The BEST episodes of Top Chef season 22
Every episode of Top Chef season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef season 22!
Top Chef is a reality show unlike any other while it searches for the world's next Top Chef. Each week this talented group of chefs, professionally trained and self-taught, will be challenged and judged by some of the best known chefs in the industry. Over the course of the season and endless challenges one chef a week is asked to "pack their knives and go" until there is only one left standing as the ultimate Top Chef.
#1 - Restaurant Wars
Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/2025
There is no Quickfire as the chefs take on the famed Restaurant Wars elimination challenge; the chefs are tasked to create two restaurants; Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined by Top Chef alum Nina Compton and Top Chef Canada judge Janet Zuccarini.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#2 - Pickle Me This
Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/17/2025
Top Chef Masters alum Susur Lee and Jet Bent-Let join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#3 - Across Canada, We Go!
Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/2025
The chefs pick an ingredient from the pantry and are tasked with preparing a dish while also incorporating the judges' surprise ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs prepare dishes that highlight Canada's five diverse regions.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - Top Chef Trivia
Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/2025
Actor Michael Cera joins Kristen in the kitchen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs' trivia skills are put to the test; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must put their own spin on some of Canada's most iconic confections.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - Brunch à la Boulud
Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/2025
Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada's famous poutine; for the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud joins the judges' table as the chefs team up to create a brunch.
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - Line Cook for a Day
Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2025
The chefs are taken by surprise when a Last Chance Kitchen chef joins the competition; the chefs' collaboration skills are put to the ultimate test as this time is a double elimination.
Watch Now:Apple TV#7 - You Wanna Pizza Me?
Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/2025
For this week's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish with an ingredient using only the toughest stains as their clues. Then, in a high-stakes pizza party, the chefs must create pies that are outside of the box to impress guest judges Michelin star chef Wylie Dufresne and Top Chef All-Star alumn Spike Mendelsohn, who join Kristen, Tom and Gail at the judges' table.
Watch Now:Apple TV#8 - Best Served Cold
Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/2025
The chefs must make their own version of a Jamaican patty as a Quickfire Challenge and create dishes best served cold or risk elimination.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - Cooking on the Edge
Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2025
Kristen is joined by Tom, Gail and chef and professor Ilona Daniel as the chefs are tasked with flexing their culinary mussels; the chefs face their fears in this stunt-driven Elimination Challenge.
Watch Now:Apple TV#10 - From Dep Till Dawn
Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2025
Comedian Punkie Johnson tests the chefs' creativity when they're asked to create a dish using only items found in a Canadian convenience store; the chefs pay homage to the four seasons using only produce from Montreal's rooftop gardens.