It's a holiday-themed Top Chef All-Stars tonight! For their Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a holiday stuffing dish without their utensils. That means no knives, spoons, whisks, etc. Needless to say, it gets pretty interesting. Fabio teaches us yet another guerrilla-style prep tactic this week when he uses the storage rack as a grater. (Watch the video below.)

For the Elimination, the chefs have to cater a launch party for the US Open (that's tennis, right?). And that's pretty much all the information I have on that challenge (insert tennis puns here).

As per the preview videos below: Geez! We're only four episodes in and yet another chef'testant has just about hacked off one of their digits. Who is it this time? Hootie (Carla). I love how, in the clip shown below, they A. get a really tight shot of the blood dripping off of her finger into the sink (and not into the food, thank god), and B. then proceed to pan to Jamie's face to see her reaction. Then, of course, Antonia and Angry Dale (now the only Dale) have to put in their two cents and make insinuated affronts toward Jamie. Oh well, she kinda deserves it.

We also get to see Spike again in his no-hat glory. I can now see why he always wears a hat. Spike: Please continue to do so. I don't care if it's that goofy fedora or a stupid sideways trucker hat — tame that beast on yo' head!

This week's questions: Who would win an an Iron Chef-style cook-off using only an Easy Bake Oven and the secret ingredient being offal — Richard, Angelo or Carla?

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This article appears in Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 5, 2011.