Top Chef: All-Stars
Template:Infobox television season/custom Top Chef: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. The season was first filmed in New York City before concluding in The Bahamas. All-Stars consisted of chefs from the previous seven seasons who did not win the title of Top Chef.[1] It premiered on December 1, 2010, and concluded on April 6, 2011.[2] The cast was announced during the Top Chef: D.C. reunion special on September 22, 2010.[1] The prize money awarded to the winner of the season was US$200,000.[3] In the season finale, Top Chef: Chicago runner-up Richard Blais was declared the Top Chef, defeating Top Chef: Las Vegas contestant Mike Isabella.[3] Top Chef: New York runner-up Carla Hall was voted Fan Favorite.[4]
Contestants
18 past Top Chef contestants were selected to compete in Top Chef: All-Stars.[1]
| Name | Age | Season | Original Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elia Aboumrad | 27 | Season 2 | 4th |
| Stephen Asprinio | 29 | Season 1 | 5th |
| Richard Blais | 38 | Season 4 | Runner-up |
| Jennifer Carroll | 35 | Season 6 | 4th |
| Tiffany Derry | 27 | Season 7 | 5th |
| Tiffani Faison | 33 | Season 1 | Runner-up |
| Carla Hall | 46 | Season 5 | Runner-up |
| Mike Isabella | 35 | Season 6 | 7th |
| Jamie Lauren | 32 | Season 5 | 7th |
| Dale Levitski | 37 | Season 3 | Runner-up |
| Antonia Lofaso | 34 | Season 4 | 4th |
| Spike Mendelsohn | 29 | Season 4 | 5th |
| Angelo Sosa | 35 | Season 7 | Runner-up |
| Dale Talde | 32 | Season 4 | 6th |
| Casey Thompson | 32 | Season 3 | Runner-up |
| Marcel Vigneron | 30 | Season 2 | Runner-up |
| Fabio Viviani | 32 | Season 5 | 4th |
| Tre Wilcox | 34 | Season 3 | 8th |
Contestant progress
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 122 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) |
Antonia Dale T. Richard Spike |
Tiffani | Richard1 Spike1 Stephen1 Tre1 |
Tre | Mike | — | Dale T. | Richard | Dale T.1 | Dale T.1 | Mike1 | Carla1 | Mike1 Richard1 Tiffany1 |
Antonia1 Tiffany1 |
Mike1 | — | ||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Richard | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | WINNER | |
| 2 | Mike | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | RUNNER-UP | |
| 3 | Antonia | IN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||
| 4 | Tiffany | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | |||
| 5 | Carla | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||
| 6 | Dale T. | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Angelo | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Fabio | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Tre | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Marcel | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| 11 | Jamie | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| Tiffani | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Casey | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Spike | HIGH | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Dale L. | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | Jennifer | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Elia | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
^Note 1 : The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
^Note 2 : The judges could not decide on a losing dish, so all five chefs advanced to the finals.
- (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 | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 1 | "History Never Repeats" | December 1, 2010 | 1.66[5] |
| 106 | 2 | "Night at the Museum" | December 8, 2010 | 2.03[6] |
| 107 | 3 | "New York's Finest" | December 15, 2010 | 1.98[7] |
| 108 | 4 | "Advantage Chef" | December 22, 2010 | 2.12[8] |
| 109 | 5 | "Dim Sum Lose Some" | January 5, 2011 | N/A |
| 110 | 6 | "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" | January 12, 2011 | 2.36[9] |
| 111 | 7 | "Restaurant Wars - One Night Only" | January 19, 2011 | 2.33[10] |
| 112 | 8 | "An Offer They Can't Refuse" | February 2, 2011 | 2.34[11] |
| 113 | 9 | "Feeding Fallon" | February 9, 2011 | 2.23[12] |
| 114 | 10 | "Lock Down" | February 16, 2011 | N/A |
| 115 | 11 | "For the Gulf" | February 23, 2011 | 2.61[13] |
| 116 | 12 | "Give Me Your Huddled Masses" | March 2, 2011 | 2.48[14] |
| 117 | 13 | "Fit For a King" | March 9, 2011 | 2.44[15] |
| 118 | 14 | "Island Fever" | March 16, 2011 | 2.26[16] |
| 119 | 15 | "The Last Supper" | March 23, 2011 | 2.38[17] |
| 120 | 16 | "Finale" | March 30, 2011 | 2.77[18] |
| 121 | 17 | "Reunion" | April 6, 2011 | 1.68[19] |
References
- ^ a b c Reyhani, Monica A. (October 8, 2010). "'Top Chef All-Stars' Cast is Announced!". The Daily Dish. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Top Chef 8 Reaches for the All-Stars". Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Roberts, Soraya (March 31, 2011). "'Top Chef: All-Stars' winner spoiler: Richard Blais wins, Mike Isabella says he still 'beat him'". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Brion, Raphael (March 31, 2011). "The Top Chef All-Stars Fan Favorite Is Carla Hall". Eater. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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