Top Chef (2006)
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.
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Episode 1 - History Never Repeats
Release Date: 2010-12-01Bravo's Top Chef congregates a dream team of 18 past cheftestants who nearly won the title to return to see if they have what it takes. The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award-winning Top Chef returns to New York City for Season 8 with host Padma Lakshmi and head judge chef Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, best-selling author and chef, Anthony Bourdain.
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Episode 2 - Night at the Museum
Release Date: 2010-12-08Joe Jonas challenges chefs to create a snack for children; breakfasts inspired by a dinosaur's diet.
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Episode 3 - New York's Finest
Release Date: 2010-12-15A mise-en-place relay race; chefs cook in four of New York's finest restaurants.
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Episode 4 - Advantage Chef
Release Date: 2010-12-22The chefs unexpectedly find themselves without even their knives when they are asked to make stuffing. Next up is catering an event at the U.S. Open.
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Episode 5 - Dim Sum Lose Sum
Release Date: 2011-01-05 -
Episode 6 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Release Date: 2011-01-12Contestants are taken on a fishing expedition.
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Episode 7 - Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
Release Date: 2011-01-19Fish fillet contest; chefs must open ``one night only'' restaurants in New York City.
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Episode 8 - An Offer They Can't Refuse
Release Date: 2011-02-02Designer Isaac Mizrahi judges. Contestants are judged on presentation and plating; traditional three-course Italian meal.
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Episode 9 - Feeding Fallon
Release Date: 2011-02-09 -
Episode 10 - Lock Down
Release Date: 2011-02-16It’s a Sesame Street kind of day when the chefs find themselves cooking to please Muppet palates. Next they are tasked with making a dish at a Target store.
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Episode 11 - For the Gulf
Release Date: 2011-02-23 -
Episode 12 - Give Me Your Huddled Masses
Release Date: 2011-03-02The chefs need to make something out of nothing; the contestants head to Ellis Island, where they must make a dish based on their heritage.
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Episode 13 - Fit for a King
Release Date: 2011-03-09The chefs set sail for the Bahamas, and each participates in a culinary duel against the person who was crowned the winner during their first stint on the show. Later, they create meals for Bahamian royalty, but it's a royal pain with limited cooking equipment.
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Episode 14 - Island Fever
Release Date: 2011-03-16The contestants cater a yacht club's anniversary party, but only after they have gone conch fishing.
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Episode 15 - Last Supper
Release Date: 2011-03-23 -
Episode 16 - Finale
Release Date: 2011-03-30The remaining two chefs have no time to digest what just happened as their final challenge is immediately announced. The 2 finalists choose their sous-chefs... blindfolded!
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Episode 17 - Reunion Special
Release Date: 2011-04-06