All Episodes

Top Chef S11E05 Recap: "Lea Michele's Halloween Bash" & Contract Negotiations | Ep 258

Top Chef S11E04 Recap: "Captain Vietnam" & Writing for Anthony Bourdain | Ep 257

Top Chef S11E03 Recap: "Commander’s Palace" & The 2026 James Beard Awards | Ep 257

Top Chef S11E02 Recap: "Rebuilding New Orleans" & Tom Colicchio's Movie Script | Ep 256

Top Chef S11E01 Recap: "Soiree in the Swamp" & Tom Colicchio's Report Card | Ep 255

Top Chef S23E14 Recap: "The Final Toast" & Jury Duty w/ Monique Moses | Ep 254

Top Chef S23E13 Recap: The "Plate Expectations" Do-Over w/ Bethany Coan | Ep 253 Part 2

Top Chef S23E13 Recap: "Plate Expectations" & Hawaiian Voicemails w/ Bethany Coan | Ep 253

Top Chef S23E12 Recap: "Appalachian Celebration" & Hawaiian Kidnappings | Ep 252

Top Chef S23E11 Recap: "Down the Rabbit Hole" & The Hawaiian SPAM Man | Ep 251

Top Chef S23E10 Recap: "Hook, Line, and Dinner" & Hot Dog Injuries w/ Alex Kazanas | Ep 250

Top Chef S23E09 Recap: "The Ultimate Dinner Party" & First Class Dining | Ep 249

Top Chef S23E08 Recap: "Restaurant Wars" & Gravestone Recipes w/ Rosie Grant | Ep 248

Top Chef S23E07 Recap: "Desserts Fit for a Queen" w/ Kate Symes | Ep 247

Top Chef S23E06 Recap: "Going Whole Hog" & Bryan's Replacement w/ John Carroll | Ep 246

Top Chef S23E05 Recap: “Cut & Dry” and Remembering Optophobia w/ Tim Townsend | Ep 245

Top Chef S23E04 Recap: "Pick a Side" & The First Black Man in Space (Podcaster)| Ep 244

Top Chef S23E03 Recap: "True Colors" & Bryan's 30-Word Limit | Ep 243

Top Chef S23E02 Recap: "Puckerbutt" & Adopt, Don't Shop... Peppers | Ep 242

Top Chef S23E01 Recap: "Carolina Roots" & Phone Booths w/ Jeff Ray | Ep 241

America's Culinary Cup Premiere Recap: Temu Top Chef | Ep 240

#239 - BONUS EPISODE (Top Chef Season 23 Preview)

#238 - Our First Clip Show (Top Chef S10, E17 Recap)

#237 - Sheldon’s Been Replaced (Top Chef S10, Ep 16 Recap)

#236 - 4 Questions to Fall in Love (Top Chef S10, E15 Recap)

#235 - America's Culinary Cup Runneth Over (Top Chef S10, Ep 14 Recap)

#234 - Chef’s At Sea (Top Chef S10, Ep 13 Recap)

#233 - Wolfgang Yucks (Top Chef S10, Ep 12 Recap)

#232 - Kristen Kish is Born (Top Chef S10, Ep 11 recap)

#231 - Top Chef (S10E10) "The Battle Before the War"

#230 - Fighting Myself from the Future (Top Chef S10, E9 recap)

#229 - How Eat Persimmon (Top Chef S10, E8 recap)

#228 - Trying Out a New Platform AKA Bye-Bye Zencastr (Top Chef S10, E7 recap)

#227 - An Ethical, Self-Produced Documentary About My Life (Top Chef S10, E6 recap)

#226 - The Bry Guys, Jamall Rats, and Reaves Me Alone (Top Chef S10, E5 recap)

#225 - Came Out a Little Mushy, If You Know What I Mean (Top Chef S10, E4 recap)

#224 - Honey Buns are a Bad B*tch (Top Chef S10, E3 recap)

#223 - End Simulation (Top Chef S10, E2 recap)

#222 - D.N.P.O.M.B. (Top Chef S10, E1 recap)

#221 - Ninja Turtling (Top Chef S9, E17 recap)

#220 - Texas is the Canada of the South (Top Chef S9, E16 recap)

#219 - FAFO (Top Chef S9, E15 recap)

#218 - I Say Sorry all the Time, and I Never Mean It (Top Chef S8, E14 recap)

#217 - 60/40 Burgers w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S9, E13 recap)

#216 - Show Her My Go Face (Top Chef S9, E12 recap)

