Top Chef (Season 1)

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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 weekly series was shown on Bravo from March 8 through May 24, 2006, and was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. A winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.

Contents

[edit] Host & judges

[edit] Permanent

[edit] Guest judges

  • Hubert Keller - Episodes #1 & #11
  • Elizabeth Falkner - Episode #2
  • Laurent Manrique - Episode #3
  • Jefferson Hill - Episode #4
  • Mike Yakura - Episode #5
  • Ted Allen - Episode #6
  • Jeffrey Chodorow - Episode #7
  • Marcy Blum - Episode #8
  • Greg Cole - Episode #9
  • Lissa Doumani - Episode #9
  • Philippe Jeanty - Episode #9
  • Douglas Keane - Episode #9
  • Keith Luce - Episode #9
  • James McDevitt - Episode #9
  • Cindy Pawlcyn - Episode #9
  • Victor Scargle - Episode #9
  • Hiro Sone - Episode #9
  • John Shafer - Episode #9
  • Lee Anne Wong - Episode #11
  • Miguel Morales - Episode #11
  • Stephen Asprinio - Episode #11
  • Performers from Cirque Du Soleil's Kà - Episode #11
  • Lorraine Bracco - Episode #12

[edit] Contestants

(In order of ascending elimination)

Ages listed at time of Top Chef taping in October-November, 2005.

[edit] Elimination Challenge

[edit] Contestants with more than one win

[edit] Contestant with one win

  • Lee Anne Wong with one win.

[edit] Contestants with no win

  • Stephen Asprinio, Andrea Beaman, Brian Hill, Candice Kumai, Kenneth Lee, Lisa Parks, & Cynthia Sestito did not win any elimination challenges.

[edit] Quickfire Challenge

[edit] Contestants with more than one win

  • Lee Anne Wong with three wins.
  • Harold Dieterle & Stephen Asprinio with two wins.

[edit] Contestants with one win

  • Andrea Beaman & Tiffani Faison with one win.

[edit] Contestants with no win

  • Brian Hill, Candice Kumai, Kenneth Lee, Dave Martin, Miguel Morales, Lisa Parks, and Cynthia Sestito did not win any Quickfire challenges.

[edit] Episodes

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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

Episode Progress
Chef 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10R 11 12 Comments
Harold WIN IN LOW HIGH LOW IN HIGH LOW HIGH WIN TOP Winner of Top Chef Season 1
Tiffani HIGH IN IN WIN WIN HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH 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 LOW OUT elimin: Napa’s Finest
Stephen HIGH HIGH IN LOW HIGH HIGH LOW OUT elimin: Wedding Bell Blues
Miguel IN WIN WIN IN LOW LOW OUT elimin: Restaurant Wars
Andrea LOW OUT 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 LEFT voluntarily left show
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.
  • 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. Ken eliminated again.

[edit] Episode 1: Who Deserves To Be Here

  • Quickfire Challenge: Survive working the line at chef Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys restaurant for 30 minutes. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Lee Anne.
  • Elimination Challenge: Prepare a signature dish to be served to the other Top Chef contestants.
    • WINNER: Harold. ELIMINATED: Ken.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and Hubert Keller.
  • First aired March 8, 2006

[edit] Episode 2: Food of Love

  • Quickfire Challenge: Choosing from a large selection of fruit, prepare a plate for presentation. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Stephen.
  • Elimination Challenge: Make a sexy dessert for a fetish party at Mr. S, a sex boutique in San Francisco, and co-hosted by Paige White
    • WINNER: Miguel. ELIMINATED: Andrea.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and chef Elizabeth Falkner.
  • First aired March 15, 2006

[edit] Episode 3: Nasty Delights

  • Quickfire Challenge: Prepare octopus in 60 minutes. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Tiffani.
  • Elimination Challenge: Working in two teams, prepare monkfish for a group of children who will rate the food.
    • WINNER: Miguel. ELIMINATED: Brian.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and chef Laurent Manrique.
  • First aired March 22, 2006

[edit] Episode 4: Food on the Fly

  • Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish in 30 minutes using US$20 worth of ingredients from a gas station store. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Lee Anne.
  • Elimination Challenge: Create a gourmet entree that can be reheated in a microwave. Serve it to a group of Junior League women who will rate the meals.
    • WINNER: Tiffani. ELIMINATED: Candice.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and chef Jefferson Hill.
  • First aired March 29, 2006

[edit] Episode 5: Blind Confusion

  • Quickfire Challenge: In five minutes identify a variety of ingredients by taste while blindfolded. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Andrea.
  • Elimination Challenge: Working in teams of two, create a dish fusing Latin American cuisine with one other ethnic cuisine, then distribute the dish from a cart in the Mission District of San Francisco.
    • WINNERS: Dave and Tiffani. ELIMINATED: Lisa.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and chef Mike Yakura.
  • First aired April 5, 2006

