Top Chef (2006)

Game-Show · Reality-TV

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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (7,656 votes)
Seasons: 23
Streaming (US): Peacock · YouTube TV · NBC · Bravo TV · Shahid VIP · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 23 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

6.76 avg 12 episodes 6.8 → 7.3 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Who Deserves to Be Here	6.8	78
2	Food of Love	5.8	74
3	Nasty Delights	6.8	66
4	Food on the Fly	6.4	63
5	Blind Confusion	6.8	59
6	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	6.9	55
7	Restaurant Wars	6.8	57
8	Wedding Bell Blues	6.6	58
9	Napa's Finest	6.9	57
10	Reunion	7.1	56
11	Finale	6.9	58
12	Episode #1.12	7.3	50

Season 2 (2006)

6.77 avg 13 episodes 6.9 → 6.2 45 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Into the Fire	6.9	58
2	Eastern Promise	7.0	51
3	Food for the People	6.8	51
4	Less Is More	6.8	50
5	Social Service	6.6	52
6	Thanksgiving	6.5	52
7	The Raw and the Cooked	6.9	47
8	Holiday Spirit	7.0	47
9	Seven	7.1	52
10	Unhappy Customers	6.5	48
11	Sense and Sensuality	6.8	47
12	Finale: Part 1	6.9	45
13	Finale: Part 2	6.2	51

Season 3 (2007)

6.94 avg 17 episodes 7.5 → 6.8 46 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	4-Star All Stars	7.5	53
2	First Impressions	6.8	46
3	Sunny Delights	6.9	44
4	Family Favorites	6.7	44
5	Cooking by Numbers	6.8	46
6	Latin Lunch	6.9	42
7	Watch What Happens	6.8	42
8	Freezer Burn	6.8	41
9	Guilty Pleasures	6.8	42
10	Restaurant Wars	6.9	45
11	Second Helping	6.8	43
12	Chef Overboard	6.7	42
13	Snacks on a Plane	6.9	42
14	Manhattan Project	7.3	41
15	Finale: Part 1	7.5	43
16	Finale: Part 2	7.1	43
17	Reunion	6.8	26

Season 4 (2008)

7.31 avg 15 episodes 7.2 → 7.1 45 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better	7.2	48
2	Zoo Food	7.3	44
3	Block Party	7.3	45
4	Film Food	7.4	45
5	The Elements	7.2	46
6	Tailgating	7.4	47
7	Improv	7.5	47
8	Common Threads	7.3	44
9	Wedding Wars	7.5	46
10	Serve and Protect	7.2	45
11	Restaurant Wars	7.1	47
12	High Steaks	7.2	42
13	Puerto Rico	7.6	44
14	Finale: Part II	7.4	39
15	Reunion	7.1	26

Season 5 (2008)

7.37 avg 15 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 47 min avg

Bad finale

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Melting Pot	7.2	42
2	Show Your Craft	7.2	39
3	Foo Fighters	7.5	40
4	Today Show	7.4	40
5	Gail's Bridal Shower	7.6	44
6	12 Days of Christmas	7.3	48
7	Focus Group	7.4	40
8	Down on the Farm	7.1	42
9	Restaurant Wars	7.5	41
10	Super Bowl Chef Showdown	7.7	43
11	Le Bernardin	7.7	41
12	The Last Supper	7.7	40
13	Finale Part 1	7.6	41
14	Finale Part 2	6.9	38
15	Watch What Happens Reunion	6.8	24

Season 6 (2009)

7.41 avg 14 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 46 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sin City Vice	7.7	42
2	Bachelor/ette Party	6.9	39
3	Thunderbirds	6.9	37
4	Vivre Las Vegas	7.5	36
5	Camping	7.1	36
6	Penn & Teller	7.6	38
7	Dinner Party	7.3	36
8	Pigs & Pinot	7.4	40
9	Restaurant Wars	7.8	38
10	Meat Natalie	7.4	38
11	Strip Around the World	7.0	37
12	Culinary Olympics	7.3	34
13	Season Finale: Part 1	8.0	40
14	Season Finale: Part 2	7.9	44

