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Top Chef

  • TV-14
  • 2006–
  • 23 seasons
  • Reality
  • 6.9

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.

Episodes

In season 15, the competition reaches new heights as the chefs battle it out on an epicurean road trip through Colorado, traveling to Denver, Boulder, Telluride and Aspen. From deconstructing the Denver Omelet and preparing Rocky Mountain Oysters to tailgating with the Broncos, the level of competition for these 15 chefs is going to be a mile high.

14 episodes
  1. 1It'll Take More than Pot Luck

    42 minDec 7, 2017

    A diverse group of chefs enter the Top Chef kitchen in Denver and are immediately put to work, tasked with making a pot luck dish to introduce themselves to the judges and their fellow competitors. Then the cheftestants prepare their modern take on a meat and potatoes dish for a blow-out block party in Larimer Square with 200 diners and Denver's biggest culinary names, including Hosea Rosenberg, Troy Guard, Frank Bonanno and Gregory Gourdet. The chefs learn the importance of the phrase 'first impressions are everything.'

  2. 2Smile and Say Mise

    42 minDec 14, 2017

    In one of Top Chef's signature Quickfires, the chefs battle against each other in a fierce Mise En Place relay. Then, acclaimed local Chef Alex Seidel invites the group to his farm to learn about his take on farm-to-table cuisine. There, they are tasked with creating a progressive meal incorporating a mystery ingredient from the farm into each dish. In this first team challenge, the sparks fly as the chefs get to know each other.

  3. 3Keep on Truckin

    42 minDec 21, 2017

    In a Sudden Death Quickfire based on the iconic Denver omelet, the intensity in the kitchen is egg-ceptional as one chef completely cracks under the pressure in one of the most gut wrenching eliminations in Top Chef history as judged by Padma, Tom and Chef Lachlan Patterson. Then, the cheftestants tap into their college palates as they make dishes in food trucks for students in Boulder. Internet sensation, Logan Paul helps wrangle the diners and Chef Hosea Rosenberg joins the judges for indulgent, hangover inspired food.

  4. 4Little Tools, Big Challenge

    42 minDec 28, 2017

  5. 5This Is Not Glamping

    42 minJan 4, 2018

  6. 6Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel

    42 minJan 11, 2018

  7. 7Olympic Dreams

    42 minJan 18, 2018

  8. 8Restaurant Wars

    42 minJan 25, 2018

  9. 9Bronco Brouhaha

    42 minFeb 1, 2018

    Cooking for Michelin-starred chef David Kinch adds pressure to an already stressful Sudden Death Quickfire based on edible flowers. The chefs host the ultimate tailgate party at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, the home of the Denver Broncos.

  10. 10Red Rum and Then Some

    42 minFeb 8, 2018

    The chefs put their scariest nightmares on a plate in dessert form during a Quickfire set at the iconic Stanley Hotel, the site that inspired Stephen King's "The Shining." The chefs offer a dish to John Hickenlooper, the governor of Colorado.

  11. 11Cooking High

    42 minFeb 15, 2018

    In breathtaking Telluride, the Chefs embark on the first leg of the finals. As they walk down the quaint Main Street they are quickly reunited with the winner of Last Chance Kitchen, and the new group of five face Padma, Tom, and Chef Wylie Dufresne. For the Quickfire challenge, they are tasked to make a dish incorporating the old saloon slinging medicinal beverage, sarsaparilla. Then the chefs cook at Alpino Vino, a fine dining restaurant at the highest elevation in North America, where they prepare a dish that must include a baking element. And no chef knows the difficulty of cooking in high altitude locations like Michelin-star recipient Chef Paul Liebrandt who has cooked in the Swiss Alps.

  12. 12Nut Allergy

    42 minFeb 22, 2018

    The Voltaggio brothers reunite on the show for the first time since competing against each other. Their first task is judging the Rocky Mountain Oyster Quickfire. Then, they reunite the chefs with surprise visitors from home in an emotionally charged Elimination Challenge, where one chef will pack their knives before the next leg of the finals in Aspen.

  13. 13A Little Place Called Aspen

    42 minMar 1, 2018

    Before the chefs can prepare the catch of the day, they must first actually catch it; the only thing standing between the chefs and the Grand Finale are 200 plates for the chefs and food connoisseurs attending the Food & Wine Classic.

  14. 14Finale

    42 minMar 8, 2018

    The final two chefs cook the meal of their lives in an effort to take home the ultimate title and prize; the chefs need to impress not only the judges but also culinary superstars Nancy Silverton, Jonathan Waxman and Curtis Duffy.

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Series cast

Tom ColicchioSelf - Head Judge342 episodes
Gail SimmonsSelf - Judge327 episodes
Padma LakshmiSelf - Host288 episodes
Emeril LagasseSelf - Guest Judge70 episodes
Hugh AchesonSelf - Judge68 episodes
Richard BlaisSelf - Guest Judge64 episodes
Kristen KishSelf - Host63 episodes
Graham ElliotSelf - Judge43 episodes
Dale TaldeSelf - Contestant37 episodes
Melissa KingHerself - Guest Judge34 episodes
Ted Allen33 episodes
Bryan VoltaggioHimself - Contestant32 episodes
Toby YoungSelf - Judge31 episodes
Brian MalarkeySelf - Contestant30 episodes
Gregory GourdetSelf - Contestant29 episodes
Amar SantanaSelf - Contestant29 episodes
Buddha LoSelf - Contestant28 episodes
Brooke WilliamsonSelf - Guest Judge21 episodes

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