S09E05: Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party
The chefs must create a dish using what they can find in a standard survival kit, then they have to shift gears and cater dinner to high society.
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Season 1
Who Deserves To Be Here
S1E1 / 08 Mar 2006
Food Of Love
S1E2 / 15 Mar 2006
Nasty Delights
S1E3 / 22 Mar 2006
Food on the Fly
S1E4 / 29 Mar 2006
Blind Confusion
S1E5 / 05 Apr 2006
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
S1E6 / 12 Apr 2006
Restaurant Wars
S1E7 / 19 Apr 2006
Wedding Bell Blues
S1E8 / 26 Apr 2006
Napa's Finest
S1E9 / 03 May 2006
Reunion
S1E10 / 10 May 2006
Finale (1)
S1E11 / 14 May 2006
Finale (2)
S1E12 / 24 May 2006
Season 2
Into the Fire
S2E1 / 18 Oct 2006
Eastern Promise
S2E2 / 25 Oct 2006
Food for the People
S2E3 / 01 Nov 2006
Less is More
S2E4 / 08 Nov 2006
Social Service
S2E5 / 15 Nov 2006
Thanksgiving
S2E6 / 22 Nov 2006
The Raw and the Cooked
S2E7 / 06 Dec 2006
Holiday Spirit
S2E8 / 13 Dec 2006
Seven
S2E9 / 03 Jan 2007
Unhappy Customers
S2E10 / 10 Jan 2007
Sense and Sensuality
S2E11 / 17 Jan 2007
Finale (1)
S2E12 / 24 Jan 2007
Finale (2)
S2E13 / 31 Jan 2007
Season 3
First Impressions
S3E1 / 13 Jun 2007
Sunny Delights
S3E2 / 20 Jun 2007
Family Favorites
S3E3 / 27 Jun 2007
Cooking by Numbers
S3E4 / 11 Jul 2007
Latin Lunch
S3E5 / 18 Jul 2007
Watch What Happens
S3E6 / 25 Jul 2007
Freezer Burn
S3E7 / 01 Aug 2007
Guilty Pleasures
S3E8 / 08 Aug 2007
Restaurant Wars
S3E9 / 15 Aug 2007
Second Helping
S3E10 / 22 Aug 2007
Chef Overboard
S3E11 / 05 Sep 2007
Snacks on a Plane
S3E12 / 12 Sep 2007
Manhattan Project
S3E13 / 19 Sep 2007
Finale (1)
S3E14 / 26 Sep 2007
Finale (2)
S3E15 / 03 Oct 2007
Reunion
S3E16 / 10 Oct 2007
Season 4
Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better
S4E1 / 12 Mar 2008
Zoo Food
S4E2 / 19 Mar 2008
Block Party
S4E3 / 26 Mar 2008
Film Food
S4E4 / 02 Apr 2008
The Elements
S4E5 / 09 Apr 2008
Tailgating
S4E6 / 16 Apr 2008
Improv
S4E7 / 23 Apr 2008
Common Threads
S4E8 / 30 Apr 2008
Wedding Wars
S4E9 / 07 May 2008
Serve and Protect
S4E10 / 14 May 2008
Restaurant Wars
S4E11 / 21 May 2008
High Steaks
S4E12 / 28 May 2008
Puerto Rico
S4E13 / 04 Jun 2008
Finale
S4E14 / 11 Jun 2008
Reunion
S4E15 / 18 Jun 2008
Season 5
Melting Pot
S5E1 / 12 Nov 2008
Show Your Craft
S5E2 / 19 Nov 2008
Foo Fighters Thanksgiving
S5E3 / 26 Nov 2008
Today Show
S5E4 / 03 Dec 2008
Gail's Bridal Shower
S5E5 / 10 Dec 2008
12 Days of Christmas
S5E6 / 17 Dec 2008
Focus Group
