Top Chef: D.C.
Template:Infobox television season/custom Top Chef: D.C. is the seventh season of the American reality television series Top Chef. The season was initially filmed in Washington, D.C. before concluding in Singapore, the series' first international venue.[1] It premiered on June 16, 2010, and concluded on September 22, 2010. In the season finale, Kevin Sbraga was declared the Top Chef, defeating Angelo Sosa and Ed Cotton.[2] Tiffany Derry was voted Fan Favorite.[3]
Contestants
17 chefs were selected to compete in Top Chef: D.C.[4] Angelo Sosa and Tiffany Derry later returned to compete in Top Chef: All-Stars.[5] Amanda Baumgarten also returned to compete once again in Top Chef: Charleston.[6]
Contestant progress
Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
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Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) |
Angelo1 | Angelo Tracey |
Kenny | Kenny1 Tamesha1 |
Ed | Kelly2 | Angelo | Tiffany | Amanda1 Kelly1 Kenny1 Kevin1 |
Tiffany1 | Ed1 | Angelo1 | Ed | — | ||||
Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Kevin | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WINNER | |||
2 | Angelo | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||
Ed | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | IN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||||
4 | Kelly | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN2 | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||
5 | Tiffany | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | OUT | |||||
6 | Amanda | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||
7 | Alex | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
8 | Kenny | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
9 | Stephen | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
10 | Andrea | IN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
11 | Tamesha | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
12 | Tim | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
13 | Arnold | IN | HIGH | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||
Lynne | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
15 | Tracey | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
16 | Jacqueline | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||
17 | John | OUT |
^Note 1 : The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
^Note 2 : As a reward for winning the Quickfire Challenge, Kelly was allowed to sit out the Elimination Challenge.
- (WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef".
- (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
- (WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
- (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- (IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
- (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
- (OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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90 | 1 | "House of Chef-presentatives" | June 16, 2010 |
91 | 2 | "Outside the Lunch Box" | June 23, 2010 |
92 | 3 | "Capitol Grill" | June 30, 2010 |
93 | 4 | "Room Service" | July 7, 2010 |
94 | 5 | "Farm Policy" | July 14, 2010 |
95 | 6 | "Cold War" | July 21, 2010 |
96 | 7 | "Power Lunch" | July 28, 2010 |
97 | 8 | "Foreign Affairs" | August 4, 2010 |
98 | 9 | "Restaurant Wars" | August 11, 2010 |
99 | 10 | "Covert Cuisine" | August 18, 2010 |
100 | 11 | "Making Concessions" | August 25, 2010 |
101 | 12 | "Gastro-nauts" | September 1, 2010 |
102 | 13 | "Season Finale, Part I" | September 8, 2010 |
103 | 14 | "Season Finale, Part II" | September 15, 2010 |
104 | 15 | "Reunion" | September 22, 2010 |
References
- ^ Reyhani, Monica A. (August 26, 2010). "The 'Top Chef D.C.' Finale Location is..." Bravo. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ Ram, Archana (September 16, 2010). "'Top Chef': The season 7 winner speaks!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Brion, Raphael (September 24, 2010). "Tiffany Derry Wins Top Chef D.C. Fan Favorite". Eater. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Brion, Raphael (May 13, 2010). "Top Chef Washington D.C. Details: Eric Ripert on as Judge + Contestants Revealed". Eater. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Reyhani, Monica A. (October 8, 2010). "'Top Chef All-Stars' Cast is Announced!". The Daily Dish. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Spence, Shay (October 20, 2016). "Top Chef Is Bringing Back 8 Fan Favorite Contestants — See Who Made the Cut". People. Retrieved March 10, 2017.