Next Gallery: The Dishes: Literature and Sausages Previous 10611861 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski is a hungry man. Muscles like that require serious grub. Previous 10611866 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Watch out when this NFL beast shakes your hand Mei! He's got a tough grip. Previous 10611871 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish But this episode wasn't just about sports, the chefs also had to brush up on their classic literature. Previous 10611876 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Boston chef Tony Maws wants the chefs to tackle creating a dish that is inspired by a work of a famous New England author. Previous 10611881 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Mei surveys the kitchen for vegetables worthy of her inspiration, Henry David Thoreau. Previous 10611886 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Katsuji starts prepping his sausage for Gronk -- once he stops talking about how huge Gronk's muscles are. Previous 10611891 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Making sausage isn't easy, but Mei's got some determination in those eyes. Previous 10611896 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Melissa worries her sausages are too wee for such a large appetite. Previous 10611901 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Would you call this a "sausage party"? Or just a lot of chefs working the grill? Previous 10611906 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Melissa finishes her plating just time for the buzzer (but an NFLer should be used to the time crunch). Previous 10611911 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Katsuji makes this look easy. He's practically got a hand tied behind his back. Previous 10611916 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Hands up, sausages down! Previous 10611921 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Rob tastes Melissa's sausage. Will it be enough to help him get ready for a big day of play? Previous 10611926 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish George's sausage isn't technically sausage-shaped (he made patties), but it's breakfast-inspired style does have Rob pretty pleased. Previous 10611931 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Padma goes long. . .ish. Previous 10611936 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish When the biggest NFL player you can imagine has a craving, you simply must satisfy. Luckily, Padma and Rob Gronkowski wanted the same thing: big sausage VIDEO: Watch Rob issue his hungry man challenge again! Previous 10611941 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish The chefs line up at the Top Chef library. Previous 10611946 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish This is the most adorable study group we've ever seen. Katsuji and Gregory dive deep for inspiration. Previous 10611951 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish The chefs compare Cliffs Notes on their authors, and try to sort out how best to bring the page to the plate. Previous 10611956 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Melissa's Nathaniel Hawthorne-based dish needs to feel both vegetable-focused and hearty. Previous 10611961 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Doug doesn't have a wide breadth of knowledge about Emily Dickinson, but he thinks his carrot soup will bring her idea of "sunset in a cup" to life. Previous 10611966 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Padma strikes a pose with the big guy. She looks so small! Previous 10611971 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Changed from her football ready threads, Padma is prepared to dine on works of great scholarly significance. Previous 10611976 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Tom visits the chefs in the kitchen to see if they are doing their "homework." Previous 10611981 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Tom and Tony question Gregory about how he's going to bring The Raven into his dish. Previous 10611986 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish George needed a lot of fish to get across the idea of Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Previous 10611991 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish The judges are ready to dine -- and to learn! Previous 10611996 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish But will Tom be pleased with these tome-inspired meals? Previous 10612001 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Gregory's interpretation is surprisingly missing much bird, but the judges still find it respectable. Previous 10612006 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Francis Lam discusses the finer points of fine literature and fine food. Previous 10612011 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish If this book club is accepting new (hungry) members, we are ready to apply. Previous 10612016 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish George discusses his Seussian dish -- but the chefs aren't feeling that it's whimsical enough. Thankfully his immunity keeps him safe. Previous 10612021 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish Padma looks pensive. Perhaps she's reflecting on these weighty works? Previous 10612026 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish We don't know Tom's favorite book, but we do know that he'd throw the book at any of the chefs who don't come up to the task. Previous 10612031 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish The chefs await their fate. Who will be eliminated? Previous 10612036 Next Top Chef Gets Sporty and Bookish That's a good looking group of judges! Previous Pause Next 1 of 36
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