Top Chef
Dinner in Zero Gravity
TV Flash files “Dinner in Zero Gravity” as hour 278 of 338 in the TV Flash guide — Top Chef (2006–present) on Bravo, season 19, episode 10, aired 2022-05-05, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E10: listed hour 278 of 338 in the Top Chef guide, hour 10 of 14 in season 19. It aired 2022-05-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Freedmen's Town” (S19E09). Next is “Family Vacation” (S19E11).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The chefs get an early start as they head to the Houston farmers market to meet Padma and Quickfire guest judge Claudette Zepeda. For this Quickfire Challenge, the chefs have to put their own fresh take on fajitas, a Houston classic. The best fajita dish will win $10,000 courtesy of Chipotle. Next, the competition reaches new heights in the Elimination Challenge as the chefs voyage to the Houston Space Center to meet up with Melissa King and a few experts in space cuisine. If they want to blast off to victory, they'll have to create a stellar new menu item that they would crave if they were on a multi-year mission to Mars that meets both NASA and guest judge Marcus Samuelson's culinary standards.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dinner in Zero Gravity sit in the Top Chef guide?
S19E10 is listed hour 278 of 338 — hour 10 of 14 in season 19, season 19 episode 10.
When did Top Chef S19E10 air?
Dinner in Zero Gravity aired 2022-05-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Top Chef just yelling in a kitchen?
Technique, nerves, and last-chance kitchen as spectacle. Padma's calm and Colicchio's verdicts are the temperature, not chaos for clip shows.
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- Tom Colicchio as Judge
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