S5E7 / 07 Jan 2009
Down on the Farm
S5E8 / 14 Jan 2009
Restaurant Wars
S5E9 / 21 Jan 2009
Super Bowl Chef Showdown
S5E10 / 28 Jan 2009
Le Bernardin
S5E11 / 04 Feb 2009
The Last Supper
S5E12 / 11 Feb 2009
Finale, Part 1
S5E13 / 18 Feb 2009
Finale, Part 2
S5E14 / 25 Feb 2009
Watch What Happens Reunion
S5E15 / 04 Mar 2009
Season 6
Sin City Vice
S6E1 / 19 Aug 2009
Bachelor/Ette Party
S6E2 / 26 Aug 2009
Thunderbirds
S6E3 / 02 Sep 2009
Vivre Las Vegas
S6E4 / 09 Sep 2009
Camping
S6E5 / 16 Sep 2009
Penn & Teller
S6E6 / 23 Sep 2009
Dinner Party
S6E7 / 07 Oct 2009
Pigs and Pinot
S6E8 / 14 Oct 2009
Restaurant Wars
S6E9 / 21 Oct 2009
Meat Natalie
S6E10 / 28 Oct 2009
All Stars Dinner
S6E11 / 04 Nov 2009
Strip Around the World
S6E12 / 11 Nov 2009
Culinary Olympics
S6E13 / 18 Nov 2009
Finale (1)
S6E14 / 02 Dec 2009
Finale (2)
S6E15 / 09 Dec 2009
Watch What Happens Reunion
S6E16 / 16 Dec 2009
Season 7
House of Chef-presentatives
S7E1 / 16 Jun 2010
Outside the Lunch Box
S7E2 / 23 Jun 2010
Capitol Grill
S7E3 / 30 Jun 2010
Room Service
S7E4 / 07 Jul 2010
Farm Policy
S7E5 / 14 Jul 2010
Cold War
S7E6 / 21 Jul 2010
Power Lunch
S7E7 / 28 Jul 2010
Foreign Affairs
S7E8 / 04 Aug 2010
Restaurant Wars
S7E9 / 11 Aug 2010
Covert Cuisine
S7E10 / 18 Aug 2010
Making Concessions
S7E11 / 25 Aug 2010
Gastro-nauts
S7E12 / 01 Sep 2010
Finale, Part 1
S7E13 / 08 Sep 2010
Finale, Part 2
S7E14 / 15 Sep 2010Reunion Special
S7E15 / 22 Sep 2010
Season 8
History Never Repeats
S8E1 / 01 Dec 2010
Night at the Museum
S8E2 / 08 Dec 2010
New York's Finest
S8E3 / 15 Dec 2010
Advantage Chef
S8E4 / 22 Dec 2010
Dim Sum Lose Sum
S8E5 / 05 Jan 2011
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
S8E6 / 12 Jan 2011
Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
S8E7 / 19 Jan 2011
An Offer They Can't Refuse
S8E8 / 02 Feb 2011
Feeding Fallon
S8E9 / 09 Feb 2011
Lock Down
S8E10 / 16 Feb 2011
For the Gulf
S8E11 / 23 Feb 2011Give Me Your Huddled Masses
S8E12 / 02 Mar 2011Fit for a King
S8E13 / 09 Mar 2011Island Fever
S8E14 / 16 Mar 2011Last Supper
S8E15 / 23 Mar 2011Finale
S8E16 / 30 Mar 2011Reunion Special
S8E17 / 06 Apr 2011
Season 9
Everything's Bigger in Texas
S9E1 / 02 Nov 2011
The Heat Is On
S9E2 / 09 Nov 2011
Quinceanera
S9E3 / 16 Nov 2011
Red Hot Chili Cook Off
S9E4 / 23 Nov 2011
Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party
S9E5 / 30 Nov 2011
Higher Steaks
S9E6 / 07 Dec 2011
Game On
S9E7 / 14 Dec 2011Tribute Dinner
S9E8 / 21 Dec 2011BBQ Pit Wars
S9E9 / 04 Jan 2012Restaurant Wars
