It’s a Super Bowl Showdown on tonight’s Top Chef

The Super Bowl is coming up this Sunday and nothing goes better with watching football than good food! This week the remaining chefs battle it out in a Super Bowl-themed cook-off against seven all-stars from previous seasons including season four’s Andrew and Spike, season three’s Camille and season two’s Josie!

However, this season’s chef’testants start to feel the pressure when the past TOP CHEF’s start to intimidate them. Will the chefs be able to prove themselves the best season yet?  Scott Conant, chef-restaurateur of the NYC’s Scarpetta Restaurant serves as guest judge.

Stephen Starr is the guest judge on Top Chef

Wednesday, January 21st the Chef’testants will declare Restaurant War! In this always-anticipated episode, famed restaurateur Stephen Starr (owner of Starr Restaurant Organization) serves as guest judge for both the quickfire and the elimination challenges.

The chefs must create a tasting for Stephen to decide who will be the head chef and “owner” of each Restaurant and for the elimination round, the chef’testants must create every aspect of a restaurant in 24 hours.  When Hosea and Leah are paired up on the same team, their budding relationship heats up – but the pressure is on! Will they be able to put their emotions aside and pull together a successful restaurant in time?

Top Chefs get farm fresh at Blue Hill

First, the chefs are a little dejected when the quickfire challenge has them cooking a delicious dish using canned goods with only 15 minutes to work with –in honor of Season 3 Winner Hung who serves as quickfire judge.

For the elimination round, it’s time for the big city chefs to head to the country. The chef’testants must shop for the freshest of ingredients at Blue Hill Farm and then work with what they have to create a feast for the farm workers themselves. Will the chefs be able to pull it all off? Dan Barber, chef and co-owner of Blue Hill restaurant in NYC, serves as guest judge.