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Improv - Richard takes the cake during the dessert themed quickfire, while the girls struggle to improvise.

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Improv

Improv - Richard takes the cake during the dessert themed quickfire, while the girls struggle to improvise.

2008.04.23
2008.04.24
N/A

Chuck

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Air/Pub'l

Grade

Author

4-6
Recap

Stupid Displeasures

Tailgating - Ryan hits the road for his inarticulate -- but very wordy -- approach to tailgating fare, serving bread salad and poached pears (yes, you read that right) to hungry football fans.

2008.04.16
2008.04.21
B-

Chuck

4-5
Recap

The Elements

The Elements - Which probably wasn't what Team Earth had in mind, but Zoi would rather talk about how she loves to use seasonings than just shut up and use them.

2008.04.09
2008.04.15
B-

Chuck

4-5
Recaplet

The Elements

The Elements - Don't forget the salt! A contestant is forced to pack their knives after forgetting to season.

2008.04.09
2008.04.10
N/A

Chuck

4-4
Recap

Film Food

Film Food - The cheftestants divide into teams along gender lines and imagine dishes based on their favorite films for a movie-themed dinner party.

2008.04.02
2008.04.07
B

Chuck

4-3
Recap

Block Party

Block Party - OK, we get it. If you're transporting food to serve later, choose your menu items carefully. Can we move on, please?

2008.03.26
2008.04.02
C

Chuck

4-2
Recap

Zoo Food

Zoo Food - After grazing at a farmer's market for the Quickfire, a high concept Elimination turns the cheftestants into animals and goes to the birds. Blame-resistant Valerie gets axed for some bad-idea blinis.

2008.03.19
2008.03.24
D

Chuck

4-2
Recaplet

Zoo Food

Zoo Food - The chefs get wild with an animal-themed challenge.

2008.03.18
2008.03.20
N/A

Chuck

4-1
Recap

Salt For Your Wounds?

Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better - In which that most elemental of seasonings proves to be the undoing of our first reject, twice in a row.

2008.03.11
2008.03.17
C

Chuck

3-16
Extra

It Came Upon A Sniff And Sneer

Top Chef Holiday Special - The only chestnuts roasting in this episode are CJ's! ...Okay, not really, but any chance to make a nut joke, right? The ghosts of cheftestants past arrive in Chicago to duke it out for twenty grand, and Tiffani is the one screeching, "God bless me and only me!" (Bonus: Ripert dresses up as Santa Claus.)

2007.12.05
2007.12.12
B

Keckler

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