Rebecca LaMalfa

In a nod to the Boston Tea Party, the contestants must use tea to enhance their dishes for guest judge Ming Tsai; Fenway Park hosts a competition in which the chefs must use ballpark snacks to create fine dining dishes.

The chefs create a surf and turf dish for guest judge Todd English; teams prepare dishes to be served to Boston police and firefighters and judged by guest chef Dante de Magistris.

The chefs are split into two teams and challenged to open their own pop-up restaurants, which includes creating menus, coming up with the decor and training the wait staff; acclaimed restaurateur Barbara Lynch serves as guest judge.

In Boston, 16 aspiring chefs compete for a shot at culinary stardom; the contestants are thrust into hot water with a Sudden Death Quick Fire Challenge; the Elimination Challenge unfolds during the first-ever Top Chef Food Festival.

The chefs must create the ultimate bar snack for guest judge George Wendt (`Cheers'); the chefs must work in teams to write a create a three-course Italian menu; actress Emmy Rossum (`Shameless') ruffles the chefs with her gluten-free diet.

The chefs trek through a bog to gather cranberries; the chefs cook a Thanksgiving feast using only ingredients and cooking methods found in the 1600s; descendants of the Mayflower colonists and Wampanoag tribe join the judges at the table.