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Top Chef
TV series / 2006

Top Chef

Reality

★ 6.9/10Audience rating

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

The story

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

The seasons

Season 1 San Francisco 2006 · 12 episodes Season details

Top Chef: San Francisco is the first season of American reality television series Top Chef and was based first in San Francisco, California, filmed at Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen, in Emeryville, and concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006 and ended on May 24, 2006. Season 1 of Top Chef was taped in October and November 2005 in San Francisco, California. Twelve contestants from around the United States lived together in a house for approximately 21 days competing in a series of challenges. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The weekly series was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.

Season 2 Los Angeles 2006 · 13 episodes Season details

Top Chef: Los Angeles is the second season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Los Angeles, California, and concluded in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. The season premiered on Bravo on October 18, 2006 and ended on January 31, 2007. Padma Lakshmi took over as host, with Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons returning as judges. Filming began in Westwood, near UCLA in Los Angeles, on August 10, 2006. The number of contestants expanded from 12 to 15. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website and prepared by Season 1 contestant Lee Anne Wong in a web video called The Wong Way to Cook. Bravo cited negative viewer reaction to the reunion episode of season one as the reason why no reunion episode was filmed for season two.

Season 3 Miami 2007 · 16 episodes Season details

Top Chef: Miami is the third season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Miami, Florida, and concluded in Aspen, Colorado. The season premiered on Bravo on June 13, 2007 and ended on October 10, 2007. Padma Lakshmi returned with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and new judge Ted Allen, who will switch off with Simmons throughout the season. First season contestant Lee Anne Wong was brought in as a food consultant and assisted in planning the challenges. Production took place in April and May 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida, with 15 contestants living, and the production activity centered, at the historic Fontainebleau Hotel. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. As with Season 2, the winning recipe from each week's episode of Season 3 is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website and prepared by Season 1 contestant Lee Anne Wong in a web video called The Wong Way to Cook.

Season 4 Chicago 2008 · 15 episodes Season details

Top Chef: Chicago is the fourth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Chicago, Illinois, and concluded in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The season premiered on Bravo on March 12, 2008 and ended on June 11, 2008.

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Season 5 New York 2008 · 15 episodes Season details

Top Chef: New York is the fifth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in New York City, New York, and concluded in New Orleans, Louisiana. The season premiered on Bravo on November 12, 2008 and ended on March 4, 2009. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000.

Season 6 Las Vegas 2009 · 16 episodes Season details

Top Chef: Las Vegas is the sixth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Las Vegas, Nevada, and concluded in Napa, California. The season premiered on Bravo on August 19, 2009 and ended on December 16, 2009. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $125,000.

Season 7 D.C. 2010 · 15 episodes Season details

Top Chef: D.C. is the seventh season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Washington, D.C. and concluded in Singapore. The season premiered on Bravo on June 16, 2010 and ended on September 15, 2010. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $125,000.

Season 8 All-Stars 2010 · 17 episodes Season details

Top Chef: All-Stars is the eighth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in New York City, New York and concluded in The Bahamas. This season consists of chefs from the previous 7 seasons who did not win the Title of Top Chef. The season premiered on December 1, 2010. On September 22, 2010, the cast was announced during Season 7's reunion special. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $200,000.

Season 9 Texas 2011 · 18 episodes Season details

This season introduces a new competition to the series; in addition to the Quickfire and Elimination Challenges featured in televised episodes, the "Last Chance Kitchen" competition allowed eliminated contestants to compete head-to-head in a series of webisodes, with the winner eventually returning to the main competition. The webisodes are available on Bravo's website.

Season 10 Seattle 2012 · 17 episodes Season details

Top Chef: Seattle was the tenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef, which aired on Bravo. The season was announced on September 19, 2012, and premiered on November 7, 2012. The competition was initially filmed in Seattle, Washington before moving to Juneau, Alaska for 3 episodes, and then concluding in Los Angeles, California. 21 new contestants and 3 Top Chef veterans were selected to compete for the title of "Top Chef" and the $125,000 grand prize.

Season 11 New Orleans 2013 · 17 episodes Season details

Top Chef: New Orleans is the eleventh season of the American reality television series Top Chef.

Season 12 Boston 2014 · 15 episodes Season details

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Season 13 California 2015 · 15 episodes Season details

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Season 14 Charleston 2016 · 14 episodes Season details

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Season 15 Season 15 2017 · 14 episodes Season details

In season 15, the competition reaches new heights as the chefs battle it out on an epicurean road trip through Colorado, traveling to Denver, Boulder, Telluride and Aspen. From deconstructing the Denver Omelet and preparing Rocky Mountain Oysters to tailgating with the Broncos, the level of competition for these 15 chefs is going to be a mile high.

