1. Across Canada, We Go!
Air date: 2025-03-13 · 75 min
The chefs pick an ingredient from the pantry and are tasked with preparing a dish while also incorporating the judges' surprise ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs prepare dishes that highlight Canada's five diverse regions.
Open episode 1 ↗2. Brunch à la Boulud
Air date: 2025-03-20 · 75 min
Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada's famous poutine; for the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud joins the judges' table as the chefs team up to create a brunch.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Best Served Cold
Air date: 2025-03-27 · 75 min
The chefs must make their own version of a Jamaican patty as a Quickfire Challenge and create dishes best served cold or risk elimination.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Top Chef Trivia
Air date: 2025-04-03 · 75 min
Actor Michael Cera joins Kristen in the kitchen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs' trivia skills are put to the test; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must put their own spin on some of Canada's most iconic confections.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Line Cook for a Day
Air date: 2025-04-10 · 75 min
The chefs are taken by surprise when a Last Chance Kitchen chef joins the competition; the chefs' collaboration skills are put to the ultimate test as this time is a double elimination.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Pickle Me This
Air date: 2025-04-17 · 75 min
Top Chef Masters alum Susur Lee and Jet Bent-Let join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles.
Open episode 6 ↗7. You Wanna Pizza Me?
Air date: 2025-04-24 · 75 min
For this week's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish with an ingredient using only the toughest stains as their clues. Then, in a high-stakes pizza party, the chefs must create pies that are outside of the box to impress guest judges Michelin star chef Wylie Dufresne and Top Chef All-Star alumn Spike Mendelsohn, who join Kristen, Tom and Gail at the judges' table.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Restaurant Wars
Air date: 2025-05-01 · 75 min
There is no Quickfire as the chefs take on the famed Restaurant Wars elimination challenge; the chefs are tasked to create two restaurants; Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined by Top Chef alum Nina Compton and Top Chef Canada judge Janet Zuccarini.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Cooking on the Edge
Air date: 2025-05-08 · 75 min
Kristen is joined by Tom, Gail and chef and professor Ilona Daniel as the chefs are tasked with flexing their culinary mussels; the chefs face their fears in this stunt-driven Elimination Challenge.
Open episode 9 ↗10. From Dep Till Dawn
Air date: 2025-05-15 · 75 min
Comedian Punkie Johnson tests the chefs' creativity when they're asked to create a dish using only items found in a Canadian convenience store; the chefs pay homage to the four seasons using only produce from Montreal's rooftop gardens.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Calgary, Yahoo!
Air date: 2025-05-22 · 75 min
The six remaining chefs set off to Calgary where they are greeted by the judges; making pancakes for 50 diners; the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that feature beef and local berries, hoping to impress a table of culinary tastemakers.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Foraged In Fire
Air date: 2025-05-29 · 75 min
Guest judges Brenda Holder and Tracy Little teach the remaining five chefs how to forage the ingredients in the Canmore Forest; to secure their spot in Italy, the chefs will have to impress the judges by utilizing their foraged items.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Viva Milano!
Air date: 2025-06-05 · 75 min
For the chefs' last quickfire challenge of the season, they're tasked with creating a classic Milanese dish and a feared dish, risotto; the chefs compete in a three-part, head-to-head culinary battle while receiving some help from Olympic athletes.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Finito
Air date: 2025-06-12 · 75 min
For their last elimination challenge, the final three chefs must create the best progressive four-course meal of their lives; with the help of their sous chefs, the finalists must pull out all the stops to impress an esteemed table of diners.
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