#215 - Last Chance Litigation (Top Chef S9, E11 recap)

#214 - It Takes Two to Coup (Top Chef Season 22, Episode 14 recap)

#213 - Mortal Kombat was a Video Game? w/ Carson & Taylor (Top Chef S22, E13 recap)

#212 - It's 50/50 w/ Monique Moses (Top Chef S22, E12 recap)

#211 - When We Cook (Top Chef S22, E11 recap)

#210 - What's Been Eatin' You, With What You've Been Eatin' w/ Annie Barry (Top Chef S22, E10 recap)

#209 - Vinny Had the Bigger Dinger (Top Chef S22, E9 recap)

#208 - Restaurant Wards (Top Chef S22, E8 recap)

#207 - Sans Tomat (Top Chef S22, E7 recap)

#206 - Dude, Where's My Mise en Place? w/ Britt Migs (Top Chef S22, E6 recap)

#205 - This is Top Chef, Not Top Worked for a Bunch of People and Redoing their Dishes (Top Chef S22, E5)

#204 - Pecon Puerto Ricon Weekon (Top Chef S22, E4 recap)

#203 - New Theme Song Drop (Top Chef S22, E3 recap)

#202 - Colicchio's Corner Store Contest (Top Chef S22, E2 recap)

#201 - Destination: Colicchio (Top Chef S22, E1 recap)

#200 - It's Peanut Butter and Jelly to Me w/ Chef Manny Barella

#199 - Codeword: Pause or Stop (Top Chef S22 Teaser Watch Along)

#198 - Is This the Saddest "Chefs, I've Prepared For You...?" (Top Chef S9, E10 recap)

#197 - It's a New Game Now w/ Chef Savannah Miller

#196 - The Perfect Plate of Barbecue with Chef Michelle Wallace (Top Chef Season 21)

#195 - Jamal's Birthday Week (Top Chef S9, E9 recap)

#194 - One Nation Under Tom (Top Chef S9, E8 recap)

#193 - Toms of Flavortown w/ Moms of Flavortown (Top Chef S9, E7 recap)

#192 - We're Going Back to Go Forward (Top Chef S9, E6 recap)

#191 - Carlin, Pryor, Colicchio (Top Chef S9, E5 recap)

#190 - We'll Leave the Light On For You (Top Chef S9, E4 recap)

#189 - Make Sure You Push the Bunny Grahams Tonight (Top Chef S9, E3 recap)

#188 - Sound Advice From a Ghost (Top Chef S9, E2 recap)

#187 - If the Taste Doesn't Get Ya, the Texture Will (Top Chef S9, E1 recap)

#186 - Brät Summer (Top Chef S8, E16 recap)

#185 - The Most Famous Austrian (Top Chef S8, E15 recap)

#184 - People Either Want Mo' Deng or Less Deng (Top Chef S8, E14 recap)

#183 - I'm Sorry I Couldn't Find a More Culturally Representative Rhino (Top Chef S8, E13 recap)

#182 - We're a Christian Podcast Now (Top Chef S8, E12 recap)

#181 - Intact, Of Course (Top Chef S8, E11 recap)

#180 - Reading Emails Without Protection Just Feels Better (Top Chef S8, E10 recap)

#179 - PeaPea Streaming (Top Chef S8, E9

#178 - I'm in my Chef Bag (Top Chef Season 8, Episode 8 recap)

#177 - Old Bagel w/ Peanut Butter and Deconstructed Bean Tacos (Top Chef S8, E7 recap)

#176 - Blame it on the Edit w/ Rachel Gluckstern (Top Chef S21, E4 recap)

#175 - America, Built to Melt (Top Chef S21, E13 recap)

#174 - He Pulls w/ Matt Visconage (Top Chef S21, E12 recap)

#173 - I'm Not Al Dente (I Promise) (Top Chef S21, E11 recap)

#172 - Door Country Boil w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S21, E10 recap)

#171 - You Fly, I'll Buy w/ Bethany Coan (Top Chef S21, E9 recap)

#170 - Weddings are About the Guests (Top Chef S21, E8 recap)

#169 - None of Us Have BBLs, Well Bryan Might w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S21, E7 recap)

#168 - Real Mustard Greens, Cry Me A River (Top Chef S21, E6 recap)

#167 - Points On w/ John Carroll (Top Chef S21, E5 recap)

#166 - Beautiful Dish w/ Audrey Mattaino (Top Chef S21, E4 recap)

#165 - Transplants Welcome (Top Chef S21, E3 recap)

