Top Chef · SEASON 9
Mentors
Episode 14 · 2012-02-08

- Reality
Episode overview
In this week’s Quickfire, the chefs must use their sense of touch, smell and taste to navigate through the pantry to gather ingredients for a dish while blindfolded. In a twist, the winning chef from Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen will re-enter the competition and join the remaining four chefs in the elimination challenge, where the chefs must create a delicious dish that will impress their mentors. Host Padma Lakshmi, along with Hugh Acheson, Gail Simmons and head judge Tom Colicchio will determine which final four chefs will advance to the finale.
42 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Everything's Bigger in Texas2011-11-02
2. The Heat Is On2011-11-09
3. Quinceanera2011-11-16
4. Red Hot Chili Cook Off2011-11-23
5. Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party2011-11-30
6. Higher Steaks2011-12-07
7. Game On2011-12-14
8. Tribute Dinner2011-12-21
9. BBQ Pit Wars2012-01-04
10. Restaurant Wars2012-01-11
11. Fit For an Evil Queen2012-01-18
12. Block Party2012-01-25
13. Bike, Borrow & Steal2012-02-01
14. Mentors2012-02-08
15. Culinary Games2012-02-15
16. Fire and Ice2012-02-22
17. Finale2012-02-29
18. Reunion2012-03-07