Top Chef Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party (Season 9, Episode 5)
TV-14
TV Episode | 44 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

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Top Chef

Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party (Season 9, Episode 5)

TV-14

TV Episode | 44 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

While traveling, the Chefs hit a Quickfire roadblock where they must create a dish with ingredients found in a standard survival kit. In the elimination challenge, the chefs cook a progressive dinner party for Dallas high society.

Producers

Clara Bottoms | Erik Sandoval

Composer

Ali Memarian

Editors

Jeannie Gilgenberg Buck (as Jeannie Gilgenberg) | Austin Flack | Kevin Kearney | Anthony J. Rivard

Casting Director

Nick Gilhool

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 30, 2011

Release date

Nov 30, 2011 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 5 wins & 98 nominations

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Padma Lakshmi Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Glitter (2001)
Nyesha Arrington Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Taste (I) (2013)
Lindsay Autry Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
John Besh Self - Quickfire & Guest Judge / Chef & Owner, August Self - Quickfire & Guest Judge / Chef & Owner, August See fewer	NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Ty-Lor Boring Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Chris Crary Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Sarah Grueneberg Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Iron Chef Eats (2017)
Chris Jones Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Beverly Kim Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Kari Kloewer Self - Entree House Self - Entree House See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Troy Kloewer Self - Entree House Self - Entree House See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Edward Lee Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Mind of a Chef (2012)
Whitney Otawka Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Paul Qui Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Results (I) (2015)
Kim Schlegel Self - Appetizer House (as Kim Whitman) Self - Appetizer House (as Kim Whitman) See fewer	Multiple Personality: Reality and Illusion (1999)
Grayson Schmitz Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Gail Simmons Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Heather Terhune Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Chuy Valencia Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (2006)
Dakota Weiss Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Morimoto's Sushi Master (2023)
Court Westcott Self - Dessert House Self - Dessert House See fewer	The Real Housewives of Dallas (2016)
Kameron Westcott Self - Dessert House Self - Dessert House See fewer	Ex-Housewife (2019)
Justin Whitman Self - Appetizer House Self - Appetizer House See fewer	Heartbreak High (1994)