Top Chef

'Top Chef' heads to Canada with 15 new chefs. The chefs pick an ingredient from the pantry and are tasked with preparing a dish while also incorporating the judges' surprise ingredients.

Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada's famous poutine. For the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud joins the judges' table as the chefs team up to create a maple-soaked brunch that pays homage to Sugar Shack traditions.

Canadian hockey star Natalie Spooner assists Kristen in presenting the Elimination Challenge, where the chefs are put on thin ice and must create dishes best served cold. The chefs need to keep their cool to impress the judges.

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must put their own spin on some of Canada's most iconic confections.

After breaking into pairs and spending time at a local restaurant, the chefs are informed that for this Elimination Challenge, they must create a dish inspired by their time on the line.

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles. The judges are joined by season 21 winner Danny Garcia and Clare Reichenbach, the James Beard Foundation's Executive.

In a high-stakes pizza party, the chefs must create pies that are outside of the box to impress guest judges Michelin star chef Wylie Dufresne and 'Top Chef All-Star' alumn Spike Mendelsohn.

The chefs are tasked to conceptualize and create two restaurants. Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined by 'Top Chef' alum Nina Compton and 'Top Chef Canada' judge Janet Zuccarini.

Kristen is joined by Tom, Gail and chef and professor Ilona Daniel as the chefs are tasked with flexing their culinary 'mussels.'

The chefs are asked to create a dish using only the items and tools found in a Canadian convenience store. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs pay homage to the four seasons using only produce from Montreal's rooftop gardens.

The six remaining chefs set off to Calgary where they are greeted by the judges and 'Top Chef Canada' alum Connie DeSousa. For this week's Quickfire Challenge, they will be making pancakes for 50 diners. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that feature beef and local berries, hoping to impress a table of Calgary's culinary tastemakers, including guest judges Denia Baltzer and Paul Rogalski.

For their last challenge in Canada, Kristen is joined by guest judges Brenda Holder and Tracy Little, who teach the remaining five chefs how to forage the ingredients in the Canmore Forest. To secure their spot in Italy, the chefs will have to impress the judges by utilizing their foraged items in a dish they will cook outside over an open flame.

For the chefs' last Quickfire Challenge of the season, they're tasked with creating a classic Milanese dish and the most feared dish by many 'Top Chef' contenders, risotto.

For their last Elimination Challenge, the finalists must create the best four-course meal of their lives to impress an esteemed table of diners.