S9E10 / 11 Jan 2012Fit For an Evil Queen
S9E11 / 18 Jan 2012Block Party
S9E12 / 25 Jan 2012Bike, Borrow & Steal
S9E13 / 01 Feb 2012Mentors
S9E14 / 08 Feb 2012Culinary Games
S9E15 / 15 Feb 2012Fire and Ice
S9E16 / 22 Feb 2012Finale
S9E17 / 29 Feb 2012Reunion
S9E18 / 07 Mar 2012
Season 10
The Ultimate Chef Test
S10E1 / 07 Nov 2012A Shock at the Space Needle
S10E2 / 14 Nov 2012Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse
S10E3 / 21 Nov 201250's Food Flashback
S10E4 / 28 Nov 2012Pike Place Pickle
S10E5 / 05 Dec 2012Even the Famous Come Home
S10E6 / 12 Dec 2012Foiled Again
S10E7 / 19 Dec 2012Jalapeño Business
S10E8 / 26 Dec 2012Past Suppers
S10E9 / 02 Jan 2013Battle Before the War
S10E10 / 09 Jan 2013Restaurant Wars
S10E11 / 16 Jan 2013Wolfgang Clucks
S10E12 / 23 Jan 2013Chefs at Sea
S10E13 / 30 Jan 2013Kings of Alaska
S10E14 / 06 Feb 2013Glacial Gourmand
S10E15 / 13 Feb 2013Finale (1)
S10E16 / 20 Feb 2013Finale (2)
S10E17 / 27 Feb 2013
Season 11
Soiree In The Swamp
S11E1 / 02 Oct 2013Rebuilding New Orleans
S11E2 / 09 Oct 2013Commander's Palace
S11E3 / 16 Oct 2013Captain Vietnam
S11E4 / 23 Oct 2013Lea Michele's Halloween Bash
S11E5 / 30 Oct 2013Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside
S11E6 / 06 Nov 2013Jazz Hands
S11E7 / 13 Nov 2013Piggin' Out
S11E8 / 20 Nov 2013Restaurant Wars
S11E9 / 04 Dec 2013Like Mama Made
S11E10 / 11 Dec 2013Giving It the College Try
S11E11 / 18 Dec 2013Mississippi Mud Bugs
S11E12 / 01 Jan 2014Oui Si a Challenge
S11E13 / 08 Jan 2014Po' Boy Smackdown
S11E14 / 15 Jan 2014Leaving New Orleans
S11E15 / 22 Jan 2014Maui Wowie
S11E16 / 29 Jan 2014Finale
S11E17 / 05 Feb 2014
Season 12
Sudden Death
S12E1 / 15 Oct 2014
Boston's Bravest and Finest
S12E2 / 22 Oct 2014
The Curse of the Bambino
S12E3 / 29 Oct 2014
12 Chefs Walk Into a Bar...
S12E4 / 05 Nov 2014
It's War
S12E5 / 12 Nov 2014
The First Thanksgiving
S12E6 / 19 Nov 2014Restaurant Wars
S12E7 / 03 Dec 2014Clean Up in Aisle 2!
S12E8 / 10 Dec 2014Big Sausage
S12E9 / 17 Dec 2014For Julia & Jacques
S12E10 / 07 Jan 2015Sous Your Daddy!
S12E11 / 14 Jan 2015The Final Battle of Bean Town
S12E12 / 21 Jan 2015Getting Prickly in Mexico
S12E13 / 28 Jan 2015Holy Escamoly!
S12E14 / 04 Feb 2015Mano a Mano
S12E15 / 11 Feb 2015
Season 13
Stop the Presses
S13E1 / 02 Dec 2015Pop Up Pandemonium
S13E2 / 03 Dec 2015Spines and Vines
S13E3 / 10 Dec 2015It's a Dry Heat
S13E4 / 17 Dec 2015Big Gay Wedding
S13E5 / 07 Jan 2016Banannaise
S13E6 / 14 Jan 2016Back in the Day
S13E7 / 21 Jan 2016Where's the Beef?
