The BEST episodes of Top Chef season 8
Every episode of Top Chef season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Chef season 8!
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.
#3 - Fit for a King
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/2011
The chefs set sail for the Bahamas, and each participates in a culinary duel against the person who was crowned the winner during their first stint on the show. Later, they create meals for Bahamian royalty, but it's a royal pain with limited cooking equipment.
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#5 - Lock Down
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/16/2011
The culinarians concoct cookies in a bid to impress "Sesame Street" denizens Cookie Monster, Telly and Elmo. Later, the chefs commandeer a store and whip up dishes from items found in the aisles.
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#6 - History Never Repeats
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/1/2010
Bravo's Top Chef congregates a dream team of 18 past cheftestants who nearly won the title to return to see if they have what it takes. The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award-winning Top Chef returns to New York City for Season 8 with host Padma Lakshmi and head judge chef Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, best-selling author and chef, Anthony Bourdain.
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#7 - Feeding Fallon
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/9/2011
The chefs prepare fondue. Later, they cater late-night talker Jimmy Fallon's birthday party. Fallon serves as guest judge.
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#8 - Night At the Museum
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/8/2010
Pop singer Joe Jonas enlists the gourmets to prepare a snack for children taking in a sleepover at New York's American Museum of Natural History. Later, prehistoric sustenance inspires breakfast items for the children, with Season 1 host Katie Lee Joel returning to guest judge.
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#9 - Dim Sum Lose Sum
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2011
In a series first, head judge Tom Colicchio enters the competition, challenging the chefs to beat his time in creating a dish. Then, the meal masters head to Chinatown to serve up dim sum for locals.
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#10 - New York's Finest
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/15/2010
The chefs square off in a relay race that tests their culinary skills, speed and accuracy with a knife. Later, they serve up food fare in four top-notch New York restaurants.
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#11 - Advantage Chef
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/2010
The chefs prepare a holiday stuffing dish without the benefit of any kitchen tools or knives. Later, they hold court by catering a bash for the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
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#12 - Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2011
The chefs get hooked into a fish-fillet contest at an elite seafood restaurant. In a unique Restaurant Wars test that follows, they must establish "one night only" eateries under the stars in New York City.
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#13 - An Offer They Can't Refuse
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/2/2011
The contestants' presentation and plating techniques are evaluated. Later, they must create a traditional three-course Italian meal. Designer Isaac Mizrahi and actress Lorraine Bracco are the guest judges.
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Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2011
Host Andy Cohen serves up a reunion edition featuring the regrouped all-star food fighters, who dish on the raw antics and well-done dramas of Season 8. Appearing: series host Padma Lakshmi and judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.
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Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2011
In the Bahamas, the meal maestros cater a high-end lunch party for a yacht club's 80th anniversary and serve up Bahamian delicacies---including conch, which they themselves must catch in the ocean. Lorena Garcia is the guest judge.
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Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2011
The chefs create food fare on the open water. Later, they journey to Ellis Island to whip up dishes based on their family tree.
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#17 - For the Gulf
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/2011
The remaining meal mavens employ a deep fryer in an attempt to please culinary star Paula Deen's precise palate. Later, the chefs serve up seafood at an event that benefits fishermen of the Gulf region. Deen and chef John Besh are guest judges.
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