Top Chef Masters features established, award-winning chefs— a contrast from Top Chef, which features chefs that have been called relative "culinary amateurs."
Format[]
Like Top Chef, each episode of Top Chef Masters holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a Quickfire Challenge which tests their basic abilities. Each quickfire challenge will be judged by a blind taste test and a five-star system, similar to fine dining reviews.
The second challenge is a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for demanding clients. The food will be tasted and evaluated by the judges and a wide range of tasters for whom the challenge is aimed, whether it is patrons at a five-star restaurant or a room full of hungry kids – the food has to appeal to the diner as well as the critics if the chef is to survive.
Judges[]
- Curtis Stone (Host)
- Gael Greene (Head Judge)
- James Oseland (Judge)
- Jay Rayner (Judge)
Seasons[]
| Season | Winner | Runner(s)-up | Air Dates | Host | Judges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Bayless | Michael Chiarello | Hubert Keller | June 10, 2009 – August 19, 2009 |
Kelly Choi | James Oseland Gael Greene Jay Rayner Gail Simmons |
| 2 | Marcus Samuelsson | Rick Moonen | Susur Lee | April 7, 2010 – June 9, 2010 | ||
| 3 | Floyd Cardoz | Mary Sue Milliken | Traci Des Jardins | April 6, 2011 – June 15, 2011 |
Curtis Stone | James Oseland Gael Greene Ruth Reichl |
| 4 | Chris Cosentino | Kerry Heffernan | July 25, 2012 – September 26, 2012 |
James Oseland Ruth Reichl Krista Simmons Francis Lam | ||
| 5 | Douglas Keane | Bryan Voltaggio | Jennifer Jasinski | July 24, 2013 – September 25, 2013 |
James Oseland Gail Simmons Ruth Reichl Lesley Suter Francis Lam | |
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