S13E8 / 28 Jan 2016Restaurant Wars, Part 1
S13E9 / 04 Feb 2016Restaurant Wars, Part 2
S13E10 / 11 Feb 2016Hammer Time
S13E11 / 18 Feb 2016Wok This Way
S13E12 / 25 Feb 2016Back Where It All Started
S13E13 / 03 Mar 2016Magic Hour
S13E14 / 10 Mar 2016Finale
S13E15 / 17 Mar 2016
Season 14
Something Old, Something New
S14E1 / 01 Dec 2016Southern Hospitality
S14E2 / 08 Dec 2016Choke Holds and Clammy Hands
S14E3 / 15 Dec 2016The Feast of Seven Trash Fishes
S14E4 / 22 Dec 2016Smoke 'em If You Got 'em
S14E5 / 29 Dec 2016A Southern Legend
S14E6 / 05 Jan 2017Booty
S14E7 / 12 Jan 2017Restaurant Wars
S14E8 / 19 Jan 2017For the Kids
S14E9 / 26 Jan 2017Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies
S14E10 / 02 Feb 2017Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard
S14E11 / 09 Feb 2017Cooking Away in Margaritaville
S14E12 / 16 Feb 2017Trial By Fire
S14E13 / 23 Feb 2017Comida Final
S14E14 / 02 Mar 2017
Season 15
It'll Take More than Pot Luck
S15E1 / 07 Dec 2017Smile and Say Mise
S15E2 / 14 Dec 2017Keep on Truckin
S15E3 / 21 Dec 2017Little Tools, Big Challenge
S15E4 / 28 Dec 2017This Is Not Glamping
S15E5 / 04 Jan 2018Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel
S15E6 / 11 Jan 2018Olympic Dreams
S15E7 / 18 Jan 2018Restaurant Wars
S15E8 / 25 Jan 2018Bronco Brouhaha
S15E9 / 01 Feb 2018Red Rum and Then Some
S15E10 / 08 Feb 2018Cooking High
S15E11 / 15 Feb 2018Nut Allergy
S15E12 / 22 Feb 2018A Little Place Called Aspen
S15E13 / 01 Mar 2018Finale
S15E14 / 08 Mar 2018
Season 16
The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking
S16E1 / 06 Dec 2018Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo
S16E2 / 13 Dec 2018Naughty and Nice
S16E3 / 20 Dec 2018Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars
S16E4 / 27 Dec 2018Restaurant Wars Part 2
S16E5 / 03 Jan 2019Roaring Munchies
S16E6 / 10 Jan 2019Carne!
S16E7 / 17 Jan 2019Whatever Floats Your Boat
S16E8 / 24 Jan 2019Music City Usa
S16E9 / 31 Jan 2019Hoop Dreams
S16E10 / 07 Feb 2019The Greatest
S16E11 / 14 Feb 2019Kentucky Farewell
S16E12 / 21 Feb 2019Holy Macau!
S16E13 / 28 Feb 2019The Tao of Macau
S16E14 / 07 Mar 2019Finale
S16E15 / 14 Mar 2019
Season 17
It’s Like They Never Left!
S17E1 / 19 Mar 2020
The Jonathan Gold Standard
S17E2 / 26 Mar 2020
Strokes of Genius
S17E3 / 02 Apr 2020
You're So Fresh!
S17E4 / 09 Apr 2020
Bring Your Loved One to Work
S17E5 / 16 Apr 2020
Get Your Phil
S17E6 / 23 Apr 2020
Pitch Perfect
S17E7 / 30 Apr 2020
Restaurant Wars
S17E8 / 07 May 2020
Cabin Fever
S17E9 / 14 May 2020
Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki
S17E10 / 21 May 2020
Michael's Santa Monica
S17E11 / 28 May 2020
Lucca
S17E12 / 04 Jun 2020
Parma
S17E13 / 11 Jun 2020
Finito!
S17E14 / 18 Jun 2020
Season 18
First Impressions
S18E1 / 01 Apr 2021Trouble Brewing
S18E2 / 08 Apr 2021Pan African Portland
S18E3 / 15 Apr 2021Thrown for a Loop
S18E4 / 22 Apr 2021Meet You at the Drive-In
S18E5 / 29 Apr 2021Stumptown U.S.A.
