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Chef's Test

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With no Quickfire Challenge this week, Kristen, Tom and Gail each task five chefs with cooking a dish they believe is a worthy test of being a good chef.

Top Chef

They're young, talented and ready to cook up a storm!

Hayu Select. Talented young cooks pit their culinary skills against one another in a high stakes, high pressure contest to win the Top Chef crown.

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The first elimination challenge takes the Chefs to the beach.

It's Like They Never Left!

The first elimination challenge takes the Chefs to the beach to cook a seafood meal - however, their only heat source will be fire.

This week's challenge honours food critic Jonathan Gold.

The Jonathan Gold Standard

The chefs create meals inspired by Los Angeles' unique taquerias, food trucks, mom-and-pop cafes, upscale eateries and ethnic cuisine.

Ali Wong and Randall Park swing by for a Quickfire Challenge.

Strokes of Genius

Comedic superstars Ali Wong and Randall Park swing by the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire Challenge.

The chefs create a progressive vegetarian meal.

You're So Fresh!

The chefs are split into two teams to create a cohesive, progressive vegetarian meal.

The chefs get some help from their friends and family.

Bring Your Loved One to Work

In the Quickfire, the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish they are eating at a nearby restaurant.

Contestants face off in the ultimate flour challenge.

Get Your Phil

The chefs head to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to meet conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who inspires them to treat their flavour profiles like musical instruments.

The chefs are challenged to a taco throwdown.

Pitch Perfect

With one elimination to go before Restaurant Wars, chefs try to impress actor and restauranteur Danny Trejo by cooking with only a machete.

It's Restaurant Wars and all limits are off the table.

Restaurant Wars

Padma takes all the limitations off the table as the chefs can make as much food as they want and shop wherever they choose.

The chefs are challenged to an outdoor grilling.

Cabin Fever

The chefs head to the mountains where they are challenged to an outdoor grilling.

The six remaining chefs must do a taste test.

Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki

The six remaining chefs must endure a blindfolded taste test to pick their ingredients.

The remaining chefs compete for a spot in the finale.

Michael's Santa Monica

For their final challenge in LA before jetting off to Italy for the finale, the chefs have to reimagine one of acclaimed chef Michael McCarty's iconic dishes.

In a Top Chef first, the top five travel to Italy.

Lucca

The chefs make an apertivo for 30 locals and hunt for the elusive white truffle to use in a dish for a Tuscan food festival.

Parma

The chefs create dishes using Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham to impress guest judge, and pasta master, Chef Evan Funke.

In an Italian showdown, The Top Chef is revealed.

Finito!

In an epic Italian showdown, the final three All Stars cook the meal of their lives in an effort to take home the ultimate title and prize.

First Impressions

Top Chef is back with 15 of the country's best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon.

The chefs create dishes using beer and coffee.

Trouble Brewing

Tom shows up with a twist, leaving the chefs to rethink their dishes. Amar Santana and Dale Talde join Padma, Tom and Gail at judges' table.

The chefs make dishes inspired by Portland.

Pan African Portland

Carrie Baird joins Padma to pick the Quickfire Challenge winner, who will get their dish turned into a Talenti gelato to be sold nationwide.

The chefs create a dish featuring Campbell's Soup.

Thrown For a Loop

For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell's Soup for Padma and guest judge Dale Talde.

The chefs create dishes based on popular movie genres.

Meet You at the Drive-In

In honour of Mother's Day, contestants whip up dishes using roses. Later, the chefs face-off at the first-ever Top Chef Drive-In.

The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest.

Stumptown USA

The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest with their prep tables gone and replaced by stumps for this week's Quickfire Challenge.

The winner of Last Chance Kitchen rejoins the competition.

Feeding the Frontlines

The winner of the first part of Last Chance Kitchen rejoins the competition just in time for their 'second chance' Quickfire Challenge

 With eight chefs remaining, it's time for Restaurant Wars.

With the top eight chefs remaining, it's time for the perennial favourite - Restaurant Wars.

Unexpected guests show up to test the chef's recipes.

Portland-ia

Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein challenge the chefs to create dishes using hipster ingredients and vintage appliances and equipment.

Tom, Gail and Richard Blais join Padma for a challenge.

Tournament of Tofu

Tom, Gail and Richard Blais join Padma for the Quickfire Challenge where the chefs must go head-to-head to satisfy the judges' cravings

This task is taken from Top Chef France's Black Box challenge.

Blind Ambitions

This week's Quickfire Challenge takes inspiration from Top Chef France's infamous Black Box challenge.

