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Top Chef
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Bravo, Wednesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 5 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 47 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Food & Cooking, Reality (Competitive)
First Air Date: March 8, 2006
Summary
Starring Katie Lee Joel (host)
This ten-episode reality competition set in San Francisco pits a dozen aspiring chefs against each other for a $100,000 cash prize.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Like Bravo's fashion winner "Project Runway," the channel's promising "Top Chef" flaunts terms of art and insiderism to give it authority.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
The series has a familiar format, but the opening episode suggests it may have some real spark to it.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
"Top Chef" seems like a no-brainer, an extension both of the interactivity of TV cooking and the art-and-craft side of reality shows, in which people are actually making things as opposed to just asses of themselves.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterMarilyn Moss
A cooking match that has been seen so many times before in one form or another.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
"Top Chef," though it appears to have a stable of good talent in the kitchen, so far doesn't really have much else going for it in the way of personalities.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 47 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Gaylord Friend gave it a0:
What a miserable and worthless pile of garbage. I walked into the room while my 10 and 12 year old children were watching this pathetic excuse for a tv show and had to listen to some ridiculous want to be using vulgar language because he is too stupid to express his thoughts with real words. without having my kids not watch tv at all, which is probably the best idea at this point, how do I best filter this crap?
sally m gave it a9:
GIVE US MORE! Love the concept,competitors, judges, majority of challenges. Would like to see expansion of creative situational challenges.Judging is done with integrity but my heart wanted mohawk to win last night. When can we expect the next round? Tom C is the perfect anchor judge !!!
Maria O. gave it a10:
when will season 3 start cooking. you keep repeating just 2 meals one of them is the quick fire.
laura s gave it a10:
I really enjoyed watching Top chef. I would wait for every Wednesday to watch it. Will you have a new season. Please say yes
Michael C gave it an8:
Marcel got gipped.
aka w gave it a2:
Bleah. Only saw two eps, and that's enough. The judges suck and the chefs are screwed over and/or raked through the coals. Plenty of things in Real Life where decisions and competence-under-pressure are important, but food should be *enjoyable* and this ain't it. Oh, and Iron Chef is cool.
sumit b gave it a0:
judges suck.Marcel sucks
