Top Chef - Season 18 - Eps 3: Pan African Portland
The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert. Carrie Baird joins Padma to pick the winner, who will get their dish turned into a Talenti gelato to be sold nationwide. Gregory Gourdet and Kwame Onwuachi take the chefs on a tour of restaurants in Portland that feature food from the African diaspora. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must make dishes inspired by their tour for the judging and dining panel, as well as the restaurant’s owners.
About Top Chef
Title: Top Chef
First Air Date: 2006-03-08
Last Air Date: 2025-06-05
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 60 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 23
Total Episodes: 328
Network: Bravo
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Magical Elves
Synopsis
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.
Cast
Tom Colicchio
Self - Head Judge
Gail Simmons
Self - Judge
Kristen Kish
Self - Host