Season 7 (2010)

6.85 avg 15 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 46 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	House of Chef-Presentatives	7.0	38
2	Outside the Lunch Box	6.9	37
3	Capitol Grill	6.9	34
4	Room Service	6.5	35
5	Farm Policy	7.0	35
6	Cold War	6.6	34
7	Palm Power Lunch	6.6	36
8	Foreign Affairs	7.1	35
9	Restaurant Wars	6.6	43
10	Covert Cuisine	7.0	33
11	Making Concessions	6.9	37
12	Gastro-nauts	6.8	35
13	Finale Part 1	7.1	37
14	Finale Part 2	6.8	37
15	Reunion Special	7.0	26

Season 8 (2010)

7.48 avg 17 episodes 7.3 → 7.9 47 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	History Never Repeats	7.3	43
2	Night at the Museum	7.2	44
3	New York's Finest	7.4	39
4	Advantage Chef	7.2	39
5	Dim Some Lose Some	7.3	38
6	We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat	7.3	38
7	Restaurant Wars: One Night Only	7.9	43
8	An Offer They Can't Refuse	7.7	41
9	Feeding Fallon	7.9	41
10	Lock Down	7.7	39
11	For the Gulf	7.1	35
12	Give Me Your Huddled Masses	7.9	34
13	Fit for a King	7.2	36
14	Island Fever	7.2	36
15	Last Supper	6.7	37
16	Finale	8.3	40
17	Reunion Special	7.9	27

Season 9 (2011)

7.21 avg 18 episodes 7.8 → 6.8 45 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Everything's Bigger in Texas	7.8	37
2	The Heat is On	7.3	32
3	Quinceanera	7.3	32
4	Red Hot Chili Cook Off	7.6	34
5	Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party	6.6	35
6	Higher Steaks	7.2	31
7	Game On	7.4	29
8	Tribute Dinner	7.6	30
9	BBQ Pit Wars	6.9	29
10	Restaurant Wars	7.3	31
11	Fit for an Evil Queen	7.6	31
12	Block Party	7.2	32
13	Bike, Borrow, & Steal	7.3	31
14	Mentors	6.9	28
15	Culinary Games	6.5	31
16	Fire and Ice	7.1	30
17	Finale	7.3	25
18	Reunion	6.8	23

Season 10 (2012)

7.09 avg 17 episodes 7.3 → 7.1 44 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Ultimate Chef Test	7.3	48
2	A Shock at the Space Needle	7.1	39
3	Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse	7.1	40
4	50s Food Flashback	6.8	37
5	Pike Place Pickle	7.1	35
6	Even the Famous Come Home	7.0	39
7	Foiled Again	7.2	32
8	Jalapeno Business	7.0	35
9	Past Suppers	7.6	37
10	Battle Before the War	7.3	33
11	Restaurant Wars	7.0	38
12	Wolfgang Clucks	7.1	36
13	Chefs At Sea	6.9	35
14	Kings of Alaska	7.0	35
15	Glacial Gourmand	6.9	37
16	Finale: Part 1	7.0	35
17	Finale: Part 2	7.1	39

Season 11 (2013)

6.77 avg 18 episodes 7.2 → 5.0 48 min avg

Bad finale

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Padma's Picks - Food Truck War	7.2	20
1	Soiree in the Swamp	6.9	34
2	Rebuilding New Orleans	7.0	30
3	Commander's Palace	7.0	29
4	Captain Vietnam	6.9	30
5	Lea Michele's Halloween Bash	7.1	31
6	Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside	7.0	31
7	Jazz Hands	7.0	31
8	Piggin' Out	6.9	30
9	Restaurant Wars	7.4	29
10	Like Mama Made	7.1	30
11	Giving It The College Try	6.5	30
12	Mississippi Mud Bugs	6.4	34
13	Oui Si a Challenge	6.3	33
14	Po' Boy Smackdown	7.0	31
15	Leaving New Orleans	6.6	24
16	Maui Wowie	6.6	32
17	Finale	5.0	38

Season 12 (2014)