#164 - Pizza Impala (Top Chef S21, E2 recap)

#163 - ASMR w/ Annie Barry (Top Chef S21, E1 recap)

#162 - The Episode Where They Trash Blue Fish and Do the Season 21 Fantasy Draft (Top Chef S8, E6 recap)

#161 - Michelle Sarah Gellar (Top Chef S8, E5 recap)

#160 - Try Listening to the Theme Song at 1.5x Speed w/ Tony Lazzeroni (Top Chef S8, E4 recap)

#159 - Wis-Cousins (Top Chef Season 21 Trailer Watch-Along)

#158 - Accidental Loaded Gatorade (Top Chef S8, E3 recap)

#157 - More Often Than Not (Top Chef S8, E2 recap)

#156 - If You Guys Continue To Do This w/ Rachel Gluckstern(Top Chef S8, E1 Recap)

#155 - Steven Spielberg and Child Labor Law Loopholes (Top Chef S7, E14 recap)

#154 - Jurassic World: Dominion of the Fallen Kingdom: An Annual Christmas Extravaganza (Top Chef S7, E13 recap)

#153 - Who Da F*ck Don’t Like Space, Kelly? (Top Chef S7, E12 recap)

#152 - Fiscally Smooth and Socially Lumpy (Thanksgiving Special)

#151 - You Cannot Pay With Cash App (Top Chef S7, E11 recap)

#150 - Dunkin’ on Ducks (Top Chef S7, E10 recap)

#149 - Load Management (Top Chef S7, E9 recap)

#148 - Jack-O-Leen (Top Chef S7, E8 recap)

#147 - The Pea Purée Episode w/ Bethany Stokes (Top Chef S7, E7 recap)

#146 - That Should’ve Been Me Up There! w/ Bethany Stokes (Top Chef S7, E6 recap)

#145 - The Spiders are Massive (Said in an Australian Accent) (Top Chef S7, E5 recap)

#144 - A Bag A Beans?!?!? (Top Chef S7, E4)

#143 - Help Me Jonathan Waxman, You’re My Only Hope w/ Sean Paul Ellis (Top Chef S7, E3 recap)

#142 - I Can’t Lotion... Anymore (Top Chef S7, E2 recap)

#141 - Our Smallest Guest w/ Melanie Harker (Top Chef S7, E1 recap)

#140 - This Is As Good As It’s Going To Get w/ Shawn Westfall LIVE FROM AWESOME CON

#139 - FBI - Full Blooded Italian (Top Chef S20, E14 recap)

#138 - I Heard the Camera Makes You Lose a Foot w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S20, E13 recap)

#137 - It’s a Buddha-sode (Top Chef S20, E12 recap)

#136 - Your Absence Left Us All a Little Soufflé-less (Top Chef S20, E11 recap)

#135 - BONUS - Whenever You’re in Houston w/ Chef Evelyn Garcia from Top Chef Houston

#134 - Dean, Jury, and Executioner w/ Jared Moskowitz (Top Chef S20, E10 recap)

#133 - How Big Was Your Poultry? w/ Rosie Grant (Top Chef S20, E9)

#132 - I’m Wearing Dog Shit as a Swimsuit w/ Stacey Kulow (Top Chef S20, E8 recap) [REUPLOAD]

#131 - Snitches Don’t Get Scritches (Top Chef S20, E7 recap)

#130 - BONUS EPISODE - Once Baked Potato w/ Chef Nick Wallace from Top Chef Houston

#129 - The Amount of Times I’ve Been Offered to Host the Tony’s (Top Chef S20, E6 recap)

#128 - Honking On Cartilage w/ Katy Berry (Top Chef S20, E5 recap)

#127 - All About the Hosts, Not Top Chef w/ Monique Moses (Top Chef S20, E4 recap)

#126 - We Hella Deep w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S20, E3 recap)

#125 - One Cracker at a Time w/ Ginnie (Top Chef S20, E2 recap)

#124 - The Creed Three Amigos w/ Annie Barry (Top Chef S20, E1 recap)

#123 - Top Chef Season 20 Fantasy Draft BONUS minisode

#122 - Top Chef Season 20 Trailer Reaction

#121 - All Boxes Ticked w/ Caroline Yates (Top Chef S6, E14 recap)

#120 - The Awesome Con Application Submission Part 2 w/ Steve Brown (Top Chef S6, E13 recap)

#119 - The Hog Feast w/ Ashley Everhart (Top ChefS6, E12 recap)

