Overview - Top Chef Canada

Overview

Top Chef Canada is a reality competition show. The first season premiered on April 11, 2011 on Food Network Canada. 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. Contestants shopped at Loblaws in season one and McEwan in season two. 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. Season one 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.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 13

  Date first aired: 2011-04-11

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 13

  The second season of the Canadian reality competition show Top Chef Canada was broadcast on Food Network in Canada. It is a Canadian spin-off of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the first season, 16 chefs competed against each other in weekly challenges. The program took place in Toronto.

  Date first aired: 2012-03-12

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 13

  Date first aired: 2013-03-18

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 10

  In the fourth season of the hit series Top Chef Canada, 14 of Canada's best and brightest chefs face off in a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges that test them mentally, physically and emotionally. For the first time ever, an equal number of men and women compete for the title of Canada's Top Chef and $100,000. At the centre of the grueling competition is critically acclaimed chef and restaurateur Mark McEwan who resumes the role of head judge. Joining Chef McEwan at the Judges' Table are internationally acclaimed actress and series host Lisa Ray and no-nonsense L.A. restaurateur Shereen Arazm, who returns as resident judge.

  Date first aired: 2014-03-09

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 10

  Canada's most prestigious and high-stakes culinary competition is back! For the first time in franchise history, Top Chef Canada is bringing back some of the most accomplished chefs from the past four seasons to battle it out for a chance to earn what has eluded them all: the title of Canada's Top Chef!

  Date first aired: 2017-04-01

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 8

  Canada’s most prestigious culinary competition is back. This season we’re going coast, to coast, to coast, to find the next generation of chefs competing for the title of Canada’s Top Chef. The epic sixth season introduces an impressive new generation of professional chefs who will prove their masterful skills in grueling challenges. Fighting for Canada’s most prestigious culinary title, chefs are rewarded for their skill and creativity in each Quickfire round. They will cook for their lives and fight to stay in the competition in the high-stakes Elimination Challenges, where one chef will be told to “pack their knives and go.” The competing chefs will be judged by a panel of Canada’s most refined palates led by returning head judge, superstar chef and restaurateur, Mark McEwan. Each week, Mark is joined by host Eden Grinshpan (Eden Eats, Chopped Canada) and resident judges: food blogger and adventurer Mijune Pak, acclaimed culinary journalist Chris Nuttall-Smith and powerhouse restaurateur Janet Zuccarini. Throughout the season, the judging panel is joined by a series of renowned culinary masters and experts from here at home and abroad, each weighing in on the search for Canada’s next Top Chef.

  Date first aired: 2018-04-08

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 8

  Canada’s most prestigious culinary competition is back with the best and brightest professional chefs competing for the title of Canada’s Top Chef. For six seasons, Food Network Canada’s Top Chef Canada has been a ratings mega-hit and the most distinguished culinary competition in the country, propelling winners Dale McKay, Carl Heinrich, Matt Stowe, Renee Rodriguez, Nicole Gomes, and Ross Larkin into Canadian culinary stars.

  Date first aired: 2019-04-01

• Name: Season 8

  Episode: 8

  The epic sixth season introduces an impressive new generation of professional chefs who will prove their masterful skills in grueling challenges. Fighting for Canada’s most prestigious culinary title, chefs are rewarded for their skill and creativity in each Quickfire round. They will cook for their lives and fight to stay in the competition in the high-stakes Elimination Challenges, where one chef will be told to “pack their knives and go.”

  Date first aired: 2020-04-12

• Name: Season 9

  Episode: 8

  The events of the last year have transformed the culinary industry, but just like a phoenix rises, Canada’s chefs are emerging stronger than ever with fresh new perspectives and unique new voices. This competition will shine a light on Canada’s culinary future by assembling 11 of the best professional chefs from across Canada to compete in brand-new challenges and never before seen twists in a season like no other. Canada is ready for the future of food, but only one chef will emerge from the competition with the title of Canada’s Top Chef.

  Date first aired: 2021-04-19