Top Chef

Season 10

2012 • 17 Episodes

Top Chef: Seattle was the tenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef, which aired on Bravo. The season was announced on September 19, 2012, and premiered on November 7, 2012. The competition was initially filmed in Seattle, Washington before moving to Juneau, Alaska for 3 episodes, and then concluding in Los Angeles, California. 21 new contestants and 3 Top Chef veterans were selected to compete for the title of "Top Chef" and the $125,000 grand prize.

Episodes

1. The Ultimate Chef Test

November 7, 2012

Twenty-one contestants compete for fifteen spots in real-world challenges administered by the judges.

2. A Shock at the Space Needle

November 14, 2012

The fifteen chefs who remain after last week's qualifying challenge must think on their feet and at a high elevation when a twist complicates their challenge.

Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse - Top Chef

3. Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse

November 21, 2012

The chefs choose international dumpling recipes for the Quickfire, and then team up with either Tom or Emeril in a Thanksgiving challenge.

4. 50's Food Flashback

November 28, 2012

First the chefs must demonstrate their knife skills, and then they board a time machine, metaphorically at least, so they can design menus from the 1950s.