Top Chef/Season Eighteen

Season Eighteen
Top Chef
Season Premiere	April 1, 2021
Season Finale	July 1, 2021
Episode Count	14
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Season Eighteen of Top Chef premiered on April 1, 2021.

The season features a new batch of talented chefs battling from PDX to the coast, exploring the famous Hood River Fruit Loop, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory, Tillamook Bay, Tualatin Valley and Willamette Valley wine country.

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating
Portland
259	1	First Impressions 75-minute episode			April 1, 2021	829k	0.24%
260	2	Trouble Brewing 75-minute episode			April 8, 2021	737k	0.25%
261	3	Pan African Portland			April 15, 2021	748k	0.24%
262	4	Thrown for a Loop			April 22, 2021	892k	0.29%
263	5	Meet You at the Drive-In 75-minute episode			April 29, 2021	898k	0.31%
264	6	Stumptown U.S.A.			May 6, 2021	906k	0.28%
265	7	Feeding the Frontlines			May 13, 2021	847k	0.27%
266	8	Restaurant Wars 75-minute episode			May 20, 2021
267	9	Portland-ia			May 27, 2021	832k	0.27%
268	10	Tournament of Tofu			June 3, 2021	776k	0.24%
269	11	Blind Ambitions			June 10, 2021	834k	0.23%
270	12	The Cheesier the Better			June 17, 2021	892k	0.25%
271	13	Shellfishly Delicious 75-minute episode			June 24, 2021	824k	0.25%
272	14	The Next Top Chef Is...			July 1, 2021	891k	0.29%