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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 is 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 | Began airing | Judges | Winner | Runner-up | Number of contestants | Series Location | Finale Location | TV Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | March 8, 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 | Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Padma Lakshmi | To Be Declared | To Be Declared | 15 | Los Angeles, California | Hawaii | Bravo |
| Season Three[2] | TBA | TBA | To Be Declared | To Be Declared | 15 | TBA | TBA | Bravo |
[edit] Season One
See Top Chef (Season 1) for more information.
[edit] Contestants
- Stephen Asprinio, age 24, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Andrea Beaman, age 38, New York, New York
- Harold Dieterle, age 28, New York, New York
- Tiffani Faison, age 28, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Brian Hill, age 37, Los Angeles, California
- Candice Kumai, age 23, Pasadena, California
- Kenneth Lee, age 31, Los Angeles, California
- Dave Martin, age 40, Long Beach, California
- Miguel Morales, age 27, New York, New York
- Lisa Parks, age 45, Los Angeles, California
- Cynthia Sestito, age 52, East Hampton, New York
- Lee Anne Wong, age 28, New York, New York
Ages listed at time of Top Chef taping in October-November, 2005.
[edit] Episodes
Each episode included two challenges. The Quickfire Challenge was a short, simple challenge with a varying reward each week. The Elimination Challenge was a more complex challenge that determined who was sent home. One or more guest judges joined the show each week to evaluate both the Quickfire and Elimination challenges. Each week's elimination was announced in a segment called "Judges' Table."
[edit] Season 1 elimination challenges
| Chef | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold | WIN | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | WIN | Winner of Top Chef Season 1 | |
| Tiffani | HIGH | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: Finale (2) | |
| Dave | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | OUT | elimin: Finale (1) | ||
| Lee Anne | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | OUT | elimin: Napa’s Finest | |||
| Stephen | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | OUT | elimin: Wedding Bell Blues | ||||
| Miguel | IN | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | elimin: Restaurant Wars | |||||
| Andrea | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | elimin: Food of Love and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | ||||||
| Lisa | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | elimin: Blind Confusion | |||||||
| Candice | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: Food on the Fly | ||||||||
| Brian | IN | HIGH | OUT | elimin: Nasty Delights | |||||||||
| Cynthia | IN | LOW | QUIT | Voluntarily left | |||||||||
| Ken | OUT | elimin: Who Deserves To Be Here |
- Green background and WIN means the chef won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Yellow background means the chef won that episode's Quickfire Challenge.
- Blue background and HIGH means the chef was in the top during that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Yellow background and HIGH means the chef won that episode's Quickfire Challenge and was in the top during that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Red background and LOW means the chef was in the bottom and risked elimination in that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Yellow background and LOW means the chef won that episode's Quickfire Challenge, but was in the bottom, and available for elimination in that that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Orange background and QUIT mean the chef voluntarily left the competition.
- Grey background and OUT means the chef lost that week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
- Pink background and WIN means the chef won this season of Top Chef.
- Episode 3: Andrea was brought back, after being eliminated once, when Cynthia chose to leave because her father was ill.
- Episode 5: Chefs worked in teams of two with two winners and one eliminated.
- Episode 8: No winner.
- Episode 10: Reunion. No challenges.
[edit] Season Two
See Top Chef (Season 2) for more information.
[edit] Contestants
- Elia L. Aboumrad, age 23, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Otto Borsich, age 46, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Marisa Churchill, age 28, San Francisco, California
- Cliff Crooks, age 28, West Caldwell, New Jersey
- Carlos Fernandez, age 36, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Betty Fraser, age 44, Los Angeles, California
- Mia Gaines-Alt, age 32, Oakdale, California
- Ilan Hall, age 24, New York, New York
- Michael Midgley, age 28, Stockton, California
- Josie Smith-Malave, age 31, Brooklyn, New York
- Emily Sprissler, age 30, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Suyai Steinhauer, age 29, New York, New York
- Frank Terzoli, age 39, San Diego, California
- Sam Talbot, age 28, New York, New York
- Marcel Vigneron, age 26, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ages listed at time of Top Chef taping in June-July 2006.
[edit] Episodes
Each episode includes two challenges. The Quickfire Challenge is a short (typically a half hour), simple challenge with a varying reward each week. In early episodes, the reward is usually immunity from elimination for that episode. The Elimination Challenge is a more complex challenge that determines who goes home. One or more guest judges join the show each week to evaluate both the Quickfire and Elimination challenges, and the guest judge determines the winner of each Quickfire Challenge. Each week's elimination is announced in a segment called "Judges' Table."
[edit] Season 2 elimination challenges
| Chef | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Comments |
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| Ilan | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN | Still in |
| Marcel | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN | Still in |
| Sam | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | elimin: Finale Part 1 |
| Elia | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: Finale Part 1 |
| Cliff | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | DQ | Disqualified: Sense and Sensuality | |
| Michael | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | OUT | elimin: Unhappy Customers | ||
| Betty | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | elimin: Seven | |||
| Mia | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | QUIT | Quit: Holiday Spirit | ||||
| Frank | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: The Raw and the Cooked | |||||
| Carlos | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | elimin: Thanksgiving | ||||||
| Marisa | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | elimin: Social Service | |||||||
| Josie | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: Social Service | |||||||
| Emily | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: Food for the People | |||||||||
| Otto | LOW | QUIT | Quit: Eastern Promise | ||||||||||
| Suyai | OUT | elimin: Into the Fire |
- Purple background means the chef won both the Elimination and Quickfire Challenge
- Green background means the chef won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- Yellow background means the chef won that episode's Quickfire Challenge.
- Blue background and HIGH means the chef was close to winning the Elimination Challenge.
- Grey background and OUT means the chef lost that week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
- Orange background and QUIT means the chef voluntarily left the show.
- Deep Red background and DQ means the chef was disqualified and was asked to leave the show.
- Episode 2: Otto quit voluntarily before Padma eliminated anyone, he felt he was one to blame for loss of challenge.
- Episode 4: After allegations of cheating, the judges decided not to eliminate anyone.
- Episode 5: Josie and Marisa were both eliminated, who worked as a team in this challenge.
- Episode 6: There were 5 winners in the Quickfire Challenge. These winners did not compete in the Elimination Challenge.
- Episode 8: The black team (Cliff, Michael, Mia, Elia) lost the Elimination Challenge, but Cliff had immunity and could not be eliminated.
- Episode 8: Mia quit voluntarily before Padma eliminated anyone, fearing Padma would eliminate Elia.
- Episode 9: Starting here, winning the Quickfire Challenge no longer confers immunity from losing the Elimination Challenge.
- Episode 9: Michael won the Quickfire and Elimination Challenges.
- Episode 10: Both Sam and Marcel won the Quickfire Challenge.
- Episode 10: There was no winning team in the Elimination Challenge. The bottom 3 was based on each chef's individual performance.
- Episode 11: Cliff was disqualified for showing aggressive contact towards Marcel after a joke to shave his head went too far. Despite this, however, the judges agreed he had the weakest dish of the meal and would have been eliminated regardless.
- Episode 12: There was no Quickfire Challenge. Two chefs were eliminated in the Elimination Challenge.
- In the credits it is listed that the eliminations are chosen with consultation from the producers.
[edit] External links
[edit] Show-related sites
[edit] Reviews
- Top Chef is Heating Up But Where's the Sizzle The Boston Globe - April 12, 2006
- Fan forum on Televisionwithoutpity.com
- Top Chef TV Guide Community: Top Chef
