The judges and chefs join host Andy Cohen to reflect on the season.

The remaining two chefs prepare the best meal of their lives.

The chefs prepare dinner for an illustrious panel of guest diners who will help determine the finalists.

It’s a deep fry contest for the queen of deep fat, then the chefs prepare seafood dishes for a charity event.

It’s a Sesame Street kind of day when the chefs find themselves cooking to please Muppet palates. Next they are tasked with making a dish at a Target store.

The chefs put their signature on fondue, and then cater Jimmy Fallon’s birthday party.

After a fish fillet contest, the chefs must conceptualize and open “one night only” restaurants.

The chefs must catch and cook fish for a beach party.

Following in the footsteps of the revered Iron Chef, and riding the crest of the reality trend still sweeping U.S. networks in the mid-2000s, the Bravo network’s reality series Top Chef pits 15 chefs against one other in an on-camera competition of food preparation to vie for the title of premier culinary maestro.