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| Top Chef | |
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 Tom Colicchio with Gail Simmons on Top Chef. |
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| Genre | Reality, competition |
| Starring | Tom Colicchio Gail Simmons Padma Lakshmi (Season 2) Katie Lee Joel (Season 1) |
| Country of origin | United States  |
| No. of episodes | 24 (as of January 24, 2007) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Bravo |
| Original run | March 8, 2006 – |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Top Chef is an American reality competition show airing on the Bravo cable television network in which chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated each week. The winning chef receives $100,000 in seed money to encourage his or her culinary career, is featured in Food & Wine magazine, and appears at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. The winner is also awarded a suite of Sears Kenmore kitchen appliances, and the Kenmore brand is heavily featured on the show. Sears has been a series sponsor since season 1, along with Calphalon and Toyota. A new sponsor for season 2 was Glad, which is underwriting the $100,000 prize money.[1] The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway.
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[edit] Show Summary
| Season | Original air dates | Judges | Winner | Runner-up | Number of contestants | Series location | Finale location | Cable network |
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| Season One | March 8, 2006 - May 24, 2006 | Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Katie Lee Joel | Harold Dieterle | Tiffani Faison | 12 | San Francisco, California | Las Vegas, Nevada | Bravo |
| Season Two | October 18, 2006 - January 31, 2007 | Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Padma Lakshmi | TBA | TBA | 15 | Los Angeles, California | Hawaii | Bravo |
| Season Three[2] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 15 | TBA | TBA | Bravo |
[edit] References
- ^ Sponsors Announced For Upcoming Season Of TOP CHEF - Includes Sears, Toyota, And Glad. realitytvwebsite (2006-09-22). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
- ^ Mahan, Colin (2007-01-02). Top Chef cooks again. TV.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
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