Tina Bourbeau

Each finalist will cook the best 5 dishes in their culinary arsenal live in front of a studio audience of their friends, families and all previous Top Chef winners.

Butchery is king as two giant slabs of beef on meat hooks await the chefs for the Quickfire. For the Elimination, the Chefs go back in time as they're tasked with re-creating an original 1950's menu from one of the best restaurants in the country.

Tom puts his restaurant’s reputation on the line as he opens his doors and gives the final three free rein of his kitchen.

It's men versus women in this week's episode, as the chef'testants go into Restaurant Wars with the hopes of impressing world renowned restaurateur Danny Meyer. Relationships are tested as restaurants are built from scratch, and each team must try to overcome the destructive mistakes of one of their fellow chefs. Emeril Lagasse and Gail Simmons join head judge Tom Colicchio and host Padma Lakshmi.

It’s a bear of a challenge in Alaska as each chef fights to be part of the final three.

The chefs cook up new concepts for more than 200 people at the city’s premier food event, Bite of Seattle.