After last week’s shocking elimination, the chefs must regroup to guess the ingredients inside a mystery box for their Quickfire challenge where Top Chef Masters past contestant Wylie Dufrense serves as guest judge. The element of the covert carries over to the elimination round when the chef’testants have the privilege of cooking for CIA Director Leon Panetta and his closest allies INSIDE the agency’s closely guarded headquarters! Will the chefs “wow” these stern critics? Find out this Wed 8/18 @ its *NEW* time 10/9c on TOP CHEF D.C.

Mystery Box: The chefs are thrown for a loop when they don’t know what they’re going to cook.

At The CIA Headquarters: The chefs are invited to a place where few have been granted access.