the chefs battle it out in two teams to create an unforgettable restaurant experience at Toronto’s historic Casa Loma. The stakes are higher than ever as the final eight chefs face a double elimination that will see two chefs from the losing team pack their knives and go.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Bring the Funk
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2020
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs come face-to-face with Noma's Director of Fermentation David Zilber and in the Elimination challenge the chefs highlight ingredients from PEI.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Eat Your Veggies
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/2020
In a special Quickfire Challenge the chefs get a helping hand from mini-sous chefs from The Boys and Girls Club of Canada; the chefs tackle the seemingly simple task of making fresh pasta, leading to an unexpected twist that rocks Judges Table.
Watch Now:Amazon