The third season of the American reality competition show Top Chef Masters was announced on March 2, 2011. In addition to the announcement, it was announced that celebrity chef Curtis Stone would serve as the new host. Food critic and author Ruth Reichl also joined as a new series judge. The season premiered on April 6, 2011 with 12 award-winning chefs competing against each other in weekly challenges. Unlike previous seasons, the chefs were not judged on a five-star rating system, but in elimination-style challenges similar to the format of the original Top Chef series.

Season 2 Episode 2 - It's My Party

The chefs cater a celebrity birthday party. This time it’s Mekhi Phifer and he’s requesting a soul food-themed feast for his birthday party. The chef’testants up to bat tonight are David Burke, Marcus Samuelsson, Monica Pope, Thierry Rautureau and Carmen Gonzalez. Air Date : 14th-Apr-2010

Season 2 Episode 1 - First Date Dinner

The chefs are tasked with using aphrodisiac ingredients while creating dinners that would be appropriate for a first date. Air Date : 7th-Apr-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 2 - It's My Party

The chefs cater a celebrity birthday party. This time it’s Mekhi Phifer and he’s requesting a soul food-themed feast for his birthday party. The chef’testants up to bat tonight are David Burke, Marcus Samuelsson, Monica Pope, Thierry Rautureau and Carmen Gonzalez. Air Date : 14th-Apr-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 3 - Pub Food

Convincing high-brow clients of pub grub's merits is tonight's seemingly impossible challenge for the chefs as they try to show that flair and flavor can be found in other than haute cuisine. Competing chefs, Graham Elliot Bowles, Jonathan Waxman, Ludo Lefebvre, Mark Peel, Rick Moonen and Wylie Dufresne are tasked to reimagine old-school pub grub. Air Date : 21st-Apr-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 4 - Cast and Crew Meal

op Chef Masters Season Two there are only five chefs left to compete in the first level for the final two spots in the champion round. Susur Lee, Rick Tramanto, Maria Hines, Debbie Gold, and Jody Adams. All but Susur have been awarded a James Beard. The chefs dabble in craft service as they prepare meals for the cast and crew of ABC's Modern Family. Air Date : 28th-Apr-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 5 - Wedding Wars

Top Chef's brutal tag team relay begins the first champions round Quickfire, followed by the dreaded wedding elimination challenge—the first time the master chefs have seen this particular trial—and this time there's no cheats: the person with the lowest score packs their knives, so everyone must put his or her best dish forward… even if it is a wedding cake. Air Date : 5th-May-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 6 - Scary Surf & Turf

The chefs are asked to create Quickfire dishes inspired by Simpsons characters who then judge them, and then they must turn their skills toward making offal tasty in a surf & turf presentation. Air Date : 12th-May-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 7 - Tailgating

It's a Quickfire with a very specific focus: the leg. Once the chefs have butchered and prepared their dishes, they must then turn their skills to an even bigger challenge, preparing a tailgate feast for college football fans. Air Date : 19th-May-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 8 - Food of the Gods

The Masters are challenged to create a divine dish inspired by a Greek God. The blind taste test returns with the "Name That Ingredient" Quickfire, and then the chefs look to Greece and the ancient gods as inspiration for their elimination dishes. Air Date : 26th-May-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 9 - Improv

Taking inspiration from Top Chef Chicago's season four, the remaining chefs must use unusual pairings from Los Angeles' The Groundlings improv troupe to create dishes. Air Date : 2nd-Jun-2010  Read More

Season 2 Episode 10 - Top Chef Master

The remaining three chefs face their final challenge. Air Date : 9th-Jun-2010  Read More