Chris Viaud

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.

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 prepare meals geared to bring families back to the dining table.

In this week’s episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef," the chefs cook a late-night snack with tight constraints. Guest judging is San Francisco restaurateur Mike Yakura.

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

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.