Top Chef · SEASON 18
Pan African Portland
Episode 3 · 2021-04-15

- Reality
Episode overview
The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert. Carrie Baird joins Padma to pick the winner, who will get their dish turned into a Talenti gelato to be sold nationwide. Gregory Gourdet and Kwame Onwuachi take the chefs on a tour of restaurants in Portland that feature food from the African diaspora. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must make dishes inspired by their tour for the judging and dining panel, as well as the restaurant’s owners.
42 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. First Impressions2021-04-01
2. Trouble Brewing2021-04-08
3. Pan African Portland2021-04-15
4. Thrown for a Loop2021-04-22
5. Meet You at the Drive-In2021-04-29
6. Stumptown U.S.A.2021-05-06
7. Feeding the Frontlines2021-05-13
8. Restaurant Wars2021-05-20
9. Portland-ia2021-05-27
10. Tournament of Tofu2021-06-03
11. Blind Ambitions2021-06-10
12. The Cheesier the Better2021-06-17
13. Shellfishly Delicious2021-06-24
14. The Next Top Chef Is...2021-07-01