[edit] Episode 6: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  • Quickfire Challenge: Create an appetizer in 20 minutes using US$3 worth of ingredients. Prize: Immunity from elimination.
    • WINNER: Stephen.
  • Elimination Challenge: Create a seven-course dinner party for Ted Allen. Each chef works on another chef's recipe.
    • WINNER: Lee Anne. ELIMINATED: Andrea.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and Ted Allen.
  • First aired April 12, 2006

[edit] Episode 7: Restaurant Wars

  • Quickfire Challenge: Create a sandwich in 30 minutes using any of the available ingredients. Prize: Winning sandwich will be put on the menu at the San Francisco location of Tom Colicchio's 'Wichcraft restaurant.
    • WINNER: Harold.
  • Elimination Challenge: Working in two teams of three, transform raw restaurant spaces, including decor and menu. Twenty-four hours later, diners arrive, choose which restaurant to dine in, and rate their experience.
    • WINNER: Dave. ELIMINATED: Miguel.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow.
  • First aired April 19, 2006
  • In this episode, Dave famously said to Tiffany "I'm not your bitch, bitch", after she constantly nagged him. It became the most quoted line of the season.
  • Before the teams get to work on their restaurant concepts, Chodorow reveals that the winner of the Elimination Challenge will accompany him to the Cannes Film Festival.

[edit] Episode 8: Wedding Bell Blues

  • Quickfire Challenge: Design a wedding reception menu in 90 minutes and pitch it to the wedding couple. Prize: Menu will be used for the wedding reception.
    • WINNER: Lee Anne.
  • Elimination Challenge: Working as a team, cater a wedding reception for 100 guests using the menu chosen in the Quickfire challenge. The reception starts in 16 hours.
    • WINNER: None. ELIMINATED: Stephen.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and wedding planner Marcy Blum.
  • First aired April 26, 2006

[edit] Episode 9: Napa's Finest

  • Quickfire Challenge: Recreate a classic junk food element into a gourmet dish in 45 minutes. Prize: Performance counts in overall assessment of the week's challenges, as well as a bottle of Shafer Hillside Select Sauvignon. [1]
    • WINNER: Harold.
  • Elimination Challenge: Travel to Napa Valley's COPIA to prepare a dish incorporating expensive black Périgord truffles to be served with 2001 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon wine. Each chef's dish will be served to a group of top professional chefs from Northern California who are the guest judges.
    • WINNER: Dave. ELIMINATED: Lee Anne.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and a collection of top professional chefs from Northern California, including Greg Cole, Lissa Doumani, Philippe Jeanty, Douglas Keane, Keith Luce, James McDevitt, Cindy Pawlcyn, Victor Scargle, Hiro Sone and winery owner John Shafer.
  • First aired May 3, 2006

[edit] Episode 10: Reunion

  • All twelve chefs are reunited with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and Katie Lee Joel in a discussion and behind-the-scenes review of their experiences on Top Chef. Though it was shown before the finale, the reunion was actually taped in late April, 2006, after the finale took place. It is unknown how many of the chefs other than the winner, Harold, finalists Tiffani and Dave, and participants Miguel, Stephen and Lee Anne, knew the results of the finale at the time of the reunion taping.
  • First aired May 10, 2006

[edit] Episode 11: Finale Part 1

  • The three finalists, Dave, Harold and Tiffani, meet at the MGM Grand Las Vegas where they compete in a series of three Quickfire Challenges to determine which two chefs will remain to compete in a final challenge for the grand prize of Top Chef.
  • Quickfire/Elimination Challenges: For each challenge, prepare hotel room service meals in 30 minutes for different customers: first a room of high rollers, including former competitors Lee Anne, Miguel and Stephen; then a table of poker players including Phil Hellmuth; and, finally, performers from Cirque du Soleil.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and Hubert Keller.
    • ADVANCING TO FINAL TWO: Harold and Tiffani. ELIMINATED: Dave.
  • First aired May 17, 2006

[edit] Episode 12: Finale Part 2

  • Elimination Challenge: The two finalists, Harold and Tiffani, each prepare a five course tasting meal to be served to a table of eight luminaries from the culinary world. Harold is assisted by former competitors Lee Anne and Miguel. Tiffani is assisted by former competitors Stephen and Dave.
  • Judges: Tom Colicchio; Gail Simmons; and Lorraine Bracco.
    • WINNER OF TOP CHEF SEASON ONE: Harold. RUNNER-UP: Tiffani.
  • First aired May 24, 2006

[edit] See also

[edit] External Links

[edit] Contestant and judge sites

[edit] Review

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