#118 - Jamal - ”The Titles Are Too Wordy” (Top Chef S6, E11 recap)

#117 - When I Make a Side of Depression It Ends Up Being the Main Course w/ Dillon Diatlo (Top Chef S6, E10 recap)

#116 - The Awesome Con Application Submission - Part 1 (Top Chef S6, E9 recap)

#115 - Is Batman Racist? w/ Casey Hogan (Top Chef S6, E8 recap)

#114 - Chefs I Have Composed for You w/ Charlie Visconage, Jeff Ray, and Matt Chaconas

#113 - Ha Ha Ha... Nice w/ Avishar Barua from Top Chef Portland

#112 - Chocolate Thunder! w/ Farshad Khansari (Top Chef S6, E7 recap)

#111 - I Felt Like Don Cheadle w/ Roscoe Hall from Top Chef Portland

#110 - Using The Whole Buffalo w/ Nelson German from Top Chef Portland

#109 - Frozen Is How Fresh Stays Fresh w/ Liz Sanders (Top Chef S6, E6 recap)

#108 - It’s a Marsupial Dang It, Gimme That Pocket! (Top Chef S6, E5 recap)

#107 - The Old Calamity Clam w/ Sara Hauman of Top Chef Portland

#106 - Daniel Boulud Makes Onions Cry w/ Lauren Gabel (Top Chef S06, E04 recap)

#105 - Tinker, Taylor, Sailor, Spy w/ Taylor Kniffin (Top Chef S06, E03 recap)

#104 - How To Talk To Your Doctor About Your Horniness Level (Top Chef S06, E02 recap)

#103 - Dress For The Job You Want - Prom King w/ Annie Barry (Top Chef S06, E01 recap)

#102 - Bonjour and Au Revoir to Season 5 (Top Chef S05, E14 recap)

#101 - Doing Something in a Hurry for Some Curry (Top Chef S05, E13 recap)

#100 - EPISODE 100!!! (Top Chef S05, E12 recap)

#99 - Reaves is Back! (Top Chef S05, E11 recap)

#98 - Seven Hundred Bucks and I’ll Murder Your Monkey (S05, E10 recap)

#97 - Nothing But Fat Ghosts at the Heart Attack Grill (Top Chef S05, E09 recap)

#96 - I Hear Ya On The Pork (Top Chef S05, E08 recap)

#95 - Unicorn Hamburger (Top Chef S05, E07 recap)

#94 - Yes, Chef But Not in a Sexy Way (Top Chef S05, E06 recap)

#93 - Let Me Get Twanky Twinkies w/ Jeff Ray (Top Chef S05, E05 recap)

#92 - We Went to Dale Talde’s Restaurant - Goosefeather!

#91 - Is This The Multiverse of Madness? (Top Chef S5, E4 recap)

#90 - Why Wasn’t it Foo(d) Fighters Thanksgiving? w/ Rosie Grant (Top Chef S5, E03 recap)

#89 - Bussin’ Egg Yolks w/ Vic Valderrama (Top Chef S5, E02 recap)

#88 - Are There Too Many Bald People On TV? w/ Barrett Leddy (Top Chef S5, E01 recap)

#87 - Spare Rib Works as a Chubby Nickname Too w/ Zach Cherry (Top Chef S19, E14 Finale recap)

#86 - Blactus w/ Charlie Visconage (Top Chef S19, E13 recap)

#85 - Tom Just Wanted to Go Fishing w/ Jonathan Murphy (Top Chef S19. E12 recap)

#84 - A Gordon Gab w/ Kyle and Sam Gordon (Top Chef S19, E11 recap)

#83 - A Reaves Clip Show OR The Poor Man’s BJ Smoove (Top Chef S19, E10 recap)

#82 - Welcome To The Party, Pal w/ Dale Talde (Top Chef S19, E09 recap)

#81 - Do Not Feed List (Top Chef S19, E08 recap)

#80 - Tanking the Episode on Purpose (Top Chef S19, E07 Recap)

#79 - We’re a Good Podcast, But a Bad Top Chef Podcast w/ Stephen ”Dash” Brown (Top Chef S19, E06 recap)

#78 - Half Manchu w/ Chef Kevin Bartelt (Top Chef S19, E05 recap)

#77 - Bottom Sour About a One Star Review w/ Daisy and Daffy (Top Chef S19, E04 recap)

#76 - Sploshing w/ Alex Kazanas (Top Chef S19, E03 recap)

#75 - The Beehive Vs. The Foot Clan (Top Chef S19, E02 recap)

#74 - Black With a Hard ”Ack” (Top Chef Season 19 premiere)

#73 - Our Top Chef Season 19 Predictions and Other Funny Stuff

#72 - My Trash Can is FULL of Frozen Scallops

#71 - I Love the Smell of Grey Poupon in the Morning

#70 - Her Last Name Was ”Comma Princess”

#69 - Thank You For Your Meal Service

#68 - The Couscous Was Loose (Loose)

#67 - Loudly Cooking and Quietly Refusing

#66 - Blood Pickles

#65 - Take and Bake

#64 - Show Me Yo Feet!

