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Top Chef Masters

Cast & Crew

Hillary Olsen
co-executive producer / executive producer
16 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Casey Kriley
executive producer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Shauna Minoprio
executive producer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Fred Pichel
executive producer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Rob Bagshaw
executive producer
10 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Dan Cutforth
executive producer
Episodes, null - null: Jane Lipsitz
executive producer
Episodes, null - null

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Paul Starkman

7 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Steve Hryniewicz

1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Cast

James Oseland
Self - Judge / Editor-In-Chief, Saveur Magazine / Editor-in-Chief, Saveur Magazine / Editor-in-chief, Saveur Magazine
45 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Curtis Stone
Self - Host / Judge
28 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Gael Greene
Self - Judge / Author, Insatiable: Tales From a Life of Delicious Excess / Author, Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess
22 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Kelly Choi
Self - Host
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Jay Rayner
Self - Judge
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Gail Simmons
Self - Judge / Food & Wine Magazine / Host, Top Chef: Just Desserts / Self / Self - Judge & Host of Top Chef: Just Desserts / Self -Judge
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Ruth Reichl
Self - Judge / Author, Garlic and Sapphires
17 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Hugh Acheson
Self - Contestant / Self - Host & Judge, Battle of the Sous Chefs
15 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Mary Sue Milliken
Self - Contestant / Self - Guest Judge
10 Episodes, 2011 - 2012: Floyd Cardoz
Self - Contestant
9 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Traci Des Jardins
Self - Contestant
9 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Francis Lam
Self - Judge / Editor-at-Large, Clarkson Potter / Self - Guest Diner
9 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Kerry Heffernan
Self - Contestant
9 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Naomi Pomeroy
Self - Contestant
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: David Burke
Self - Contestant Chef / Self
8 Episodes, 2010 - 2013: Patricia Yeo
Self - Contestant
8 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Bryan Voltaggio
Self - Contestant Chef
8 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Douglas Keane
Self - Contestant Chef
8 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Jennifer Jasinski
Self - Contestant Chef
8 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Graeme Ritchie
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Voltaggio
8 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Celina Tio
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Danyelle Freeman
Self - Judge / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Guest Judge
7 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Sue Zemanick
Self - Contestant Chef / Self - Contestant
7 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Chris Cosentino
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Sang Yoon
Self - Contestant Chef / Self - Quickfire Judge
7 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Jorel Pierce
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Jasinski
7 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Alessandro Stratta
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Jonathan Waxman
Self / Chef & Owner, Barbuto / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Guest Judge
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Rick Moonen
Self / Chef & Owner, RM Seafood / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Guest Judge
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Art Smith
Self / Self - Contestant
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Michael Chiarello
Self
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Rick Bayless
Self
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Lorena Garcia
Self - Contestant
6 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Takashi Yagihashi
Self - Contestant
6 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Chris Shea
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Burke
6 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Ted Hopson
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Yoon
6 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: George Mendes
Self - Contestant
6 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Alan Sytsma
Editor, Grubstreet.com / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Guest Judge / Self - Judge
5 Episodes, 2011 - 2012: Hubert Keller
Self
5 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Anita Lo
Self
5 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Thierry Rautureau
Self / Self - Contestant
5 Episodes, 2010 - 2012: Lesley Bargar Suter
Self - Judge / Self - Guest Diner
5 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Neal Fraser
Self - Contestant Chef
5 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Suvir Saran
Self - Contestant
5 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Ludo Lefebvre
Self
4 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Mark Peel
Self
4 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Wylie Dufresne
Self
4 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Krista Simmons
Self - Judge / Self - Guest Judge
4 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Lynn Crawford
Self - Contestant Chef
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Franklin Becker
Self - Contestant Chef
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Lora Kirk
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Crawford
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Jason Bowlin
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Fraser
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Nicholas Lama
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Zemanick
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Drew Glassell
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Keane
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: John Currence
Self - Contestant
4 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: John Rivera Sedlar
Self / Self - Contestant
3 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Jody Adams
Self / Chef & Owner, Rialto / Self - Guest Diner
3 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Susan Feniger
Chef & Owner, Border Grill Restaurants & Truck / Self / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Guest Judge
3 Episodes, 2010 - 2012: Susur Lee
Self / Chef & Owner, Lee / Self - Guest Diner
3 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Suzanne Tracht
Self
3 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Kelly Misek Jr.
Self - Server
3 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Alan Richman
Food & Wine Critic, GQ Magazine / Self - Guest Diner / Self - Judge
3 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Jane Goldman
Self - Guest Diner / Founder, Chow.com / Self - Judge
3 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Vinson Petrillo
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Becker
3 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Benedetto Bartolotta
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Fada
3 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Paul Thomas Winberry Jr.
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Keane
3 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Odette Fada
Self - Contestant Chef
3 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: John Besh
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Michael Cimarusti
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Elizabeth Falkner
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Roy Yamaguchi
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Douglas Rodriguez
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Wilo Benet
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Nils Norén
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Cindy Pawlcyn
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Graham Bowles
Self
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Graham Elliot
Self
2 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Rick Tramonto
Self
2 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Debbie Gold
Self
2 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Maria Hines
Self
2 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Missy Robbins
Self - Contestant
2 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Patrick Yeo
Self - Contestant
2 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Greg Howe
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Sandoval
2 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Cory Chunn
Self - Contestant Sous Chef: Louis
2 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Jenn Louis
Self - Contestant Chef
2 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Richard Sandoval
Self - Contestant Chef
2 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Frances Callier
Comedian, Frangela / Self - Quickfire Judge
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Angela Shelton
Comedian, Frangela / Self - Quickfire Judge
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Morgan Mueller
Executive Chef, Jardinière / Self - Traci's Sous Chef
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Chris Aagaard
Self -Guest Diner
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Carlin Hsueh
Self - Elasticity Scientist / UCLA - Nanotechnology
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Jaime Covarrubias
Executive Chef, Border Grill - Downtown LA / Self - Mary Sue's Sous Chef
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Maroon 5
Themselves - Guest Diners
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Patti Aagaard
Self - Chris' Mother
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Ty Kotz
Chef De Cuisine, Epicurean Management / Self - Floyd's Sous Chef
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Heidi Bednar
Self -Viscosity Scientist / UCLA - Physical Chemistry
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Adam Levine
Self - Guest Diner & Maroon 5 Lead Vocalist
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Tom Colicchio
Head Judge, Top Chef / Self - Guest Diner
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011: Elizabeth Johnston
Self - Victoria's Mother
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011

