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Episodes
- Episode 17 | Aired Feb 29 The Classiest Chef Wins Paul and Sarah square off in what was supposedly the closest finale ever Comments +
- Episode 16 | Aired Feb 22 Hot-Headed Ice Queens Tonight is the night when three become two Comments +
- Episode 15 | Aired Feb 15 Beverly the Warrior In snowy British Columbia, Sarah continues to be vile, and Beverly proves herself to be the hero of the season Comments +
- Episode 14 | Aired Feb 8 She's Back! And She's Pissed Well, maybe she's not pissed. But she should be. Which "she" am I talking about? Comments +
- Episode 13 | Aired Feb 1 This Used to Be My Playhouse The challenge? A gimmicky one inspired by a pseudo celebrity — nevertheless, I thought it a fun break from Texas-themed catering. Pee-wee Herman to the rescue! Comments +
- Episode 12 | Aired Jan 25 More Exciting than Chicken Salad Friends become foes, and Grayson goes on the offensive against Tom Comments +
- Episode 11 | Aired Jan 18 Food Fit for an Evil Queen Charlize Theron cast her deliciously wicked spell on this grotesque, gimmicky yet exciting challenge. Comments +
- Episode 10 | Aired Jan 11 The Hunger Blame Games Restaurant Wars pit men against women -- and women against women. Sarah becomes even more insufferable. Comments +
- Episode 09 | Aired Jan 4 There's the Rub With Heather out of the picture, Sarah stepped up as the resident insufferable drama queen. Nathan Myhrvold made for one of the best, most legit guest judges ever Comments +
- Episode 08 | Aired Dec 21 Stop Chef Bullying The Heather-Beverly saga comes to an end; the fierce and delightfully ridiculous Patti Labelle sings for her supper Comments +
- Episode 07 | Aired Dec 14 We Have a Villain! Will Heather go down as one of the most reviled contestants in Top Chef history? Comments +
- Episode 06 | Aired Dec 7 These Chefs Need More Sauce After an underwhelming steak dinner tonight, Tom said, "I'm starting to think I chose the wrong chefs." Looking at this pack of skittish, uninspired whiners, he may be right. Comments +
- Episode 05 | Aired Nov 30 Hungry Hungry Housewives Was this a preview for the 'Real Housewives of Dallas'? One can only hope, because this was probably the most entertaining episode of the season so far Comments +
- Episode 04 | Aired Nov 23 Never Put Beans in a Cowboy's Chili Weird bagel accidents, Padma on a horse, a surprise last-minute challenge.... Now THIS feels like 'Top Chef' at its best Comments +
- Episode 03 | Aired Nov 16 Snakes on a Plate In the first real episode of the season, the top 16 chefs must cook up some "motherf---ing" snakes Comments +
- Episode 02 | Aired Nov 9 Revenge of the Bubble People Eleven competitors have earned their chef’s coats; 10 more cook for their coats tonight; four balance on the bubble. Comments +
- Episode 01 | Aired Nov 2 Cattle Call In the season premiere of Top Chef, a herd of 29 cheftestants are slowly whittled down to 16. Who'll get a chef's jacket? Comments +
Top Chef Photos
Top Chef Headlines
- PopWatchGail Simmons blogs ‘Top Chef:’ Guns, gondolas and ice picks…let the games begin!3:01 AM ET | Feb 16, 2012
- PopWatchGail Simmons blogs ‘Top Chef:’ [Spoiler!] makes a triumphant return3:01 AM ET | Feb 09, 2012
- PopWatch‘Top Chef’ Last Chance Kitchen: Who will return? Beverly or Grayson?6:00 PM ET | Feb 08, 2012
- PopWatchGail Simmons blogs ‘Top Chef’: Redeeming the Alamo for Pee-wee Herman3:01 AM ET | Feb 02, 2012
- PopWatchEmeril Lagasse blogs ‘Top Chef:’ Friends turned foes3:00 AM ET | Jan 26, 2012
- PopWatchPadma Lakshmi blogs ‘Top Chef’: Charlize Theron inspires some wicked dishes3:00 AM ET | Jan 19, 2012
- PopWatchPadma Lakshmi blogs ‘Top Chef:’ It’s restaurant wars!12:39 PM ET | Jan 12, 2012
- PopWatchPopWatch Planner: Brits, tech toys, and gearing up for the Globes10:15 PM ET | Jan 08, 2012
- PopWatchGail Simmons blogs episode 9 of ‘Top Chef: Texas:’ Skewered at the judges’ table2:00 AM ET | Jan 05, 2012
- PopWatchTom Colicchio blogs ‘Top Chef: Texas:’ Tributes and trials3:00 AM ET | Dec 22, 2011