Top Chef
Reality
February 22, 2010 – April 22, 2026
(began 16 years ago)
2h 30m / episode
7.1/10
Returning Series
17 Seasons
237 Episodes
French version of the 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.
Key Crew
S1
Season 1
8 episodes
February 22, 2010
S2
Season 2
10 episodes
January 31, 2011
S3
Season 3
11 episodes
January 30, 2012
S4
Season 4
15 episodes
February 4, 2013
S5
Season 5
15 episodes
January 20, 2014
S6
Season 6
13 episodes
January 26, 2015
S7
Season 7
14 episodes
January 25, 2016
S8
Season 8
15 episodes
January 25, 2017
Season 9
14 episodes
January 31, 2018
S1
Season 10
14 episodes
February 6, 2019
Jean-François Piège, who stayed a little behind the previous season, is back in force, since he, too, will be at the head of his own brigade. Thus, there are now four brigades that clash, all composed of 3 candidates, a total of 12.
S1
Season 11
18 episodes
February 19, 2020
S1
Season 12
18 episodes
February 10, 2021
Season 13
18 episodes
February 16, 2022
Season 14
15 episodes
March 1, 2023
Season 15
15 episodes
March 13, 2024
Season 16
14 episodes
March 26, 2025
Season 17
15 episodes
March 4, 2026
Cast (241)
Editors
Original Language
fr
Spoken Languages
French
Production Countries
FR
Production Companies
Studio 89 Productions, NBCUniversal