The WORST episodes of Tournament of Champions

#1 - Down to the Top Four

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2020

Host Guy Fieri continues the tournament, with the battles growing fiercer. One promising chef learns the hard way that there's no margin for error. Only four chefs remain, setting the stage for a no-holds-barred finale where only one competitor will emerge victorious.

#2 - Final Face-Offs of the First Round

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/2023

Guy Fieri matches up the remaining eight chefs for the final round of jaw-dropping sudden death battles. Four culinary powerhouses will move onto the round of 16, while four losing chefs will head home to begin their training for next year.

#3 - East Wild Card Play-In

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2021

Guy Fieri welcomes four of the best chefs from the East to vie for the 8th seed in the East bracket of the main tournament. The four chefs have to battle each other, face the dreaded Randomizer and survive the blind judging. The last chef standing makes it into the main bracket kick-off.

#4 - The Tournament Kicks Off

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2022

Host Guy Fieri reveals the seeds and matchups to all 32 chefs before kicking off round one with four one-on-one sudden death battles. Four chefs will move on to round two, and four will be going home to train for next year.

#5 - West Wild Card Play-In

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2021

Tournament of Champions is back! There were so many chefs clamoring to get into the bracket that Guy Fieri expanded the tournament to include two wild card play-in rounds. Four incredible chefs from the West compete in exciting sudden death culinary matches, and the last chef standing will win the coveted 8th seed in the West bracket.

#6 - The Super 16 Survivors

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/2023

Guy Fieri welcomes eight more Super 16 chefs to face off against each other in sudden death battles. The surf-and-turf randomizer continues as four winning chefs will move on into the Great Eight, and four will be sent packing.

#7 - A Champion is Crowned

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2020

Host Guy Fieri concludes the Tournament of Champions with two stunning semifinal battles and an epic finale that rocks the food world and crowns an unforgettable new champion.

#8 - Round One Continues

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2020

Guy Fieri presides over tense battles as six new chefs fight desperately to advance out of the first round of the Tournament of Champions. Friendships are tested, reputations are on the line, and rivals go head-to-head in a nail-biting clash for the ages.

#9 - The Super 16 Sudden Death

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2022

Guy Fieri welcomes eight more Super 16 chefs to face off against each other in sudden death battles. Four winning chefs will move on to the Great Eight round, and four will be sent packing.

#10 - Surf & Turf Battles

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/19/2023

Guy welcomes the 16 remaining chefs into the arena to congratulate them on making it out of the first round. After matching up eight chefs for the next round of battles, he reveals the randomizer twist -- double the proteins! The chefs will have to make surf-and-turf dishes in each round with the combination decided by the randomizer. As always, four chefs move one step closer to winning the championship belt, and four chefs head home.

#11 - The Bracket Begins

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2021

Guy Fieri welcomes the final 16 chefs into the Tournament of Champions arena and reveals the new and returning chefs' seeds and matchups. The first round battles begin, and in three one-on-one sudden death battles, three chefs move on to the quarterfinals and three chefs are sent home.

#12 - Final Eight Revealed

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2020

Host Guy Fieri takes the Tournament of Champions to the next level as an intense second round begins. Pressure mounts for the final eight chefs as the competition and judging get tougher, and a shocking result makes it clear that no chef is safe.

#13 - Round One Continues

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2021

Guy Fieri hosts as Tournament of Champions continues with first round battles. In one-on-one sudden death confrontations, three chefs conquer their opponents and the Randomizer to move on to the quarterfinals, and three chefs are eliminated and head home.

#14 - The Randomizer's Revenge

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2022

Guy Fieri continues the first-round battles with four more one-on-one sudden death battles. Four chefs will conquer their opponent and the randomizer to move on to the Super 16, while four chefs will be eliminated and head home.

#15 - Win or Go Home

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/2023

Guy Fieri introduces eight new chefs to their intense, one-on-one sudden death battles. Ultimately, four chefs will conquer the randomizer, wow the judges and move onto the Super 16, while the remaining chefs are eliminated and head home.

#16 - 8 Warriors Remain

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2022

Guy Fieri welcomes the 16 remaining chefs into the arena to congratulate them on making it out of the first round and reveals who will be competing in the four one-on-one sudden death battles tonight. As always, four chefs move one step closer to winning the championship belt, and four chefs head home.

#17 - And the Belt Goes To ...

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/9/2023

Guy Fieri sets up four culinary titans for two epic semi-final battles, and the two chefs left standing will clash in a final head-to-head championship face-off. Only one contender will take home the belt, $100,000 in cash and, most importantly, the title of TOC Champion.

#18 - The End of Round 1

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2022

It's the final first round battles as Guy Fieri presents four more intense one-on-one sudden death battles. Four culinary titans will move on to the round of 16, while four losing chefs will head home to begin their training for next year.

#19 - Time for Battle

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2024

Guy Fieri kicks off year five of the biggest and toughest competition in the culinary world with four must-see first-round culinary battles! Thirty-two of the biggest names in the food world enter the kitchen arena, from seasoned competitors to TOC rookies who could go all the way. Plus, all four TOC Champions return to attempt what no one has done before -- repeat as champs. They'll have to navigate the five-wheeled beast known as The Randomizer and this field of elite chefs to win the belt, the coveted title and the biggest prize in TOC history, $150,000! 

#20 - The Battle Begins

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2023

Tournament of Champions returns with big new names and a wild randomizer twist! This year, 32 chefs will duke it out for the belt and $100k, with 14 fresh faces stepping foot in the TOC arena for the first time -- including two Iron Chefs and three Top Chefs. Host Guy Fieri gets things started as he reveals the seeds and matchups to all 32 chefs before round one begins with four one-on-one sudden death battles. Four chefs will move onto round two, and four will be going home to train for next year.

#21 - The Tournament Begins

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2020

Guy Fieri welcomes 16 of the greatest chefs in the world to the most-intense culinary competition ever held. The chefs are ranked, and the first round battle lines are drawn, setting up epic clashes between two best friends, a would-be David and Goliath and a motivated underdog determined to take out the one of the competition's heaviest hitters.

#22 - More Round 1 Rivalries

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2022

#23 - Randomizer Gone Wild

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2023

Guy Fieri continues the first round of culinary conflicts with four more sudden death battles. Not only will the chefs need to conquer their opponent, they'll also be facing off against the upgraded randomizer with an all-new wild card category.

#24 - The Super 16 Sizzles

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2022

Guy Fieri welcomes the 16 remaining chefs into the arena to congratulate them on making it out of the first round and reveals who will be competing in the four one-on-one sudden death battles tonight. As always, four chefs move one step closer to winning the championship belt, and four chefs head home.

#25 - Final Eight Revealed

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2021

The final two battles of round one get underway. Guy Fieri welcomes the two winners to the final eight and reveals who will compete in the first quarterfinal battle. Three chefs move one step closer to winning the championship belt, and three chefs head home to begin practicing for next year.