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Top Chef(TV show/series, 2006-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Genre: Reality-TV

Reality TV in 20 seasons with 300 episodes

Top ChefRating: 3.2/5 (with 24 votes) 156
Top Chef is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo in March 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants 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 show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the company that created Project Runway. The success of the show has resulted in multiple spin-offs, such as Top Chef Masters, Top Chef: Just Desserts, Top Chef Junior, Top Chef Amateurs, and Top Chef Family Style, as well as Spanish-language spin-offs, including Top Chef Estrellas and Top Chef VIP. Numerous international adaptations of the show have also been produced. The twenty-first season, Top Chef: Wisconsin, premiered on March 20, 2024. ()
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About Top Chef

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.

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Top Chef Seasons and Episodes

03/09/2023Season 20 - 14 episodes
#1 | 03/09/2023London Calling
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
To celebrate the 20th season, "Top Chef" returns for an international showdown in London; sixteen competitors, including previous winners and finalists, face off in the fiercest showdown the culinary series has seen.
#2 | 03/16/2023Rice, Rice Baby
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
In the Quickfire, the chefs are challenged to make an amuse-bouche with unexpected ingredients that must fit on a Ritz cracker; the competition heats up as the chefs head to Alexandra Palace, where they must create rice dishes for 100 guests.
#3 | 03/23/2023Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
In lieu of a Quickfire, Tom and Gail surprise the chefs with an old-fashioned pub crawl around central London; in teams of two, the chefs are tasked with re-creating and elevating a classic pub dish; two chefs will pack their knives.
#4 | 03/30/2023Spurred Lines
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The chefs are tasked with creating a beloved English classic: the biscuit; the chefs head to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a football-themed team challenge; the teams that succeed are safe while the rest are relegated and must compete again.
#5 | 04/06/2023Holiday Vacation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
In this week’s extra-sweet Quickfire, the chefs are tasked with creating a celebratory dish featuring honey and mead in order to win over Padma and guest judge Adam Handling. Then, the chefs escape the city and head to the Kent countryside. The cheftestants create a festive family meal featuring their favorite holiday dishes for judges Padma, Tom and Gail, along with Top Chef Mexico judge Martha Ortiz.
#6 | 04/13/2023Top Chef Is No Picnic
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The chefs take a trip to Highclere Castle for the Elimination Challenge, where they must work together to create and serve an elevated picnic basket.
#7 | 04/20/2023Hands Off
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The chefs learn Gaggan Anand is the guest judge; they must create a dish inspired by an emoji and are tasked with creating a plate with a message that's visually stunning and can be eaten without utensils.
#8 | 04/27/2023Street Food Fight
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Guest judge Judy Joo surprises the chefs by challenging them to create delicious street food-inspired dishes; the chefs must get inspiration from the new "Fast X" movie for the largest and fastest mise en place race.
#9 | 05/04/2023Restaurant Wars
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
It’s Restaurant Wars, and this season, the perennial favorite is back with a twist! The chefs split into two teams of four and are tasked with creating a restaurant concept and tasting menu. To add to the pressure, they must debut their restaurants at three Michelin-starred Core by Clare Smyth, and the judges will have a full view of the kitchen. Unbeknown to the chefs, Jimi Famurewa, the Chief Restaurant Critic for the Evening Standard, is seated in the dining room and later joins Padma, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table.
#10 | 05/11/2023Thali Time
There’s nothing like preserved fish in the morning, which is exactly what the chefs have to cook with for this week's Quickfire Challenge. The chefs enjoy a night off as famed chef Asma Khan treats the cheftestants and Padma to an Indian thali dinner. For the Elimination Challenge, they must use six different flavor profiles to create their own Thali platter to impress a panel of chefs from India and judges Padma, Tom and Gail.
#11 | 05/18/2023Battle of the Wellingtons
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Coming into the final stretch before the finale. It’s full steam ahead as the remaining six chefs are tasked with creating a steamed dish for their Quickfire Challenge. In one of the hardest Elimination Challenges yet, the chefs are put in teams of two and must create not one, not two, but three different Wellingtons to serve 20 diners, along with Padma, Tom and Gail. The two chefs from the losing team will pack their knives.
#12 | 05/25/2023Goodbye, London!
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
As the journey in London comes to a wrap, the final four chefs welcome back the winner of Last Chance Kitchen. For this week’s Quickfire, the chefs are joined by guest judge Sam Bompas, who challenges them to create a dish featuring jellies and molds. For their final Elimination Challenge in England, they’re tasked with creating trompe-l’œil dishes, where the plates must literally fool the eye and taste like something completely different than what they look like. Who will make it to the finals in Paris, and who will bid adieu?
#13 | 06/01/2023Champions in Paris
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The final four land in Paris, the culinary capital of the world and home of the 2024 Olympics. In the Quickfire, they compete in the infamous Wall Challenge. Unbeknownst to them, their partners are no strangers to competition and are U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The chefs must work with their mystery partners to create identical plates in hopes of impressing Michelin-starred guest judge Greg Marchand. For their final Elimination Challenge, they must create a Michelin-worthy dish using one of France’s most humble ingredients: the Champignon de Paris. To help determine who will make it to the finale is a star-studded table of diners.
#14 | 06/08/2023Fin.
The finalists are on top of the world as they’ve made it to the finale in Paris. The final three will have the opportunity to cook the meal of their lives for Padma, Tom and Gail, along with a table of culinary luminaries. The guests include Marcus Samuelsson, May Chow, Daniela Soto-Innes, Clare Smyth, Simon Rogan, Ángel León, Food & Wine magazine’s Hunter Lewis, Michelin Guide’s International Director Gwendal Poullennec and “Top Chef France” Judge Hélène Darroze. The chefs lay it all on the table in their final challenge, but only one will take home the ultimate title of “Top Chef” World All-Star.
03/03/2022Season 19 - 14 episodes
04/01/2021Season 18 - 14 episodes
03/19/2020All Stars L.A. - 14 episodes
12/06/2018Season 16 - 15 episodes
12/07/2017Season 15 - 14 episodes
12/01/2016Season 14 - 14 episodes
12/02/2015Season 13 - 15 episodes
10/15/2014Season 12 - 15 episodes
10/02/2013Season 11 - 17 episodes
11/07/2012Season 10 - 17 episodes
11/02/2011Season 9 - 18 episodes
12/01/2010Season 8 - 17 episodes
06/16/2010Season 7 - 15 episodes
08/19/2009Season 6 - 16 episodes
11/12/2008Season 5 - 15 episodes
03/12/2008Season 4 - 15 episodes
06/13/2007Season 3 - 16 episodes
10/18/2006Season 2 - 13 episodes
03/08/2006Season 1 - 12 episodes
06/06/2007Specials - 18 episodes

Additional Information

Production countries: Brazil, United States of America (USA)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Top Chef" (TV show/series, 2010-), "Top Chef: España" (TV show/series, 2013-), "Top Chef" (find it on Amazon), "Top Chef" (find it on Amazon), "Top Chef" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 03/08/2006
Latest episode released on: 06/08/2023

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