Top Chef Show Summary, Upcoming Episodes and TV Guide

It all comes down to this final faceoff. The last two chefs must make the meal of their lives with help from their culinary mentors and fallen comrades to impress a room full of judges and important diners including Emeril Lagasse, Dominique Crenn, Jonathan Beno, Hubert Keller, Charlie Palmer, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and the Chefs' families.

In San Francisco, the five remaining Chefs face the ultimate Sudden Death Quickfire cooking for Top Chef Master Traci Des Jardins. Then, in the elimination challenge, the Chefs cook where Top Chef first began, at Hubert Keller's legendary restaurant Fleur de Lys, and are tasked to prepare a Fleur-inspired dish for the incomparable Keller, the judges and San Francisco culinary elite.

The iconic Restaurant Wars is back and bigger than ever. For the first time in Top Chef history, the chefs are opening their restaurants for both lunch and dinner services. No one is safe as each chef must run front of house or act as the executive chef in one of the services. The pressure is on as two services means twice the drama.

The Chefs arrive back in Los Angeles to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Top Chef. First they compete in a Quickfire limiting them to 10 ingredients they all must share. In the Elimination Challenge, the Chefs must transport themselves back in time and create a dish that tells the story of who they were 10 years ago. Top Chef alums Michael Voltaggio, Antonia Lofaso and Mei Lin Hua join Nancy Silverton and the rest of the judges to decide which Chef should be eliminated from the competition.

In Palm Springs, model Chrissy Teigen entices the contestants to make their best 'date' dishes; the chefs cater a wedding for 25 gay couples in an elimination challenge.

In Santa Barbara, Calif., the chefs pick up fresh sea urchin to use in their first sudden-death, quick-fire challenge; in the elimination challenge, the chefs serve up surf and turf to a table of celebrated chefs and judges.

Seventeen chefs converge in Los Angeles for a shot at culinary stardom; first, the chefs face off in a quick-fire challenge, then they make dishes for a group of food critics and reporters to survive the first elimination round.

Wedding bells are a' ringing. In the second episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas, the cheftestants will have to adapt swiftly to a city famous for its quickie marriages by catering to a poolside bachelor and bachelorette party. It's a battle of the sexes when they are forced to compete in teams of men vs. women. Celebrity chef Todd English serves as guest judge.

In the fifth episode of Bravo's 'Step It Up & Dance,' the contestants learn that dancing is not just about moving to the music, the most successful performers know how to truly become a character. The dancers show off their acting skills for television star and Tony Award-winning actor, Jason Alexander ('Seinfeld'), who is the director of the musical theater company Reprise. For the season's fifth challenge, the dancers learn choreography from the Broadway classic 'Damn Yankees' and Alexander and famed choreographer Lee Martino serve as the guest judges. One dancer will be declared the winner and another dancer will be eliminated.

It's a 'dish' unlike any other on Bravo's Top Chef: Watch What Happens Special. Host Andy Cohen sits down with the cast and judges of season 3.

The four remaining chefs head to Aspen, Colorado for the semifinal and the decision of who the final two will be.

It was a competition from the get-go as the chefs were awoken to the grumbles of Padma's stomach. She was hungry, and the chefs had to make her breakfast using their Breville blenders. While there didn't really seem to be a bad dish in the bunch, Hung's steak and eggs and Grand Marnier shake was victorious. Padma then informed the chefs that they would be going on a trip. But what she didn't tell them was that the real challenge would occur on the plane itself parked at Newark Liberty International Airport.

This episode could also be called 'Restaurant Wars: Part 2.' After unsatisfactory results in the previous episode, the two teams are given a second chance to impress a dining room full of guests at their respective restaurants.