Season 23 • Episode 13
LatestFor their final Quickfire Challenge, the chefs use a game of 20 questions to identify and recreate a dish made by Tom. The chefs are tasked with crafting dishes plated in unexpected ways, using unconventional vessels. Joining the judges are actress Liza Koshy, Michelin-starred chef Jon Yao and Food & Wine Editor-in-Chief Hunter Lewis.
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.
Production
Quickfire challenges that actually test skill under pressure.
Writing
Judges' critiques: devastating poetry in food form.
Creator
Lauren Zalaznick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Colicchio has judged every single season—over 300 episodes of tasting food he didn't choose.
The show helped democratize fine dining criticism, making 'pack your knives' shorthand for failure across America.
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