Top Chef (franchise)

Top Chef is a competitive cooking show television format that originated with the American TV show Top Chef , which premiered in March 2006. Licensing of the format is handled by NBCUniversal Television Distribution.

International versions

Current and previous versions of Top Chef include:

  Currently airing

  No longer airing

Country	Local title	Host(s)	Judges	Channel(s)	Year(s) aired
Brazil [1]	Top Chef Brasil	Felipe Bronze	Emmanuel Bassoleil Ailin Aleixo (season 1-3) Janaína Torres Rueda (season 4)	RecordTV	2019–2023 (4 seasons)
Canada(in English) [2]	Top Chef Canada	Thea Andrews (season 1) Lisa Ray (season 2–4) Eden Grinshpan (season 5–present)	Mark McEwan Thea Andrews (season 1) Shereen Arazm (season 1–4) Lisa Ray (season 2–4) Chris Nuttall-Smith (season 5–10) Mijune Pak (season 5–present) Janet Zuccarini (season 5–present) David Zilber (season 10–present)	Food Network Canada Flavour Network	2011–2014, 2017–present
Chile [3] [4]	Top Chef	Julián Elfenbein	Carlo Von Mühlenbrock Pamela Fidalgo Ciro Watanabe	TVN	2014 (1 season)
	Top Chef VIP Chile	Cristian Riquelme	Sergi Arola Fernanda Fuentes Benjamin Nast	Chilevisión	2024–present
El Salvador [5]	Top Chef El Salvador	Marcela Santamaria	Marta Elena García Roberto Sartogo Jay Bruzon (season 1) Lorenzo Álvarez (season 2)	TCS	2015–2017 (3 seasons)
Finland [6]	Top Chef Suomi	Pipsa Hurmerinta	Pia Kämppi Hans Välimäki	Sub	2011–2013 (3 seasons)
France [7] Belgium (in French) [7]	Top Chef	Stéphane Rotenberg Sandrine Corman (season 1) Agathe Lecaron (season 2)	Ghislaine Arabian (season 1–5) Christian Constant (season 1–5) Cyril Lignac (season 1–5) Thierry Marx (season 1–5) Jean-François Piège (season 1–10) Hélène Darroze (season 6–present) Philippe Etchebest (season 6–present) Michel Sarran (season 6–12) Paul Pairet (season 11–present) Glenn Viel (season 13-present) Stéphanie Le Quellec (season 15-present) Dominique Crenn (season 15) Pierre Gagnaire (season 15) Eric Frechon (season 16) Fabien Ferré (season 16)	M6 RTL-TVI	2010–present
Germany [8]	Top Chef Germany	Daniel Boschmann	Eckart Witzigmann Alexandra Killian Peter Maria Schnurr	Sat.1	2019 (1 season)
Greece [9] [10]	Top Chef	Nadia Boule	Elias Mamalakis Christophoros Peskias Apostolos Trastelis Herve Pronzato	ANT1	2010 (1 season)
		N/A	Giorgos Venieris Gkikas Xenakis Asterios Koustoudis	Skai TV	2021 (1 season)
Indonesia [11]	Top Chef Indonesia	Farah Quinn	Will Meyrick Henry Alexie Bloem Chris Salans Vindex Tengker	SCTV	2013 (1 season)
Italy [12]	Top Chef Italia	N/A	Annie Féolde Mauro Colagreco Giuliano Baldessari Moreno Cedroni (season 1)	NOVE	2016–2017 (2 seasons)
Mexico [13]	Top Chef México	Ana Claudia Talancón	Aquiles Chávez Guillermo González Beristáin Martha Ortíz Juantxo Sánchez	Canal Sony, NBC Universo	2016–2017 (2 seasons)
Middle East and North Africa [14] [15] [16]	توب شيف ( Top Chef )	Siham Tueni (season 1) Jumana Murad (season 2)	Joe Barza	LBC Rotana Masriya	2011–2012 (2 seasons)
		Mona Mosly	Bobby Chinn Maroun Chedid	MBC 1 MBC Masr 2 LBCI	2016–present
Netherlands [17]	Topchef	Martijn Krabbé	Robert Kranenborg Julius Jaspers	RTL Nederland	2009–2012 (7 seasons)
Panama [18]	Top Chef Panamá	Karen Guerra Arturo Illueca	Charlie Collins Pedro Masoliver	Telemetro	2016–2019 (4 seasons)
