TV Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 9 : Portland-ia Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 9 : Portland-ia 6.738/10 by 63 users For this week’s Quickfire Challenge, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein from the hit comedy series “Portlandia” task the chefs with creating a dish using hipster ingredients using only old vintage appliances and equipment. For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs must develop and create a recipe fit for the home cook, and are surprised when unexpected guests show up to test their recipes. All-Star alumni and cookbook authors Dale Talde and Richard Blais join the judges’ table to help decide which chef must pack their knives. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 18 Episode 9 : Portland-ia 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...