Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters Full Episodes & Clips
A Dish With Heart, Literally
The chefs and critics all admire Chris Cosentino's guts when he serves a dish comprised of beef heart.
Love, Apology, Thanks, And Self
Curtis Stone asks the final two chefs to base their course on four written letters.
Kitchen Memories
Both chefs reflect on their time in the Top Chef Masters kitchen with their fellow chefs.
Chris Cosentino: "Guts Prevail!"
Chef Chris would have been proud either way as the final challenge was done on his terms.
Kerry Heffernan: "An Amazing Experience"
It's a great feeling to have gotten to the finals and Kerry is pleased to have been in the finale.
Chris and Kerry's Final Challenge
Chris Cosentino and Kerry Heffernan scramble to out-do each other to win the title of Top Chef Master.
The Chef's Extra Help-ings
Chefs Chris and Kerry are both ecstatic about their extra help in the kitchen for the final challenge.
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RECAPS, WEECAPS, AND MORE
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Three's CompanyTop Chef Masters Finale - The final three cheftestants battle it out by preparing a three-course meal representing their culinary journey. |
2011.06.15
2011.06.16 |
C | Lady Lola |
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Air/Pub'l |
Grade |
Author |
| 3-9 Weecap |
Service with a SmileA Soldier's Story - The cheftestants are aided by family members in a blind quickfire, then tasked to prepare a buffet-style meal for service members and their families in a heartwarming elimination. |
2011.06.08
2011.06.09 |
D | Lady Lola |
| 3-8 Weecap |
Weird ScienceBlinded Me With Science - In the name of science, five chefs try to create the perfect experiment, but ended up with Padma Lakshmi. |
2011.06.01
2011.06.02 |
C+ | LuluBates |
| 3-7 Weecap |
If Food Be the Music of Love...Date Night - The chefestants fail impressively at various sense-blind taste tests, then take on a romantic six-course dinner. |
2011.05.18
2011.05.19 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 3-6 Weecap |
Tour de FarceI'm with the Band - The cheftestants face the quickest Quickfire yet and have to prepare an impossibly versatile family-style meal for the members of Maroon 5. |
2011.05.11
2011.05.12 |
B- | Lady Lola |
| 3-5 Weecap |
Cheap EatsWould You Like Fries with That - The cheftestants get a lesson in frugality and humility with a budget-conscious quickfire and a fast food elimination challenge. |
2011.05.04
2011.05.05 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 3-4 Weecap |
Zen PallidBiggest Loser - The contestants face two cheesy challenges -- one with actual cheese and one with the contestants of the Biggest Loser. |
2011.04.27
2011.04.28 |
B | Zach Oat |
| 3-3 Weecap |
Bugging OutEverything Old Is New Again - Cooking with bugs somehow proves less challenging than banding together to cook a 10-course dinner. |
2011.04.20
2011.04.21 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 3-2 Weecap |
Mad MealsEverything Old Is New Again - The cheftestants grind their own meatballs for Kelis, then reinterpret '60s classics for a cocktail party thrown by Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and her scene-stealing husband Geoffrey Arend. |
2011.04.13
2011.04.14 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 3-1 Weecap |
War & Pieces of CakeRestaurant Wars - All 12 contestants go head-to-head this season, jumping immediately into the deep end with a quickfire that pairs marshmallows with corned beef and a restaurant wars elimination challenge. |
2011.04.06
2011.04.07 |
B- | Lady Lola |
| 2-10 Recap |
Out of AfricaTop Chef Master - Just like last season, the chefs have to create dishes inspired by their journeys as chefs, and then one is named the master. |
2010.06.09
2010.06.16 |
B | Kim |
| 2-9 Recap |
Obi-Wan Gives UpImprov - The four final chefs need to show their ability to improvise in both the Quickfire and the Elimination Challenge. |
2010.06.02
2010.06.08 |
B | Kim |
| 2-8 Recap |
DeificationFood of the Gods - After a spelling bee-style ingredient-identification Quickfire, the chefs cook dishes themed after an ancient deity. Well, some of them do. |
