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Top Chef

174 recaps · 2006–2014 · Active

Recappers: Kim (96), Keckler (43), Carla Sparks (17), Chuck (13), LuluBates (3), Miss Alli (1), Angel Cohn (1)

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Season 1 12

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
1-1	Who Deserves To Be Here?	2006-03-07	2006-07-12	C-	Keckler
1-2	Bye Bye, Turdie	2006-03-14	2006-07-30	C-	Keckler
1-3	Gone Fishhookin'	2006-03-21	2006-08-02	B-	Keckler
1-4	Nuke it Up A Notch	2006-03-28	2006-08-13	A	Keckler
1-5	Jicama Dickama Dock	2006-04-04	2006-08-20	B-	Keckler
1-6	Snake Eyes	2006-04-11	2006-09-06	B	Keckler
1-7	I'm Not Your Bitch, Bitch	2006-04-18	2006-09-19	B	Keckler
1-8	The Cake Mix Controversy	2006-04-24	2006-09-25	B	Keckler
1-9	Truffle Pigs	2006-05-01	2006-10-04	B+	Keckler
1-10	Scenes From A Top Chef Reunion	2006-05-09	2006-10-08	A	Keckler
1-10	A Minor Exclusion	2006-05-16	2006-10-10	A	Keckler
1-11	Leggo My Ego	2006-05-23	2006-10-16	A+	Keckler

Season 2 13

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
2-1	Food, Fire, and Frog Legs	2006-10-17	2006-10-23	C+	Keckler
2-2	Lycheegate	2006-10-24	2006-10-28	A+	Keckler
2-3	TGI Top Chef	2006-10-31	2006-11-04	B	Keckler
2-4	Cheaters Seem to Prosper	2006-11-07	2006-11-10	C+	Keckler
2-5	Ain't it Offal, Mabel?	2006-11-14	2006-11-19	C	Keckler
2-6	What the Turducken?!	2006-11-21	2006-11-27	A	Keckler
2-7	Surfin' So Sorry	2006-12-05	2006-12-10	B-	Keckler
2-8	Mia the Martyr	2006-12-12	2006-12-18	A	Keckler
2-9	Hate the Sin, Love the Dinner	2007-01-02	2007-01-08	B-	Miss Alli
2-10	Foaming at the Mouth	2007-01-09	2007-01-15	C+	Keckler
2-11	Scalps and Scallops	2007-01-16	2007-01-22		Keckler
2-12	The Poke's On You	2007-01-23	2007-01-29	B-	Keckler
2-13	So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish	2007-01-30	2007-02-01	B	Keckler

Season 3 19

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
3-1	A Very Special Episode of Top Chef	2007-06-05	2007-06-10	A	Keckler
3-1	Tastes Like Chicken	2007-06-12	2007-06-17	A+	Keckler
3-2	Bye, Bye Birdsong	2007-06-19	2007-06-25	B	Keckler
3-3	God Save The Hot Dish	2007-06-26	2007-07-02	B	Keckler
3-4	Eating On The Dole	2007-07-10	2007-07-16	C	Keckler
3-5	'Cuz She's Lia-ving On A Jet Plane	2007-07-17	2007-07-22	A	Keckler
3-5	Shit Happens	2007-07-24	2007-07-29	D-	Keckler
3-6	OMG, IQF! WTF?	2007-07-31	2007-08-07	D+	Keckler
3-7	Cold Stone Chillin'	2007-08-07	2007-08-13	B	Keckler
3-8	Rocco's Got a Brand New Bag: Taste-Testing Bertolli's Skillet Meals for Two	2007-08-07	2007-08-08		Keckler
3-8	Restaurant Stalemate	2007-08-14	2007-08-20	A	Keckler
3-9	Draining The Tre	2007-08-21	2007-08-27	D+	Keckler
3-10	Hung's 300 Years War	2007-09-04	2007-09-09	A+	Keckler
3-11	Chopping Broccolini	2007-09-11	2007-09-18	B-	Keckler
3-12	Sara's Told To Cheese Off	2007-09-18	2007-09-23	C+	Keckler
3-13	Rocky Mountain High	2007-09-25	2007-09-30	B-	Keckler
3-14	The Huynh Of A Lifetime	2007-10-02	2007-10-06	A	Keckler
3-15	Relive The Boredom All Over Again	2007-10-09	2007-10-15	D-	Keckler
3-16	It Came Upon A Sniff And Sneer	2007-12-05	2007-12-12	B-	Keckler

