Top Chef - Season 12 Episode 1 Sudden Death

Name: Top Chef
Genre: Reality
Released: 12 Jun 2025
Rating: 6.80
Cast: Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish

2025-06-12 United States of America 42 minutes.

6.80 64 votes

Reality cooking competition

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Season - Episode

23 Season 23 Mar 09, 2026

23 - 1

Carolina Roots Mar 09, 2026
23 - 2

Episode 2 Mar 16, 2026
23 - 3

Episode 3 Mar 23, 2026

22 Season 22 Mar 13, 2025

22 - 1

Across Canada, We Go! Mar 13, 2025
22 - 2

Brunch à la Boulud Mar 20, 2025
22 - 3

Best Served Cold Mar 27, 2025
22 - 4

Top Chef Trivia Apr 03, 2025
22 - 5

Line Cook for a Day Apr 10, 2025
22 - 6

Pickle Me This Apr 17, 2025
22 - 7

You Wanna Pizza Me? Apr 24, 2025
22 - 8

Restaurant Wars May 01, 2025
22 - 9

Cooking on the Edge May 08, 2025
22 - 10

From Dep Till Dawn May 15, 2025
22 - 11

Calgary, Yahoo! May 22, 2025
22 - 12

Foraged in Fire May 29, 2025
22 - 13

Viva Milano! Jun 05, 2025
22 - 14

Finito Jun 12, 2025

21 Season 21 Mar 20, 2024

21 - 1

Chef's Test Mar 20, 2024
21 - 2

Living the High Life Top Chef Mar 27, 2024
21 - 3

Take It Cheesy Apr 03, 2024
21 - 4

The Wright Way Apr 10, 2024
21 - 5

Supper Club Apr 17, 2024
21 - 6

Chaos Cuisine Apr 24, 2024
21 - 7

Sausage Race May 01, 2024
21 - 8

Restaurant Wars May 08, 2024
21 - 9

The Good Land May 15, 2024
21 - 10

Door County Fish Boil May 22, 2024
21 - 11

Lay It All on the Table May 29, 2024
21 - 12

Goodbye Wisconsin Jun 05, 2024
21 - 13

Set Sail Jun 12, 2024
21 - 14

Cruising to a Win Jun 19, 2024

20 Season 20 Mar 08, 2023

20 - 1

London Calling Mar 09, 2023
20 - 2

Rice, Rice Baby Mar 16, 2023
20 - 3

Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites Mar 23, 2023
20 - 4

Spurred Lines Mar 30, 2023
20 - 5

Holiday Vacation Apr 06, 2023
20 - 6

Top Chef Is No Picnic Apr 13, 2023
20 - 7

Hands Off Apr 20, 2023
20 - 8

Street Food Fight Apr 27, 2023
20 - 9

Restaurant Wars May 04, 2023
20 - 10

Thali Time May 11, 2023
20 - 11

Battle of the Wellingtons May 18, 2023
20 - 12

Goodbye, London! May 25, 2023
20 - 13

Champions in Paris Jun 01, 2023
20 - 14

Fin. Jun 08, 2023

19 Season 19 Mar 02, 2022

19 - 1

Primal Instincts Mar 03, 2022
19 - 2

Friday Night Bites Mar 10, 2022
19 - 3

Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice Mar 17, 2022
19 - 4

Doppelgangers Mar 24, 2022
19 - 5

Don't Mess With BBQ Mar 31, 2022
19 - 6

Texas Trailblaze-hers Apr 07, 2022
19 - 7

Swallow the Competition Apr 14, 2022
19 - 8

Restaurant Wars Apr 21, 2022
19 - 9

Freedmen's Town Apr 28, 2022
19 - 10

Dinner in Zero Gravity May 05, 2022
19 - 11

Family Vacation May 12, 2022
19 - 12

We're on a boat May 19, 2022
19 - 13

Cactus Makes Perfect May 26, 2022
19 - 14

The Final Plate Jun 02, 2022

18 Season 18 Mar 30, 2021

18 - 1

First Impressions Apr 01, 2021
18 - 2

Trouble Brewing Apr 08, 2021
18 - 3

Pan African Portland Apr 15, 2021
18 - 4

Thrown for a Loop Apr 22, 2021
18 - 5

Meet You at the Drive-In Apr 29, 2021
18 - 6

Stumptown U.S.A. May 06, 2021
18 - 7

Feeding the Frontlines May 13, 2021
18 - 8

Restaurant Wars May 20, 2021
18 - 9

Portland-ia May 27, 2021
18 - 10