2010.05.26
2010.06.01 |
C | Kim |
| 2-7 Recap |
Trojan CookingTailgating - The remaining six chefs have to cater a tailgating party for USC fans. Some of the chefs are more successful than others in understanding what works well in a tailgating setting, for sure. |
2010.05.19
2010.05.25 |
B | Kim |
| 2-6 Recap |
Geoducks Spit At YouScary Surf & Turf - The chefs have to prepare exotic proteins that even they haven't eaten or prepared before. Plus, Hank Azaria! |
2010.05.12
2010.05.18 |
B- | Kim |
| 2-5 Recap |
Here Comes the ChefWedding Wars - The Champions Round begins with the eight chefs split into teams and told to cater a wedding, complete with dessert. |
2010.05.05
2010.05.11 |
A- | Kim |
| 2-4 Recap |
Spoiler AlertCast and Crew Meal - One master earns a spot in the Champions Round by winning the Quickfire and another earns a spot by getting the highest score in the show's history. Except the network gives away the ending with a commercial for next week's episode that airs before the show ends. Boo. |
2010.04.28
2010.05.03 |
C | Kim |
| 2-3 Recap |
Pub GrubPub Food - Some of last season's contestants return for a chance at redemption, and Ludo Lefebvre is still a big jerk. |
2010.04.21
2010.04.26 |
A | Kim |
| 2-2 Recap |
Monster (Yucca) MashIt's My Party - The chefs have to cater Mekhi Phifer's birthday party with soul food, and they all have different definitions of what that means. And there's some actual drama when one of the chefs leaves the main component of her dish back in the kitchen and has to regroup at the last minute. |
2010.04.14
2010.04.20 |
B+ | Kim |
| 2-1 Recap |
Unlikely DuoFirst Date Dinner - Six chefs arrive and work in teams of two for both the Quickfire and the Elimination Challenge, which involves cooking a duo for a date night. |
2010.04.07
2010.04.12 |
B | Kim |
| 1-10 Recap |
Master ChefTop Chef Master - In the coolest challenge ever, the chefs must construct a four-course meal that reflects their history as chefs. |
2009.08.19
2009.08.24 |
A+ | Kim |
| 1-9 Recap |
Natural Born LeaderMasters of Disaster - Many former cheftestants return to work as sous chefs for the masters, and we learn who is a cool boss (Rick, Hubert) and who is totally not (MICHAEL). |
2009.08.12
2009.08.18 |
A | Kim |
| 1-8 Recap |
Flavor Free?Dietary Restrictions - The five remaining chefs have to make a luncheon for Zooey Deschanel, who can only eat grass clippings and grape leaves. |
2009.08.05
2009.08.11 |
A- | Kim |
| 1-7 Recap |
Interpretative CookingChampions Round Begins - The winners of each of the previous six rounds return, and they must each interpret another contestant's signature dish. They all take "interpret" to have various meaning, and the difference between the winning and losing score is a full ten stars, which is quite a spread. |
2009.07.29
2009.08.04 |
B+ | Kim |
| 1-6 Recap |
The Art of CookingTrick in a Box - Each chef gets to assemble ingredients and then force another chef to cook with them. Will they choose sabotage, or will the honor of the culinary world prevail? |
2009.07.22
2009.07.28 |
A- | Kim |
| 1-5 Recap |
Tiny BitesMiniaturize Me - The chefs have to cook three appetizers each for a hundred fans of the show, all by themselves. |
2009.07.15
2009.07.16 |
B | Kim |
| 1-4 Recap |
The Power of IllusionMagic Chefs - This week's chefs have to cook a dinner for Neil Patrick Harris and friends at the Magic Castle. |
2009.07.08
2009.07.14 |
B | Kim |
| 1-3 Recap |
Hearts, Tongues, Stomachs and EarsOffal Tasty - The chefs have to cook with the parts of the animals that most people would toss on the compost heap. |
2009.06.24
2009.06.29 |
B- | Kim |
| 1-2 Recap |
Lockeburgers and BendogsThe Lost Supper - In a weird multiple-network crossover, this week's chefs have to cook for the creators and writers of Lost. |
2009.06.17
2009.06.23 |
B | Kim |
| 1-1 Recap |
Dorm Room DiningMasters Get Schooled - The show designed to tide us over until the next season of Top Chef begins with four real professional chefs competing in food-based challenges to earn the right to go to the finals. |
2009.06.10
2009.06.16 |
B | Kim |
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