Season 4 15

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
4-1	Salt For Your Wounds?	2008-03-11	2008-03-17	C-	Chuck
4-2	Zoo Food	2008-03-19	2008-03-24	D	Chuck
4-3	Block Party	2008-03-26	2008-04-02	C	Chuck
4-4	Film Food	2008-04-02	2008-04-07	B	Chuck
4-5	The Elements	2008-04-09	2008-04-15	B-	Chuck
4-6	Stupid Displeasures	2008-04-16	2008-04-21	B-	Chuck
4-7	Flop Sweat	2008-04-23	2008-05-01	B+	Chuck
4-8	Family Dinners with Funny Uncle Ben	2008-04-30	2008-05-06	B	LuluBates
4-9	Wedding Hells	2008-05-07	2008-05-13	B	Chuck
4-10	It's A Sabotage!	2008-05-14	2008-05-20	B-	Chuck
4-11	Mai Buddha Sucks	2008-05-21	2008-05-27	C+	Chuck
4-12	Beat This Meat	2008-05-28	2008-06-03	A-	Chuck
4-13	Pig Out	2008-06-04	2008-06-09	B+	Kim
4-14	Top Chefanie	2008-06-11	2008-06-17	C+	Chuck
4-15	Watch What Happens: Nothing.	2008-06-18	2008-06-24	D	Chuck

Season 5 15

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
5-1	The Big Apple	2008-11-12	2008-11-18	B+	Kim
5-2	Ostrich Egg Isn’t Enough	2008-11-19	2008-11-24	B	Kim
5-3	The Fighters of Foo	2008-11-26	2008-12-02	B+	Kim
5-4	Uncooked Egg and Spicy Shrimp	2008-12-03	2008-12-09	B	Kim
5-5	A Few Extra Mushrooms	2008-12-10	2008-12-16	B	Kim
5-6	Cooking the Carols	2008-12-17	2008-12-22	B+	Kim
5-7	Let the Bons Mots Roll!	2009-01-07	2009-01-13	B	Kim
5-8	Old McPadma	2009-01-14	2009-01-20	B+	Kim
5-9	Sunset Lounge? Isn't That a Don Henley Song?	2009-01-21	2009-01-27	B	Kim
5-10	Keep It Simple, Stupid	2009-01-28	2009-02-03	A-	Kim
5-11	Gone Fishing	2009-02-04	2009-02-10	B	Kim
5-12	Eat Like You Were Dying	2009-02-11	2009-02-17	A	Kim
5-13	The Good Times, They Roll	2009-02-18	2009-02-24	B+	Kim
5-14	Ho No	2009-02-25	2009-03-03	B-	Kim
5-15	Watch Nothing Happen	2009-03-04	2009-03-10	C-	Kim

Season 6 16

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
6-1	My Vice Is Watching Reality Television	2009-08-19	2009-08-24	A	Kim
6-2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2009-08-26	2009-09-02	B+	Angel Cohn
6-3	Wild Blue Yonder	2009-09-02	2009-09-08	B	Kim
6-4	Latin and French Don't Mix	2009-09-09	2009-09-15	A	Kim
6-5	Home on the Range	2009-09-16	2009-09-22	B	Kim
6-6	Magic and Misdirection	2009-09-23	2009-09-29	B	Kim
6-7	Salty Gnocchi	2009-10-07	2009-10-13	B	Kim
6-8	Pork or Cat Food?	2009-10-14	2009-10-20	B	Kim
6-9	ReVolting	2009-10-21	2009-10-27	A	Kim
6-10	Vegetables and Off-Color Jokes	2009-10-28	2009-11-03	B+	Kim
6-11	Re-Hash	2009-11-04	2009-11-10	B	Kim
6-12	Walking on Broken Stained Glass	2009-11-11	2009-11-17	A-	Kim
6-13	Final Four	2009-11-18	2009-11-24	B+	Kim
6-14	It's Up to The Egg At This Point	2009-12-02	2009-12-08	A	Kim
6-15	High Voltage	2009-12-09	2009-12-15	A	Kim
6-16	Not Much Happens	2009-12-16	2009-12-22	B	Kim

