Top Chef Masters Season 2

Synopsis

The second season of the American reality competition show Top Chef Masters was announced on October 22, 2009. In addition, it was announced that Gail Simmons would be added as a critic. The season premiered on April 7, 2010 with 22 world-renowned chefs competing against each other in weekly challenges. In the season finale that premiered on June 9, 2010, Marcus Samuelsson was crowned Top Chef Master.

Main Cast

Kelly Choi

Herself - Host

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Jay Rayner

Himself - Judge

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Gael Greene

Herself - Judge

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Gail Simmons

Herself - Judge

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

07 April 2010 - First Date Dinner

The chefs are tasked with using aphrodisiac ingredients while creating dinners that would be appropriate for a first date.

Episode 2

14 April 2010 - It's My Party

The chefs cater a celebrity birthday party. This time it’s Mekhi Phifer and he’s requesting a soul food-themed feast for his birthday party. The chef’testants up to bat tonight are David Burke, Marcus Samuelsson, Monica Pope, Thierry Rautureau and Carmen Gonzalez.

Episode 3

21 April 2010 - Pub Food

Convincing high-brow clients of pub grub's merits is tonight's seemingly impossible challenge for the chefs as they try to show that flair and flavor can be found in other than haute cuisine. Competing chefs, Graham Elliot Bowles, Jonathan Waxman, Ludo Lefebvre, Mark Peel, Rick Moonen and Wylie Dufresne are tasked to reimagine old-school pub grub.

Episode 4

28 April 2010 - Cast and Crew Meal

op Chef Masters Season Two there are only five chefs left to compete in the first level for the final two spots in the champion round. Susur Lee, Rick Tramanto, Maria Hines, Debbie Gold, and Jody Adams. All but Susur have been awarded a James Beard. The chefs dabble in craft service as they prepare meals for the cast and crew of ABC's Modern Family.

Episode 5

05 May 2010 - Wedding Wars

Top Chef's brutal tag team relay begins the first champions round Quickfire, followed by the dreaded wedding elimination challenge—the first time the master chefs have seen this particular trial—and this time there's no cheats: the person with the lowest score packs their knives, so everyone must put his or her best dish forward… even if it is a wedding cake.

Episode 6

12 May 2010 - Scary Surf & Turf

The chefs are asked to create Quickfire dishes inspired by Simpsons characters who then judge them, and then they must turn their skills toward making offal tasty in a surf & turf presentation.

Episode 7

19 May 2010 - Tailgating

It's a Quickfire with a very specific focus: the leg. Once the chefs have butchered and prepared their dishes, they must then turn their skills to an even bigger challenge, preparing a tailgate feast for college football fans.

Episode 8

26 May 2010 - Food of the Gods

The Masters are challenged to create a divine dish inspired by a Greek God. The blind taste test returns with the "Name That Ingredient" Quickfire, and then the chefs look to Greece and the ancient gods as inspiration for their elimination dishes.

Episode 9

02 June 2010 - Improv

Taking inspiration from Top Chef Chicago's season four, the remaining chefs must use unusual pairings from Los Angeles' The Groundlings improv troupe to create dishes.

Episode 10

09 June 2010 - Top Chef Master

The remaining three chefs face their final challenge.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Shauna Minoprio Jane Lipsitz Dan Cutforth
Department	Role	Name

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