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, previous and upcoming versions of Top Chef include:

  Currently airing

  An upcoming season

  Status unknown

  No longer airing

Country	Local title	Host(s)	Judges	Channel(s)	Year(s) aired
Brazil^[1]	Top Chef Brasil	Felipe Bronze	Ailin Aleixo (season 1–3) Emmanuel Bassoleil (season 1–4) Janaína Torres Rueda (season 4)	RecordTV	2019–present
Canada (in English)^[2]	Top Chef Canada	Thea Andrews (season 1) Lisa Ray (seasons 2–4) Eden Grinshpan	Mark McEwan Shereen Arazm	Food Network Canada	2011–2014, 2017–present
Chile^[3]	Top Chef	Julián Elfenbein	Carlo Von Mühlenbrock Pamela Fidalgo Ciro Watanabe	TVN	2014
El Salvador^[4]	Top Chef El Salvador	Marcela Santamaria (season 1–2)	Marta Elena García (season 1–2) Jay Bruzon (season 1) Roberto Sartogo (season 1–2) Lorenzo Álvarez (season 2)	TCS	2015–2016
Finland^[5]	Top Chef Suomi	Pipsa Hurmerinta	Pia Kämppi Hans Välimäki	Sub	2011–2013
France^[6]   Belgium (in French)^[6]	Top Chef	Stéphane Rotenberg Sandrine Corman (season 1) Agathe Lecaron (season 2)	Glenn Viel (season 13) Paul Pairet (season 11–13) Philippe Etchebest (season 6–13) Hélène Darroze (season 6–13) Michel Sarran (season 6–12) Jean-François Piège (season 1–10) Cyril Lignac (season 1–5) Ghislaine Arabian (season 1–5) Thierry Marx (season 1–5) Christian Constant (season 1–5)	M6   RTL-TVI	2010–present
Germany^[7]	Top Chef Germany	Daniel Boschmann	Eckart Witzigmann Alexandra Killian Peter Maria Schnurr	Sat.1	2019
Greece^[8]^[9]	Top Chef	Nadia Boule	Elias Mamalakis Christophoros Peskias Apostolos Trastelis Herve Pronzato	ANT1	2010
		N/A	Giorgos Venieris Gkikas Xenakis Asterios Koustoudis	Skai TV	2021
Indonesia^[10]	Top Chef Indonesia	Farah Quinn	Will Meyrick Henry Alexie Bloem Chris Salans Vindex Tengker	SCTV	2013
Italy^[11]	Top Chef Italia	—	Annie Féolde Mauro Colagreco Giuliano Baldessari Moreno Cedroni (season 1)	NOVE	2016–2017
Mexico^[12]	Top Chef México	Ana Claudia Talancón	Aquiles Chávez Guillermo González Beristáin Martha Ortíz Juantxo Sánchez	Canal Sony, NBC Universo	2016–present
Middle East and North Africa^[13]^[14]^[15]	Top Chef	Siham Tueni (season 1) Joumana Mrad (season 2)	Joe Barza Siham Tueni (season 1) Joumana Mrad (season 2)	LBC Rotana Masriya	2011–2012
		Mona Mosly	Mona Mosly Bobby Chinn Maroun Chedid (season 1-4) Joe Barza	MBC 1 MBC Masr 2 LBCI	2016–present
Netherlands^[16]	Topchef	Martijn Krabbé	Robert Kranenborg Julius Jaspers	RTL Nederland	2009–2012
Panama^[17]	Top Chef Panamá	Karen Guerra Arturo Illueca	Charlie Collins Pedro Masoliver	Telemetro	2016–present
Poland^[18]^[19]	Top Chef (season 1–7)	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
	Top Chef. Gwiazdy od kuchni (spin-off)	Maciej Rock
Portugal^[20]	Top Chef	Silvia Alberto	José Cordeiro Susana Felicidade Ricardo Costa	RTP 1	2012
Romania^[20]	Top Chef	Alina Pușcaș	Joseph Hadad Tudor Constantinescu Nicolai Tand	Antena 1	2012
South Africa (in English)^[21]	Top Chef South Africa	Lorna Maseko	Neill Anthony Lesego Semenya	SABC 3	2016
Spain^[22]	Top Chef	—	Alberto Chicote Susi Díaz Paco Roncero (season 3–4) Angel León (season 1) Yayo Daporta (season 2)	Antena 3	2013–2017
Sweden^[23]	Köksmästarna	—	Johan Jureskog Paul Svensson Karin Fransson	Kanal 5	2014
Thailand^[24]	Top Chef Thailand	Pitipat Kutragule	Willment Leong Suphamongkhon Suppipat Thidid Tadsanakajon Phichaya Uthantam	ONE HD	2017–2019
		N/A		Channel 7 HD	2023–present
	Top Chef Thailand: Dessert	Kathaleeya McIntosh	Penny Jirayuwatana Chatchaya Raktakanit Kanok Chaowalitpong	ONE HD	2020
United States	Top Chef	Katie Lee (season 1) Padma Lakshmi (seasons 2-20) Kristen Kish		Bravo	2006–present
	Top Chef Estrellas	Aylín Mújica	Lorena Garcia Jaime Martín Del Campo Ramiro Arvizu	Telemundo	2014
	Top Chef VIP	Carmen Villalobos	Antonio de Livier Adria Marina Montaño Juan Manuel Barrientos		2022–present
Vietnam	Top Chef Vietnam: Đầu Bếp Đỉnh^[25]	Thúy Hạnh	Robert Danhi Anh Lê Alain Nguyen	HTV7	2014–2015
	Top Chef Vietnam: Đầu Bếp Thượng Đỉnh^[26]	Khả Như Đại Nghĩa	Nguyễn Nam (Episode 1) Trịnh Diễm Vy Jack Lee Dương Huy Khải Each episode has a guest judge		2019
		H'Hen Niê	Luke Nguyen Alain Nguyen	VTV3	June 12, 2023

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