Top Chef USA: Stagione 19

Primal Instincts

54min - Aspiring chefs compete for their shot at culinary stardom.

Friday Night Bites

54min - The chefs are challenged in the Quickfire to put their own spin on the Tex-Mex classic queso.

Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice

Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice

43min - For their first individual challenge of the season, the chefs are surprised in the kitchen by “Top Chef” Miami winner Hung Huynh and challenged to make an Asian-inspired dish.

Doppelgangers

Doppelgangers

43min - The chefs are joined by local chef Chris Williams in the Quickfire Challenge.

Don't Mess With BBQ

43min - Brooke Williamson tasks the chefs with putting their own spin on a brisket dish.

Texas Trailblaze-Hers

54min - The chefs must draw inspiration from the lives of some of Texas’s most influential women in order to impress a table of trailblazers.

Swallow The Competition

43min - The chefs need to make a stew that pairs perfectly with traditional Nigerian swallows.

Restaurant wars

54min - The chefs are put to the ultimate test; they have to build restaurants from the ground up.

Freedmen's town

54min - The chefs are tasked with creating a monochromatic plant-based dish for their Quickfire Challenge.

Dinner In Zero Gravity

43min - The chefs get an early start as they head to the Houston farmers market to meet Padma and Quickfire guest judge Claudette Zepeda.

Family Vacation

54min - It’s time to hit the beach. The Chefs head to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston Texas, but they won’t have any time to relax.

We're on a Boat

We're On A Boat

43min - After saying goodbye to their loved ones and another fellow competitor, the chefs receive an ominous gift from Tom, who tells them to get up early and meet him at the docks. They’ll have to find their sea legs quickly because for their Elimination Challenge each chef must create two fresh fish dishes to hook their guest judges Stephanie Izard and Daniel Boulud. The catch? They’ll be fishing for all of their protein themselves.

Cactus Makes Perfect

43min - The final four chefs are headed to Tucson. For their last Quickfire Challenge, they’ll make the trip to El Charro, the oldest family-run Mexican restaurant in the country.

The Final Plate

54min - The finalists prepare themselves for the most important cook of their lives.