Top Chef

The All-Stars are back in the Top Chef kitchen. In the first quick-fire challenge, chefs from each season work as a team to create a dish.

In this quick-fire challenge, pop star Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers challenges the chefs to create a snack for children enjoying a sleepover.

The chefs compete in teams in a mise-en-place relay race to push a big red button starting a countdown clock for everyone else.

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs cater a launch party for the US Open, one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world.

Tom Colicchio picks up his knives in the kitchen and challenges the chefs to beat his time in making a dish. For the elimination, the chefs make dim sum.

Hook 'em and cook 'em. The chefs go fishing for their ingredients and serve up the catch of the day at an end of summer beach party.

The Elimination Challenge is Pop-Up Restaurant Wars, where the Chefs must open "one night only" restaurants under the stars in New York City.

Designer Isaac Mizrahi guest judges, and for the first time in Top Chef history, the quick-fire will be judged on presentation and plating only - not taste.

The chefs appear on the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" show and cater the comedian's birthday party where he is the guest judge.

The chefs get in touch with their inner child with the help of some Sesame Street stars and must make a cookie that pleases the gang.

This week, the chefs must use a deep fryer to impress the queen of southern cooking, Paula Deen. Then, the chefs provide the seafood at a charity event.

The chefs then head to Ellis Island where they are surprised with their family tree and are tasked with creating a dish based on their heritage.

The remaining chefs are Bahamas-bound for the remainder of the season. For the quick-fire they must go head-to-head with their season's winner.

The chefs will cater an upscale lunch party for the Nassau Yacht Club's 80th anniversary, which will include the Commodore and his friends as guests.

In the last quick-fire of the season, the chefs will design a challenge for one of their competitors, but there is a twist.

It all comes down to this. The final two chefs battle it out to come up with - and implement - their vision for the ultimate dining experience.

Andy Cohen talks to season eight's chef'testants and judges, and answers viewers' questions on season eight's good, bad and undercooked.