Top Chef Canada | |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 105 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Barbara Bowlby and John Brunton |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production companies | Insight Productions Universal International Studios |
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Network | Food Network Canada |
Release | April 11, 2011 present | –
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Top Chef Canada is a Canadian reality competition television series. The show premiered on April 11, 2011, on Food Network Canada.[1][2][3] The first season consisted of 13 episodes, with 16 contestants vying for a grand prize of $100,000 and a GE Monogram kitchen valued at $30,000.[3][4] Like the original American series, each week the chef contestants compete against each other in culinary challenges. Contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry, with one or more contestants being eliminated each week. The Canadian edition uses the same graphics and music as the American version of the program.
The first season of Top Chef Canada was one of Food Network Canada's most highly rated programs. The network renewed the program for a second season, which began to air on March 12, 2012.[5] Top Chef Canada returned in 2017 with an all-stars edition for the fifth season.[6] Season 6 of Top Chef Canada returned April 8, 2018, with a lineup of 11 chefs from the next generation.[7]
The tenth season premiered on September 26, 2022.[8]