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Top Chef Masters
Show summary: Season two has arrived, and not content to sit on their laurels, Magical Elves has cooked up new Challenges, Quickfires and intense pressures for the chefs, as well as allowed some familiar faces back into the kitchen.
This time around there are only 22 chefs, and the heats will play out over four weeks, instead of six. The two chefs with the highest star scores from each heat will move to the six-week champions round from which the Top Chef Master will be named.
Kelly Choi continues her duties as host. Gail Simmons joins the judges' panel full time; her skills burnishing an already stellar group comprising food critic Jay Rayner, culinary expert James Oseland and restaurant critic Gael Greene.Season One
24 master chefs at the pinnacle of their professions play for $100,000 awarded to the winner's favorite charity, and the title of Top Chef Master. Let the judges be judged.
The first of Magical Elves' Top Chef franchise shows hits the airwaves this summer, and while it may seem very similar to the original, the differences will test these executive chefs in very different ways. During the first six weeks of competition, groups of four will vie in heats with the winner moving forward to the four week champions round. Each night has two parts, an amped twist on a previous Top Chef Quickfire challenge that measures basic skill sets, and then an elimination that tests ingenuity and creativity as the chefs attempt to please both the diners and judges in order to progress to the finals.
Kelly Choi hosts this competition tailor-made for foodies with a panel of respected judges, and guest stars that range from the real thing to personalities from Bravo's other reality series including Top Chef judges and contestants.
Episodes
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Season 4 Episode 10
The winning chef is named in the Season 4 finale. Before that, the final two culinarians battle it out by creating a dish with the help of staffers from their own restaurants back home -
Season 4 Episode 9
The ace chefs instruct a mystery guest to make a dish in the penultimate Season 4 episode. Later, they mentor culinary students. -
Season 4 Episode 8
The chefs participate in an underground dining event by creating an epic picnic-style meal featuring plentiful ingredients. -
Season 4 Episode 7
In a task that packs a punch, the chefs step into the boxing ring and serve up cuisine in culinary matches. Former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard is the guest judge. -
Season 4 Episode 6
The chefs create a dish using aphrodisiac ingredients. Later, they launch their own Thai restaurant and revamp classic Thai meals. Burlesque performer Dita Von Teese is the guest judge. -
Season 4 Episode 5
The meal masters dish up cuisine for music duo Indigo Girls. Later, the chefs plunge into a cocktail-drenched pool party hosted by Holly Madison ("The Girls Next Door"). -
Season 4 Episode 4
The culinarians must reinvent ordinary salad-bar ingredients for the pop band the B-52s. Later, the chefs journey to the Grand Canyon for a cookout. -
Season 4 Episode 3
The contestants must put on a Japanese-style culinary show in front of fellow chefs, judges and critics. Guest judges include Olympic skater Brian Boitano and foodies Mary Sue Milliken, Susan Feniger, Rick Moonen and Jon... -
Season 4 Episode 2
The meal mavens prepare cuisine for a wedding. -
Season 4 Episode 1
Twelve renowned chefs battle in culinary challenges in Las Vegas in the Season 4 opener. Here, the masters play a card game to score ingredients, then they create an extravagant buffet for some of Sin City's hottest perf... -
Season 3 Episode 8
The chefs must make breakfast. -
Season 3 Episode 7
The chefs tap into their five senses to determine mystery ingredients. Later, they help a man propose to his unwitting girlfriend by serving up a six-course feast that represents various stages of their relationship. -
Season 3 Episode 6
The crack cooks serve as judges and appraise their fellow chefs' work. Later, they try to hit all the right culinary notes by fashioning a feast for the rock band Maroon 5. But there's a twist: they must prepare the meal... -
Season 3 Episode 5