Season 16 Season 16 2018 · 15 episodes Season details

Top Chef heads to the state of Kentucky for season 16. This season, 15 new talented chefs from cities big and small across the U.S. will compete for the sought-after title amid the unique culinary scenes in Louisville, Lexington and Lake Cumberland, before heading abroad for an epic finale showdown in Macau, China.

Season 17 All Stars L.A. 2020 · 14 episodes Season details

Season 17, All Stars L.A., features the fiercest group of competitors the show has seen with 15 finalists, front runners and fan favorites from seasons past who have all returned to finish what they started and battle it out for the coveted title.

Season 18 Portland 2021 · 14 episodes Season details

Season 18 mixes the standard location-inspired challenges — like a nod to the Oregon Trail — with acknowledgments of the current state of the world, with cheftestants making meals for hundreds of frontline workers.

Season 19 Houston 2022 · 14 episodes Season details

A synopsis is not available yet.

Season 20 World All-Stars 2023 · 14 episodes Season details

A synopsis is not available yet.

Season 21 Wisconsin 2024 · 14 episodes Season details

Bravo's Top Chef serves up new flavors this season when host Kristen Kish joins head judge Tom Colicchio and perennial judge Gail Simmons at the judges' table as they head to the Midwest to call Wisconsin home.

Season 22 Destination Canada 2025 · 14 episodes Season details

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Season 23 Carolinas 2026 · 14 episodes Season details

Top Chef is back, serving bold flavors and Carolina charm! 15 rising star chefs have come to the Carolinas to compete in the ultimate culinary showdown.

Special episodes
Specials 2007 · 18 episodes Season details

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Cast

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Toby YoungSelf - Judge Brian MalarkeySelf - Contestant Gregory GourdetSelf - Contestant Amar SantanaSelf - Contestant Buddha LoSelf - Contestant Brooke WilliamsonSelf - Guest Judge · Self - Contestant Kwame OnwuachiSelf - Contestant · Himself - Guest Judge Anthony BourdainSelf - Judge · Himself - Guest Judge Edward LeeHimsel - Guest Judge · Self - Contestant Eric RipertSelf - Guest Judge · Self - Judge Michael VoltaggioHimself - Guest Judge · Himself - Contsetant Stephanie IzardSelf · Herself - Guest Judge · Herself -Contestant Wolfgang PuckSelf - Judge · Self Tiffani FaisonSelf - Guest Judge · Self - Contestant Marcel VigneronSelf - Contestant Shirley ChungSelf - Contestant Mike IsabellaHimself - Contestant Kelsey Barnard ClarkSelf - Contestant · Herself - Guest Judge Carla HallSelf - Judge · Herself - Constestant Mei LinSelf - Guest Judge · Self - Contestant Jeremy FordSelf - Contestant Eric AdjepongSelf - Contestant Leah CohenHerself - Contestant Angelo SosaSelf - Contestant Kevin SbragaSelf - Contestant Shota NakajimaHimself - Guest Judge · Self - Contestant Adrienne CheathamHerself - Contestant Joe SastoHimself - Contestant Ilan HallHimself - Contestant Harold DieterleHimself - Contestant · Self - Guest Katie Lee BiegelHerself - Host Daniel BouludHimself - Guest Judge · Guest Judge Kat TurnerSelf - Contestant Ming TsaiSelf - Guest Judge Hubert KellerSelf - Guest Judge Nancy SilvertonHerself - Guest Judge Jonathan WaxmanSelf - Guest Judge Marcus SamuelssonHimself - Guest · Himself - Guest Judge Clare SmythHerself - Guest Judge · Herself - Guest Michelle BernsteinSelf - Guest Judge Todd EnglishSelf - Guest Judge · Self Wylie DufresneHimself - Guest Judge Charlie PalmerSelf - Guest Judge Jacques PépinHimself - Guest Judge Mark PeelSelf · Self - Guest Judge Barbara LynchSelf - Guest Judge Ludo LefebvreSelf - Guest Judge Paul BartolottaSelf · Himself - Guest Judge Dominique CrennHerself - Guest Judge · Self - Judge Joe FlammSelf · Himself - Guest Judge Laurent Manrique Lorraine Bracco Daniel BoloudSelf Tiffany Derry Naomi Pomeroy Elizabeth FalknerHerself - Guest Judge Suzanne GoinHerself - Guest Judge Kristi WoodwardHerself - Guest Judge Alfred PortaleHimself - Guest Judge Rocco DiSpiritoHimself - Guest Judge Govind ArmstrongHimself - Guest Judge Geoffrey ZakarianHimself - Guest Judge Johnny IuzziniSelf - Guest Judge Rick TramontoHimself - Guest Judge April BloomfieldHerself - Guest Judge Dan BarberHimself - Guest Judge Natasha RichardsonSelf - Guest Judge Jean-Christophe NovelliHimself - Guest Judge

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