Tournament of Tofu Jun 03, 2021
18 - 11

Blind Ambitions Jun 10, 2021
18 - 12

The Cheesier the Better Jun 17, 2021
18 - 13

Shellfishly Delicious Jun 24, 2021
18 - 14

The Next Top Chef Is... Jul 01, 2021

17 Season 17 Mar 19, 2020

17 - 1

It’s Like They Never Left! Mar 19, 2020
17 - 2

The Jonathan Gold Standard Mar 26, 2020
17 - 3

Strokes of Genius Apr 02, 2020
17 - 4

You're So Fresh! Apr 09, 2020
17 - 5

Bring Your Loved One to Work Apr 16, 2020
17 - 6

Get Your Phil Apr 23, 2020
17 - 7

Pitch Perfect Apr 30, 2020
17 - 8

Restaurant Wars May 07, 2020
17 - 9

Cabin Fever May 14, 2020
17 - 10

Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki May 21, 2020
17 - 11

Michael's Santa Monica May 28, 2020
17 - 12

Lucca Jun 04, 2020
17 - 13

Parma Jun 11, 2020
17 - 14

Finito! Jun 18, 2020

16 Season 16 Dec 04, 2018

16 - 1

The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking Dec 06, 2018
16 - 2

Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo Dec 13, 2018
16 - 3

Naughty and Nice Dec 20, 2018
16 - 4

Surprise...It's Restaurant Wars Dec 27, 2018
16 - 5

Restaurant Wars Part 2 Jan 03, 2019
16 - 6

Roaring Munchies Jan 10, 2019
16 - 7

Carne! Jan 17, 2019
16 - 8

Whatever Floats Your Boat Jan 24, 2019
16 - 9

Music City Usa Jan 31, 2019
16 - 10

Hoop Dreams Feb 07, 2019
16 - 11

The Greatest Feb 14, 2019
16 - 12

Kentucky Farewell Feb 21, 2019
16 - 13

Holy Macau! Feb 28, 2019
16 - 14

The Tao of Macau Mar 07, 2019
16 - 15

Finale Mar 14, 2019

15 Season 15 Dec 04, 2017

15 - 1

It'll Take More than Pot Luck Dec 07, 2017
15 - 2

Smile and Say Mise Dec 14, 2017
15 - 3

Keep on Truckin Dec 21, 2017
15 - 4

Little Tools, Big Challenge Dec 28, 2017
15 - 5

This Is Not Glamping Jan 04, 2018
15 - 6

Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel Jan 11, 2018
15 - 7

Olympic Dreams Jan 18, 2018
15 - 8

Restaurant Wars Jan 25, 2018
15 - 9

Bronco Brouhaha Feb 01, 2018
15 - 10

Red Rum and Then Some Feb 08, 2018
15 - 11

Cooking High Feb 15, 2018
15 - 12

Nut Allergy Feb 22, 2018
15 - 13

A Little Place Called Aspen Mar 01, 2018
15 - 14

Finale Mar 08, 2018

14 Season 14 Nov 30, 2016

14 - 1

Something Old, Something New Dec 01, 2016
14 - 2

Southern Hospitality Dec 08, 2016
14 - 3

Choke Holds and Clammy Hands Dec 15, 2016
14 - 4

The Feast of Seven Trash Fishes Dec 22, 2016
14 - 5

Smoke 'em If You Got 'em Dec 29, 2016
14 - 6

A Southern Legend Jan 05, 2017
14 - 7

Booty Jan 12, 2017
14 - 8

Restaurant Wars Jan 19, 2017
14 - 9

For the Kids Jan 26, 2017
14 - 10

Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies Feb 02, 2017
14 - 11

Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard Feb 09, 2017
14 - 12

Cooking Away in Margaritaville Feb 16, 2017
14 - 13

Trial By Fire Feb 23, 2017
14 - 14

Comida Final Mar 02, 2017

13 Season 13 Dec 01, 2015

13 - 1

Stop the Presses Dec 02, 2015
13 - 2

Pop Up Pandemonium Dec 03, 2015
13 - 3

Spines and Vines Dec 10, 2015
13 - 4

It's a Dry Heat Dec 17, 2015
13 - 5

Big Gay Wedding Jan 07, 2016
13 - 6

Banannaise Jan 14, 2016
13 - 7

Back in the Day Jan 21, 2016
13 - 8

Where's the Beef? Jan 28, 2016
13 - 9

Restaurant Wars, Part 1 Feb 04, 2016
13 - 10

Restaurant Wars, Part 2 Feb 11, 2016