The remaining meal mavens have a need for speed when they work at a traditional Southern California fast-food joint, where they must operate a drive-through and serve up quality fare in less than two minutes -
Season 3 Episode 4
The ace chefs prepare a healthy, low-calorie breakfast, lunch and dinner for the cast of TV's "The ." Personalities from the show---including Alison Sweeney, Brett Hoebel, Cara Castronuova and contestants---appear as spe... -
Season 3 Episode 3
In a creepy-crawly creature-feature, the fab food fighters must create a tasty feast using vile ingredients---including crickets, beetles and night crawlers. They also serve up dishes for charity. Appearing: Mykel Hawke ... -
Season 3 Episode 2
Neo-R&B artist Kelis appraises a meat-themed test. Later, actress Christina Hendricks and her husband, actor Geoffrey Arend, put the master chefs through a groovy 1960s challeng -
Season 3 Episode 1
Season 3 kicks off with 12 accomplished culinarians battling it out in a time-honored and all-encompassing "Top Chef" challenge-. Curtis Stone is the new series host and Ruth Reichl serves as a new judge. -
Season 2 Episode 9
Humor is served up when the four remaining culinary standouts travel to the Groundlings improv-comedy club. They must then display their improvisational flair to create dishes based on three words. -
Season 2 Episode 7
Masters must perfect the art of tailgating for hungry football fans. -
Season 2 Episode 5
The Masters compete in a blindfolded relay race; teams are challenged to cater a wedding out of mobile kitchens. -
Season 2 Episode 4
The chefs make meals for the cast and crew of ``Modern Family.'' -
Season 2 Episode 3
Chefs must attempt to satisfy clients with old-school tastes and skeptical attitudes. -
Season 2 Episode 2
Chefs must create an unforgettable meal for a celebrity birthday party. -
Season 2 Episode 1
Masters must use aphrodisiac ingredients to create meals suitable for couples on a first date. -
Season 1 Episode 10
The winning culinary star is crowned in the Season 1 finale. But first the Final 3 must give rise to a four-course meal based on a memory from their past. Guests include previous "Top Chef" winners Harold Dieterle, Ilan ... -
Season 1 Episode 9
All eyes are on the remaining four food fighters when they whip up meals while blindfolded. Afterward, the chefs' teaching and leadership talents are put to the test when they cater an event. The catch: They are forbidde... -
Season 1 Episode 8
The five remaining chefs engage in a battle of burgers; guests actress Zooey Deschanel and filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. -
Season 1 Episode 7
The six winning chefs advance to the first installment of the Champions Round, where they must whip up their signature dishes. In a culinary twist, they then re-create their competitors' distinctive meals. -
Season 1 Episode 6
Summary: Chefs Roy Yamaguchi, Art Smith, Michael Cimarusti and Jonathan Waxman participate in a grocery-store challenge titled "Aisle Trial." Later, they cook up meals based on items in a mystery box. -
Season 1 Episode 5
Gastronomes Michael Chiarello, Rick Moonen, Nils Noren and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson are tasked to reinvent junk-food classics. Later, they loom large over three-course mini-meals. Jeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos, both of T... -
Season 1 Episode 4
Chief chefs Anita Lo, Douglas Rodriguez, John Besh and Mark Peel are all tied up. That is, they must cook an egg with one hand tied behind their back. Later, they conjure up culinary magic to impress notable guests, incl... -
Season 1 Episode 3
Crack cooks Rick Bayless, Cindy Pawlcyn, Wilo Benet and Ludovic Lefebvre create color-themed cuisine. Later, they hit the streets of Los Angeles to serve food fare to pedestrians. -
Season 1 Episode 2
Notable chefs Wylie Dufresne, Suzanne Tracht, Graham Elliot Bowles and Elizabeth Falkner get lost. That is, they whip up island-flavored fare inspired by the TV series "Lost." Appearing: "Lost" executive producers Carlto... -
Season 1 Episode 1
A reality spin-off in which 24 notable chefs compete in culinary challenges to score a $100,000 prize for charity. The first six episodes feature four cooks in battle. The series kicks off with Hubert Keller, Christopher...

