TV Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 1 : Primal Instincts Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 1 : Primal Instincts 6.738/10 by 63 users Fifteen of the country’s best chefs arrive in Houston, Texas, ready to fight for the title of “Top Chef.” The opening Quickfire proves to be the toughest first challenge to date when the chefs must team up to create a cohesive dish that showcases each of their styles, but cannot speak to each other during the cook. The stakes only get higher for the Elimination Challenge as the chefs must perfectly cook primal cuts of beef for a table of distinguished Houston chefs including, Robert Del Grande of The Annie Café as well as Top Chef alums Dawn Burrell and Kristen Kish. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 1 : Primal Instincts 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 19 :Episode 1 Primal Instincts Primal Instincts 2022-03-03 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 19 :Episode 2 Friday Night Bites Friday Night Bites 2022-03-10 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 19 :Episode 3 Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice 2022-03-17 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 19 :Episode 4 Doppelgangers Doppelgangers 2022-03-24 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 19 :Episode 5 Don't Mess With BBQ Don't Mess With BBQ 2022-03-31 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 19 :Episode 6 Texas Trailblaze-hers Texas Trailblaze-hers 2022-04-07 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 19 :Episode 7 Swallow the Competition Swallow the Competition 2022-04-14 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 19 :Episode 8 Restaurant Wars Restaurant Wars 2022-04-21 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 19 :Episode 9 Freedmen's Town Freedmen's Town 2022-04-28 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 19 :Episode 10 Dinner in Zero Gravity Dinner in Zero Gravity 2022-05-05 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 19 :Episode 11 Family Vacation Family Vacation 2022-05-12 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 19 :Episode 12 We're on a boat We're on a boat 2022-05-19 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 19 :Episode 13 Cactus Makes Perfect Cactus Makes Perfect 2022-05-26 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 19 :Episode 14 The Final Plate The Final Plate 2022-06-02 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...