Top Chef
Season 21
14 episodes
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S21E01 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.
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S21E02 Living the High Life
Top Chef Colorado winner Joe Flamm joins Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge.
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S21E03 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.
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S21E04 The Wright Way
The chefs hit the road and take the Frank Lloyd Wright trail to Madison; 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."
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S21E05 Supper Club
While in Madison, the chefs receive a message alerting them that they'll be shopping for their quickfire challenge, but they do not know what the challenge is.
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S21E06 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.
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S21E07 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 American Family Field (home of the Brewers) where they'll serve sausage-forward dishes to a panel of experts, including former Brewer Ryan Braun and actress Brittany Snow.
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S21E08 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 and Gail are joined by "Top Chef" winner Stephanie Izard and "Top Chef" alum Kwame Onwuachi at the judges' table.
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S21E09 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 Sherman and Elean Terry. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must prepare modern dishes using only indigenous ingredients.
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S21E10 Door County Fish Boil
The chefs participate in a meat raffle; the chefs host a Door County fish boil to 100 hungry guests.
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S21E11 Lay It All on the Table
A familiar face returns; Tom cooks up a dish that Kristen and Gail can't resist; Curtis Duffy.
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S21E12 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.
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S21E13 Set Sail
For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs are challenged to create a dish using fish and cheese. Kristen, Tom, Gail and Helim Smeulders preside as judges.
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S21E14 Cruising to a Win
The three remaining chefs must create the best four-course progressive meal of their careers; the chefs will present their dishes to a lineup of culinary greats.
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