13 - 11

Hammer Time Feb 18, 2016
13 - 12

Wok This Way Feb 25, 2016
13 - 13

Back Where It All Started Mar 03, 2016
13 - 14

Magic Hour Mar 10, 2016
13 - 15

Finale Mar 17, 2016

12 Season 12 Oct 14, 2014

12 - 1

Sudden Death Oct 15, 2014
12 - 2

Boston's Bravest and Finest Oct 22, 2014
12 - 3

The Curse of the Bambino Oct 29, 2014
12 - 4

12 Chefs Walk Into a Bar... Nov 05, 2014
12 - 5

It's War Nov 12, 2014
12 - 6

The First Thanksgiving Nov 19, 2014
12 - 7

Restaurant Wars Dec 03, 2014
12 - 8

Clean Up in Aisle 2! Dec 10, 2014
12 - 9

Big Sausage Dec 17, 2014
12 - 10

For Julia & Jacques Jan 07, 2015
12 - 11

Sous Your Daddy! Jan 14, 2015
12 - 12

The Final Battle of Bean Town Jan 21, 2015
12 - 13

Getting Prickly in Mexico Jan 28, 2015
12 - 14

Holy Escamoly! Feb 04, 2015
12 - 15

Mano a Mano Feb 11, 2015

11 Season 11 Oct 01, 2013

11 - 1

Soiree In The Swamp Oct 02, 2013
11 - 2

Rebuilding New Orleans Oct 09, 2013
11 - 3

Commander's Palace Oct 16, 2013
11 - 4

Captain Vietnam Oct 23, 2013
11 - 5

Lea Michele's Halloween Bash Oct 30, 2013
11 - 6

Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside Nov 06, 2013
11 - 7

Jazz Hands Nov 13, 2013
11 - 8

Piggin' Out Nov 20, 2013
11 - 9

Restaurant Wars Dec 04, 2013
11 - 10

Like Mama Made Dec 11, 2013
11 - 11

Giving It the College Try Dec 18, 2013
11 - 12

Mississippi Mud Bugs Jan 01, 2014
11 - 13

Oui Si a Challenge Jan 08, 2014
11 - 14

Po' Boy Smackdown Jan 15, 2014
11 - 15

Leaving New Orleans Jan 22, 2014
11 - 16

Maui Wowie Jan 29, 2014
11 - 17

Finale Feb 05, 2014

10 Season 10 Nov 06, 2012

10 - 1

The Ultimate Chef Test Nov 07, 2012
10 - 2

A Shock at the Space Needle Nov 14, 2012
10 - 3

Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse Nov 21, 2012
10 - 4

50's Food Flashback Nov 28, 2012
10 - 5

Pike Place Pickle Dec 05, 2012
10 - 6

Even the Famous Come Home Dec 12, 2012
10 - 7

Foiled Again Dec 19, 2012
10 - 8

Jalapeño Business Dec 26, 2012
10 - 9

Past Suppers Jan 02, 2013
10 - 10

Battle Before the War Jan 09, 2013
10 - 11

Restaurant Wars Jan 16, 2013
10 - 12

Wolfgang Clucks Jan 23, 2013
10 - 13

Chefs at Sea Jan 30, 2013
10 - 14

Kings of Alaska Feb 06, 2013
10 - 15

Glacial Gourmand Feb 13, 2013
10 - 16

Finale (1) Feb 20, 2013
10 - 17

Finale (2) Feb 27, 2013

9 Season 9 Nov 01, 2011

9 - 1

Everything's Bigger in Texas Nov 02, 2011
9 - 2

The Heat Is On Nov 09, 2011
9 - 3

Quinceanera Nov 16, 2011
9 - 4

Red Hot Chili Cook Off Nov 23, 2011
9 - 5

Don't Be Tardy for the Dinner Party Nov 30, 2011
9 - 6

Higher Steaks Dec 07, 2011
9 - 7

Game On Dec 14, 2011
9 - 8

Tribute Dinner Dec 21, 2011
9 - 9

BBQ Pit Wars Jan 04, 2012
9 - 10

Restaurant Wars Jan 11, 2012
9 - 11

Fit For an Evil Queen Jan 18, 2012
9 - 12

Block Party Jan 25, 2012
9 - 13

Bike, Borrow & Steal Feb 01, 2012
9 - 14

Mentors Feb 08, 2012
9 - 15

Culinary Games Feb 15, 2012
9 - 16

Fire and Ice Feb 22, 2012
9 - 17

Finale Feb 29, 2012
9 - 18

Reunion Mar 07, 2012

8 Season 8 Nov 30, 2010

8 - 1

History Never Repeats Dec 01, 2010
8 - 2

Night at the Museum Dec 08, 2010
8 - 3

New York's Finest Dec 15, 2010
8 - 4

Advantage Chef Dec 22, 2010
8 - 5

Dim Sum Lose Sum Jan 05, 2011
