NEW PLAYERS VS. VETERANS
HOSTS: Padma Lakshmi & Tom Colicchio
PLAYERS (New)
1. JIM SMITH Ex Chef of State of Alabama Montgomery, AL.
2. ANNIE PETTRY Ex Chef /Owner Chef Decca Louisville, KY.
3. BJ SMITH Ex. Chef/ Owner Smokehouse 21 Portland, OREGON
4. EMILY HAHN Chef at Warehouse Bar & Kitchen Charleston, SC.
5. GERALD SAMBRIGHT Chef De Cuisine Ario Marco Island, FL.
6. JAMIE LYNCH Ex Chef/Partner 5Church Group Charlotte, NC
7. SILVIA BARBAN Chef /Owner Anita Rest. (Italy) Brooklyn, NY
8. SYLVA SENAT Ex Chef. Maison Mao Phila., PA.
(VETERANS)
1. AMANDA S-7
2. BROOKE S-10
3. CASEY S-3 & S-8 ALL STARS
4. JOHN TESAR S-10
5. KATSUJI S-12
6. SAM S-2
7. SHELDON S-10
8. SHIRLEY S-11
PRIZES: Feature in Food & Wine Magazine.
An Appearance at the classic by Food & Wine Magazine in Aspen, CO.
$125,000 Cash by S. Pellegrino Water.
JUDGES: Tom Colicchio,, Gail Simmon & Graham Elliot
EPISODE #1: Something Old & Something New.
EPISODE #1: Something Old & Something New.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE #1 (with Newbys) - Create as dishes as you want using a whole chicken in 1 hour.
- WINNER: Jim & LOSER: Gerald.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE #2(vETERANS): Create your take on shrimps & grits in 30 minutes.
- WINNER: Brooke & LOSER: john.
SUDDEN DEATH COOK-OFF: Gerald vs. John.
ARRIVED AT: Boone Hall Plantation.
- Create an oyster roast dish in 20 minutes.
ELIMINATED: Gerald.
EPISODE #2: Southern Hospitality.
ARRIVED AT: a Plantation.
GUEST JUDGE: Frank Lee, Executive Chef Hall Management Group.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Work in teams to create a family style meal inspired by Charlestonian home-cooked dishes.
-- Rookies vs. Veterans.
- Rookies didn't plan their sopping & had trouble with kitchen size (small).
JUDGES TABLE:
-Grey Team (Veteran) won.
- BEST: Casey, John & Sheldon.
- WINNER: Casey.
- LOSER: Orange Team (Rookies).Lest: BJ, Annie & Jamie.
ELIMINATED: Annie. (didn't have the time to bake her tarts).
EPISODE #3: Choke, Hold & Clammy Hands.
ARRIVED IN: Kitchen.
GUEST JUDGE: Chris Cosentino, Owner & Owner of Cockscomb.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: 25 minutes. Work in teams to complete in 5 Mise En Place tasks.
- Onions, garlic, artichokes, shrimps & clams.
-WINNER: Blue Team. MVP - Sheldon.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a 7-Course Meal going against the other team feature Radish
EPISODE #2: Southern Hospitality.
ARRIVED AT: a Plantation.
GUEST JUDGE: Frank Lee, Executive Chef Hall Management Group.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Work in teams to create a family style meal inspired by Charlestonian home-cooked dishes.
-- Rookies vs. Veterans.
- Rookies didn't plan their sopping & had trouble with kitchen size (small).
JUDGES TABLE:
-Grey Team (Veteran) won.
- BEST: Casey, John & Sheldon.
- WINNER: Casey.
- LOSER: Orange Team (Rookies).Lest: BJ, Annie & Jamie.
ELIMINATED: Annie. (didn't have the time to bake her tarts).
EPISODE #3: Choke, Hold & Clammy Hands.
ARRIVED IN: Kitchen.
GUEST JUDGE: Chris Cosentino, Owner & Owner of Cockscomb.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: 25 minutes. Work in teams to complete in 5 Mise En Place tasks.
- Onions, garlic, artichokes, shrimps & clams.
-WINNER: Blue Team. MVP - Sheldon.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a 7-Course Meal going against the other team feature Radish
JUDGES TABLE:
- Blue Team won. WINNER: Brooke.
