Top Chef (Season 22)

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

  • Poster for Across Canada, We Go!

    Across Canada, We Go! (Episode 1) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-03-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Several aspiring chefs compete for the coveted title of "Top Chef" while they creatively whip up a storm to escape elimination.

  • Poster for Brunch à la Boulud

    Brunch à la Boulud (Episode 2) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-03-20

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Best Served Cold

    Best Served Cold (Episode 3) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-03-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The chefs must make their own version of a Jamaican patty as a Quickfire Challenge and create dishes best served cold or risk elimination.

  • Poster for Top Chef Trivia

    Top Chef Trivia (Episode 4) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-04-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Line Cook for a Day

    Line Cook for a Day (Episode 5) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-04-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Pickle Me This

    Pickle Me This (Episode 6) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-04-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for You Wanna Pizza Me?

    You Wanna Pizza Me? (Episode 7) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-04-24

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: For this week's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish with an ingredient using only the toughest stains as their clues.

  • Poster for Restaurant Wars

    Restaurant Wars (Episode 8) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-05-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Cooking on the Edge

    Cooking on the Edge (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2025-05-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for From Dep Till Dawn

    From Dep Till Dawn (Episode 10) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-05-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Calgary, Yahoo!

    Calgary, Yahoo! (Episode 11) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-05-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Foraged in Fire

    Foraged in Fire (Episode 12) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-05-29

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Viva Milano!

    Viva Milano! (Episode 13) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-06-05

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Finito

    Finito (Episode 14) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-06-12

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

Top Chef

Seasons

San Francisco
6 San Francisco
Episodes 12
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Episodes 13
Miami
Miami
Episodes 16
Chicago
7 Chicago
Episodes 15
New York
New York
Episodes 15
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Episodes 16
D.C.
D.C.
Episodes 15
All-Stars
All-Stars
Episodes 17
Texas
Texas
Episodes 18
Seattle
Seattle
Episodes 17
New Orleans
7.4 New Orleans
Episodes 17
Boston
Boston
Episodes 15
California
California
Episodes 15
Charleston
Charleston
Episodes 14
Season 15
Season 15
Episodes 14
Season 16
Season 16
Episodes 15
All Stars L.A.
9 All Stars L.A.
Episodes 14
Season 18
Season 18
Episodes 14
Houston
7 Houston
Episodes 14
World All-Stars
7.1 World All-Stars
Episodes 14
Wisconsin
6.9 Wisconsin
Episodes 14
Destination Canada
6.7 Destination Canada
Episodes 14
Specials
Specials
Episodes 18