Challenge Shows

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 11 Description Lay It All on the Table A familiar face returns; Tom cooks up a dish that Kristen and Gail can’t resist; Curtis Duffy. Top Chef All Season Top Chef Season 20 Top Chef Season 21 Episode 01 | Episode 02 | Episode 03 | Episode 04 | Episode […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 12 Description Goodbye Wisconsin For the Quickfire challenge, the chefs undergo a blind taste test where they must identify as many ingredients as they can. Guest judge Paul Bartolotta joins the host judges. Top Chef All Season Top Chef Season 20 Top Chef Season 21 Episode 01 | Episode 02 […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 13 Description Set Sail The final four chefs arrive in Curaçao for their last Quickfire Challenge and must create a dish highlighting fish and cheese to impress Kristen, Tom, Gail and local guest judge Helim Smeulders. The chefs then set sail on Holland America Line’s Eurodam where they enjoy a […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 14 Description Cruising to a Win For the season’s final challenge, the three remaining chefs must create the best four-course progressive meal of their careers. For their last “Top Chef” service, the chefs will present their dishes to a lineup of culinary greats, including chefs David Zilber, Bricia Lopez, Carries […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 01 Description Chef’s Test Top Chef heads to Wisconsin with 15 new chefs, new rules and new host Kristen Kish. 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 […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 02 Description Living the High Life Top Chef Colorado winner Joe Flamm joins Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge. Top Chef All Season Top Chef Season 20 Top Chef Season 21 Episode 01 | Episode 02 | Episode 03 | Episode 04 | Episode 05 | Episode 06 | Episode 07 […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 03 Description Take It Cheesy The chefs must make a dish featuring Door County cherries and a mystery ingredient; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs put on a Cheese Festival where each chef will be responsible for creating a dish featuring one of 13 different cheeses. Top Chef All Season […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 04 Description The Wright Way With no Quickfire this week, the chefs hit the road and take the Frank Lloyd Wright trail to Madison, touring a few of the Wisconsin native’s notable sites, including Burnham Block, Monona Terrace and Taliesin. For the elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 05 Description Supper Club While in Madison, the chefs receive a message bright and early from Kristen alerting them that they’ll be shopping for their Quickfire Challenge at the Dane County Farmers’ Market, the largest producer only farmers market in the nation. However, they won’t know what their challenge is […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 06 Description Chaos Cuisine A Last Chance Kitchen surprise changes the game; Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi joins Kristen for a sweet Quickfire that requires the chefs to create a dairy-forward dessert; the chefs must serve a dish that exemplifies chaos cuisine. Top Chef All Season Top Chef Season 20 Top […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 07 Description Sausage Race Bryan Voltaggio joins Kristen for a two-part Quickfire Challenge testing the chefs’ flambé and charring skills. 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 […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 08 Description Restaurant Wars There is no Quickfire as the chefs prepare for the highly anticipated Restaurant Wars elimination challenge. Split into two teams, the chefs are tasked to conceptualize and create two restaurants that feature a three-course progressive menu with at least two options for each course. Kristen, Tom […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 09 Description The Good Land Kristen is joined by judges Tom and Gail for this week’s Quickfire Challenge as the chefs are tasked to create dishes featuring cranberries in a unique way. The chefs are then treated to a special meal prepared by celebrated Indigenous chefs and guest judges Sean […]

Top Chef Season 21 Episode 10 Description Door County Fish Boil Celebrating a Wisconsin classic, this week’s Quickfire Challenge has the chefs participating in a meat raffle. Guest judge and chef Art Smith joins Kristen, Tom and Gail to determine which protein dish reigns supreme. For the Elimination Challenge, the heat is turned up when […]