Top Chef

Top Chef travels to the Carolinas with 15 chefs. At Charlotte Motor Speedway, they meet hosts and NASCAR legends Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch for a timed cooking challenge. Then they create sweet potato dishes honoring their roots.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

Chefs create savory dishes from sweet treats in the Quickfire. Then they visit PuckerButt Farms to taste peppers with Ed Currie, creator of the world's hottest pepper. For Elimination, two teams make progressively spicier menus.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

Chef Emeril Lagasse guest judges a Quickfire where chefs reinvent livermush. The Elimination Challenge has them create dishes with naturally food-dyed elements honoring NC's textile heritage. Amirah Kassem joins the judges' panel.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons
Director(s): Anna Moulaison

The Quickfire sees the Chef's pairing dishes with wines, while Elimination challenges them to transform Southern side dishes into elevated main courses.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons
Director(s): Anna Moulaison

The Quickfire challenge from Fortune Feimster is an improv of techniques and flavors for kids in honor of Comic Relief. The Elimination challenge has the chefs creating dishes featuring dehydration at the U.S. National Whitewater ...

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons
Director(s): Anna Moulaison

It's a whole hog cookout, the ten remaining chef's form two teams to prepare five different cuts (shoulder, loin, belly, ham, and chopped), which will be judged head-to-head by both a group of experienced pit masters and the judges.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons
Director(s): Anna Moulaison

Madison LeCroy and Craig Conover join Kristen Kish for a Cracker Barrel-inspired Quickfire. Chefs team up to create breakfast, lunch, and dinner based on Southern classics.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

Two four-chef teams create restaurant concepts with three-course menus, two options per course. They serve 100 guests plus to-go orders. Judges Kristen, Tom, Gail, Michael Mina, and Clare Reichenbach preside.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

Lines are cast as chefs fish, cook and face elimination by the water's edge.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

The six remaining chefs face a Quickfire inspired by fan votes and an Elimination Challenge featuring elevated rabbit dishes judged by special guests.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

Chefs visit Asheville, NC with former contestant Ashleigh Shanti, learning about hurricane Helene relief efforts and Appalachian cuisine. No Quickfire. For Elimination, they host a dinner for 200 community members celebrating resi...

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

The final Quickfire Challenge has the chefs playing 20 questions to identify and recreate a dish made by Tom. The chefs are tasked with creating dishes plated in unexpected ways, using unconventional vessels.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons

The three remaining chefs face their most personal challenge yet, with sous chef assistance from former competitors. The final challenge will be their most important four course progressive meal of their careers.

Stars: Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons