Top Chef: Just Desserts
- 2010 – 2011
- Ended
- Reality
- ~52m / ep
- 2 seasons
- 5.0/10
Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from Top Chef. It premiered on the cable television network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway, and distributed by Bravo and Tiger Aspect USA. It is hosted by Gail Simmons, with head judge Johnny Iuzzini, head pastry chef at Jean-Georges. Other judges include Hubert Keller, owner of restaurant Fleur de Lys and a Top Chef Masters finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy".
Latest: Season 2 · 2011
View all seasonsThe second season of Top Chef: Just Desserts was broadcast on Bravo. It featured 14 pastry chefs fighting to win the title of Top Chef.
E1. Showpiece
Aug 24, 2011
For their first elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating a showpiece based on a popular fairy tale.
E2. Sweet Symphony
Aug 31, 2011
To celebrate the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the chefs must create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance.
E3. Villa Rosa
Sep 7, 2011
For the Elimination Challenge, the remaining 12 cheftestants create the ultimate “dessert-scape” spread for 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Lisa Vanderpump.
E4. Pure Imagination
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.
E5. Make a Splash
Sep 21, 2011
The chefs must beat the heat as they make frozen treats suitable for cooling off on a hot summer day.
E6. Sabotage
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.
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