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Status
Returning Series
Release
2006 - Present
Seasons / Eps
23 / 342
Streaming availability by country
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.
134 Cast Members
Tom Colicchio
Self - Head Judge
342 Episodes
Gail Simmons
Self - Judge
327 Episodes
Padma Lakshmi
Self - Host
288 Episodes
Emeril Lagasse
Self - Judge
67 Episodes
Hugh Acheson
Self - Judge
68 Episodes
Richard Blais
Self - Judge
44 Episodes
Kristen Kish
Self - Host
42 Episodes
Graham Elliot
Self - Judge
43 Episodes
Dale Talde
Self - Contestant
17 Episodes
Melissa King
Self - Contestant
29 Episodes
Ted Allen
Himself - Judge
31 Episodes
Bryan Voltaggio
Himself - Contestant
16 Episodes
Toby Young
Self - Judge
31 Episodes
Brian Malarkey
Self - Contestant
30 Episodes
Gregory Gourdet
Self - Contestant
29 Episodes
Amar Santana
Self - Contestant
29 Episodes
Buddha Lo
Self - Contestant
28 Episodes
Brooke Williamson
Self - Contestant
14 Episodes
Kwame Onwuachi
Self - Contestant
15 Episodes
Anthony Bourdain
Self - Judge
17 Episodes