Episode 1: Episode 1
Release Date
Mar 08, 2006
Genre
Special Interest, Reality, Game Show
Rating
TV-14
Network
Bravo
Language
English
Episode Summary
In the very first Top Chef, twelve hopeful chefs gather in San Francisco to start a cooking competition. They race through a quickfire, then create dishes that show who they are. Judges taste and decide. One chef goes home first. It’s a lively, tense beginning full of creativity, pressure, and tasty surprises.
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Cast & Crew
Top Chef S1E1:
Padma Lakshmi
Host
Tom Colicchio
Judge
Gail Simmons
Judge
Gabe Erales
Contestant
Nelson German
Contestant
Byron Gomez
Contestant
Sasha Grumman
Contestant
Roscoe Hall
Contestant
Kiki Louya
Contestant
Shota Nakajima
Contestant
Gabriel Pascuzzi
Contestant
Shauna Minoprio
Executive Producer
Dave Serwatka
Executive Producer