Top Chef

Top Chef All Stars Dinner - Cheftestants from all five seasons return to cook and eat a meal together, and rehash their beefs with one another.

Top Chef Photo Galleries

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Top Chef Las Vegas: Who Will Win?

Top Chef Las Vegas: Who Will Win?

We've run down each cheftestant's tells to discover who will go far and who will be eliminated swiftly this season.

Top Chef: Where Are They Now?

Top Chef: Where Are They Now?

We've caught up with some of the most memorable cheftestants from season's past to find out what they are up to now.

Top Chef: Season 5's Tastiest Moments

Top Chef: Season 5's Tastiest Moments

Look back at some of the best (sound) bites and biting humor of the season.

Top Chef: Season 5 Misfires

Top Chef: Season 5 Misfires

This Top Chef season has been less than perfect so far. Here's why.

Top Chef Videos

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Casino Inspiration

Join the chefs as they go through some of Las Vegas' most famous casinos.

Recap: Meat Natalie

Tom's special guest is a vegetarian. How will the chef's respond?

Did You Taste Your Food?

With the chefs cranking out a ton of food, do they taste their food?

Breakfast in Bed

with Nigella Lawson and Padma Lakshmi

Top Cheftestant Overload

Past Top Chef contestants get together for the first time.

Marcel vs. Everyone

According to Stefan, Marcel is living up to his reputation of being a son of a bitch.

RECAPS, WEECAPS, AND MORE

Latest Episode

6-11
Recaplet

Re-Hash

Top Chef All Stars Dinner - Cheftestants from all five seasons return to cook and eat a meal together, and rehash their beefs with one another.

2009.11.04
2009.11.05
B

Kim

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Air/Pub'l

Grade

Author

6-10
Recap

Vegetables and Off-Color Jokes

Meat Natalie - The cheftestants first have to cook faux-TV dinners and then must cook a meal in a steakhouse for Natalie Portman, vegetarian.

2009.10.28
2009.11.03
B+

Kim

6-9
Recap

ReVolting

Restaurant Wars - The Brothers Volt continue to dominate as they team up to open their fake restaurant with the help of Robin and Eli. Meanwhile, former chart toppers Jen and Kevin are in big, big trouble.

2009.10.21
2009.10.27
A

Kim

6-8
Recap

Pork or Cat Food?

Pigs and Pinot - The cheftestants prepare a dish for Charlie Palmer's charity event that pairs some part of the pig with a pinot noir, with varying degrees of success.

2009.10.14
2009.10.20
B

Kim

6-7
Recap

Salty Gnocchi

Dinner Party - The cheftestants pair up once again (maybe a sign that there are too many remaining contestants?) to cook a meal in the kitchen at their residence.

2009.10.07
2009.10.13
B

Kim

6-6
Recap

Magic and Misdirection

Penn & Teller - Like Penn and Teller deconstruct magic, the cheftestants have to deconstruct a classic dish while they try not to kill an increasingly annoying Robin.

2009.09.23
2009.09.29
B

Kim

6-5
Recap

Home on the Range

Camping - The cheftestants head into the desert to cook high-end food in rustic conditions on a ranch. Except some of them forget to actually cook their food.

2009.09.16
2009.09.22
B

Kim

6-4
Recap

Latin and French Don't Mix

Vivre Las Vegas - This Frenchified episode sees two chefs going home, one after a snail-filled Quickfire, and one after the traditional Elimination Challenge.

2009.09.09
2009.09.15
A

Kim

6-3
Recap

Wild Blue Yonder

Thunderbirds - The cheftestants have to cook a buffet dinner for 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base.

2009.09.02
2009.09.08
B

Kim

6-2
Recap

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Bachelor/Ette Party - The cheftestants have to whip up some fine cuisine for some drunken guys and girls who really only care about imbibing a lot of shots poolside.

2009.08.26
2009.09.02
B+

Angel Cohn

HOT FORUM TOPICS

Topic Title

The Old Top Chef Thread

Spoilers and Spoiler Discussion: 11 Herbs and Spices

S2 - Marcel Vigneron: I "Hacked" This Thread, Too

Top Chef in the Media

S2 - Ted Ilan Hall: Needs more SAFFRON!

2-11: "Sense and Sensuality" 2007.01.17

2-12: "Finale, Part I" 2007.01.24

Padma Lakshmi

Speculation without Spoilers

S2 - Elia Aboumrad: So Long and Thanks for All the Tuna Juice