The Cheesier the Better

For the Elimination Challenge, legendary chef Massimo Bottura tasks the chefs to pull inspiration from his famous parmigiano reggiano dish.

The chefs create dishes inspired by James Beard.

Shellfishly Delicious

The chefs honour the area where James Beard spent his summers, creating both a hot dish and a cold dish with one of his favourite ingredients, Dungeness Crab.

After 13 weeks, the chefs must create an epic meal.

The Next Top Chef is...

After 13 gruelling weeks of competition, the chefs must create the best four-course meal of their lives for their final challenge at Willamette Valley Vineyards.

Aspiring chefs compete for their shot at culinary stardom.

Primal Instincts

The chefs put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso.

Friday Night Bites

The chefs are challenged in the Quickfire to put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso, judged by local legend Chef Irma Galvan.

The chefs are surprised by Top Chef Miami winner Hung Huynh.

Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice

For their first individual challenge of the season, the chefs are surprised in the kitchen by Top Chef Miami winner Hung Huynh and challenged to make an Asian-inspired dish.

The chefs are joined by local chef Chris Williams.

Doppelgangers

The chefs are joined by local chef Chris Williams in the Quickfire Challenge.

The chefs must put their own spin on a brisket dish.

Don't Mess With BBQ

Brooke Williamson tasks the chefs with putting their own spin on a brisket dish.

The chefs draw inspiration from influential Texan women.

Texas Trailblaze-Hers

The chefs must draw inspiration from the lives of some of Texas' most influential women in order to impress a table of trailblazers.

The chefs need to make a stew with a twist.

Swallow the Competition

The chefs need to make a stew that pairs perfectly with traditional Nigerian swallows.

The chefs have to build restaurants from the ground up.

The chefs are put to the ultimate test; they have to build restaurants from the ground up. Can the chefs to satisfy their VIP counter and a dining room full of guests?

The chefs must create a plant-based dish.

Freedmen's Town

The chefs are tasked with creating a monochromatic plant-based dish for their Quickfire Challenge.

The chefs head to the Houston farmers market.

Dinner In Zero Gravity

The chefs have an early start as they head to the Houston farmers market. For this Quickfire Challenge, the chefs have to put their own fresh take on fajitas.

Family Vacation

The Chefs head to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston Texas, but they won't have any time to relax. Chef Shota Nakajima presents them with their next Quickfire Challenge.

The chefs receive an ominous gift from Tom.

We're on a Boat

The chefs receive an ominous gift from Tom, who tells them to get up early and meet him at the docks. For their Elimination Challenge, each chef must create two fresh fish dishes.

The final four chefs are headed to Tucson.

Cactus Makes Perfect

The final four chefs are headed to Tucson. For their last Quickfire Challenge, they'll make the trip to El Charro, the oldest family-run Mexican restaurant in the country.

The finalists prepare for their most important cook-off.

The Final Plate

The finalists prepare for an important challenge. They'll have to leave it all on the plate in order to wow Padma, Tom, Gail, and guest judges Stephanie Izard and Eric Ripert.

London Calling

To celebrate the milestone 20th season, Top Chef returns for an epic international showdown with World All-Stars in London.

The chefs are challenged to make an amuse-bouche.

Rice, Rice Baby

In the second Quickfire, the chefs are challenged to make an amuse-bouche that must fit on a Ritz Cracker.

In lieu of a Quickfire, the chefs go on a pub crawl.

Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites

In lieu of a Quickfire, Tom and Gail surprise the chefs with an old-fashioned pub crawl around central London. 

Chocolatier Paul A. Young judges the Quickfire Challenge.

Spurred Lines

Master chocolatier Paul A. Young joins Padma to judge the Quickfire Challenge. They task the chefs with creating a beloved English classic: the biscuit.

In a Quickfire, the chefs create a celebratory dish.

Holiday Vacation

In this week's extra sweet Quickfire, the chefs are tasked with creating a celebratory dish featuring honey and mead in order to win over Padma and guest judge Adam Handling.

The chefs are shocked by a new challenge.

Top Chef Is No Picnic

The chefs are shocked when they discover this week's Quickfire Challenge is the midseason finale of Last Chance Kitchen.

The chefs get a surprise when they walk into the kitchen.

Hands Off

The chefs are in for a surprise when they walk into the "Top Chef" kitchen and see Gaggan Anand, praised as one of the world's best chefs, as their guest judge.

Judge Judy Joo surprises the chefs with a challenge.