Poland [19] [20]	Top Chef	Grzegorz Łapanowski	Wojciech Modest Amaro Maciej Nowak Ewa Wachowicz Grzegorz Łapanowski (season 3–6) Robert Sowa (season 7) Joseph Seelesto (season 1–2)	Polsat	2013–2016, 2018 (7 seasons)
	Top Chef. Gwiazdy od kuchni	Maciej Rock	Wojciech Modest Amaro Maciej Nowak Ewa Wachowicz		2016 (1 season)
Portugal [21]	Top Chef	Silvia Alberto	José Cordeiro Susana Felicidade Ricardo Costa	RTP 1	2012 (1 season)
Romania [21]	Top Chef România	Alina Pușcaș	Tudor Constantinescu Joseph Hadad Nicolai Tand	Antena 1	2012–2014 (2 seasons)
	Junior Chef România	Roxana Ionescu	Horia Vîrlan Anca Lungu Marius Vizante		2014 (1 season)
South Africa (in English) [22]	Top Chef South Africa	Lorna Maseko	Neill Anthony Lesego Semenya	SABC 3	2016 (1 season)
Spain [23]	Top Chef	N/A	Alberto Chicote Susi Díaz Angel León (season 1) Yayo Daporta (season 2) Paco Roncero (season 3–4)	Antena 3	2013–2017 (4 seasons)
Sweden [24]	Köksmästarna	N/A	Johan Jureskog Paul Svensson Karin Fransson	Kanal 5	2014 (1 season)
Thailand [25]	ท็อปเชฟไทยแลนด์ ( Top Chef Thailand )	Pitipat Kutragule (season 1-3)	Willment Leong Suphamongkhon Suppipat Thidid Tadsanakajon Phichaya Uthantam	ONE HD Channel 7 HD	2017–2020, 2023 (4 seasons)
	ท็อปเชฟไทยแลนด์ ขนมหวาน (Top Chef Thailand Desserts)	Kathaleeya McIntosh	Penny Jirayuwatana Chatchaya Raktakanit Kanok Chaowalitpong	ONE HD	2020 (1 season)
United States	Top Chef	Katie Lee (season 1) Padma Lakshmi (season 2-20) Kristen Kish (season 21-present)	Tom Colicchio Gail Simmons (season 1-15, 17-present) Ted Allen (season 3–4) Toby Young (season 5–6) Eric Ripert (season 7) Anthony Bourdain (season 8) Hugh Acheson (season 9-12) Emeril Lagasse (season 9-11, 13) Wolfgang Puck (season 10) Richard Blais (season 12-14) Graham Elliot (season 14-16) Nilou Motamed (season 16)	Bravo	2006–present
	Top Chef Masters	Kelly Choi (season 1–2) Curtis Stone (season 3–5)	James Oseland Gail Simmons (season 1–2, 5) Jay Rayner (season 1–2) Gael Greene (season 1–3) Ruth Reichl (season 3–5) Francis Lam (season 4–5) Krista Simmons (season 4) Lesley Suter (season 5)		2009–13 (5 seasons)
	Top Chef: Just Desserts	Gail Simmons	Johnny Iuzzini Hubert Keller Dannielle Kyrillos		2010–11 (2 seasons)
	Top Chef Duels	Curtis Stone	Gail Simmons		2014 (1 season)
	Top Chef Estrellas	Aylín Mújica	Lorena Garcia Jaime Martín Del Campo Ramiro Arvizu	Telemundo	2014 (1 season)
	Top Chef Junior	Vanessa Lachey	Curtis Stone Gail Simmons Tiffany Derry Antonia Lofaso Graham Elliot	Universal Kids	2017–2018 (2 seasons)
	Top Chef Amateurs	Gail Simmons	Eric Adjepong Richard Blais Jennifer Carroll Shirley Chung Stephanie Cmar Tiffany Derry Joe Flamm Gregory Gourdet Melissa King Kwame Onwuachi Dale Talde Isaac Toups	Bravo	2021 (1 season)
	Top Chef Family Style	Meghan Trainor	Marcus Samuelsson	Peacock	2021 (1 season)
	Top Chef VIP	Carmen Villalobos	Antonio de Livier Adria Marina Montaño (season 1–2) Juan Manuel Barrientos (season 1–2) Inés Páez Nin (season 3) Belén Alonso (season 3-present) Betty Vázquez (season 4-present)	Telemundo	2022–present
Vietnam	Top Chef Việt Nam: Đầu Bếp Đỉnh [26]	Thúy Hạnh	Robert Danhi Anh Lê Alain Nguyen	HTV7	2014–2015 (1 season)
	Top Chef Việt Nam: Đầu Bếp Thượng Đỉnh [27]	Khả Như Đại Nghĩa	Trịnh Diễm Vy Jack Lee Dương Huy Khải		2019 (1 season)
		H'Hen Niê	Luke Nguyen Alain Nguyen	VTV3	2023 (1 season)

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