Top Chef Middle East

Top Chef Middle East
Genre Reality television
Competition
Written by Angélie Açaf
Directed by Wassim Succar
Presented by Siham Tueni
Country of origin Lebanon
Original language(s) Arabic
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Mazen Laham
Location(s) Lebanon
Camera setup Multi-camera setup
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel LBC
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Original run April 26, 2011 – July 19, 2011
External links
www.lbcgroup.tv Website

Top Chef Middle East is a reality competition that airs on LBC in which 17 chefs compete against one another in culinary challenges. It is based on the American reality television show Top Chef. The contestants are judged by the show presenter Siham Tueni, Head Chef Joe Barza, and a weekly panel of professional chefs and other personalities from the food industry with one or more contestant eliminated in each episode.

Show Format

Each episode has two main challenges; the Quickfire Challenge and the Elimination Challenge.

In the Quickfire Challenge, each contestant is required to cook a dish with specific requirements or participate in a culinary-related challenge within one hour or less. A guest judge selects one or more chefs as the best in the challenge.

In the Elimination Challenge, the contestants have to prepare one or more dishes to meet the challenge requirements. Some of these challenges can be individual while others could require team work. After the Elimination Challenge ends, the four judges consider the guests' comments and deliberate on the best and worst dishes.

Judges

Guest Judges

Contestants

Season 1

References

External links