The BEST episodes of Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen

Every episode of Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen!

Last Chance Kitchen takes Top Chef and strips it down. Ousted chefs from Top Chef compete head to head for the chance to, not only redeem themselves, but to possibly return to Top Chef, and win. In each episode, two or more chefs are pitted against each other in a single challenge, with judgment placed solely on Tom Collicchio.

Last Updated: 12/9/2024Network: BravoStatus: Continuing
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8.06
16 votes

#1 - Speed Round

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/18/2018

Two eliminated chefs are challenged with making any dish their heart desires, but there's one catch...they have to make it in 10 minutes!

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8.00
29 votes

#2 - Snack Attack

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2017

Tonight, 3 chefs compete but only the 2 chefs with the most original snack concepts will move on.

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8.00
12 votes

#3 - Ultimate Top Chef Taco Bar

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/1/2018

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7.84
19 votes

#4 - All in Your Head

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/28/2017

Can these chefs makes a dish with animals heads that is delicious enough to keep them in the competition or will they get in their own head?

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7.79
19 votes

#5 - Cook with Your Guts

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/28/2017

Do these chefs have the guts to cook up a delicious dish that will send them immediately back into the competition or will the cave under the pressure?

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7.75
20 votes

#6 - Last Last Chance

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/25/2018

These chefs are on their last legs and so is the food they're cooking with...who will rescue this produce that's going bad?

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7.74
19 votes

#7 - Make Like a Tree and Leaf

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/11/2018

Two newly eliminated chefs are challenged with cooking up an innovative dish that highlights the flavors of unconventional parts of the tree.

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7.68
25 votes

#8 - Celery Me On Your Dish

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2016

The eliminated chefs battle to make the winning dish using the pantry's least thrilling ingredient for a chance to keep cooking in Last Chance Kitchen.

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7.67
15 votes

#9 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2018

Three eliminated cheftestants are challenged with making a delicious porridge. Can these three bears rise to the challenge?

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7.65
26 votes

#10 - 3-Way, 2 Ways

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/2017

Three LCK finalists must utilize two different cooking techniques to prove they deserve a spot in the Last Chance Kitchen finale.

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7.63
16 votes

#11 - Shot Clock Shock

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/2019

Inspired by Top Chef 1610, chefs try to beat the shot clock.

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7.60
30 votes

#12 - Just Five

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/2017

To stay in the competition, the eliminated chefs must create the best dish using only 5 ingredients!

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The Road to Redemption
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7.56
18 votes

#13 - The Road to Redemption

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2020

It's "an Italian throwdown bro-down" as the first two eliminated chefs face off in a seafood showdown.

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7.55
22 votes

#14 - All of a Spudden

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2017

Can a newly eliminated cheftestant knock out a vet in this episode of Last Chance Kitchen? It all comes down to potatoes...watch now!

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7.54
24 votes

#15 - Raw Deal

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2017

Subpar carpaccio sent this week's eliminated chef into Last Chance Kitchen. Will holding their meat to the fire earn them redemption -- or are they out of the competition for good?

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7.53
15 votes

#16 - Finale

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/8/2018

Which eliminated chef will take the Last Chance Kitchen title and enter back into the Top Chef competition?

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7.53
32 votes

#17 - Holiday Leftovers

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2016

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7.53
32 votes

#18 - With a Little Luck

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2016

Two eliminated chefs battle to make the best dish featuring 7 lucky ingredients. For one chef, luck has run out and their Top Chef journey will come to an end.

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7.50
30 votes

#19 - No Second Guesses

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/2017

The Eliminated Chefs have only seconds to plan the dish that will keep them cooking or put them out of the competition for good!

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7.50
26 votes

#20 - Catch me up... Quick!

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/7/2017

Season 7 of Last Chance Kitchen kicks off with a twist! Four Top Chef vets compete in Last Chance Kitchen for a chance to enter Top Chef season 15.

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7.50
22 votes

#21 - Miss Muffet's Favorite

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2017

Can these chefs rise to the challenge and cook up a winning dish or will the ingredients scare them away?

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7.45
11 votes

#22 - Let's Play Ball

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/2024

Two chefs compete in a baseball-inspired challenge for a chance to re-enter the Top Chef competition.

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A Game of Chicken
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7.42
19 votes

#23 - A Game of Chicken

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2020

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7.40
30 votes

#24 - The Clock

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2016

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Wait...Tom's Cooking?
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7.40
20 votes

#25 - Wait...Tom's Cooking?

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2020

To keep their Top Chef dreams alive, this week's competitors need to keep up with the head judge himself!

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