Top Chef
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.
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Top Chef: Season 14 Official Trailer - New Episodes Thursdays at 10/9c | Bravo
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Top Chef: San Francisco is the first season of American reality television series Top Chef and was based first in San Francisco, California, filmed at Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen, in Emeryville, and concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006 and ended on May 24, 2006. 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 prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The weekly series was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.
1.Who Deserves To Be Here
08-03-200642mIn the first episode of the series we meet the 12 contestants. For the quickfire challenge they are tested in Fleur de Lys (a San Fransisco restaurant). For the elimination challen...
2.Food Of Love
15-03-200642mFor this episode the contestants have to impress Elizabeth Falkner the owner of Citizen Cake. For the elimination challenge the turn up the heat with a "Sexy Dessert" contest for a...
3.Nasty Delights
22-03-200642mFor the quickfire challenge the contestants have to cook with octopus. For the elimination round the contestants are put into two teams: Red and Blue. They have to cook monk fish s...
4.Food on the Fly
29-03-200642mFor the quickfire challenge the contestants are brought to a convenience store to buy ingredients for their dish. For the elimination round the contestants must create a delicious...
5.Blind Confusion
05-04-200642mFor the quickfire challenge, the contestants are brought into an isolated room with many random exotic foods. They have to guess what they are with a blindfold on. For the eliminat...
6.Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
12-04-200642mFor the quickfire challenge the contestants are put under some serious money restraints. They have to choose from ingredients that are put in front of them that are priced by the p...
7.Restaurant Wars
6.019-04-200642mFor the quickfire challenge the contestants must make a gourmet sandwich. The winner doesn't get immunity but a sandwich on chef Tom Colicchio's menu at his new sandwich restaurant...
8.Wedding Bell Blues
26-04-200642mTeams compete for the chance to cater a commitment ceremony.
9.Napa's Finest
03-05-200642mThe four remaining contestants cook for some of Napa Valley's most respected chefs.
10.Reunion
10-05-200642mContestants reminisce about the competition.
11.Finale (1)
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12.Finale (2)
24-05-200642mThe final two contestants compete in the last elimination round to see who will become Top Chef.
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