TV Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 2 : Trouble Brewing Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 2 : Trouble Brewing 6.738/10 by 63 users The Chefs are in for a rude awakening when they enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs – Amar Santana, Melissa King, Kwame Onwuachi, Dale Talde, Gregory Gourdet, Carrie Baird and Richard Blais. In this Quickfire the chefs will have just 30 minutes to serve eight plates of breakfast. And if that didn’t get them buzzing, for their Elimination Challenge, they’ll have to create dishes based on two popular Portland brews – Beer or Coffee. Tom shows up with a twist, leaving the chefs to rethink their dishes hours before service. Amar Santana and Dale Talde join Padma, Tom and Gail at judges’ table. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 2 : Trouble Brewing 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...