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Top Chef
2006 · TV Series · TV-14 · 42 min · ★ 6.9 · 77% critics
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Top Chef is an American reality competition where professional chefs face culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of food industry experts. Each episode narrows the field through eliminations, pushing contestants to perform under time pressure while serving standout dishes.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-03-08
- Network
- Bravo
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (68 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Top Chef if you want competitive cooking challenges with high-stakes eliminations and lots of personality, but Not for you if you prefer lighter, less tense reality food shows like MasterChef or Next Level Chef.
Pros: addictive cooking challenges; great judge panel; constant tension | Cons: can feel unfair; drama overpowers cooking; favoritism complaints
Themes
- cooking competition
Cast & crew
- HA
Hugh Acheson
as Self - Judge
- KB
Katie Lee Biegel
as Herself - Host
Tom Colicchio
as Self - Head Judge
- PL
Padma Lakshmi
as Self - Host
Gail Simmons
as Self - Judge
- TY
Toby Young
as Self - Judge
- IH
Ilan Hall
as Himself - Contestant
- JF
Jeremy Ford
as Self - Contestant
- EA
Eric Adjepong
as Self - Contestant
- LC
Leah Cohen
as Herself - Contestant
Created by Lauren Zalaznick
Episodes23 seasons · 342 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1Who Deserves To Be Here42m
- S1E2Food Of Love42m
- S1E3Nasty Delights42m
- S1E4Food on the Fly42m
- S1E5Blind Confusion42m
- S1E6Guess Who's Coming To Dinner42m
- S1E7Restaurant Wars42m
- S1E8Wedding Bell Blues42m
- S1E9Napa's Finest42m
- S1E10Reunion42m
- S1E11Finale (1)42m
- S1E12Finale (2)42m
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1Into the Fire42m
- S2E2Eastern Promise42m
- S2E3Food for the People42m
- S2E4Less is More42m
- S2E5Social Service42m
- S2E6Thanksgiving42m
- S2E7The Raw and the Cooked42m
- S2E8Holiday Spirit42m
- S2E9Seven42m
- S2E10Unhappy Customers42m
- S2E11Sense and Sensuality42m
- S2E12Finale (1)42m
- S2E13Finale (2)42m
Season 316 episodes
- S3E1First Impressions42m
- S3E2Sunny Delights42m
- S3E3Family Favorites42m
- S3E4Cooking by Numbers42m
- S3E5Latin Lunch42m
- S3E6Watch What Happens42m
- S3E7Freezer Burn42m
- S3E8Guilty Pleasures42m
- S3E9Restaurant Wars42m
- S3E10Second Helping42m
- S3E11Chef Overboard42m
- S3E12Snacks on a Plane42m
- S3E13Manhattan Project42m
- S3E14Finale (1)42m
- S3E15Finale (2)56m
- S3E16Reunion42m
Season 415 episodes
- S4E1Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better42m
- S4E2Zoo Food42m
- S4E3Block Party42m
- S4E4Film Food42m
- S4E5The Elements42m
- S4E6Tailgating42m
- S4E7Improv42m
- S4E8Common Threads42m
- S4E9Wedding Wars42m
- S4E10Serve and Protect42m
- S4E11Restaurant Wars42m
- S4E12High Steaks42m
- S4E13Puerto Rico42m
- S4E14Finale42m
- S4E15Reunion42m
Season 515 episodes
- S5E1Melting Pot55m
- S5E2Show Your Craft42m
- S5E3Foo Fighters Thanksgiving42m
- S5E4Today Show42m
- S5E5Gail's Bridal Shower55m
- S5E612 Days of Christmas55m
- S5E7Focus Group44m
- S5E8Down on the Farm44m
- S5E9Restaurant Wars55m
- S5E10Super Bowl Chef Showdown55m
- S5E11Le Bernardin44m
- S5E12The Last Supper44m
- S5E13Finale, Part 155m
- S5E14Finale, Part 244m
- S5E15Watch What Happens Reunion44m
Season 616 episodes
- S6E1Sin City Vice55m
- S6E2Bachelor/Ette Party44m
- S6E3Thunderbirds55m
- S6E4Vivre Las Vegas55m
- S6E5Camping44m
- S6E6Penn & Teller44m
- S6E7Dinner Party44m
- S6E8Pigs and Pinot44m
- S6E9Restaurant Wars42m
- S6E10Meat Natalie42m
- S6E11All Stars Dinner42m
- S6E12Strip Around the World42m
- S6E13Culinary Olympics42m
- S6E14Finale (1)42m
- S6E15Finale (2)42m
- S6E16Watch What Happens Reunion42m
Season 715 episodes
- S7E1House of Chef-presentatives42m
- S7E2Outside the Lunch Box42m
