'' Top Chef'' is an American

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television series which premiered in March 2006 on

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. The show features

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s competing against each other in various culinary challenges. They 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. Since its inception, the series has aired over 300 episodes.

Series overview

Episodes

''San Francisco'' (Season 1)

''Los Angeles'' (Season 2)

''Miami'' (Season 3)

''Chicago'' (Season 4)

''New York'' (Season 5)

''Las Vegas'' (Season 6)

''D.C.'' (Season 7)

''All-Stars'' (Season 8)

''Texas'' (Season 9)

''Seattle'' (Season 10)

''New Orleans'' (Season 11)

''Boston'' (Season 12)

''California'' (Season 13)

''Charleston'' (Season 14)

''Colorado'' (Season 15)

''Kentucky'' (Season 16)

''All-Stars L.A.'' (Season 17)

''Portland'' (Season 18)

''Houston'' (Season 19)

''World All-Stars'' (Season 20)

''Wisconsin'' (Season 21)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Top Chef episodes Lists of American non-fiction television series episodes