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Top Chef: Just Desserts

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First Aired: September 15th, 2010

Status: Ended

Genre: Reality

Network: Bravo

Summary: 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".

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Episode 1: Showpiece

Air Date: August 24th, 2011

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

Episode 2: Sweet Symphony

Air Date: August 31st, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 3: Villa Rosa

Air Date: September 7th, 2011

Summary: For the Elimination Challenge, the remaining 12 cheftestants create the ultimate “dessert-scape” spread for 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Lisa Vanderpump.

Episode 4: Pure Imagination

Air Date: September 14th, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: Make a Splash

Air Date: September 21st, 2011

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

Episode 6: Sabotage

Air Date: September 28th, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: Death by Chocolate

Air Date: October 5th, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 8: Step Right Up

Air Date: October 12nd, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 9: Dessert in Disguise

Air Date: October 19th, 2011

Summary: 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.

Episode 10: Finale

Air Date: October 26th, 2011

Summary: 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.

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