Top Chef: Just Desserts
Watch Top Chef: Just Desserts Season 2
Episode 14
Finale
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
It all comes down to this - the final three chefs will compete in a Top Chef version of the Prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Competition -- which is the World Series of Competitions in the pastry world. Only one can take the title of Top Chef Just Desserts.
Episode 13
Dessert in Disguise
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Don't judge a book by its cover in this week's penultimate episode as the chefs must create a dessert that tastes like one, but doesn't look the way it tastes. Suzanne Goin and Cat Cora serve as guest judges.
Episode 12
Step Right Up
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
This week's elimination challenge has the remaining chefs clowning around at the Top Chef Carnival where they have to upgrade classic carnival cuisine into something suitable for a fine dining audience. Francois Payard serves as guest judge.
Episode 11
Death By Chocolate
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Time to make the donuts -- this week's quickfire challenge will have the chefs selecting perfect pairings of coffee and donuts, while the elimination challenge will result in death... by chocolate. The chef'testants must create a chocolate showpiece under a veil of secrecy. Mark Isarel and Wylie Dufresne serve as guest judges.
Episode 10
Season 2, Episode 10
aired: Wed, Oct 26, 2011
The remaining pastry chefs will be given a "License to Ill" as they raid the first ever "Top Chef Beastie Boys Pantry," where they must use the ingredients, named after the band's popular songs, to create a Beastie Boys-inspired dessert appropriate for a street art event. Jordan Kahn and Adam "Ad Rock" Horovitz serve as guest judges.
Episode 9
Season 2, Episode 9
aired: Wed, Oct 19, 2011
This week's Quickfire tasks the chefs with creating their own candy bar -- naming and packagaing it. Then, the chefs must beat the heat as they make frozen treats suitable for cooling off on a hot summer day. To win this challenge, they must also brand their treat and create their own uniforms for a complete experience for the patrons at the water slide park. Pinchet Ong serves as guest judge.
Episode 8
8. Step Right Up
aired: Wed, Oct 12, 2011
This week's elimination challenge has the remaining chefs clowning around at the Top Chef Carnival where they have to upgrade classic carnival cuisine into something suitable for a fine dining audience. Francois Payard serves as guest judge.
Episode 7
Season 2, Episode 7
aired: Wed, Oct 5, 2011
It's the 40th Anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and to celebrate, the chefs will work as one team to create a Pure Imagination Room where everything in the room has to be edible. Original cast members of the movie will be on hand to see if the chefs have created a land of sweet dreams. Guest judge will be Ron Ben Israel.
Episode 6
Sabotage
aired: Wed, Sep 28, 2011
The remaining pastry chefs will be given a "License to Ill" as they raid the first ever "Top Chef Beastie Boys Pantry," where they must use the ingredients, named after the band's popular songs, to create a Beastie Boys-inspired dessert appropriate for a street art event. Jordan Kahn and Adam "Ad Rock" Horovitz serve as guest judges.
Episode 5
Villa Rosa
aired: Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Bigger isn't always better -- this week's Quickfire challenges the chefs to develop a bold and complex flavor within a teeny tiny space. The winner will be placed in the voting pool to become one of Extra's new "Dessert Delight" flavors. For the elimination challenge, the remaining twelve chef'testants must channel their inner diva and create the ultimate "dessert-scape" spread for "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump, who is throwing a lavish party for her fabulous friends. Hugh Acheson serves as guest judge.
Episode 4
Season 2, Episode 4
aired: Wed, Sep 14, 2011
It's the 40th Anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and to celebrate, the chefs will work as one team to create a Pure Imagination Room where everything in the room has to be edible. Original cast members of the movie will be on hand to see if the chefs have created a land of sweet dreams. Guest judge will be Ron Ben Israel.
Episode 3
Season 2, Episode 3
aired: Wed, Sep 7, 2011
To celebrate the opening of the 9th Season Orchestra of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the chefs must work in teams to create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance. Margaret Braum serves as guest judge.
Episode 2
2. Sweet Symphony
aired: Wed, Aug 31, 2011
To celebrate the opening of the 9th Season Orchestra of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the chefs must work in teams to create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance. Margaret Braum serves as guest judge.
Episode 1
Showpiece
aired: Wed, Aug 24, 2011
Fourteen top pastry chefs come together for season two of Top Chef Just Desserts to determine who is the sweetest chef of all. For their first elimination challenge, the chefs need to bring out their A-game when they're tasked with creating a showpiece based off of a popular fairytale story.
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Episode 10
Finale
aired: Wed, Nov 17, 2010
And then there were three... the final three chefs face off in a 4-star 4-course sweet and savory dessert challenge for the title of Top Chef Just Desserts.
Episode 9
Ben and Sylvia's 61st
aired: Wed, Nov 10, 2010
In this penultimate challenge, the final four chef'testants are challenged with making an anniversary cake for Sylvia Weinstock, one of the world's most famous wedding cake designers.
Episode 8
Celebritea Party
aired: Wed, Nov 3, 2010
The final five pastry chef'testants must create fun and unique desserts for Food & Wine Magazine's "Celebritea" Party.
Episode 7
Dessert Wars
aired: Wed, Oct 27, 2010
The six remaining pastry chef'testants take no prisoners when they go head to head in the first-ever "Dessert Shop Wars."
Episode 6
Black and White
aired: Wed, Oct 20, 2010
The remaining pastry chef'testants must make a bold statement with black and white desserts for a special anniversary party for the Los Angeles Times.
Episode 5
Edible Fashion
aired: Wed, Oct 13, 2010
The pastry chef'testants are challenged to create outrageous edible fashion.
Episode 4
Lucent Dossier
aired: Wed, Oct 6, 2010
The pastry chef'testants are challenged to recreate the exotic flaming desserts associated with the Lucent Dossier Experience. For one chef, the pressure becomes too much and they are forced to leave the competition.
Episode 3
Glee Club
aired: Wed, Sep 29, 2010
The ten remaining pastry chef'testants are divided into teams and go head to head in a bake sale to raise money for a local high school pep squad and glee club.
Episode 2
Cocktail with a Twist
aired: Wed, Sep 22, 2010
The eleven remaining pastry chefs must create a dessert out of a cocktail. One of the chef's theatrics upsets the group resulting in a heated fight.
Episode 1
Mr. Chocolate
aired: Wed, Sep 15, 2010
Twelve of America's best pastry chefs converge in Los Angeles for this first-of-its-kind dessert competition and have to impress Mr. Chocolate himself, Jacques Torres.
