TV series / 2006-

Top Chef

Top Chef is a TV series from 2006-. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 23 seasons and 336 rated episodes.

23 seasons 336 rated episodes 7.2 average 12,815 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567891011121314151617181920212223
1 6.8 6.9 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.8 7.3 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.9 7.4 7.3 7.6 7.2 6.6 7.6 7.5 7.9 7.9
2 5.8 7.0 6.8 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.6 7.8
3 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.3 7.5 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 7.3 6.3 7.5 7.3 6.3 6.9 7.4 7.5 7.5 6.7
4 6.4 6.8 6.7 7.4 7.4 7.5 6.5 7.2 7.6 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.4 7.0 6.6 7.2 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.5 6.8 7.4 7.6
5 6.8 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.3 6.6 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.1 7.2 7.0 7.4 7.9 7.5 6.8 7.9 7.4 7.7 6.8
6 6.9 6.5 6.9 7.4 7.3 7.6 6.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.2 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.3 5.5 7.2 7.2 7.9 7.5
7 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.5 7.4 7.3 6.6 8.0 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.4 6.9 6.6 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.2
8 6.6 7.0 6.8 7.3 7.1 7.4 7.1 7.7 7.6 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.8 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.7 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.4 8.1 7.9
9 6.9 7.1 6.8 7.5 7.5 7.8 6.6 8.0 6.9 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.5 6.8 7.1 7.4 6.8 6.2 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.1
10 7.1 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.7 7.4 7.0 7.7 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.8 7.5 6.9 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.3 6.4 7.7 7.1 7.9
11 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.7 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.6 7.0 6.5 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.4 6.8 7.4 7.8 7.0 7.9 8.0 7.6
12 7.3 6.9 6.7 7.2 7.7 7.3 6.8 7.9 7.2 7.1 6.4 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.9 7.8 7.6 7.2
13 6.2 6.9 7.6 7.6 8.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.3 7.0 7.0 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.9 6.3 7.5 7.2 8.0 7.7
14 7.3 7.4 6.9 7.9 6.8 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.5 7.4 7.6 7.9 7.2 7.8 8.0 7.3 8.6
15 7.5 7.1 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.5 7.4
16 7.1 8.3 7.1 7.0 6.6
17 6.8 7.9 7.3 7.1 5.0
18 6.8

Series summary

About Top Chef

The rated episodes of Top Chef have an average IMDb rating of 7.2 based on 12,815 episode votes. Season 22 has the highest average rating at 7.8 across 14 rated episodes. Season 11 has the lowest average rating at 6.7.

Genre
Game-Show and Reality-TV
Runtime
44 minute episodes
Principal cast
Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, and Gail Simmons
Writers
Lisa Singer Haese and David A. Kleiler Jr.
Directors
Paul Starkman, Ariel Boles, and David Kangas
Also known as
El mejor chef, Najbolji kuvar, and Szakácsok gyöngye

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S22E14: Finito The best episode of Top Chef is S22E14: Finito with a 8.6 rating / 37 votes
  2. S8E16: Finale 8.3 rating / 39 votes
  3. S22E8: Restaurant Wars 8.1 rating / 45 votes
  4. S8E7: Restaurant Wars: One Night Only 8.0 rating / 42 votes
  5. S6E13: Season Finale: Part 1 8.0 rating / 40 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S11E17: Finale The worse episode of Top Chef is S11E17: Finale with a 5.0 rating / 38 votes
  2. S19E6: Texas Trailblaze-hers 5.5 rating / 62 votes
  3. S1E2: Food of Love 5.8 rating / 74 votes
  4. S13E5: Big Gay Wedding 6.1 rating / 36 votes
  5. S19E9: Freedmen's Town 6.2 rating / 54 votes