EPISODE GUIDE

Top Chef
Season 21.

14 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.

1. Chef's Test

Air date: 2024-03-20 · 75 min

Top Chef heads to Wisconsin with 15 new chefs, new rules and new host Kristen Kish. With no Quickfire Challenge this week, Kristen, Tom and Gail each task five chefs with cooking a dish they believe is a worthy test of being a good chef.

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2. Living the High Life

Air date: 2024-03-27 · 75 min

Top Chef Colorado winner Joe Flamm joins Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge.

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3. Take It Cheesy

Air date: 2024-04-03 · 75 min

The chefs must make a dish featuring Door County cherries and a mystery ingredient; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs put on a Cheese Festival where each chef will be responsible for creating a dish featuring one of 13 different cheeses.

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4. The Wright Way

Air date: 2024-04-10 · 75 min

The chefs hit the road and take the Frank Lloyd Wright trail to Madison; for the elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating dishes in teams of two that feature duality and celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright's legacy as "America's Architect."

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5. Supper Club

Air date: 2024-04-17 · 75 min

While in Madison, the chefs receive a message alerting them that they'll be shopping for their quickfire challenge, but they do not know what the challenge is.

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6. Chaos Cuisine

Air date: 2024-04-24 · 75 min

A Last Chance Kitchen surprise changes the game; Milk Bar's Christina Tosi joins Kristen for a sweet Quickfire that requires the chefs to create a dairy-forward dessert; the chefs must serve a dish that exemplifies chaos cuisine.

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7. Sausage Race

Air date: 2024-05-01 · 75 min

Bryan Voltaggio joins Kristen for a two-part Quickfire Challenge testing the chefs' flambé and charring skills. Amar Santana heads to the kitchen with the famous Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs divide into two teams and compete in a head-to-head race at American Family Field (home of the Brewers) where they'll serve sausage-forward dishes to a panel of experts, including former Brewer Ryan Braun and actress Brittany Snow.

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8. Restaurant Wars

Air date: 2024-05-08 · 75 min

There is no Quickfire as the chefs prepare for the highly anticipated Restaurant Wars elimination challenge. Split into two teams, the chefs are tasked to conceptualize and create two restaurants that feature a three-course progressive menu with at least two options for each course. Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined by "Top Chef" winner Stephanie Izard and "Top Chef" alum Kwame Onwuachi at the judges' table.

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9. The Good Land

Air date: 2024-05-15 · 60 min

Kristen is joined by judges Tom and Gail for this week's Quickfire Challenge as the chefs are tasked to create dishes featuring cranberries in a unique way. The chefs are then treated to a special meal prepared by celebrated Indigenous chefs and guest judges Sean Sherman and Elean Terry. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must prepare modern dishes using only indigenous ingredients.

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10. Door County Fish Boil

Air date: 2024-05-22 · 60 min

The chefs participate in a meat raffle; the chefs host a Door County fish boil to 100 hungry guests.

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11. Lay It All on the Table

Air date: 2024-05-29 · 60 min

A familiar face returns; Tom cooks up a dish that Kristen and Gail can't resist; Curtis Duffy.

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12. Goodbye Wisconsin

Air date: 2024-06-05 · 60 min

For the Quickfire challenge, the chefs undergo a blind taste test where they must identify as many ingredients as they can. Guest judge Paul Bartolotta joins the host judges.

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13. Set Sail

Air date: 2024-06-12 · 60 min

For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs are challenged to create a dish using fish and cheese. Kristen, Tom, Gail and Helim Smeulders preside as judges.

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14. Cruising to a Win

Air date: 2024-06-19 · 60 min

The three remaining chefs must create the best four-course progressive meal of their careers; the chefs will present their dishes to a lineup of culinary greats.

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