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  1. 过夜
    Top ChefFinale Recap: We’re Gonna Jam Out With Our Clams Out We’ve finally made it to the end!
  2. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Getting Warmer … It’s the second-to-last episode! (Probably? Maybe? Hopefully, anyway.)
  3. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Padma’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain We’re in the home stretch, but why are the chefs suddenly in Canada?
  4. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: There’s No Cryin’ in Fine Dinin’ A previously eliminated chef comes back, and we lament the fact that this means the season will be even longer than it already is.
  5. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Party in the Park You really think you can win ‘Top Chef’ with a chicken-salad sandwich, huh?
  6. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Let’s Get Wicked Your guests this week: Eric Ripert and… Charlize Theron?
  7. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: There’s Nothing Quite Like Restaurant Wars They could really rename this show ‘Top Ego.’
  8. Taste Test
    The King of NYC’s Galette des Rois Which French bakery makes the best king cake in the city?
  9. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: The Pits Nine episodes in, we finally get a barbecue challenge!
  10. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: LaBelle of the Ball This week’s episode actually featured an interesting challenge for once.
  11. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: It’s Not Always the Best Chef Who Makes It to the This week’s episode set a new record for fighting.
  12. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: I’m Gonna Need Someone to Look That Up on Their Tom thinks that maybe he picked the wrong finalists for this season.
  13. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: I Have a Spicy Personality “I don’t mosey in everyday life.”
  14. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: It Looks Like an Easter Basket Gone Bad Here come the ‘Snakes on a Plane’ jokes. And a party!
  15. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Too Many Cooks on the Kitchen Set Apparently “biggest season ever” means we’ll be dragging everything out as long as possible.
  16. 过夜
    Top ChefPremiere Recap: Butchering the Butchers Giddy up, pardners.
  17. Top Chef
    Top ChefWants You to Come Up With This Season’s Quickfires We’ve got some ideas to get your started.
  18. Truckin’
    The Cookie Parts of Coolhaus’ Free Ice Cream Sandwiches Are Worth the Wait The city’s newest food truck picked the perfect weekend to offer free ice cream.
  19. Passover
    Grub Street’s Guide to New York’s Sweetest Passover Desserts From towering cakes to delicate truffles, flourless dessert options that go far beyond the supermarket macaroon.
  20. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride The finale version of Restaurant Wars went a lot better than the regular kind!
  21. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: If I Tried I Could Definitely Throw Up Not the finale!
  22. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Sour Grapes, Salty Losers Last night’s most true statement: “I don’t want to see Mike Isabella topless. And you don’t either.”
  23. 过夜
    Fit for a King The lead up to the lead up to the finale was on fire (literally).
  24. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: He Flicks His Boogers on Me Guess which two cheftestants are related!
  25. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: There Is Man Law, and There Is Chef Law “I could put you over my knee and whip your cute little ass,” quoth Paula Deen.
  26. Top Chef
    See a Photo ofTop Chef’s Carla in Her Modeling Days [Updated] It is SO nineties chic.
  27. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Elmo Said My Cookie Looks Like Sh-t The Muppets took a vacation from ‘Sesame Street’ to visit the chefs.
  28. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: We Actually Have a Beef-Tongue Song Experiments with sausage, NBC synergy, and Dale’s crush on Angelo.
  29. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: It Smells Like Marinara in the Walls “Get your guns ready, it’s an Italian challenge.”
  30. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: A Thumb in the Eye Restaurant Wars!
  31. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: The Professor and the Strange Italian Immigrant “We’re sitting in Marcel’s lap holding his rod.”
  32. 过夜
    Top ChefRecap: Nightmare on Eldridge Street Let’s just say we’re glad none of the chefs actually serve dim sum in real life.
  33. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Too Many Tennis Analogies This week’s episode got its shills confused, highlighting stuffing after Thanksgiving and the U.S. Open in the dead of winter.
  34. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: A Better Obsession Than Cocaine or Heroin This week’s episode brought out the big guns: Michael White, David Chang, Wylie Dufresne, and David Burke.
  35. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Open Season Well, that elimination was a surprise.
  36. Top Chef
    Top Chef: All StarsRecap: A Trip Down Memory Lane, For Better or Worse Spike, Marcel, Richard, Carla, Jen … the gang’s all here!
  37. Top Chef
    Top Chef最后总结一下:这只是主观的 The season seven winner is crowned!
  38. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Woking It Out The first half of the finale had our chefs cooking Singapore street food and catering yet another party.
  39. Top Chef
    Top Chef: Too Many Space Metaphors, Not Enough Mussels The chefs hang out with Buzz Aldrin as the finalists are chosen.
  40. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Take Us Out of the Ball Game The chefs have to cater a baseball game and, shockingly, arguments ensue.
  41. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: The Most Nightmarish Mystery-Box Challenge Ever Mystery ingredients galore and a trip to the CIA trip up the cheftestants.
  42. Top Chef
    Top Chef: Restaurant Wars! Everyone’s favorite challenge arrives, with Alex once again at the center of the drama.
  43. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Around the World in 60 Minutes This week the chefs had to do quite a bit of international cooking.
  44. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Give Peas a Chance Did Alex make a power play during ‘Power Lunch’ and steal Ed’s pea purée?
  45. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Duck Nuts and Boat Rides How would you like to try a testicle marshmallow?
  46. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: You’ve Got Crabs A seafood challenge reminds one cheftestant of his STD.
  47. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: Needs More Glaze Product placement continues as the chefs create a new signature dish for the Hilton.
  48. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: We’re Going on a Picnic! Last night’s episode included the great American traditions of pie, picnics, and promoting new shows.
  49. Top Chef
    Top ChefRecap: School’s Out The cheftestants struggle to make lunch for 50 kids using a public-school budget.
  50. Top Chef
    Top ChefPremiere: Beware Ripert, Desserts, and Mousse The seventh season begins, and new judge Eric Ripert’s views on fish are clear.
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