- S7E3Capitol Grill42m
- S7E4Room Service42m
- S7E5Farm Policy42m
- S7E6Cold War42m
- S7E7Power Lunch42m
- S7E8Foreign Affairs42m
- S7E9Restaurant Wars42m
- S7E10Covert Cuisine42m
- S7E11Making Concessions42m
- S7E12Gastro-nauts42m
- S7E13Finale, Part 142m
- S7E14Finale, Part 242m
- S7E15Reunion Special42m
Season 817 episodes
- S8E1History Never Repeats42m
- S8E2Night at the Museum42m
- S8E3New York's Finest42m
- S8E4Advantage Chef42m
- S8E5Dim Sum Lose Sum42m
- S8E6We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat42m
- S8E7Restaurant Wars: One Night Only42m
- S8E8An Offer They Can't Refuse42m
- S8E9Feeding Fallon42m
- S8E10Lock Down42m
- S8E11For the Gulf42m
- S8E12Give Me Your Huddled Masses42m
- S8E13Fit for a King42m
- S8E14Island Fever42m
- S8E15Last Supper42m
- S8E16Finale42m
- S8E17Reunion Special42m
Season 918 episodes
- S9E1Everything's Bigger in Texas42m
- S9E2The Heat Is On42m
- S9E3Quinceanera42m
- S9E4Red Hot Chili Cook Off42m
- S9E5Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party42m
- S9E6Higher Steaks42m
- S9E7Game On42m
- S9E8Tribute Dinner42m
- S9E9BBQ Pit Wars42m
- S9E10Restaurant Wars42m
- S9E11Fit For an Evil Queen42m
- S9E12Block Party42m
- S9E13Bike, Borrow & Steal42m
- S9E14Mentors42m
- S9E15Culinary Games42m
- S9E16Fire and Ice42m
- S9E17Finale42m
- S9E18Reunion42m
Season 1017 episodes
- S10E1The Ultimate Chef Test42m
- S10E2A Shock at the Space Needle42m
- S10E3Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse42m
- S10E450's Food Flashback42m
- S10E5Pike Place Pickle42m
- S10E6Even the Famous Come Home42m
- S10E7Foiled Again42m
- S10E8Jalapeño Business42m
- S10E9Past Suppers42m
- S10E10Battle Before the War42m
- S10E11Restaurant Wars42m
- S10E12Wolfgang Clucks42m
- S10E13Chefs at Sea42m
- S10E14Kings of Alaska42m
- S10E15Glacial Gourmand42m
- S10E16Finale (1)42m
- S10E17Finale (2)42m
Season 1117 episodes
- S11E1Soiree In The Swamp42m
- S11E2Rebuilding New Orleans42m
- S11E3Commander's Palace42m
- S11E4Captain Vietnam42m
- S11E5Lea Michele's Halloween Bash42m
- S11E6Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside42m
- S11E7Jazz Hands42m
- S11E8Piggin' Out42m
- S11E9Restaurant Wars42m
- S11E10Like Mama Made42m
- S11E11Giving It the College Try42m
- S11E12Mississippi Mud Bugs42m
- S11E13Oui Si a Challenge42m
- S11E14Po' Boy Smackdown42m
- S11E15Leaving New Orleans42m
- S11E16Maui Wowie42m
- S11E17Finale42m
Season 1215 episodes
- S12E1Sudden Death42m
- S12E2Boston's Bravest and Finest42m
- S12E3The Curse of the Bambino42m
- S12E412 Chefs Walk Into a Bar...42m
- S12E5It's War42m
- S12E6The First Thanksgiving42m
- S12E7Restaurant Wars42m
- S12E8Clean Up in Aisle 2!42m
- S12E9Big Sausage42m
- S12E10For Julia & Jacques42m
- S12E11Sous Your Daddy!42m
- S12E12The Final Battle of Bean Town42m
- S12E13Getting Prickly in Mexico42m
- S12E14Holy Escamoly!42m
- S12E15Mano a Mano42m
Season 1315 episodes
- S13E1Stop the Presses42m
- S13E2Pop Up Pandemonium42m
- S13E3Spines and Vines42m
- S13E4It's a Dry Heat42m
- S13E5Big Gay Wedding42m
- S13E6Banannaise42m
- S13E7Back in the Day42m
- S13E8Where's the Beef?42m
- S13E9Restaurant Wars, Part 142m
- S13E10Restaurant Wars, Part 242m
- S13E11Hammer Time42m
- S13E12Wok This Way42m
- S13E13Back Where It All Started42m
- S13E14Magic Hour42m
- S13E15Finale42m
Season 1414 episodes
- S14E1Something Old, Something New42m
- S14E2Southern Hospitality42m
- S14E3Choke Holds and Clammy Hands42m
- S14E4The Feast of Seven Trash Fishes42m
- S14E5Smoke 'em If You Got 'em42m
- S14E6A Southern Legend42m
- S14E7Booty42m
- S14E8Restaurant Wars42m
- S14E9For the Kids42m
- S14E10Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies42m
- S14E11Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard42m
- S14E12Cooking Away in Margaritaville42m
- S14E13Trial By Fire42m
- S14E14Comida Final42m
Season 1514 episodes
- S15E1It'll Take More than Pot Luck42m