8 - 6

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Jan 12, 2011
8 - 7

Restaurant Wars: One Night Only Jan 19, 2011
8 - 8

An Offer They Can't Refuse Feb 02, 2011
8 - 9

Feeding Fallon Feb 09, 2011
8 - 10

Lock Down Feb 16, 2011
8 - 11

For the Gulf Feb 23, 2011
8 - 12

Give Me Your Huddled Masses Mar 02, 2011
8 - 13

Fit for a King Mar 09, 2011
8 - 14

Island Fever Mar 16, 2011
8 - 15

Last Supper Mar 23, 2011
8 - 16

Finale Mar 30, 2011
8 - 17

Reunion Special Apr 06, 2011

7 Season 7 Jun 15, 2010

7 - 1

House of Chef-presentatives Jun 16, 2010
7 - 2

Outside the Lunch Box Jun 23, 2010
7 - 3

Capitol Grill Jun 30, 2010
7 - 4

Room Service Jul 07, 2010
7 - 5

Farm Policy Jul 14, 2010
7 - 6

Cold War Jul 21, 2010
7 - 7

Power Lunch Jul 28, 2010
7 - 8

Foreign Affairs Aug 04, 2010
7 - 9

Restaurant Wars Aug 11, 2010
7 - 10

Covert Cuisine Aug 18, 2010
7 - 11

Making Concessions Aug 25, 2010
7 - 12

Gastro-nauts Sep 01, 2010
7 - 13

Finale, Part 1 Sep 08, 2010
7 - 14

Finale, Part 2 Sep 15, 2010
7 - 15

Reunion Special Sep 22, 2010

6 Season 6 Aug 19, 2009

6 - 1

Sin City Vice Aug 19, 2009
6 - 2

Bachelor/Ette Party Aug 26, 2009
6 - 3

Thunderbirds Sep 02, 2009
6 - 4

Vivre Las Vegas Sep 09, 2009
6 - 5

Camping Sep 16, 2009
6 - 6

Penn & Teller Sep 23, 2009
6 - 7

Dinner Party Oct 07, 2009
6 - 8

Pigs and Pinot Oct 14, 2009
6 - 9

Restaurant Wars Oct 21, 2009
6 - 10

Meat Natalie Oct 28, 2009
6 - 11

All Stars Dinner Nov 04, 2009
6 - 12

Strip Around the World Nov 11, 2009
6 - 13

Culinary Olympics Nov 18, 2009
6 - 14

Finale (1) Dec 02, 2009
6 - 15

Finale (2) Dec 09, 2009
6 - 16

Watch What Happens Reunion Dec 16, 2009

5 Season 5 Nov 12, 2008

5 - 1

Melting Pot Nov 12, 2008
5 - 2

Show Your Craft Nov 19, 2008
5 - 3

Foo Fighters Thanksgiving Nov 26, 2008
5 - 4

Today Show Dec 03, 2008
5 - 5

Gail's Bridal Shower Dec 10, 2008
5 - 6

12 Days of Christmas Dec 17, 2008
5 - 7

Focus Group Jan 07, 2009
5 - 8

Down on the Farm Jan 14, 2009
5 - 9

Restaurant Wars Jan 21, 2009
5 - 10

Super Bowl Chef Showdown Jan 28, 2009
5 - 11

Le Bernardin Feb 04, 2009
5 - 12

The Last Supper Feb 11, 2009
5 - 13

Finale, Part 1 Feb 18, 2009
5 - 14

Finale, Part 2 Feb 25, 2009
5 - 15

Watch What Happens Reunion Mar 04, 2009

4 Season 4 Mar 11, 2008

4 - 1

Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better Mar 12, 2008
4 - 2

Zoo Food Mar 19, 2008
4 - 3

Block Party Mar 26, 2008
4 - 4

Film Food Apr 02, 2008
4 - 5

The Elements Apr 09, 2008
4 - 6

Tailgating Apr 16, 2008
4 - 7

Improv Apr 23, 2008
4 - 8

Common Threads Apr 30, 2008
4 - 9

Wedding Wars May 07, 2008
4 - 10

Serve and Protect May 14, 2008
4 - 11

Restaurant Wars May 21, 2008
4 - 12

High Steaks May 28, 2008
4 - 13

Puerto Rico Jun 04, 2008
4 - 14

Finale Jun 11, 2008
4 - 15

Reunion Jun 18, 2008

3 Season 3 Jun 12, 2007

3 - 1

First Impressions Jun 13, 2007
3 - 2

Sunny Delights Jun 20, 2007
3 - 3

Family Favorites Jun 27, 2007
3 - 4

Cooking by Numbers Jul 11, 2007
3 - 5

Latin Lunch Jul 18, 2007
3 - 6

Watch What Happens Jul 25, 2007
3 - 7

Freezer Burn Aug 01, 2007
3 - 8

Guilty Pleasures Aug 08, 2007
3 - 9

Restaurant Wars Aug 15, 2007
3 - 10

Second Helping Aug 22, 2007