7.06 avg 16 episodes 9.2 → 6.8 46 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	First Look	9.2	12
1	Sudden Death	7.1	38
2	Boston's Bravest And Finest	6.6	34
3	The Curse Of The Bambino	6.8	33
4	12 Chefs Walk Into a Bar	7.0	30
5	It's War!	6.9	30
6	The First Thanksgiving	6.9	35
7	Restaurant Wars	6.9	32
8	Clean Up in Aisle 21!	6.9	31
9	Big Sausage	7.1	32
10	For Julia & Jacques	6.8	27
11	Sous Your Daddy!	7.2	29
12	The Final Battle of Bean Town	6.9	28
13	Getting Prickly in Mexico	7.0	30
14	Holy Escamoly!	6.8	27
15	Mano a Mano	6.8	31

Season 13 (2015)

6.82 avg 15 episodes 6.7 → 6.5 46 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stop the Presses	6.7	37
2	Pop Up Pandemonium	6.7	34
3	Spines and Vines	6.7	34
4	It's a Dry Heat	6.4	34
5	Big Gay Wedding	6.1	36
6	Banannaise	6.9	34
7	Back in the Day	6.7	30
8	Where's the Beef?	6.8	34
9	Restaurant Wars Pt. 1	7.1	26
10	Restaurant Wars Pt. 2	7.5	26
11	Hammer Time	7.2	26
12	Wok This Way	7.0	27
13	Back Where It All Started	7.0	26
14	Magic Hour	7.0	27
15	Finale	6.5	27

Season 14 (2016)

7.10 avg 14 episodes 6.9 → 6.5 46 min avg

Bad finale

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Something Old, Something New	6.9	40
2	Southern Hospitality	7.0	34
3	Choke Holds and Clammy Hands	7.3	33
4	The Feast of Seven Trash Fishes	7.0	30
5	Smoke 'em If You Got 'em	7.2	29
6	A Southern Legend	7.2	29
7	Booty	6.8	29
8	Restaurant Wars	7.3	28
9	For the Kids	7.5	31
10	Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies	6.9	27
11	Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard	7.2	27
12	Cooking Away in Margaritaville	7.1	31
13	Trial by Fire	7.5	28
14	Comida Final	6.5	28

Season 15 (2017)

7.08 avg 14 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It'll Take More than Pot Luck	7.4	38
2	Smile and Say Mise	7.1	33
3	Keep On Truckin	6.1	34
4	Little Tools, Big Challenge	6.6	31
5	This Is Not Glamping	7.0	33
6	Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel	6.8	29
7	Olympic Dreams	7.0	27
8	Restaurant Wars	7.3	28
9	Bronco Brouhaha	6.8	26
10	Red Rum and Then Some	7.2	25
11	Cooking High	7.4	30
12	Nut Allergy	7.4	26
13	A Little Place Called Aspen	7.6	31
14	Finale	7.4	32

Season 16 (2018)

7.22 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 16 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking	7.3	38
2	Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo	7.2	35
3	Naughty and Nice	7.5	35
4	Surprise... It's Restaurant Wars	7.2	32
5	Restaurant Wars: Part 2	7.4	30
6	Roaring Munchies	7.0	31
7	Carne!	6.9	32
8	Whatever Floats Your Boat	7.3	33
9	Music City USA	7.1	29
10	Hoop Dreams	7.1	30
11	The Greatest	6.8	29
12	Kentucky Farewell	7.2	27
13	Holy Macau!	7.3	30
14	The Tao of Macau	7.6	31
15	Finale	7.4	32

Season 17 (2020)

7.54 avg 14 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 47 min avg

Season 17 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It's Like They Never Left!	7.6	51
2	The Jonathan Gold Standard	7.5	47
3	Strokes of Genius	7.3	43
4	You're So Fresh!	7.6	44
5	Bring Your Loved One to Work	7.9	44
6	Get Your Phil	7.3	42
7	Pitch Perfect	7.4	37
8	Restaurant Wars	7.7	39
9	Cabin Fever	7.4	37
10	Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki	7.4	37
11	Michael's Santa Monica	7.4	36
12	Lucca	7.3	34
13	Parma	7.9	39
14	Finito!	7.9	44

