Top Chef (season 10)
| Top Chef (season 10) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Bravo |
| Original release |
November 7, 2012 – February 27, 2013 |
| Host(s) | Padma Lakshmi |
| Judges |
Tom Colicchio Gail Simmons Emeril Lagasse Hugh Acheson Wolfgang Puck |
| No. of contestants | 24 |
| Winner | Kristen Kish |
| Season chronology | |
November 7, 2012 – February 27, 2013
Top Chef: Seattle is the tenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. The season was announced on September 19, 2012, and premiered on November 7, 2012. The competition was initially filmed in Seattle, Washington before moving to Juneau, Alaska for three episodes, and then concluding in Los Angeles, California.
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen, the web series introduced in the previous season which puts the eliminated contestants against each other in head-to-head challenges to battle for a chance to re-enter the main competition, also returned. The winner continued to compete in the season finale. In addition, viewers could vote each week for chefs eliminated from the Last Chance Kitchen to move on in the "Save a Chef" competition. The winner of the final vote was "saved", and earned a spot in the final round of the Last Chance Kitchen.
The cast of the tenth season of Top Chef initially consisted of 21 contestants. After the qualifying challenges in the first episode, the pool of chefs was narrowed down to 15. Former Top Chef competitors Josie Smith-Malave (Top Chef: Los Angeles), Chris "CJ" Jacobson (Top Chef: Miami), and Stefan Richter (Top Chef: New York) later joined the competition during the second episode.
^Note 1 : The chef(s) did not receive immunity.
^Note 2 : Due to the qualifying rounds, the show did not use its traditional elimination format until the second episode.
^Note 3 : Former contestants CJ, Josie, and Stefan entered the competition following the Quickfire Challenge.
^Note 4 : Due to the poor quality of the dishes served in the Elimination Challenge, no winner was declared.
^Note 5 : Kristen won Last Chance Kitchen and returned to the competition.
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