3 - 11

Chef Overboard Sep 05, 2007
3 - 12

Snacks on a Plane Sep 12, 2007
3 - 13

Manhattan Project Sep 19, 2007
3 - 14

Finale (1) Sep 26, 2007
3 - 15

Finale (2) Oct 03, 2007
3 - 16

Reunion Oct 10, 2007

2 Season 2 Oct 17, 2006

2 - 1

Into the Fire Oct 18, 2006
2 - 2

Eastern Promise Oct 25, 2006
2 - 3

Food for the People Nov 01, 2006
2 - 4

Less is More Nov 08, 2006
2 - 5

Social Service Nov 15, 2006
2 - 6

Thanksgiving Nov 22, 2006
2 - 7

The Raw and the Cooked Dec 06, 2006
2 - 8

Holiday Spirit Dec 13, 2006
2 - 9

Seven Jan 03, 2007
2 - 10

Unhappy Customers Jan 10, 2007
2 - 11

Sense and Sensuality Jan 17, 2007
2 - 12

Finale (1) Jan 24, 2007
2 - 13

Finale (2) Jan 31, 2007

1 Season 1 Mar 08, 2006

1 - 1

Who Deserves To Be Here Mar 08, 2006
1 - 2

Food Of Love Mar 15, 2006
1 - 3

Nasty Delights Mar 22, 2006
1 - 4

Food on the Fly Mar 29, 2006
1 - 5

Blind Confusion Apr 05, 2006
1 - 6

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Apr 12, 2006
1 - 7

Restaurant Wars Apr 19, 2006
1 - 8

Wedding Bell Blues Apr 26, 2006
1 - 9

Napa's Finest May 03, 2006
1 - 10

Reunion May 10, 2006
1 - 11

Finale (1) May 14, 2006
1 - 12

Finale (2) May 24, 2006

0 Season 0 Jun 06, 2007

0 - 1

4 Star All Stars Jun 06, 2007
0 - 2

Top Chef Holiday Special Dec 24, 2007
0 - 3

Top Chef Reunion Dinner Apr 11, 2009
0 - 4

Last Chance Kitchen (1) Nov 09, 2011
0 - 5

Last Chance Kitchen (2) Nov 16, 2011
0 - 6

Last Chance Kitchen (3) Nov 23, 2011
0 - 7

Last Chance Kitchen (4) Nov 30, 2011
0 - 8

Last Chance Kitchen (5) Dec 07, 2011
0 - 9

Last Chance Kitchen (6) Dec 14, 2011
0 - 10

Last Chance Kitchen (7) Dec 21, 2011
0 - 11

Last Chance Kitchen (8) Jan 04, 2012
0 - 12

Last Chance Kitchen (9) Jan 11, 2012
0 - 13

Last Chance Kitchen (10) Jan 18, 2012
0 - 14

Last Chance Kitchen (11) Jan 25, 2012
0 - 15

Last Chance Kitchen (12) Feb 01, 2012
0 - 16

Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 1. Mar 04, 2009
0 - 17

Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 2. Mar 04, 2009
0 - 18

Top Chef Season 5 - After the knife 3. Mar 04, 2009

Overview

The wicked-awesome supersized season premiere introduces the 16 chefs from across the country who will be battling it out in Boston. Richard Blais (“Top Chef All-Stars” winner) joins Tom, Padma and Gail at judges table. The chef’testants are immediately thrown into hot water with the series’ first ever Sudden Death Quickfire Challenge where one chef is forced to cook for their life to stay in the competition. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must cook and serve a re-imagined version of the first dish they ever remember making, but will this trip down memory lane be a dream come true or a nightmare for the chefs? The challenge plays out at the first ever “Top Chef Food Festival” alongside some of Boston’s most prominent culinary stars including Barbara Lynch, Ming Tsai, Lydia Shire, Jasper White, Todd English, Ken Oringer, Jamie Bissonnette, Kristen Kish and Tiffani Faison.

Year 2025

Studio Bravo

Director Lauren Zalaznick

Crew

Popularity 24.0262

Language English

Top Chef - Season 12 Episode 1 Sudden Death

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