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Texas

(2011)

Overview

This season introduces a new competition to the series; in addition to the Quickfire and Elimination Challenges featured in televised episodes, the "Last Chance Kitchen" competition allowed eliminated contestants to compete head-to-head in a series of webisodes, with the winner eventually returning to the main competition. The webisodes are available on Bravo's website.

Cast

Hugh Acheson as Self - Judge
Hugh Acheson

as Self - Judge

Tom Colicchio as Self - Head Judge
Tom Colicchio

as Self - Head Judge

Padma Lakshmi as Self - Host
Padma Lakshmi

as Self - Host

Gail Simmons as Self - Judge
Gail Simmons

as Self - Judge

Emeril Lagasse as Self - Judge
Emeril Lagasse

as Self - Judge

Edward Lee as Self - Contestant
Edward Lee

as Self - Contestant

Episodes

Everything's Bigger in Texas poster

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November 2, 2011

29 chefs gather at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, to compete for 16 slots in the 9th season of Top Chef. Tonight they…

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November 9, 2011

Night two of heats for the coveted contestant spots starts with 10 competitors, 10 ingredients, and only five chef coat…

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November 16, 2011

The chefs are asked to create a dish using rattlesnakes. Later they cater a girl's quinceañera celebration.

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November 23, 2011

The contestants provide food for the local rodeo and its audience.

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November 30, 2011

The chefs must create a dish using what they can find in a standard survival kit, then they have to shift gears and cat…

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December 7, 2011

The contestants prepare steak for some of Texas' most discerning palates, at least beef-wise, the attendees of the Catt…

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December 14, 2011

The contestants must cook for an all-star table of chefs whose avocation is hunting.

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December 21, 2011

The chefs must adapt quickly when their cooking mashes up with social networking and they begin receiving dish notes vi…

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January 4, 2012

The chefs combine learning with cooking tonight when they use Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine to influence their Qu…

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January 11, 2012

The still-standing chefs sharpen their knives for the time-honored fan-favorite "Restaurant Wars" test. The all-encompa…

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January 18, 2012

The Quickfire is on the move, except it's the ingredients that are moving—by train. Next, the chefs must access the dar…

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January 25, 2012

The chefs race against time to finish prep work for a meal. Later, they serve up cuisine at a food-drive block party. G…

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February 1, 2012

In this week’s Quickfire, Pee-wee Herman stops by and the chefs are tasked to create his favorite breakfast dish – panc…

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February 8, 2012

In this week’s Quickfire, the chefs must use their sense of touch, smell and taste to navigate through the pantry to ga…

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February 15, 2012

The final 4 chefs arrive in Whistler, British Columbia, for a Top Chef twist on the Olympic games. From cooking on the …

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February 22, 2012

Asian Masters lend a hand in a tag-team-style Quickfire. The final 3 chefs must create a dish and cocktail that fuses t…

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February 29, 2012

For the final challenge, each chef will take over a restaurant in Vancouver where they will have the chance to design a…

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March 7, 2012