Top Chef Canada: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Top Chef Canada Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
My First Dish
Mar 18, 2013 · 44 min
In the season debut, the 16 chefs arrive in Toronto where they meet for the first time and size up the competition. For their first Quickfire Challenge, head judge Chef Mark McEwan
Down on the Farm
Mar 25, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish using the contents of an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) for the star of the hit TV series Survivorman, Les Stroud. In the Eliminat
The Category is Food
Apr 1, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create the ultimate Vegan dish for the host of George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, George Stroumboulopoulos. In the Elimination Challenge,
Roller Derby Smackdown
Apr 8, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create their own take on a coffee shop staple – the donut. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs need to create a healthy and balanced
A Day at the Ballet
Apr 15, 2013 · 44 min
For the Quickfire Challenge, Chef McEwan puts on his chef whites and cooks up an amazing dish in record time. Then the chefs need to make a dish that rivals Chef McEwan’s creation
Here Comes the Bride
Apr 22, 2013 · 44 min
In this Quickfire Challenge, resident judge Shereen Arazam tests the chefs on their ability to properly create and price a dish in the first ever Top Chef Canada auction. Later in
Our New National Dish
Apr 29, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs put their taste buds to the test in a head-to-head taste-off and in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must come up with their take on what
Restaurant Wars
May 6, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs need to create their take on a frozen pizza for noted Italian Chef Massimo Capra of Restaurant Takeover. Then it is time for the Top Chef clas
Chefs on Safari
May 13, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish inspired by a classic cocktail. For their Elimination Challenge the chefs head to the Toronto Zoo where they work as a team
The Indian Feast
May 20, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish based on a destination that Toronto Pearson Airport serves. The trick is they need to create this dish on the tarmac at Can
Here Come the Wives
May 27, 2013 · 44 min
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must make a decadent dessert for one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Vancouver, Jody Claman. In the Elimination Challenge, Jody asks th
Up In The Air
Jun 3, 2013 · 44 min
For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs battle it out in a burger war to create the ultimate Top Chef burger and in the Elimination Challenge, they take flight. Each chef must creat
Wild Rose Finale
Jun 10, 2013 · 44 min
In the final episode, the chefs head to Calgary, Alberta and face-off for the title of Canada’s Top Chef. Connie DeSousa and Jann Arden join the Judges' Table.