Top Chef — 2006-present · 22 seasons · 329 eps

★ 7.7

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Top Chef

2006-present 22 seasons 329 episodes

★ 7.7 (7,514 votes) Top 41%

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S21

S22

E1

6.8

6.8

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.7

7.0

7.3

7.8

7.4

7.2

9.2

6.7

6.9

7.4

7.2

7.5

7.2

6.6

7.6

7.5

7.9

E2

5.8

7.0

6.8

7.2

7.2

6.9

6.9

7.2

7.3

7.1

6.9

7.1

6.7

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.6

7.3

7.1

7.2

7.6

7.5

E3

6.7

6.8

6.9

7.2

7.5

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.3

7.1

7.0

6.6

6.7

7.3

6.3

7.4

7.4

6.3

6.9

7.4

7.5

7.5

E4

6.4

6.8

6.7

7.3

7.3

7.5

6.5

7.3

7.6

6.9

7.0

6.8

6.4

7.0

6.6

7.1

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.5

6.8

7.3

E5

6.8

6.6

6.8

7.2

7.5

7.1

7.0

7.3

6.6

7.1

6.9

7.0

6.2

7.2

7.0

7.3

7.8

7.5

6.8

7.9

7.4

7.6

E6

6.9

6.5

6.9

7.3

7.3

7.6

6.6

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.1

6.9

6.9

7.2

6.8

6.9

7.2

7.2

5.5

7.2

7.3

7.8

E7

6.7

6.9

6.8

7.5

7.4

7.3

6.6

8.0

7.4

7.2

7.1

6.9

6.7

6.8

7.0

6.7

7.3

6.9

6.6

7.9

7.9

7.8

E8

6.5

7.0

6.8

7.3

7.1

7.4

7.1

7.7

7.7

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.8

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.6

7.2

7.4

7.7

7.4

8.0

E9

6.9

7.1

6.8

7.5

7.5

7.8

6.6

8.0

6.9

7.6

6.9

6.9

7.1

7.5

6.8

7.0

7.3

6.7

6.2

7.8

7.6

7.5

E10

7.0

6.5

6.9

7.2

7.7

7.4

7.0

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.5

6.9

7.2

7.0

7.3

7.2

6.4

7.7

7.1

7.8

E11

6.9

6.8

6.8

7.1

7.7

7.0

6.9

7.1

7.9

7.0

7.1

6.8

7.2

7.2

7.4

6.7

7.3

7.7

7.0

7.9

8.0

7.5

E12

7.3

6.9

6.7

7.2

7.7

7.3

6.8

8.0

7.6

7.2

6.5

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.4

7.1

7.2

6.2

6.9

7.8

7.6

7.1

E13

6.2

6.9

7.5

7.6

8.0

7.1

7.3

7.4

6.9

6.4

6.9

7.0

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.9

6.2

7.5

7.2

8.0

7.7

E14

7.3

7.4

6.9

7.9

6.8

7.2

6.9

7.0

6.4

7.0

7.0

6.5

7.4

7.5

7.9

7.1

7.8

8.0

7.3

8.5

E15

7.5

7.1

6.8

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.9

7.4

6.8

6.7

7.3

E16

7.1

8.4

7.1

7.1

6.8

6.8

E17

6.8

7.9

7.3

7.2

6.6

E18

6.8

5.0

Avg

6.7

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6.9

7.3

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6.9

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7.1

6.8

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6.8

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7.0

6.9

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7.7

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Episode Power Rankings

The best and worst episodes at a glance. Use this to find must-watch episodes or ones you might want to skip.

🏆 Top Episodes

#1 9.2

S12E0 First Look

#2

S22E14 8.5

Finito

For their last elimination challenge, the final three chefs must create the best progressive four-course meal of their lives; with the help of their sous chefs, the finalists must pull out all the stops to impress an esteemed table of diners.

#3

S8E16 8.4

Finale

The remaining two chefs have no time to digest what just happened as their final challenge is immediately announced.

4. S6E13 "Season Finale: Part 1" 8.0
5. S8E7 "Restaurant Wars: One Night Only" 8.0
6. S8E9 "Feeding Fallon" 8.0
7. S8E12 "Give Me Your Huddled Masses" 8.0
8. S20E14 "Fin" 8.0
9. S21E11 "Lay It All on the Table" 8.0
10. S21E13 "Set Sail" 8.0

📉 Bottom Episodes

#329

S11E17 5.0

Finale

The two remaining chefs open pop-up restaurants for the final challenge.

328. S19E6 "Texas Trailblaze-hers" 5.5
327. S1E2 "Food of Love" 5.8
326. S19E9 "Freedmen's Town" 6.2
325. S18E13 "Shellfishly Delicious" 6.2

The Quality Arc

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52 Standouts

124 Infamous

27 Hidden Gems

126 Forgettable

Top Standout: S22E1 Across Canada, We Go!

Most Infamous: S19E6 Texas Trailblaze-hers

Best Hidden Gem: S12E0 First Look

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