Episode guide
Top Chef Masters: Season 4
10 episodes · first aired Jul 25, 2012
The fourth season of Top Chef Masters was announced on May 24, 2012. Food and travel journalist, Krista Simmons, and features editor of Gilt Taste, Francis Lam, join James Oseland and Ruth Reichl as new additions to the judges' table. The season premiered on July 25, 2012 with 12 award-winning chefs competing in weekly challenges to win $100,000 for their charity and the title of Top Chef Master.
- 1 The Buffet Must Go On Jul 25, 2012 · 1h Twelve renowned chefs battle in culinary challenges in Las Vegas in the Season 4 opener. Here, the masters play a card game to score ingredients, then they create an extravagant buffet for…
- 2 You May Now Feed The Bride Aug 1, 2012 · 1h The meal mavens prepare cuisine for a wedding.
- 3 What Would Brian Boitano Eat? Aug 8, 2012 They can cook, but can they put on a show? The Chefs will be split into teams of 3 and have their skills put on full view as they cook up a 3-course meal to serve VIP guests at the most…
- 4 Grand Canyon Cookout Aug 15, 2012 This week, the Chefs are tasked with taking ordinary salad bar ingredients and making them “pop” for music legends, the B-52’s. Then the Chefs will take a trip to the Grand Canyon for a…
- 5 Holly Madison's Pool Party Aug 22, 2012 · 1h In this week’s Quickfire challenge the Chefs must make a dynamic duo dish for a couple of dynamic musicians – The Indigo Girls. For the elimination challenge, the Chefs are tasked with…
- 6 Thai One On Aug 29, 2012 · 1h On this week’s episode, the chefs will be creating an aphrodisiac dish using known aphrodisiac ingredients. The chef whose dish really turns them on will be the winner for this challenge…
- 7 Culinary Knock Out Sep 5, 2012 This week the chefs will battle it out -- facing off in a boxing ring to serve our critics and boxing champ, Sugar Ray Leonard. The winner of the first match will compete against the…
- 8 Foodie Flash Mob Sep 12, 2012 It's getting down to the wire -- this week, the chefs will participate in one of the world's greatest underground dining events: a Diner en Blanc. For our Masters to take on this Diner en…
- 9 Old School, New School Sep 19, 2012 The ace chefs instruct a mystery guest to make a dish in the penultimate Season 4 episode. Later, they mentor culinary students.
- 10 Finale Sep 26, 2012 · 1h The winning chef is named in the Season 4 finale. Before that, the final two culinarians battle it out by creating a dish with the help of staffers from their own restaurants back home.