Episode 1
Aired Mar 3, 2022
Primal Instincts
Fifteen of the country's best chefs arrive in Houston, Texas, ready to fight for the title of Top Chef.
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Episode 2
Aired Mar 10, 2022
Friday Night Bites
The chefs are challenged in the Quickfire to put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso; for the Elimination Challenge, the competition heads to the field of a high school football stadium.
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Episode 3
Aired Mar 17, 2022
Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice
The chefs are surprised in the kitchen by "Top Chef Miami" winner, Hung Huynh, and challenged to make a dish inspired by five of the larger Asian communities in Houston; along with Hung, the judges and Kiran Verma, they'll be serving 100 guests.
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Episode 4
Aired Mar 24, 2022
Doppelgangers
The chefs are joined by local chef Chris Williams in the Quickfire Challenge; He tasks the chefs to put their own twist on a biscuit dish in honor of his great grandmother, Lucille B. Smith.
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Episode 5
Aired Mar 31, 2022
Don't Mess With BBQ
The chefs meet Brooke Williamson at Houston's J-Bar-M, where she tasks them with putting their own spin on a brisket dish for some of the best BBQ pitmasters in Houston and their guest judge, pitmaster Greg Gatlin.
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Episode 6
Aired Apr 7, 2022
Texas Trailblaze-hers
The chefs must create salty-sweet desserts that will inspire a new flavor of Talenti gelato; in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must draw inspiration from the lives of some of Texas' most influential women.
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Episode 7
Aired Apr 14, 2022
Swallow the Competition
The chefs expand their horizons in a master class on Nigerian flavors guided by local chef Ope Amosu and all-star Kwame Onwuachi, and need to make a stew that pairs perfectly with traditional Nigerian swallows.
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Episode 8
Aired Apr 21, 2022
Restaurant Wars
The chefs are put to the ultimate test; they have to build restaurants from the ground up; "Top Chef's" signature challenge levels up yet again, requiring the chefs to satisfy their VIP counter and a dining room full of guests.
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Episode 9
Aired Apr 28, 2022
Freedmen's Town
The chefs are tasked with creating a monochromatic plant-based dish for their Quickfire Challenge; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that speak to their souls for a block party fundraiser.
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Episode 10
Aired May 5, 2022
Dinner in Zero Gravity
The competition reaches new heights as the chefs voyage to the Houston Space Center; they'll have to create a stellar new menu item that they would crave if they were on a multiyear mission to Mars.
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Episode 11
Aired May 12, 2022
Family Vacation
The chefs head to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston, Texas; chef Shota Nakajima is here to present them with their next Quickfire Challenge, using the freshest gulf shellfish to create a seafood tower with one hot and one cold dish.
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Episode 12
Aired May 19, 2022
We're on a Boat
After saying goodbye to their loved ones, the chefs receive an ominous gift from Tom, who tells them to get up early and meet him at the docks; for their elimination challenge each chef must create two fresh fish dishes.
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Episode 13
Aired May 26, 2022
Cactus Makes Perfect
For their last Quickfire Challenge, the chefs make the trip to El Charro in Tucson, Ariz., the oldest family-run Mexican restaurant in the country, where chef Carlotta Flores challenges them to create a dish featuring her carne seca.
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Episode 14
Aired Jun 2, 2022
The Final Plate
The finalists prepare themselves for the most important cook of their lives; they'll have to leave it all on the plate in order to wow Padma, Tom, Gail, and guest judges Stephanie Izard and Eric Ripert.
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