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Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated each week. Season Three began airing in June 2007. In July 2007, production began on Season Four to be shot in Chicago. Bravo has set August 15, 2007 as the deadline for Season 4's contestant casting call. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway. Show formatEach episode of Top Chef, save for the finale, has had two challenges.In the Quickfire Challenge, each chef is asked to cook a dish with certain requirements (for example, using specific ingredients or to inspire a certain taste) or participate in a culinary-related challenge (for example, a mise-en-place relay or a taste test). They are usually given an hour or less to complete these tasks. A guest judge selects one or more chefs as the best in the challenge. In most cases, the winning chef(s) are granted immunity from the following Elimination Challenge, though they may also gain an additional reward (such as being team captains for a team challenge). In the Elimination Challenge, the chefs have to prepare one or more dishes to meet the challenge requirements. Many of these are individual challenges and may require several courses, although some instances require teams to complete the challenge. The chefs may have from a few hours to a few days to complete this challenge. If specified by the challenge, the chefs are given a limited budget to shop at a specific food store and place setting stores to complete their task. Each of the four judges sample the food and rate the individuals or teams. At the end of the challenge, the chefs wait to be brought to the Judges' Table, where the four judges deliberate on the best and worst dishes. The top individuals or teams are called in, and may be asked questions of their meals before they are notified of their placement. One individual is named the Top Chef for the challenge and may be awarded an additional prize by the guest judge. Then, the bottom individuals or teams are brought to the judges, and similar discussion of their courses is played out. From this group, one chef or team is determined to be the worst, and they are asked to "pack [their] knives and go." Midway through each season, the contestants participate in a "Restaurant Wars" (or similarly named) Elimination Challenge. They are split into two teams, which must each transform an empty room into a restaurant within a set time limit and budget, choosing the name, theme, decor, and menu. According to Dale Levitski in the third season Restaurant Wars episode, this is one of the contestants' most anticipated challenges. In the final challenge, the two remaining chefs prepare a multiple course dinner with the help of previously eliminated chefs . The winning chef is selected based on several factors including food quality, their ability to lead their selected chefs, and general performance during the show. According to the credits, some elimination decisions (i.e. Cliff Crook's disqualification in Season 2) are made in consultation with the show's producers. Prizes and sponsors
Show summary
4 Star All Star (Season One vs. Season Two)On June 6, 2007, as part of the buildup for Season 3, Bravo aired a special charity episode called "4 Star All Star," which awarded $20,000 to the charity of the winning team's choice. The show brought together Season 1 contestants Stephen, Harold, Dave, and Tiffani, and pitted them against Season 2 contestants Ilan, Elia, Marcel, and Sam. The show format was kept the same, with a Quickfire Challenge to start, followed by an Elimination Challenge. The show was filmed in Miami Beach at the kitchen and hotel to be used for Season 3. Padma Lakshmi hosted.
ResponseTop Chef has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming in the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for its second season.
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