Top Chef Duels

American television series

Reality competition
Cooking show

Presented byCurtis StoneJudges

Curtis Stone
Gail Simmons

Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes10ProductionExecutive producers

Dan Cutforth
Jane Lipsitz

Camera setupMultipleRunning time42 minutesProduction company

Magical Elves

Original releaseNetworkBravoReleaseAugust 6 (2014-08-06) –
October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)

Top Chef Duels is an American reality competition series which premiered on August 6, 2014, on Bravo.^[1] The culinary show is one of the several spin-off series of the popular cooking competition show Top Chef aired on the same network.^[2] Announced in January 2014 as Top Chef Extreme,^[3] the series features eighteen contestants who have previously competed in Top Chef and Top Chef Masters.^[1] 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. Besides hosting, Stone is also a judge together with Gail Simmons, while Wolfgang Puck, Hugh Acheson and other celebrity guest judges make numerous appearances throughout the series.^[1]

CJ Jacobson won the series and was awarded $100,000, and an opportunity to appear on the Food & Wine magazine.^[4]

Episodes

Winners are listed in bold

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Richard Blais vs. Marcel Vigneron"	August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
Richard Blais (Top Chef: Chicago runner-up and Top Chef: All-Stars winner) vs. Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef: Los Angeles runner-up)
2	"Shirley Chung vs. Brooke Williamson"	August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13)
Shirley Chung (Top Chef: New Orleans finalist) vs. Brooke Williamson (Top Chef: Seattle runner-up)
3	"Mike Isabella vs. Antonia Lofaso"	August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20)
Mike Isabella (Top Chef: All-Stars runner-up) vs. Antonia Lofaso (Top Chef: Chicago finalist)
4	"CJ Jacobson vs. Stefan Richter"	August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)
CJ Jacobson (Top Chef: Miami contestant) vs. Stefan Richter (Top Chef: New York runner-up)
5	"David Burke vs. Takashi Yagihashi"	September 3, 2014 (2014-09-03)
David Burke (Top Chef Masters season 5 contestant) vs. Takashi Yagihashi (Top Chef Masters season 4 contestant)
6	"Dale Talde vs. Tiffani Faison"	September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)
Tiffani Faison (Top Chef: San Francisco runner-up) vs. Dale Talde (Top Chef: Chicago and Top Chef: All-Stars contestant)
7	"Jen Carroll vs. Nyesha Arrington"	September 17, 2014 (2014-09-17)
Nyesha Arrington (Top Chef: Texas contestant) vs. Jen Carroll (Top Chef: Las Vegas finalist)
8	"Stephanie Izard vs. Kristen Kish"	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)
Stephanie Izard (Top Chef: Chicago winner) vs. Kristen Kish (Top Chef: Seattle winner)
9	"Art Smith vs. Kevin Gillespie"	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
Kevin Gillespie (Top Chef: Las Vegas fan favorite) vs. Art Smith (Top Chef Masters season 1 contestant)
10	"Finale"	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kondolojy, Amanda (June 4, 2014). "Bravo Media Expands Emmy Award-Winning Franchise With Premiere of 'Top Chef Duels' on Wednesday, August 6". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Tribune Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ "Bravo Unveils 15 New Series, 3 Projects In Development, 16 Returning Series". Deadline Hollywood (Press release). Penske Media Corporation. April 8, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
^ Nededog, Jethro (January 16, 2014). "Bravo Orders Spinoff 'Top Chef Extreme' to Series". TheWrap. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ Andy Dehnart (October 9, 2014). "'Top Chef Duels' ends with a rapid-fire finale". HitFix. Retrieved September 4, 2015.

External links

Official website
Top Chef Duels at IMDb
Top Chef Duels at TV Guide

Top Chef

Seasons

1: San Francisco
2: Los Angeles
3: Miami
4: Chicago
5: New York
6: Las Vegas
7: D.C.
8: All-Stars
9: Texas
10: Seattle
11: New Orleans
12: Boston
13: California
14: Charleston
15: Colorado
16: Kentucky
17: All-Stars L.A.
18: Portland
19: Houston
20: World All-Stars
21: Wisconsin

Winners

Spin-offs

Top Chef Masters
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Top Chef: Just Desserts
- 1
- 2
Life After Top Chef
Top Chef Duels
Top Chef Junior
Top Chef Amateurs
Top Chef Family Style
Top Chef VIP
- 1
- 2
- 3

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Brasil
- 1
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- 3
- 4
Canada
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
MENA version
Romanian version
Spain
Suomi
Thailand
- 1
- 2

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