-LOSER: Green Team. Sam, Casey, Sylvia, & BJ.
ELIMINATED" Sam.
EPISODE #4: The Feast of Seven Fishes.
GUEST JUDGE: Nilou Motamed, the new Editor of Food & Wine Magazine.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Create a meal using everything in your"gifts" Pressure cooker, patron tequila, pomegranate. chocolate pretzels, cloves, wasabi, squab & melon baller. 30 minutes
- LEAST FAVORITES: Shirley, Emily, BJ
- TOP 3: Brooke, Casey, John
WINNER: Casey has immunity.
GUEST JUDGE: Mike Lata, Chef & Owner of Fig.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: working in teams of 2. Serve at Fig.
- meal of 7 fishes. with Trash Fish.
- Sheldon & Shirley
- Jamie & Sylva.
- Brooke & Emily.
- BJ & Silvia.
- Katsuji & John.
- Jim & Amanda.
- Casey.
JUDGES TABLE:
BEST: Shelton and Jamie & Sylva and John & Katsuji.
WINNER: John & Katsuji. WINNER: Katsuji.
WORST: BJ & Silvia, and Brooke & Emily and Jim & Amanda and Casey.
ELIMINATED: BJ.
EPISODE #5: Smoke 'Em If You Got "Em.
- Silvia's birthday. (The Birthday Curse)
ARRIVED: At Closed Kitchen & Alone.
- They are left on their own.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: 30 minutes Create your own take on a biscuit.
GUEST JUDGE: John Currence Chef & Owner o Big Bad Breakfast.
WORST: Shirley, Sheldon & Jim.
BEST: Brooke, Katsuji & Jamie.
WINNER: Brooke. has immunity.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Rodney Scott, of Scott's Bar-B-Que.
- Work in teams to prepare a whole hog with vinegar or mustard based sauce and three sides.
- Sheldon goes to the hospital for MRI on his back which he been complaining about.
YELLOW TEAM: Emily, Sheldon, Brooke & John.
GREEN TEAM: Katsuji, Silvia, Amanda & Sylva.
RED TEAM: Jamie, Shirley, Casey, & Jim.
JUDGES TABLE:
WINNER TEAM: Yellow Team. WINNER: John.
LOSER TEAM: Green Team.
ELIMINATED: Silvia still the birthday curse exists.
EPISODE #6: A Southern Legend.
GUEST JUDGE: Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Create Healthy vegetarian versions of traditional comfort dishes. 30 minutes.
WORST: Casey, Silva, & Katsuji.
BEST: Emily, Jamie & Brooke.
WINNER: Jamie. has immunity.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Alexander Smalls, Chef & Restaurateur of The Cecil.
Toni Tipton-Martin Award-Winning Author of The Jemima Code.
- Create a dish that pays homage to Edna Lewis.
ARRIVED AT: Middleton Place, National Historic Landmark.
- Jamie didn't have enough plates lucky he had immunity.
JUDGES TABLE:
FAVORITES: Jim, Silva & Sheldon.
WINNER: Silva.
WORST: Amanda, Emily & Brooke.
ELIMINATED: Amanda.
EPISODE #7: Booty
ARRIVED IN KITCHEN: Earth,Water, Air, Fire.
GUEST JUDGE: Michael Cimarusti, Chef & Owner of Providence
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Create a dish inspired by your zodiac sign using your element. pantry.
- BEST: Katsuji, Sheldon & Jamie. WINNER: Jamie. has immunity.
WORST: Jim, Silvia, & Emily. SUDDEN DEATH COOK OFF: 20 minutes to cook Steak Tat-tar
- ELIMINATED: Jim.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Work in teams to create dishes for a pirate party using treasure hunt ingredients.
- BLACK TEAM: Brooke, Casey & Katsuji. YELLOW TEAM: Sheldon, Silva & Shirley.
- RED TEAM: John, Jamie & Emily.
JUDGES TABLE: BEST TEAM: Yellow. WINNER: Shirley.
LOSER TEAM Red & Black Teams. Red Team Worst
ELIMINATED: Jamie. gave up his immunity.