S18E6 / 06 May 2021Feeding the Frontlines
S18E7 / 13 May 2021Restaurant Wars
S18E8 / 20 May 2021Portland-ia
S18E9 / 27 May 2021Tournament of Tofu
S18E10 / 03 Jun 2021Blind Ambitions
S18E11 / 10 Jun 2021The Cheesier the Better
S18E12 / 17 Jun 2021Shellfishly Delicious
S18E13 / 24 Jun 2021The Next Top Chef Is...
S18E14 / 01 Jul 2021
Season 19
Primal Instincts
S19E1 / 03 Mar 2022Friday Night Bites
S19E2 / 10 Mar 2022Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice
S19E3 / 17 Mar 2022Doppelgangers
S19E4 / 24 Mar 2022Don't Mess With BBQ
S19E5 / 31 Mar 2022Texas Trailblaze-hers
S19E6 / 07 Apr 2022Swallow the Competition
S19E7 / 14 Apr 2022Restaurant Wars
S19E8 / 21 Apr 2022Freedmen's Town
S19E9 / 28 Apr 2022Dinner in Zero Gravity
S19E10 / 05 May 2022Family Vacation
S19E11 / 12 May 2022We're on a boat
S19E12 / 19 May 2022Cactus Makes Perfect
S19E13 / 26 May 2022The Final Plate
S19E14 / 02 Jun 2022
Season 20
London Calling
S20E1 / 09 Mar 2023
Rice, Rice Baby
S20E2 / 16 Mar 2023
Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites
S20E3 / 23 Mar 2023
Spurred Lines
S20E4 / 30 Mar 2023
Holiday Vacation
S20E5 / 06 Apr 2023
Top Chef Is No Picnic
S20E6 / 13 Apr 2023
Hands Off
S20E7 / 20 Apr 2023
Street Food Fight
S20E8 / 27 Apr 2023
Restaurant Wars
S20E9 / 04 May 2023
Thali Time
S20E10 / 11 May 2023
Battle of the Wellingtons
S20E11 / 18 May 2023
Goodbye, London!
S20E12 / 25 May 2023
Champions in Paris
S20E13 / 01 Jun 2023
Fin.
S20E14 / 08 Jun 2023
Season 21
Chef's Test
S21E1 / 20 Mar 2024
Living the High Life Top Chef
S21E2 / 27 Mar 2024
Take It Cheesy
S21E3 / 03 Apr 2024
The Wright Way
S21E4 / 10 Apr 2024
Supper Club
S21E5 / 17 Apr 2024
Chaos Cuisine
S21E6 / 24 Apr 2024
Sausage Race
S21E7 / 01 May 2024
Restaurant Wars
S21E8 / 08 May 2024
The Good Land
S21E9 / 15 May 2024
Door County Fish Boil
S21E10 / 22 May 2024
Lay It All on the Table
S21E11 / 29 May 2024
Goodbye Wisconsin
S21E12 / 05 Jun 2024
Set Sail
S21E13 / 12 Jun 2024Cruising to a Win
S21E14 / 19 Jun 2024
Season 22
Across Canada, We Go!
S22E1 / 13 Mar 2025Brunch à la Boulud
S22E2 / 20 Mar 2025Best Served Cold
S22E3 / 27 Mar 2025Top Chef Trivia
S22E4 / 03 Apr 2025Line Cook for a Day
S22E5 / 10 Apr 2025Pickle Me This
S22E6 / 17 Apr 2025You Wanna Pizza Me?
S22E7 / 24 Apr 2025Restaurant Wars
S22E8 / 01 May 2025Cooking on the Edge
S22E9 / 08 May 2025From Dep Till Dawn
S22E10 / 15 May 2025Calgary, Yahoo!
S22E11 / 22 May 2025Foraged in Fire
S22E12 / 29 May 2025Viva Milano!
S22E13 / 05 Jun 2025Finito
S22E14 / 12 Jun 2025
Season 23
Carolina Roots
S23E1 / 09 Mar 2026Puckerbutt
S23E2 / 16 Mar 2026
Tom Colicchio
Self - Head Judge
Gail Simmons
Self - Judge
