Season 18
(2021)
Overview
Season 18 mixes the standard location-inspired challenges — like a nod to the Oregon Trail — with acknowledgments of the current state of the world, with cheftestants making meals for hundreds of frontline workers.
Cast
as Self - Head Judge
as Self - Host
as Self - Judge
as Self - Contestant
Episodes
First Impressions 0.0
April 1, 2021
“Top Chef” is back with 15 of the country’s best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon. For their first Quickfire …
Trouble Brewing 0.0
April 8, 2021
The Chefs are in for a rude awakening when they enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs – Amar …
Pan African Portland 0.0
April 15, 2021
The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert. Carrie Baird…
Thrown for a Loop 0.0
April 22, 2021
For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell’s Soup for Padma and guest judge Dale Tald…
Meet You at the Drive-In 0.0
April 29, 2021
Amar Santana joins Padma for this week’s Quickfire Challenge honoring Mother’s Day and one of Portland’s nicknames “Cit…
Stumptown U.S.A. 0.0
May 6, 2021
The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest with their prep tables gone and replaced by stumps for this wee…
Feeding the Frontlines 0.0
May 13, 2021
The winner of the first part of Last Chance Kitchen rejoins the competition just in time for their “second chance” Quic…
Restaurant Wars 0.0
May 20, 2021
With the top eight chefs remaining, it’s time for the perennial favorite - Restaurant Wars. This year, the chefs will s…
Portland-ia 0.0
May 27, 2021
For this week’s Quickfire Challenge, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein from the hit comedy series “Portlandia” task th…
Tournament of Tofu 0.0
June 3, 2021
Ed Lee enters the kitchen and tells the chefs they will be competing tournament style; the chefs duke it out at the Por…
Blind Ambitions 0.0
June 10, 2021
This week’s Quickfire Challenge takes inspiration from "Top Chef" France’s infamous Black Box challenge. In teams of tw…
The Cheesier the Better 0.0
June 17, 2021
As the final four chefs near the end of their journey in Portland, Padma is joined by Vitaly Paley and Gregory Gourdet …
Shellfishly Delicious 0.0
June 24, 2021
The remaining chefs get an early wake-up call from Padma to go meet guest judge Brooke Williamson and dig for clams for…
The Next Top Chef Is... 0.0
July 1, 2021
After 13 grueling weeks of competition, the chefs must create the best four-course meal of their lives for their final …