Produced By

Clara Bottoms
producer / associate producer
49 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Doneen Arquines
supervising producer / segment producer / senior producer / co-executive producer
47 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Blake Davis
field producer / supervising producer
28 Episodes, 2010 - 2013: Arthur Avedissian
story producer
27 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Dominic Ciccodicola
supervising producer
22 Episodes, 2010 - 2012: Joy Rillo Hryniewicz
field producer
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Jaymee Johnson
producer
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Erica Ross
segment producer / supervising producer
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Michael Rucker
co-executive producer / producer
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Sandra J. Ciccone
producer: web / segment producer
20 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Sue Kolinsky
supervising producer / co-executive producer
20 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Justin Rae Barnes
senior producer / supervising producer
20 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Matthew Reichman
associate producer / segment producer
18 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Mark Hunter Braun
field associate producer / field producer
18 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Chris Gallivan
segment producer / senior producer
17 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Vim Shanmugam
producer
17 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Karen Pagtama
supervising story producer / producer
11 Episodes, 2010 - 2013: Debbie Levin
producer
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Amy Procacci
field producer
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: JoAnn Cianciulli
culinary producer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Lisa Fletcher
field producer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Jamie Lauren Davis
associate producer
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Brendan Daw
field producer
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Pooneh Zandazma
field producer
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Myles Collins
associate producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Brian M. Fowler
associate producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Sarah Moshman
field producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Teresa Prindle
associate producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Tracy Tong
supervising story producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Dan Volpe
line producer
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Abel M. González
associate culinary producer
9 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Pip Wells
supervising producer
9 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Castor Fernandez
associate story producer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Melysa Lovell Garratt
field producer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: David A. Kleiler Jr.
web content producer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Lindsay Russell
associate culinary producer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Chaz Gray
co-executive producer
7 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Ryan Cooper
line producer
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Jackie Robbins
associate producer
6 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Heather J. Miller
story producer
5 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Anna Wong
associate producer
5 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Lindsay Webster
story producer
5 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Joelle Luman
associate producer
4 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Laurel Mick
story producer
4 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Joshua Burgess
producer
3 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Jeff Singer
story producer
3 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Ellie Carbajal
line producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Shawnelle Gibbs
supervising producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Angie Ketterman
supervising producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Louise Leonard
producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Robert Alexander Owens
producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Stefanie Valenzky
supervising producer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Scott Patch
story producer
1 Episode, 2013 - 2013: Tom Colicchio
consulting producer
Episodes, null - null

Music

Matthew McGaughey

20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Biff Sanders

20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Aaron Kaplan

2 Episodes, 2010 - 2010

Cinematography

George Maxwell

29 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Tim Spellman

1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Sound

Patrick Grandclaudon
dialogue editor / re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor / sound editor
49 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Mickey McMullen
production sound mixer
45 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Brian Johnson
sound mixer / sound supervisor
30 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Paul Orozco
sound mixer / a2
30 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Jonathan Lallouz
sound mixer
30 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Mark Henry
sound mixer
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Randall Good
sound mixer
18 Episodes, 2011 - 2012: Bruce Beacom
sound mixer
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Gustavo Flores
audio assist
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Heather Marshall
sound recordist
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Wes McLean
sound mixer
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Aaron Murphy
sound supervisor
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Phil Habeger
assistant sound re-recording mixer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Joe Stearns
sound mixer
9 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Albert Delgado
sound mixer
7 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Buck Robinson
production sound mixer
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Frank Montes
sound mixer
5 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Tim Lyne
sound mixer
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Editing

