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Top Chef

"Top Chef" is a one-hour reality competition series offering a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level.
IMDb 7.7200612 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Who Deserves to Be Here
    March 7, 2006
    45min
    13+
    In the premiere episode of "Top Chef," the cast will be thrown straight into the demanding kitchen of famed San Francisco restaurant Fleur de Lys for the quickfire challenge where Guest judge Hubert Keller (famed chef and partner of Fleur de Lys) joins host Katie Lee Joel and judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons to help to make the decision on who must "pack up their knives" first.
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  2. S1 E2 - Food of Love
    March 14, 2006
    43min
    13+
    In the second episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef," the kitchen heats up as the contestants are challenged to cook up sweet dishes that are both sexy and erotic, under the watchful eye of guest judges Elizabeth Falkner, owner of Citizen Cake, a celebrated patisserie and dessert hotspot in San Francisco, and Mistress S, who runs a fetish ball and knows a thing or two about eroticism.
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  3. S1 E3 - Nasty Delights
    March 21, 2006
    45min
    13+
    Something smells fishy in this episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef," as the cooks must dive into piles of slimy octopus and turn it into a tempting platter of seafood cuisine. Laurent Manrique of the famed San Francisco seafood restaurant Aqua will guest judge the challenge.
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  4. S1 E4 - Food On The Fly
    March 28, 2006
    44min
    13+
    Gas stations and five-star cuisine are not typically paired together in the same sentence, but in this fourth episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef" the contestants are challenged to create tempting dishes solely from ingredients available in a convenience store.
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  5. S1 E5 - Blind Confusion
    April 4, 2006
    43min
    16+
    In the fifth episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef," the chefs are blindfolded, fed rare ethnic cuisine, and then must identify the ingredients. They then hit the streets of San Francisco for the elimination challenge where each team must serve a variety of fusion dishes from handcarts and will be judged upon taste, creativity and customer satisfaction.
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  6. S1 E6 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    April 11, 2006
    43min
    13+
    A "Queer Eye" will be watching over the sixth episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef" and it will come in the form of the culinary expert of The Fab Five, Ted Allen. Known for his food and entertaining expertise on Bravo’s hit series Queer Eye, Allen will challenge the contestants to create a low cost appetizer using only the ingredients that he has pre-selected.
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  7. S1 E7 - Restaurant Wars
    April 18, 2006
    45min
    13+
    In the seventh episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef," contestants are asked to create a gourmet sandwich. The chefs will then move on to the elimination challenge, where they are put into teams and must come up with a new restaurant concept and put it into practice for one night only in an actual restaurant location.
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  8. S1 E8 - Wedding Bell Blues
    April 25, 2006
    43min
    ALL
    It's wedding bells for the competing chefs in the eighth episode of Bravo’s "Top Chef." The chefs are put into two teams who must pitch their catering concept to a gay couple that intends to marry in a commitment ceremony, and the couple will choose the most convincing pitch.
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  9. S1 E9 - Napa's Finest
    May 2, 2006
    44min
    13+
    Only three potential Top Chefs remain, and this episode’s quickfire challenge will test their ability to get creative with junk food to make a tasty dish that could still be served to conscientious diners.
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  10. S1 E10 - Reunion
    May 9, 2006
    43min
    16+
    Viewers will have an opportunity to see some of the dramatic moments from the previous challenges that did not make it into the preceding shows as all twelve chefs reunite with judges Katie, Tom and Gail.
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  11. S1 E11 - Finale Part One
    May 16, 2006
    43min
    16+
    Viva Las Vegas! The final three contestants make their way to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for a week of high-stakes competition.
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  12. S1 E12 - Finale Part Two
    May 23, 2006
    43min
    16+
    The remaining two chefs will face-off for one final competition. In the end, only one chef will make it through the spectacular final competition to take the top culinary title.
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Content advisory
Nudityalcohol usefoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
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Directors
Paul StarkmanAriel BolesDavid A. Kleiler Jr.Steve HryniewiczIvan Dudynsky
Producers
Dan CutforthJane LipsitzShauna MinoprioRich Buhrman
Starring
Katie Lee JoelTom ColicchioTom Colicchio
Studio
NBCUniversal
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