'Top Chef Masters' salutes U.S. soldiers with a celebration meal for returning service men and women composed of all their favorite dishes.

Using traditional high school chemistry at a science fair, the master chefs must create their most palatable creations.

The masters help a man propose to his unsuspecting girlfriend.

Pop Rock group Maroon 5 drops by and challenges the chefs to create a feast fit for a rock star.

The cheftestants operate a fast food drive-through.

The masters break up into three teams of three to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the cast of 'The Biggest Loser.'

The chefs are forced to make a delicious dish out of some horrifying creatures.

The chefs compete in the most notorious of all 'Top Chef' challenges.

Christina Hendricks and her husband, actor Geoffry Arend, enlist the help of the cheftestants in a special '60s-themed Elimination Challenge.

One chef is crowned Top Chef Master.

A trip to the storied improv comedy club, the Groundlings, gives the chefs three words of inspiration from which to create their dishes.

The Masters are challenged to create a divine dish inspired by a Greek God.

In the spirit of competition, the Elimination Challenge brings the chefs to a football game where they must perfect the art of tailgating.

The remaining chefs must combine exotic proteins in an appealing surf-and-turf inspired duo.

The teams are challenged to cater a wedding in San Juan Capistrano -- out of mobile kitchens.

Continually striving to be cutting edge, this week’s batch of master chefs must cook for the most modern group in the entertainment landscape – the cast and crew of the hit TV series, 'Modern Family.'

The chefs must re-invent traditional pub dishes ranging from bangers and mash to fish ‘n’ chips.

The chefs create grilled cheese sandwiches for Kelly and cater a birthday party for celeb Mekhi Phifer!

Love is in the air as the Masters are challenged to evoke their sensual side using known aphrodisiac ingredients in the creation of a sumptuous meal to suit couples on a first date.

In the climactic finale of Top Chef Masters, three accomplished chefs stand to face their final challenge – the creation of a four-course meal.

The elimination round presents the chefs with the goal of catering a large event – only they are not allowed to touch the food.

In the Elimination Challenge, the Masters must prepare the perfect meal for an exclusive celebrity lunch thrown by actress and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel.

The top six chefs have advanced to the finals and now must face-off for the ultimate title of Top Chef Master.

The chefs are faced with a mystery box from which they must concoct their Elimination Challenge meals.

The chefs are put on the spot as they are pushed to make the perfect three-course mini-meal.

The chefs must create culinary magic to awe their high-profile guests which include Neil Patrick Harris.

The chefs take their skills to the street.

The chefs find themselves “lost” as they are challenged to make a meal inspired by the hit TV show.