Top Chef

Eight new chefs and eight returning chefs battle it out in Charleston, SC. The new chefs enter the kitchen first and must cook as many dishes as possible in one hour using a whole chicken. Then the veterans square off to reimagine shrimp and grits. In the end, the chef with the worst dish in each group will go head-to-head in a sudden-death cook off.

The remaining 15 chefs join Tom, Padma and guest judge, Frank Lee, for a traditional shrimp boil.

Padma and guest judge, Chris Cosentino divide the chefs into teams to compete in the Top Chef mise en place race.

Padma and Nilou Motamed ring in the holiday season by having the chefs create dishes using a bizarre collection of ingredients and tools inside gift boxes.

The cheftestants are baffled to enter the kitchen to find it completely dark and empty. Their anxiety grows as the clock begins and the pantry doors open to reveal baking ingredients.

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, challenges the remaining chefs to make healthy vegetarian versions of traditional comfort foods.

For their Quickfire Challenge, Padma and Chef Michael Cimarusti challenge the chefs to cook dishes using ingredients corresponding to the element of their zodiac sign.

It’s the challenge the chefs have been waiting for all season - Restaurant Wars. The remaining chefs divide into two teams to design a restaurant.

Top Chef season six winner Michael Voltaggio puts the remaining chef’s palates to the test with a blindfolded taste experiment.

The competitors start their day boarding a boat with Tom Colicchio, who gives them a lesson in shrimpin’.

The final four chefs cook impromptu dishes while simultaneously instructing mystery partners how to create the exact same dish.

The finals begin in Guadalajara, Mexico as the three remaining chefs face off against the winner of Last Chance Kitchen at the new Chivas soccer Stadium.

The three remaining chefs head to the Yucatan Peninsula where Chef Roberto Muñoz Zurita challenges them to make a dish.

The final two chefs face-off to serve the best meal of their lives and earn the title of Top Chef.