''Top Chef Duels'' is an American
reality competition
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series that premiered on August 6, 2014, on
Bravo
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.
The culinary show is one of the several
spin-off
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series of the popular cooking competition show ''
Top Chef
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'' aired on the same network.
Announced in January 2014 as ''Top Chef Extreme'',
the series features eighteen contestants who have previously competed in ''Top Chef'' and ''
Top Chef Masters
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''.
During each episode, two of the contestants face each other in various culinary tasks. The winner is picked at the end of an episode to compete in the championship finale. The series is hosted by
Curtis Stone
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. Besides hosting, Stone is also a judge together with
Gail Simmons
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, while
Wolfgang Puck
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Early life
Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He took the surname of his stepfather, Jos ...
,
Hugh Acheson
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Early ...
and other celebrity guest judges make numerous appearances throughout the series.
CJ Jacobson won the series and was awarded $100,000, and an opportunity to appear on the ''
Food & Wine
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'' magazine.
Episodes
''Winners are listed in bold''
References
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Duels
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Bravo (American TV network) original programming
2010s American cooking television series
2014 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
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Television series by Magical Elves
Reality television spinoffs
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Television series about chefs