Top Chef

In the first episode, the chefs have to put their own twist on a Chicago staple and serve it to host Padma Lakshmi and guest judge Rocco in their new residence.

The chefs shop at a local Farmers' Market for fresh ingredients to create their perfect quick-fire dish - which must impress guest judge Wylie Dufresne.

The competition gets muy caliente when famed champion of fine Mexican cuisine, Rick Bayless takes the chefs to a neighborhood fiesta.

It's all about presentation. The chefs show off their knife skills for guest judge Daniel Boulud by transforming ordinary veggies into pieces of art.

With the competition heating up, the chefs must step up their game. Guest judge Ming Tsai and host Padma Lakshmi put the chefs' palates to the test with a complex taste test.

The chef contestants must create a dish that works together and enhances the flavor of a particular drink?that has an age limit.

This quick-fire is short and sweet. The chefs must create a dessert that will satisfy the sweet-tooth of renowned pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini.

When life gives the chefs lemons, they must make lemonade?using one ingredient and making it into a healthy meal - with only a microwave.

Can the chefs cut it...with speed? It's a culinary relay race in this week's quickfire challenge that requires expert shucking, chopping and whipping - putting the chefs' knife skills to the ultimate test.

The chefs must bring sexy back - to the salad. They are challenged to reinvent the salad by making it sexier and more modern in the quick fire challenge.

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. For the quick-fire challenge the chefs are forced to work the line at a busy, greasy spoon during breakfast rush, handling hundreds of orders.

The chefs are given a slab of meat they must clean and butcher in their quick-fire challenge. Then, it's a blast from the past in the elimination challenge, and one chef is history.

The four remaining chefs travel to Puerto Rico to compete in the finale and for the final three spots.

The final three battle it out to cook the best meal of their lives and earn the prestigious title of Bravo's "Top Chef."

Bravo's programming executive Andy Cohen hosts a candid gathering of season four's chef'testants and judges.