The BEST episodes of Top Chef: Just Desserts season 2

Every episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef: Just Desserts season 2!

Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from the popular Top Chef. Chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts.

Last Updated: 2/15/2025Network: BravoStatus: Ended

8.49

72 votes

#1 - Pure Imagination

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/2011

It’s the 40th anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and to celebrate, the chefs will work as one team to create a Pure Imagination Room.

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8.23

105 votes

#2 - Sabotage

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/2011

The remaining pastry chefs will be given a “License to Ill” as they raid the first ever “Top Chef Beastie Boys Pantry,” where they must use the ingredients, named after the band’s popular songs, to create a Beastie Boys-inspired dessert appropriate for a street art event.

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7.98

110 votes

#3 - Showpiece

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/24/2011

For their first elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating a showpiece based on a popular fairy tale.

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7.81

102 votes

#4 - Dessert in Disguise

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/2011

Don’t judge a book by its cover in this week’s penultimate episode as the chefs must create a dessert that tastes like one, but doesn’t look the way it tastes.

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7.79

100 votes

#5 - Finale

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/26/2011

It all comes down to this -- the final three chefs will compete in a Top Chef version of the Prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Competition -- which is the World Series of Competitions in the pastry world. Only one can take the title of Top Chef: Just Desserts.

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7.28

104 votes

#6 - Death by Chocolate

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/2011

This week’s Quickfire Challenge has the chefs selecting perfect pairings of coffee and donuts, while the Elimination Challenge will result in death… by chocolate. The cheftestants must create a chocolate showpiece under a veil of secrecy.

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7.01

103 votes

#7 - Make a Splash

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2011

The chefs must beat the heat as they make frozen treats suitable for cooling off on a hot summer day.

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6.87

102 votes

#8 - Step Right Up

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/12/2011

This week’s Elimination Challenge has the remaining chefs clowning around at the Top Chef Carnival where they have to upgrade classic carnival cuisine into something suitable for a fine dining audience.

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6.86

102 votes

#9 - Villa Rosa

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2011

For the Elimination Challenge, the remaining 12 cheftestants create the ultimate “dessert-scape” spread for 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Lisa Vanderpump.

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6.50

103 votes

#10 - Sweet Symphony

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/2011

To celebrate the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the chefs must create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance.

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