EPISODE #8: Restaurant Wars
ARRIVED: Marian's in the French Quarter
GUEST JUDGES: Daniel Humm, Chef & Owner of Eleven Madison Park,
Will Guidara, Restaurateur & Co-Owner of the above.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: work in teams to create a restaurant from the ground up.
Katsuji: Sheldon, Casey, John. - served on 2nd night. Southern Belle.
Shirley: Brooke, Silva, Emily. - served on first night. Latitude
JUDGES TABLE:
- WINNER: Red Team. WINNER: Brooke.
- LOSER: Blue Team.
ELIMINATED: Katsuji.
EPISODE #9: For the Kids.
GUEST JUDGE: Michael Voltaggio, Chef & Owner of Ink & Season#6 Winner.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Identify as many ingredients as possible while blindfolded in five minutes.
- NAME 3 FEWEST: Emily, Silva & Shirley.
- NAME 3 BEST: Brooke, Sheldon & Casey.
WINNER: Brooke. 14 cases of wine.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a dish inspired by a childhood memory for the Music Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital Charity Gala.
ARRIVED AT: Kiawah Island
JUDGES TABLE:
BEST: Silva, Brooke & Sheldon.
- WINNER: Silva.
3 WORST: Emily, Shirley & Case,
ELIMINATED: Emily.
EPISODE #10: Shrimp Boats & Hat Ladies.
ARRIVED AT: Shrimping Boats.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Create a dish featuring freshly caught shrimp in a sudden death cook off
.
WINNER: Sheldon.
LEAST FAVORITE: Casey, Shirley & Silva. will be compte in SUDDEN DEATH QUICKFIRE Create a dish using the bycatch from shrimping. 30 minuters.
LEAST FAVORITE & ELIMINATED: Casey.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Dominique Ansel, Pastry Chef & Owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery.
- Create an original breakfast & lunch mashup dish for brunch.
JUDGES TABLE:
TWO TOP: Sheldon & Shirley.
- WINNER: Shirley.
WORST: John, Brook & Silva.
ELIMINATED: Silva - last of the the Rookie.
EPISODE #11: Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard
FINAL FOUR: Sheldon, Brooke, Shirley & John.
LAST QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE in Charleston:
GUEST JUDGE: Michael Solomonov, Chef & Owner of Zahav
- prepare a dish while simultaneously instructing a mystery partner to make the same dish.
- win $10,000.
- was their family member
-WINNER: Sheldon & his wife.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Mary Sue Milliken, Co-Chef & Owner of Border Grill Restaurants & Trucks.
- Create a dish representing your journey on Top Chef worthy of being served at the James Beard House.
JUDGES TABLE:
2 BEST: Shirley & Sheldon.
WINNER: Sheldon.
TO BE ELIMINATED: John or Brooke.
ELIMINATED: Brooke.
EPISODE #12: Cooking Away in Margaritaville.
FINALES: Shirley, John, Sheldon.
ARRIVED AT: Chivas Stadium.
GUEST JUDGE: Francisco Ruano, Chef & Owner of Alcalde.
WHO MADE FROM LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Brooke.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Create a dish featuring GOAT to celebrate Guadalajara & Chivas.
FAVORITE DISH: Brooke won $10,000. & an advantage.
Tequila
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a dish to pair with a unique MARGARITA featuring Patron Tequila.
JUDGES TABLE:
WINNER: Brooke Bottle of LTD Edition of Patron Tequila.
ELIMINATED: John.
EPISODE #13: Trail by Fire.
ARRIVED IN: Riviera Maya, Mexico. at Secrets Akumal Riviera Maya.
GUEST JUDGE: Ricardo Munoz Zurita, Chef & Owner of Azul Historico.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: winner will win 6 days trip to Secrets Resorts.
- Create a dish featuring Habaneros & ingredients from the local market.
- WINNER: Brooke.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: GUEST JUDGE: Jeremiah Tower, Chef & Author.
- Create a dish using traditional Mayan ingredients & tools.
- WINNER - Shirley.
ELIMINATED: Sheldon.
EPISODE #14: Comida Final
Brooke vs. Shirley.
ARRIVED AT: Secrets Akumal Riviera Maya.
FINAL ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a four-course progressive meal.
JUDGES TABLE:
THE WINNER IS: Brooke.