Season 7 15

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
7-1	This Land is My Land	2010-06-16	2010-06-22	B	Kim
7-2	This Pudding is Bananas	2010-06-23	2010-06-29	A-	Kim
7-3	The Patriotic Picnic	2010-06-30	2010-07-06	A+	LuluBates
7-4	Three Courses, No Waiting	2010-07-07	2010-07-13	C+	Kim
7-5	Old MacDonald	2010-07-14	2010-07-20	B	Kim
7-6	Cold Comfort	2010-07-21	2010-07-27	A+	LuluBates
7-7	The Theft of the Pea Purée	2010-07-28	2010-08-03	A-	Kim
7-8	It's A Small World, After All	2010-08-04	2010-08-09	B	Kim
7-9	EVOO vs. 2121	2010-08-11	2010-08-12	A	Kim
7-10	Brilliant Disguise	2010-08-18	2010-08-24	B	Kim
7-11	Buy Me Some Peanuts and…Tuna Tartare?	2010-08-25	2010-08-30	A	Kim
7-12	More Than Dippin' Dots	2010-09-01	2010-09-07	A	Kim
7-13	One Night in Singapore	2010-09-08	2010-09-13	A-	Kim
7-14	Singapore Sling	2010-09-15	2010-09-16	B+	Kim
7-15	…And It Feels So Good	2010-09-22	2010-09-28	A	Kim

Season 8 17

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
8-1	Best of the Best	2010-12-01	2010-12-07	A	Kim
8-2	What Just Happened?	2010-12-08	2010-12-14	B	Kim
8-3	Food With Jazz Hands	2010-12-15	2010-12-21	A	Kim
8-4	Game, Set, Match	2010-12-22	2010-12-28	B	Kim
8-5	Chinatown Breakdown	2011-01-05	2011-01-11	B	Kim
8-6	Gone Fishin'	2011-01-12	2011-01-18	A-	Kim
8-7	Etched in My Mind	2011-01-19	2011-01-25	B+	Kim
8-8	Mobbed Up	2011-02-02	2011-02-08	B+	Kim
8-9	Fallon Down	2011-02-09	2011-02-15	A	Kim
8-10	T is for Target	2011-02-16	2011-02-22	B	Kim
8-11	Gone Fishing	2011-02-23	2011-03-01	B	Kim
8-12	Family History	2011-03-02	2011-03-08	A	Kim
8-13	Grease Fire Is The Word	2011-03-09	2011-03-14	B+	Kim
8-14	Pros and Conch	2011-03-16	2011-03-22	B+	Kim
8-15	Twists and Turns	2011-03-23	2011-03-28	B	Kim
8-16	King of Kings	2011-03-30	2011-04-05	B-	Kim
8-17	Hootie Hoo!	2011-04-06	2011-04-12	B-	Kim

Season 9 18

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
9-1	Pigs and Rabbits	2011-11-02	2011-11-07	B+	Kim
9-2	On the Bubble	2011-11-09	2011-11-15	B	Kim
9-3	Corn or Flour?	2011-11-16	2011-11-22	B	Kim
9-4	Totally Chili	2011-11-23	2011-11-29	B	Kim
9-5	Progress	2011-11-30	2011-12-06	B	Kim
9-6	Who Shot JR?	2011-12-07	2011-12-13	B	Kim
9-7	Ugly Game	2011-12-14	2011-12-20	B	Kim
9-8	Mom's Home Cooking	2011-12-21	2011-12-28	B	Kim
9-9	Salt Lick	2012-01-04	2012-01-09	C+	Kim
9-10	The War of Restaurants	2012-01-11	2012-01-17	B	Kim
9-11	Snow White, Blood Red	2012-01-18	2012-01-19	A	Kim
9-12	A Game of Chicken	2012-01-25	2012-01-31	B	Kim
9-13	I Know You Are, But What Am I?	2012-02-01	2012-02-07	C	Kim
9-14	Tears of Joy	2012-02-08	2012-02-14	B-	Kim
9-15	Frozen Food	2012-02-15	2012-02-21	B	Kim
9-16	You're Hot and You're Cold	2012-02-22	2012-02-28	C	Kim
9-17	Finally! It's Over	2012-02-29	2012-03-06	B-	Kim
9-18	Stuff and Giggles	2012-03-07	2012-03-13	C	Kim