- S15E2Smile and Say Mise42m
- S15E3Keep on Truckin42m
- S15E4Little Tools, Big Challenge42m
- S15E5This Is Not Glamping42m
- S15E6Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel42m
- S15E7Olympic Dreams42m
- S15E8Restaurant Wars42m
- S15E9Bronco Brouhaha42m
- S15E10Red Rum and Then Some42m
- S15E11Cooking High42m
- S15E12Nut Allergy42m
- S15E13A Little Place Called Aspen42m
- S15E14Finale42m
Season 1615 episodes
- S16E1The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking42m
- S16E2Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo42m
- S16E3Naughty and Nice42m
- S16E4Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars42m
- S16E5Restaurant Wars Part 242m
- S16E6Roaring Munchies42m
- S16E7Carne!42m
- S16E8Whatever Floats Your Boat42m
- S16E9Music City Usa42m
- S16E10Hoop Dreams42m
- S16E11The Greatest42m
- S16E12Kentucky Farewell42m
- S16E13Holy Macau!42m
- S16E14The Tao of Macau42m
- S16E15Finale42m
Season 1714 episodes
- S17E1It’s Like They Never Left!42m
- S17E2The Jonathan Gold Standard42m
- S17E3Strokes of Genius42m
- S17E4You're So Fresh!42m
- S17E5Bring Your Loved One to Work42m
- S17E6Get Your Phil42m
- S17E7Pitch Perfect42m
- S17E8Restaurant Wars42m
- S17E9Cabin Fever42m
- S17E10Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki42m
- S17E11Michael's Santa Monica42m
- S17E12Lucca42m
- S17E13Parma42m
- S17E14Finito!42m
Season 1814 episodes
- S18E1First Impressions42m
- S18E2Trouble Brewing42m
- S18E3Pan African Portland42m
- S18E4Thrown for a Loop42m
- S18E5Meet You at the Drive-In42m
- S18E6Stumptown U.S.A.42m
- S18E7Feeding the Frontlines42m
- S18E8Restaurant Wars42m
- S18E9Portland-ia42m
- S18E10Tournament of Tofu42m
- S18E11Blind Ambitions42m
- S18E12The Cheesier the Better42m
- S18E13Shellfishly Delicious42m
- S18E14The Next Top Chef Is...42m
Season 1914 episodes
- S19E1Primal Instincts42m
- S19E2Friday Night Bites42m
- S19E3Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice42m
- S19E4Doppelgangers42m
- S19E5Don't Mess With BBQ42m
- S19E6Texas Trailblaze-hers42m
- S19E7Swallow the Competition42m
- S19E8Restaurant Wars42m
- S19E9Freedmen's Town42m
- S19E10Dinner in Zero Gravity42m
- S19E11Family Vacation42m
- S19E12We're on a boat42m
- S19E13Cactus Makes Perfect42m
- S19E14The Final Plate55m
Season 2014 episodes
- S20E1London Calling55m
- S20E2Rice, Rice Baby55m
- S20E3Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites55m
- S20E4Spurred Lines55m
- S20E5Holiday Vacation
- S20E6Top Chef Is No Picnic
- S20E7Hands Off
- S20E8Street Food Fight
- S20E9Restaurant Wars54m
- S20E10Thali Time55m
- S20E11Battle of the Wellingtons54m
- S20E12Goodbye, London!
- S20E13Champions in Paris
- S20E14Fin.
Season 2114 episodes
- S21E1Chef's Test55m
- S21E2Living the High Life Top Chef55m
- S21E3Take It Cheesy55m
- S21E4The Wright Way55m
- S21E5Supper Club55m
- S21E6Chaos Cuisine55m
- S21E7Sausage Race55m
- S21E8Restaurant Wars55m
- S21E9The Good Land55m
- S21E10Door County Fish Boil55m
- S21E11Lay It All on the Table55m
- S21E12Goodbye Wisconsin55m
- S21E13Set Sail55m
- S21E14Cruising to a Win54m
Season 2214 episodes
- S22E1Across Canada, We Go!60m
- S22E2Brunch à la Boulud60m
- S22E3Best Served Cold60m
- S22E4Top Chef Trivia60m
- S22E5Line Cook for a Day60m
- S22E6Pickle Me This60m
- S22E7You Wanna Pizza Me?54m
- S22E8Restaurant Wars54m
- S22E9Cooking on the Edge54m
- S22E10From Dep Till Dawn54m
- S22E11Calgary, Yahoo!54m
- S22E12Foraged in Fire54m
- S22E13Viva Milano!54m
- S22E14Finito54m
Season 2314 episodes
- S23E1Carolina Roots54m
- S23E2Puckerbutt54m
- S23E3True Colors54m
- S23E4Pick a Side54m
- S23E5Cut and Dry54m
- S23E6Going Whole Hog54m
- S23E7Desserts Fit for a Queen54m
- S23E8Restaurant Wars54m
- S23E9The Ultimate Dinner Party54m
- S23E10Hook, Line & Dinner54m
- S23E11Down the Rabbit Hole54m
- S23E12Appalachian Celebration54m
- S23E13Plate Expectations
- S23E14The Final Toast