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Top Chef
30th March 2026 54 mins Season 23 Episode 4

In a Quickfire Challenge honoring the Wright Brothers’ first flight in North Carolina, the chefs must team up to create a trio of dishes that take off alongside a curated wine flight. Then, in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must turn classic Southern sides into standout main course dishes. The judges are joined by last season’s winner Tristen Epps-Long and acclaimed James Beard-nominated chef Greg Collier.

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Season 23 · Episode 5

Cut and Dry

This week the chefs are visited by North Carolina’s own Fortune Feimster as she challenges them to improv their Quickfire dishes and serve them to kids in honor of Comic Relief. Then the chefs are tasked with creating dishes featuring dehydration. They’ll serve their dishes to Kristen, Tom and Gail along with guest judges Joe & Katy Kindred as well as “Top Chef” alum Savannah Miller at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
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01 Tom Colicchio profile Tom Colicchioas Self - Head Judge 02 Gail Simmons profile Gail Simmonsas Self - Judge 03 Kristen Kish profile Kristen Kishas Self - Host
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