TV Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 1 : First Impressions Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 1 : First Impressions 6.738/10 by 63 users “Top Chef” is back with 15 of the country’s best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon. For their first Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants are immediately thrown into teams and tasked with combining their favorite ingredients together in one cohesive dish for Padma and Portland local Gregory Gourdet. For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs will try not to “quack” under pressure as they’re asked to create a dish featuring one of Portland’s iconic local birds. Their dishes will be served in a blind tasting for the judges and the new dining panel of “Top Chef” all-star winners, finalists and favorites. Season 17 winner Melissa King joins Padma, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table to help decide who will be the first chef to pack their knives and go. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 1 : First Impressions 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 18 :Episode 1 First Impressions First Impressions 2021-04-01 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 18 :Episode 2 Trouble Brewing Trouble Brewing 2021-04-08 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 18 :Episode 3 Pan African Portland Pan African Portland 2021-04-15 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 18 :Episode 4 Thrown for a Loop Thrown for a Loop 2021-04-22 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 18 :Episode 5 Meet You at the Drive-In Meet You at the Drive-In 2021-04-29 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 18 :Episode 6 Stumptown U.S.A. Stumptown U.S.A. 2021-05-06 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 18 :Episode 7 Feeding the Frontlines Feeding the Frontlines 2021-05-13 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 18 :Episode 8 Restaurant Wars Restaurant Wars 2021-05-20 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 18 :Episode 9 Portland-ia Portland-ia 2021-05-27 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 18 :Episode 10 Tournament of Tofu Tournament of Tofu 2021-06-03 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 18 :Episode 11 Blind Ambitions Blind Ambitions 2021-06-10 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 18 :Episode 12 The Cheesier the Better The Cheesier the Better 2021-06-17 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 18 :Episode 13 Shellfishly Delicious Shellfishly Delicious 2021-06-24 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 18 :Episode 14 The Next Top Chef Is... The Next Top Chef Is... 2021-07-01 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...