TV Top Chef - Season 16 Episode 8 : Whatever Floats Your Boat Top Chef - Season 16 Episode 8 : Whatever Floats Your Boat 6.738/10 by 63 users For an elimination challenge, the chefs are split into teams and tasked with throwing houseboat parties on Lake Cumberland; chef Emeril Lagasse joins Padma, Tom and Nilou, along with Capts. Sandy and Lee from "Below Deck" for houseboat hysteria. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 16 Episode 8 : Whatever Floats Your Boat Alternative Titles First Air Date 2006-03-08 Last Air Date 2025-06-05 Number of Episodes 328 Number of Seasons 22 Genres Reality, Networks Bravo, Casts Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish Plot Keywords , Self - Head Judge Tom Colicchio Self - Judge Gail Simmons Self - Host Kristen Kish Episodes List Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 1 The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking 2018-12-06 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 2 Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo 2018-12-13 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 3 Naughty and Nice Naughty and Nice 2018-12-20 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 4 Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars 2018-12-27 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 5 Restaurant Wars Part 2 Restaurant Wars Part 2 2019-01-03 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 6 Roaring Munchies Roaring Munchies 2019-01-10 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 7 Carne! Carne! 2019-01-17 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 8 Whatever Floats Your Boat Whatever Floats Your Boat 2019-01-24 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 9 Music City Usa Music City Usa 2019-01-31 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 10 Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams 2019-02-07 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 11 The Greatest The Greatest 2019-02-14 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 12 Kentucky Farewell Kentucky Farewell 2019-02-21 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 13 Holy Macau! Holy Macau! 2019-02-28 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 14 The Tao of Macau The Tao of Macau 2019-03-07 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 16 :Episode 15 Finale Finale 2019-03-14 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...