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Top Chef

Genres: Food, Reality, Reality Competition
Broadcast on: SABC3, M-Net Series Reality, M-Net Series, M-Net Series Zone, StarTimes One, eReality

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Seasons

Season 7 - Washington, D.C.

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
Bravo 16 Jun 2010 15 Sep 2010 Wednesdays, 22h00 - 23h00 15
M-Net Series 05 Nov 2011 11 Feb 2012 Saturdays, 19h30 - 20h30 15


Season 7

The 17 new cheftestants come face to face in the nation's capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become Top Chef.

This season captures the varied tastes of Washington D.C. and features appearances by some of the town's top names including Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, White House chef Sam Kass, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, Congressman Aaron Schock of Illinois, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, CIA Director Leon Panetta and NBC White House Correspondent Savannah Guthrie.

The challenges featured will be some of the most creative and inventive yet: the chefs take over the concession stands at the Nationals stadium, go inside the CIA's closely guarded headquarters and literally receive out of this world direction on one challenge from a NASA astronaut orbiting Earth.

Once again returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge's table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, recent James Beard Award-winner and chef/owner Craft Restaurants, and judge Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine.

Joining the series as a regular guest judge is Eric Ripert, award-winning chef and owner of the acclaimed Le Bernardin restaurant in New York City, the 15th ranked best restaurant in the world.

The 17 Top Chef: Washington D.C. cheftestants will be whittled down week by week as they compete to outshine their competition.

The winning chef will receive $125,000 furnished by Dial Nutriskin, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of "Top Chef".

Season 7 Chefs

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Alex Reznik, 33, from Brooklyn, New York
Amanda Baumgarten, 27, from Los Angeles, California
Andrea Curto-Randazzo, 39, from Vero Beach, Florida
Angelo Sosa, 34, from Connecticut
Arnold Myint, 32, from Nashville, Tennessee
Ed Cotton, 32, from Boston, Maryland
Jacqueline Lombard, 33, from Boston, Maryland
John Somerville, 42, from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Kelly Liken, 33, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kenny Gilbert, 36, from Cleveland, Ohio
Kevin Sbraga, 30, from Willingboro, New Jersey
Lynne Gigliotti, 51, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stephen Hopcraft, 40, from Cleveland, Ohio
Tamesha Warren, 24, from Barbados
Tiffany Derry, 26, from Beaumont, Texas
Timothy Dean, 39, from Washington, D.C.
Tracey Bloom, 33, from Rochester, New York


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