Casting Director

Nick Gilhool

20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Doneen Arquines

11 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Nicholas K. Gilhool

1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Production Design

Jeff Hall

1 Episode, 2009 - 2009

Art Direction

Gary Kordan

10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009

Set Design

Julie Drach

10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009

Costumes

Juli Faller

1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Makeup

Kristen Kiyan
key makeup artist / makeup artist
18 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Matthew Holman
hair for alison sweeney / hair for days of our lives cast
2 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Vanessa Wasano
assistant makeup artist
2 Episodes, 2012 - 2012

Visual Effects

Walter Sanchez
post-production coordinator
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009

Assistant Director

Belinda Bernardo
second assistant director
28 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Ryan Turpin
second assistant director
20 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Paul Hogan
first assistant director
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Sandra Siso
second second assistant director
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Austin Sipes
associate director
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Richard H. Wood
second second assistant director
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009

Production Management

Chris Kuk
production manager
19 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: William Hoppins
post-production supervisor
12 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Rochelle Raymond
production manager
1 Episode, 2009 - 2009: Jen Busch
production manager
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: William Egle
production manager
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Art Department

Derek Crimmel
construction coordinator / carpenter / construction foreman / set construction foreman
45 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Shane Passantino
swing gang
19 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Josh Ritcher
leadman
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Tom Keliinoi
art assistant
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011

Editorial

Damon Brown
post-production assistant / tape librarian
38 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Pepe Serventi
on-line editor
37 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Shawn Pinner
on-line assistant editor / on-line editor
34 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Brandie June Chernow
post-production assistant
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Eva Honegger Sarrafan
assistant editor
20 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Raymond McCoy
assistant editor
20 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Ronnie Raffaniello
post-production assistant / post-production coordinator
20 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Basuki Juwono
assistant editor / lead assistant editor
18 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Michael Sarver
assistant editor
18 Episodes, 2010 - 2011: Phil Habeger
assistant editor
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Samuel Huh
assistant editor
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Jeff Stroot
international editor
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Antonia Tighe
lead editor
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Gregory Cusumano
assistant editor
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Chas Hollis
web editor / web extra editor
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Peter Lee
lead assistant editor
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Asher Glaser
web editor
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Steve Huey
lead assistant editor
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Kevin Leffler
lead editor
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Ashley A. Riddle
assistant editor
2 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Trever Fong
post-production coordinator
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010: Mark Strand
editor
1 Episode, 2010 - 2010

Other

Crystal Wortman
special thanks
1 Episode, 2009 - 2009

Music Department

Aaron Kaplan
composer: underscore
28 Episodes, 2010 - 2012: Matthew McGaughey
composer: theme music
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Zach Pugh
music coordinator
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Kyle Johnston
composer: additional music
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Carrie Hughes
music supervisor
8 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Bruce Aronson
composer: additional music
1 Episode, 2009 - 2009: Robert Danzey-Persaud
composer: additional music
1 Episode, 2009 - 2009: Elizabeth C. Axford
musician: piano
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011

Casting Department

Lauren Schlossman
casting producer
9 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Amy Hutchinson
casting producer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011

Costume Department

Kelly Harmon
costumer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Kelly Harmon
costumer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010

Camera Department

Malkuth Frahm
camera operator
49 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Ryan Jordan
jib operator
40 Episodes, 2009 - 2013: Palmer Anderson
assistant camera
35 Episodes, 2009 - 2012: Kelsey Shaw McNeal
still photographer
30 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Shanra Kehl
camera operator
29 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Philip Eastvold
lighting console programmer
29 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: James Milner
assistant camera: Jib Technician / assistant camera
29 Episodes, 2011 - 2013: Meagan Stockemer
assistant camera / camera operator
21 Episodes, 2009 - 2011: Derth Adams
camera operator
20 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Isabella Vosmikova
still photographer
20 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Nicq Hale
camera operator
19 Episodes, 2012 - 2013: Gus Dominguez
lighting designer
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: James Gips
camera operator
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Ryan Hosking
assistant camera
10 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Neill Bachand
assistant camera
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Brett Knott
gaffer
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Sidnee Lewis
assistant camera
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010: Michael Anderson
electrician
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Christopher Flores
camera operator
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Luke Grossaint
camera operator
10 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Anthony Mehlhaff
assistant camera
10 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: Martin Runel
assistant camera
9 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Saúl J. González
assistant camera
9 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Megan Drew
camera operator
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Adam T. Gutierrez
lighting production assistant
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Steven Paul
assistant camera
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Nicole Wilder
still photographer
8 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: LeRon Minor
assistant camera / junior operator
7 Episodes, 2012 - 2012: Luke Little
camera operator
6 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Ali Paras
assistant camera
4 Episodes, 2013 - 2013: J.J. Krehbiel
assistant camera
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2010: Micael Albrecht
electrician
2 Episodes, 2009 - 2009: Thomas McCarty
best boy grip
2 Episodes, 2011 - 2011: Carrie Dufresne
camera operator
1 Episode, 2011 - 2011

Location Management

Dan Volpe
location manager
10 Episodes, 2010 - 2010

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