TV Top Chef - Season 9 Episode 14 : Mentors Top Chef - Season 9 Episode 14 : Mentors 6.738/10 by 63 users In this week’s Quickfire, the chefs must use their sense of touch, smell and taste to navigate through the pantry to gather ingredients for a dish while blindfolded. In a twist, the winning chef from Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen will re-enter the competition and join the remaining four chefs in the elimination challenge, where the chefs must create a delicious dish that will impress their mentors. Host Padma Lakshmi, along with Hugh Acheson, Gail Simmons and head judge Tom Colicchio will determine which final four chefs will advance to the finale. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 9 Episode 14 : Mentors 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 9 :Episode 1 Everything's Bigger in Texas Everything's Bigger in Texas 2011-11-02 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 9 :Episode 2 The Heat Is On The Heat Is On 2011-11-09 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 9 :Episode 3 Quinceanera Quinceanera 2011-11-16 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 9 :Episode 4 Red Hot Chili Cook Off Red Hot Chili Cook Off 2011-11-23 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 9 :Episode 5 Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party 2011-11-30 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 9 :Episode 6 Higher Steaks Higher Steaks 2011-12-07 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 9 :Episode 7 Game On Game On 2011-12-14 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 9 :Episode 8 Tribute Dinner Tribute Dinner 2011-12-21 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 9 :Episode 9 BBQ Pit Wars BBQ Pit Wars 2012-01-04 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 9 :Episode 10 Restaurant Wars Restaurant Wars 2012-01-11 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 9 :Episode 11 Fit For an Evil Queen Fit For an Evil Queen 2012-01-18 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 9 :Episode 12 Block Party Block Party 2012-01-25 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 9 :Episode 13 Bike, Borrow & Steal Bike, Borrow & Steal 2012-02-01 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 9 :Episode 14 Mentors Mentors 2012-02-08 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 9 :Episode 15 Culinary Games Culinary Games 2012-02-15 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 9 :Episode 16 Fire and Ice Fire and Ice 2012-02-22 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 9 :Episode 17 Finale Finale 2012-02-29 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 9 :Episode 18 Reunion Reunion 2012-03-07 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...