Street Food Fight

Guest Judge Judy Joo surprises the chefs by challenging them to create delicious street food-inspired dishes. They must get inspiration from the new "Fast X" movie.

Restaurant Wars is back with a twist! The chefs split into two teams of four and are tasked with creating a restaurant concept and tasting menu.

The chefs are cooking preserved fish in this week's Quickfire Challenge.

Thali Time

There's nothing like preserved fish in the morning, which is exactly what the chefs have to cook with for this week's Quickfire Challenge.

It's full steam ahead in the final stretch.

Battle Of The Wellingtons

Coming into the final stretch before the finale, it's full steam ahead as the remaining six chefs are tasked with creating a steamed dish for their Quickfire Challenge.

The final four welcome the winner of Last Chance Kitchen.

Goodbye, London!

The journey in London comes to a wrap. For this week's Quickfire, the chefs are joined by guest judge Sam Bompas, who challenges them to create a dish featuring jellies and molds.

The final four go to Paris, the world's culinary capital.

Champions in Paris

The final four land in Paris, the culinary capital of the world and home of the 2024 Olympics. In the Quickfire, they compete in the infamous Wall Challenge.

The finalists are on top of the world in Paris.

The finalists are on top of the world as they've made it to the finale in Paris. The final three will have the opportunity to cook the meal of their lives for Padma, Tom and Gail.

Top Chef Colorado winner, Joe Flamm, makes an appearance.

Living The High Life

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs visit the historic Miller Caves where they must team up to serve a seven-course progressive meal featuring elevated bar snacks.

Top Chef alum Carla Hall joins for a Quickfire Challenge.

Take it Cheesy

The chefs must make a dish featuring Door County cherries and a mystery ingredient. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will be putting on a Cheese Festival.

With no Quickfire this week, the chefs hit the road.

The Wright Way

For the elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating dishes in teams of two that feature duality and celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright's legacy as "America's Architect".

The chefs are told where to shop for a Quickfire Challenge.

Supper Club

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will be participating the in time-honoured Wisconsin tradition the Supper Club, where they'll be split into two teams to create a traditional supper club menu and serve at the Harvey House.

The chefs are shocked by a "Last Chance Kitchen" surprise.

Chaos Cuisine

Milk Bar's Christina Tosi joins Kristen for a sweet Quickfire that requires the chefs to create a dairy-forward dessert. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must serve a dish that exemplifies chaos cuisine.

It's a Quickfire Challenge to test the chefs' flambe skills.

Sausage Race

Amar Santana heads to the kitchen with the famous Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs divide into two teams and compete in a head-to-head race at American Family Field (home of the Brewers).

The chefs prepare for the Restaurant Wars challenge.

Split into two teams, the chefs are tasked with conceptualising and creating two restaurants that feature a three-course progressive menu with at least two options for each course. 

The chefs must create dishes with cranberries.

The Good Land

The chefs are then treated to a special meal prepared by celebrated Indigenous chefs. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must prepare modern dishes using only indigenous ingredients.

In a  Quickfire Challenge the chefs do a meat raffle.

Door County Fish Boil

For the Elimination Challenge, the heat is turned up when the chefs host their very own Door County fish boil to 100 hungry guests, including six Top Chef All-Stars at Grant Park Beach.

In a Quickfire challenge, the chefs use their detective skills.

Lay It All On The Table

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs leave it all on the table when they're tasked with serving their creations directly on a tabletop to Kristen, Tom, Gail, and guest judge and two Michelin star chef Curtis Duffy.

Goodbye, Wisconsin

For the Elimination Challenge, they must create a dish that exemplifies their culinary growth throughout their time in Wisconsin.

The chefs arrive for their last Quickfire Challenge.

Set Sail

The chefs then set sail on Holland America Line's Eurodam where they enjoy a meal prepared by chef and Fresh Fish Ambassador Morimoto.

Top Chef

Top Chef

Series 21

1. Chef's Test

1. Chef's Test

2. Living The High Life

2. Living The High Life

3. Take it Cheesy

3. Take it Cheesy

4. The Wright Way

4. The Wright Way

5. Supper Club

5. Supper Club

6. Chaos Cuisine

6. Chaos Cuisine

7. Sausage Race

7. Sausage Race

8. Restaurant Wars

8. Restaurant Wars

9. The Good Land

9. The Good Land

10. Door County Fish Boil

10. Door County Fish Boil

11. Lay It All On The Table

11. Lay It All On The Table

12. Goodbye, Wisconsin

12. Goodbye, Wisconsin

13. Set Sail

13. Set Sail

14. Cruising To A Win

14. Cruising To A Win