New this season: Kristen Kish replaces Padma Lakshmi as the host. Instead of the quickfire winner getting immunity for the main challenge, the quickfire winner gets a cash prize and the winner of the main challenge wins immunity for the following week.
21x1: Chef's Test Top Chef heads to Wisconsin with 15 new chefs, new rules and new host Kristen Kish. With no Quickfire Challenge this week, Kristen, Tom and Gail each task five chefs with cooking a dish they believe is a worthy test of being a good chef. Guest judges: Paul Bartolotta and Adam Siegel.
Who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)] Gail's group (stuffed pasta): Alisha, David, Kévin, Michelle, Rasika Kristen's group (soup): Amanda, Charly, Dan, Laura, Manny Tom's group (roasted chicken): Danny, Kaleena, Kenny, Savannah, Valentine