#63 - The Novel Corona, The Humble Taco

#62 - The Liberal Animal Media

#61 - MF‘ers Act Like They Forgot About Jamie Kenn-eday!

#60 - An Alison Roman Holiday

#59 - It‘s Lemon Time!

#58 - Grey... Beat Bobby Flay

#57 - Are You Talking About Gigli?

#56 - Elk is Not Seafood

#55 - Live Strip Shows... Chicken Strips

#54 - Caveman Cancel Culture

#53 - Our One Year Anniversary Episode w/ Super Fan Shelley Granger

#52 - No One Speaks French!

#51 - Freak About Hot Plates (also Feet)

#50- HILF - Homage I‘d Like to Film

#49 - Pod Chef Got That GOOOD Palate

#48 - Tom Eats the Egg

#47 - You Got That Fuego, Big Daddy?

#46 - Jamal Goes to the Zoo

#45 - I Can't Go Anywhere Without This Monkey!

#44 - There Was a Point In Time When the Middle Finger Was Everywhere

#43 - Frog is Turf. Frog is Surf. Frog is Both?

#42 - Season One is Your Country!

#41 - Congratulations and Condolences to Another Season of Top Chef

#40 - The Top Chef Newly Wed Game (W/ Our Wives!)

#39 - I'm Not Really a Wrestling Fan, but I Do Like Cured Meats (w/ Charlie Visconage)

#38 - Emotionally Weak People (w/ Jeff Ray)

#37 - Reckless Positivity (w/ Monique Moses)

#36 - Top Chef Meets Top Gear (Tom Stole Our Idea)

#35 - I'm Comfortable in Front of Open Burlap Sacks of Spices (w/ Casey Karaman)

#34 - I've Been Judged by Padma and I Had to Pack My Knives and Leave (w/ Sebastian Conelli)

#33 - Cooking is a Contact Sport (w/ Stephen Mann)

#32 - That Was My Sorority Name (w/ Annie Barry)

#31 - No Meal I've Ever Had Would Be Ruined If There Was No Broccoli (w/ Ahsohn Williams)

#30 - Come on, Ice Cream! (w/ Eva Lewis)

#29 - Chef Kevin, Our Bruise Brothers Friend (w/ Kevin Bartelt)

#28 - Speaking Impeccably (w/ Carl Tart)

#27 - It's Easy... A Drive-in Movie Theater, Idiot!

#26 - What to Expect When You're Expecting A Sous Vide

#25 - Pod Gear - Our Attempt to get British People to Like Us

#24 - They Call Soda "Pop" in Ohio

#23 - I Thought About How A Helicopter is Like a Bee

#22 - Romance is Fatty

#21 - A Little Goes A Long Way

#20 - That's Not What Your Mom Said Last Night!

#19 - And That's The Bottom Line, Cause Mia Said So!

#18 - "C" Me After Cooking

#17 - You Can Smell the Pepsi by the Curb

#16 - The Church of Food and Wine Magazine with Reverend Han Gary

#15 - Good Chef, Bad Chef

#14 - Is It Because I'm Bald?

#13 - S2E2 - Thump in the Trunk

#12 - Episode 12 - Always Ask Before Showing Someone Your Knife Set

POD CHEF SEASON 2 STARTS ON MONDAY DECEMBER 7!

#11 - Your Mouth is Nature's Sink

#10 - No Spoons Allowed

#9 - The Ghost of Julia Child

#8 - Wine Dinner = good /Liquid Lunch = bad

#7 - Restaurant Wars w/ Harold Dieterle

#6 - Miguel Does a Doozy

#5 - The Jicama Made Us Sickama

#4 - Jamal: The SPAM Connoisseur

#3 - An Octopus is Almost the Entire Baseball Team Minus One Player

#2 - Which of These Contestants is the Horniest?

#1 - Didja Trow Da Sauce Out?

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