Top Chef : Just Desserts

Twelve of America's best pastry chefs converge in Los Angeles for this first-of-its-kind dessert competition. The chefs must create a dessert using America's favorite ingredient: chocolate. They must cook for 50 chocolate lovers, including guest judge Jacques Torres.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 2010

The eleven remaining pastry chefs must create a dessert out of a cocktail.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 2010

Teams compete in a bake sale, raising money for the pep squad and glee club; guest judge Sylvia Weinstock.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 2010

The pastry cheftestants are challenged to recreate the exotic flaming desserts associated with the Lucent Dossier Experience.

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 2010

The pastry cheftestants are challenged to create outrageous edible fashion.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 2010

The remaining pastry cheftestants make black and white desserts.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 2010

The cheftestants go head to head in the first-ever "Dessert Shop Wars."

Première diffusion : 27 octobre 2010

The final five pastry cheftestants must create fun and unique desserts.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 2010

The final four cheftestants are challenged with making an anniversary cake for Sylvia Weinstock.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 2010

The final three chefs face off in a four-star four-course sweet and savory dessert challenge for the title of "Top Chef: Just Desserts."

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 2010

For their first elimination challenge, the chefs are tasked with creating a showpiece based on a popular fairy tale.

Première diffusion : 24 août 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.

Première diffusion : 31 août 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.

Première diffusion : 7 septembre 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.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 2011

The chefs must beat the heat as they make frozen treats suitable for cooling off on a hot summer day.

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 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.

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 2011

This week’s Quickfire Challenge has the chefs selecting perfect pairings of coffee and donuts, while the Elimination Challenge will result in death… by chocolate. The cheftestants must create a chocolate showpiece under a veil of secrecy.

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 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.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 2011

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.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 2011

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.

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 2011