Top Chef
Season 6
16 listed hours · 2006–present · Bravo
From the desk
How this season is filed
Pack your knives: Bravo's kitchen as competitive drama, Padma's calm, Tom Colicchio's verdicts, chefs cooking like the camera is a Michelin inspector. Top Chef pulled food television out of daytime demo mode and made technique, nerves, and last-chance kitchen into spectacle.
TV Flash files Season 6 of Top Chef (2006–present) on Bravo as a mid listed season (6; 6 of 23) — 16 listed hours, 2009-08-19–2009-12-16 from “Sin City Vice” (S06E01) to “Watch What Happens Reunion” (S06E16). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S06E01 Sin City Vice
Sin City Vice plants season six in Las Vegas — Top Chef treating a city as a challenge board, technical cooking still the sport under the neon.
- S06E16 Watch What Happens Reunion
Watch What Happens Reunion is the afterparty hour: Bravo's house brand in the title, the kitchen drama spilling into the couch recap.
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S06E01 Sin City Vice
17 fresh chefs infiltrate sin city to take on culinary challenges in the season six premier.
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S06E02 Bach/elorette Party
Wedding bells are a' ringing. In the second episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas, the cheftestants will have to adapt swiftly to a city famous for its quickie marriages by catering to a poolside bachelor and bachelorette party. It's a battle of the sexes when they are forced to compete in teams of men vs. women. Celebrity chef Todd English serves as guest judge.
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S06E03 Thunderbirds
The chefs will be creating meals for the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the most renowned aircraft demonstration squadron.
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S06E04 Vivre Las Vegas
The contestants pair up to create the perfect French dish for acclaimed chefs Joël Robuchon, Daniel Boulud, Hubert Keller, Laurent Tourondel and Jean Joho.
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S06E05 Camping
The contestants cook with cactus, sleep under the stars, and prepare a menu for Las Vegas cowboys; chef Tim Love serves as a guest judge.
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S06E06 Penn & Teller
The contestants deconstruct a classic dish for magicians Penn & Teller. Chef Michelle Bernstein serves as a guest judge.
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S06E07 Dinner Party
A slot machine determines the guidelines for the quick-fire challenge; the contestants prepare a special dinner for members of the Macy's Culinary Council.
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S06E08 Pigs and Pinot
The chefs head to guest judge Charlie Palmer's Aureole restaurant to host a ``Pig and Pinot'' event.
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S06E09 Restaurant Wars
Chef Rick Moonen's restaurant is taken over by the contestants and then he serves as their guest judge.
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S06E10 Meat Natalie
The chefs head to Las Vegas to visit "Craft Steak" and cook for actress Natalie Portman and friends.
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S06E11 All Stars Dinner
Past chefs recount their favorite moments from the series.
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S06E12 Strip Around the World
The chefs must make the perfect breakfast in bed dish. Nigella Lawson serves as guest judge.
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S06E13 Culinary Olympics
A challenge based on the Bocuse d'Or. Guest judges include Jerome Bocuse and Thomas Keller.
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S06E14 Finale (1)
The final four chefs compete in Napa Valley to determine who will be the final three.
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S06E15 Finale (2)
The final three chefs attempt to earn the title of 'Top Chef.'
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S06E16 Watch What Happens Reunion
Chefs and judges reminisce about the season and answer viewer questions.
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