Season 18 (2021)

7.06 avg 14 episodes 7.2 → 7.2 55 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 18 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	First Impressions	7.2	58
2	Trouble Brewing	7.4	49
3	Pan African Portland	6.3	68
4	Thrown for a Loop	7.2	49
5	Meet You at the Drive-in	7.5	52
6	Stumptown U.S.A.	7.3	45
7	Feeding the Frontlines	6.9	48
8	Restaurant Wars	7.3	50
9	Portland-ia	6.8	43
10	Tournament of Tofu	7.3	42
11	Blind Ambitions	7.8	46
12	The Cheesier the Better	6.3	42
13	Shellfishly Delicious	6.3	42
14	The Next Top Chef Is...	7.2	39

Season 19 (2022)

6.85 avg 14 episodes 6.6 → 7.8 54 min avg

Season 19 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Primal Instincts	6.6	51
2	Friday Night Bites	7.1	45
3	Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice	6.9	41
4	Doppelgangers	7.2	44
5	Don't Mess with BBQ	6.8	44
6	Texas Trailblaze-hers	5.5	62
7	Swallow the Competition	6.6	44
8	Restaurant Wars	7.4	39
9	Freedmen's Town	6.2	54
10	Dinner in Zero Gravity	6.4	41
11	Family Vacation	7.0	34
12	We're on a Boat	6.9	34
13	Cactus Makes Perfect	7.5	28
14	The Final Plate	7.8	27

Season 20 (2023)

7.63 avg 14 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 54 min avg

Big finale

Season 20 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	London Calling	7.6	53
2	Rice, Rice Baby	7.2	46
3	Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites	7.4	45
4	Spurred Lines	7.5	44
5	Holiday Vacation	7.9	39
6	Top Chef Is No Picnic	7.2	44
7	Hands Off	7.9	44
8	Street Food Fight	7.7	36
9	Restaurant Wars	7.8	37
10	Thali Time	7.7	33
11	Battle of the Wellingtons	7.9	34
12	Goodbye, London!	7.8	28
13	Champions in Paris	7.2	32
14	Fin	8.0	34

Season 21 (2024)

7.49 avg 14 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 54 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 21 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chef's Test	7.5	60
2	Living the High Life	7.5	49
3	Take it Cheesy	7.5	48
4	The Wright Way	6.8	49
5	Supper Club	7.4	49
6	Chaos Cuisine	7.2	43
7	Sausage Race	7.9	39
8	Restaurant Wars	7.4	39
9	The Good Land	7.6	40
10	Door County Fish Boil	7.1	40
11	Lay It All on the Table	8.0	35
12	Goodbye Wisconsin	7.6	31
13	Set Sail	8.0	35
14	Cruising to a Win	7.3	34

Season 22 (2025)

7.76 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 54 min avg

Season 22 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Across Canada, We Go!	7.9	58
2	Brunch à la Boulud	7.6	45
3	Best Served Cold	7.5	45
4	Top Chef Trivia	7.2	48
5	Line Cook for a Day	7.7	45
6	Pickle Me This	7.9	44
7	You Wanna Pizza Me?	7.9	44
8	Restaurant Wars	8.1	46
9	Cooking on the Edge	7.5	39
10	From Dep Till Dawn	7.9	40
11	Calgary, Yahoo!	7.7	38
12	Foraged in Fire	7.3	46
13	Viva Milano!	7.8	38
14	Finito	8.6	39

Season 23 (2026)

7.24 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 6.6 54 min avg

Season 23 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Carolina Roots	7.9	45
2	Puckerbutt	7.8	35
3	True Colors	6.6	34
4	Pick a Side	7.6	35
5	Cut and Dry	6.8	33
6	Going Whole Hog	7.6	32
7	Desserts Fit for a Queen	7.1	31
8	Restaurant Wars	7.8	28
9	The Ultimate Dinner Party	6.9	29
10	Hook, Line and Dinner	7.5	28
11	Down the Rabbit Hole	6.3	28
12	Appalachian Celebration	7.7	27
13	Plate Expectations	7.1	25
14	The Final Toast	6.6	21

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