Top Chef: Destination Canada
Season 22 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Top Chef Season 21.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
Across Canada, We Go!
Mar 13, 2025 · 60 min
Several aspiring chefs compete for the coveted title of "Top Chef" while they creatively whip up a storm to escape elimination.
Brunch à la Boulud
Mar 20, 2025 · 60 min
Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada's famous poutine; for the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud jo
Best Served Cold
Mar 27, 2025 · 60 min
The chefs must make their own version of a Jamaican patty as a Quickfire Challenge and create dishes best served cold or risk elimination.
Top Chef Trivia
Apr 3, 2025 · 60 min
Actor Michael Cera joins Kristen in the kitchen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs' trivia skills are put to the test; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must put t
Line Cook for a Day
Apr 10, 2025 · 60 min
The chefs are taken by surprise when a Last Chance Kitchen chef joins the competition; the chefs' collaboration skills are put to the ultimate test as this time is a double elimina
Pickle Me This
Apr 17, 2025 · 60 min
Top Chef Masters alum Susur Lee and Jet Bent-Let join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients; for the Elimina
You Wanna Pizza Me?
Apr 24, 2025 · 54 min
For this week's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish with an ingredient using only the toughest stains as their clues.
Restaurant Wars
May 1, 2025 · 54 min
There is no Quickfire as the chefs take on the famed Restaurant Wars elimination challenge; the chefs are tasked to create two restaurants; Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined by Top
Cooking on the Edge
May 8, 2025 · 54 min
Kristen is joined by Tom, Gail and chef and professor Ilona Daniel as the chefs are tasked with flexing their culinary mussels; the chefs face their fears in this stunt-driven Elim
From Dep Till Dawn
May 15, 2025 · 54 min
Comedian Punkie Johnson tests the chefs' creativity when they're asked to create a dish using only items found in a Canadian convenience store; the chefs pay homage to the four sea
Calgary, Yahoo!
May 22, 2025 · 54 min
The six remaining chefs set off to Calgary where they are greeted by the judges; making pancakes for 50 diners; the chefs are tasked with creating dishes that feature beef and loca
Foraged in Fire
May 29, 2025 · 54 min
Guest judges Brenda Holder and Tracy Little teach the remaining five chefs how to forage the ingredients in the Canmore Forest; to secure their spot in Italy, the chefs will have t
Viva Milano!
Jun 5, 2025 · 54 min
For the chefs' last quickfire challenge of the season, they're tasked with creating a classic Milanese dish and a feared dish, risotto; the chefs compete in a three-part, head-to-h
Finito
Jun 12, 2025 · 54 min
For their last elimination challenge, the final three chefs must create the best progressive four-course meal of their lives; with the help of their sous chefs, the finalists must