Top Chef TV Show - Top Chef Television Show - Yahoo! TV
-
Who Deserves To Be Here
Episode 1 Originally aired: March 8, 2006The twelve contestants are introduced and are immediately put to the QuickFire test to survive 30 minutes as a line chef under the critical eye of guest judge Hubert Keller. The Eliminate Challenge is to cook the signature dish.
-
Food of Love
Episode 2 Originally aired: March 15, 2006The chefs have to prepare a creative, presentation driven fruit dish for the QuickFire challenge under the eye of guest judge Elizabeth Faulkner. They they prepare sexy desserts for the Elimination Challenge.
-
Nasty Delights
Episode 3 Originally aired: March 22, 2006The chefs are challenged to turn ugly looking food into appealing dishes. For the QuickFire Challenge they have to prepare a dish using octopus. For the Elimination Challenge they have to turn monkfish into a kid-friendly snack.
-
Food On The Fly
Episode 4 Originally aired: March 29, 2006The contestant must prove their versatility when they have to prepare a gourmet meal made from food purchased at a gas station quikmart for the Quickfire Challenge. For the Elimination Challenge they are tasked to prepare a gourmet entree that can reheated in a Microwave.
-
Blind Confusion
Episode 5 Originally aired: April 5, 2006The theme of the episode is fusion. For the Quickfire Challenge the contestants are blindfolded and asked to decipher twenty different ingredients and spices through smell alone. The contestants are tasked to create fusion street food for the Elimination Challenge.
-
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
Episode 6 Originally aired: April 12, 2006Ted Allen of 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' guest judges this episode with a focus on time and budget pressures. The contestants have to create a three dollar appetizer for the Quickfire Challenge and then cater a Dinner Party for the Elimination Challenge.
-
Restaurant Wars
Episode 7 Originally aired: April 19, 2006Restaurant concepts and their menus are the theme of this episode where famous restauranteur Jeffrey Chodorow guest judges. The Quickfire Challenge tasks the contestants to create an original sandwich for a new gourmet sandwich restaurant. The Elimination Challenge finds the contestants divided into two teams creating a concept and cooking a menu for a faux new restaurant.
-
Wedding Bell Blues
Episode 8 Originally aired: April 26, 2006The contestants are challenged with cooking for a committment ceremony. The Quickfire Challenge finds each of the chefs competing to create a menu for the couple's nuptuals. The winning chef's menu has to be catered in 18 hours for the event.
-
Napa's Finest
Episode 9 Originally aired: May 3, 2006The four remaining contestants cook for some of Napa's most respected chefs. With the Quickfire Challenge they are tasked with turning junk food items into a gourmet dish and for the Elimination Challenge they create a truffle dish to be paired with fine wine from Shafer Vineyards.
-
Reunion
Episode 10 Originally aired: May 10, 2006The Reunion Episode brings all the contestants back to discuss the show and who they think deserves to win.
-
Finale, Part 1
Episode 11 Originally aired: May 17, 2006The remaining three contestants head to Vegas to compete in the Finale. The Quickfire Challenge turns out to be the Elimination Challenge where the chefs have to prepare a number of dishes for different types of cliental, including two seafood dishes for guests of the High Roller Suite- who turn out to be the last four chefs to have been eliminated.
-
Finale, Part 2
Episode 12 Originally aired: May 24, 2006The two remaining chefs are challenged with creating a five course tasting menu to pair with the wines from Bracco Vineyards for a host of respected food and wine critics, including actress/ winery owner Lorraine Bracco. The four previous eliminated chefs return to help the final contestants in their endeavors. The winner is revealed and wins top of the line kitchen appliances and $100,000.
SPONSORED LINKS
-
Sacramento Chef School
Official Site! Earn a Culinary Diploma in as few as 30 Weeks.
Sacramento.kitchenacademyCA.com -
Locate a Personal Chef
Locate a professional Personal Chef in any area of the USA or Canada.
hireachef.com -
Become a Chef
The Fastest way to a World Class Cooking Career. Get a Free Info Kit.
www.PCIChef.com -
charcoal chef coat
New Styles of charcoal chef coat Executive, Fashion, & Standard.
happychefuniforms.com/chefcoats