Season 10 17

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
10-1	Trim Your Bangs	2012-11-07	2012-11-12	B	Kim
10-2	Veterans' Day	2012-11-14	2012-11-19	A+	Kim
10-3	Talking Turkey	2012-11-21	2012-11-27	B	Kim
10-4	Parfaits and Calf Liver	2012-11-28	2012-12-04	B	Kim
10-5	Cheese Curds for Life!	2012-12-05	2012-12-11	B	Kim
10-6	Pork and Recreation	2012-12-12	2012-12-18	B	Kim
10-7	Thank You Berry Much	2012-12-19	2012-12-26	B	Kim
10-8	Going in Circles	2012-12-26	2013-01-02	B	Kim
10-9	Healthy Choices	2013-01-02	2013-01-07	B	Kim
10-10	Thai German? Really?	2013-01-09	2013-01-14	C	Kim
10-11	Josie, Baby	2013-01-16	2013-01-22	B	Kim
10-12	The Josie Show	2013-01-23	2013-01-29	B	Kim
10-13	Anchors Away Recaplet	2013-01-30	2013-01-31	B	Kim
10-14	Don't Be Crabby	2013-02-06	2013-02-11	B-	Kim
10-15	Mush!	2013-02-13	2013-02-19	B	Kim
10-16	Craft Work	2013-02-20	2013-02-26	B	Kim
10-17	Iron Top Chef	2013-02-27	2013-03-05	C	Kim

Season 11 17

Ep.	Recap	Aired	Posted	Grade	Recapper
11-1	Eat You Later, Alligator Weecap	2013-10-02	2013-10-03	B-	Carla Sparks
11-2	The Good, The Bad, The Ceviche Weecap	2013-10-09	2013-10-10	C	Carla Sparks
11-3	Commander in Chef Weecap	2013-10-16	2013-10-17	D	Carla Sparks
11-4	Pho King Travis Weecap	2013-10-23	2013-10-24	B	Carla Sparks
11-5	All Hallow’s Cheese Weecap	2013-10-30	2013-10-31	B	Carla Sparks
11-6	More Farm Than Good Weecap	2013-11-06	2013-11-07	C-	Carla Sparks
11-7	Potluck of the Draw Weecap	2013-11-13	2013-11-14	C+	Carla Sparks
11-8	Porks and Knives Weecap	2013-11-20	2013-11-21	C	Carla Sparks
11-9	Double the Points, None of the Perks Weecap	2013-12-04	2013-12-05	B+	Carla Sparks
11-10	Home is Where the Stove Is Weecap	2013-12-11	2013-12-12	B	Carla Sparks
11-11	Pass/Fail/Puree Weecap	2013-12-18	2013-12-19	C	Carla Sparks
11-12	One Fish, Two Fish Weecap	2014-01-01	2014-01-02	C	Carla Sparks
11-13	Revolutionary Cuisine Weecap	2014-01-08	2014-01-09	B+	Carla Sparks
11-14	Career Fare Weecap	2014-01-15	2014-01-16		Carla Sparks
11-15	What's Old is New Orleans Again Weecap	2014-01-22	2014-01-23	C+	Carla Sparks
11-16	Spam-a-Lot Weecap	2014-01-29	2014-01-30	B+	Carla Sparks
11-17	The Last Luau Weecap	2014-02-05	2014-02-06	B+	Carla Sparks