Top Chef

Chefs make dishes for a group of food critics and reporters to survive the first elimination.

The chefs open pop-up restaurants that reflect their Los Angeles neighborhoods.

In Santa Barbara, Calif., the chefs pick up sea urchin to use in their first sudden-death challenge.

In Palm Springs, Calif., chef Jose Andres instructs the contestants to use solar powered stoves.

The chefs cater a wedding for 25 gay couples in an elimination challenge.

In San Diego, the chefs cook up high-end tacos for Mexican chef Javier Plascencia.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of "Top Chef," the chefs compete using only 10 ingredients.

The chefs strive to create the most visually appealing "food porn" using only snack food.

During the Restaurant Wars, the chefs open their restaurants for both lunch and dinner services.

After preparing a full lunch service, the chefs must clean up and do it all over again for dinner.

In Oakland, Calif., the chefs cook for rapper MC Hammer, who will judge the dishes.

In San Francisco's Chinatown, the chefs use woks at Martin Yan's M.Y. China restaurant.

In San Francisco, the chefs cook for Traci Des Jardins, then at Hubert Keller's restaurant.

The chefs engage in a high stakes challenge in Las Vegas; the chefs cook for David Copperfield.

The remaining two chefs face off for the last time with the help of mentors and former competitors.