Top Chef (Spanish TV series)
| Top Chef | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Cooking |
| Directed by | Javier Llanos |
| Presented by | Judges |
| Judges |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Boomerang TV Atresmedia |
| Release | |
| Original channel | Antena 3 |
| Picture format | 16:9, 480p (SDTV) / 1080p (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 2, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Top Chef is a Spanish television show based on the American format of the same name. The base of the program is a cooking competition that features chefs competing for the title of best chef in the country. Atresmedia produces the show for its main channel Antena 3 in association with production company Boomerang TV.
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History[edit]
In January 2013, Atresmedia confirmed it had bought the rights to adapt the Top Chef format in Spain, which rival group Mediaset España had previously discarded producing for its channel Cuatro.[1] As the details of the adaptation were revealed, the show was initially meant to air on Atresmedia's second channel laSexta, which at the time had the success of Pesadilla en la cocina (the Spanish adaptation of the Kitchen Nightmares franchise) to its credit.[2] However, after seeing the success of similar format MasterChef on public channel La 1, Atresmedia decided to air Top Chef on its main channel Antena 3 instead.[3] The first season premiered on October 2, 2013.[4]
Format[edit]
Top Chef searches for the best professional cook in the country, who will get a cash money prize and supplies for his or her restaurant. In order to become the "top chef", contestants must face weekly challenges on each episode:
- Trial by fire: A quick challenge where the contestants must prove their skills to work against the clock. The winner gets immunity or privileges for the next challenge.
- Team challenge: The contestants are thrown into teams for an outdoor task where they will cook for a collective whose votes will decide the winning team.
- Last chance: The members of the losing team in the previous task face each other with the judges of the show deciding who cooked the best plate. The loser of this challenge gets eliminated from the competition.
Season 1[edit]
The first season ran from October 2 to December 18, 2013, and featured chefs Alberto Chicote, Ángel León and Susi Díaz as judges. On week 9 the eliminated contestants returned for a repechage challenge where the chefs still in contention served as judges. The special panel of judges for the finale featured Pedro Subijana, Martín Berasategui, Joan Roca, Quique Dacosta, Eneko Atxa, Juan Mari Arzak and Karlos Arguiñano.
Contestants[edit]
| Name | Place of birth | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Begoña Rodrigo | Valencia | Winner |
| Antonio Arrabal | Zaragoza | Runner-up |
| Miguel Cobo | Cantabria | 3rd place |
| Jesús Almagro | Madrid | Eliminated on week 5, repechaged on week 9, eliminated again on week 11 |
| Javier Estévez | Madrid | Eliminated on week 10 |
| Bárbara Amorós | Valencia | Eliminated on week 8 |
| Antonio Canales | Madrid | Eliminated on week 7 |
| Elisabeth Julianne | Menorca | Eliminated on week 6 |
| Borja Letamendia | San Sebastián | Eliminated on week 4 |
| Hung Fai | Hong Kong | Eliminated on week 3 |
| Iván Hernández | Ávila | Eliminated on week 2 |
| Érika Domínguez | A Coruña | Eliminated on week 1 (final castings) |
| Eduardo Sánchez | Madrid | |
| Enrique Lozano | Sevilla | |
| Vicente Cubertoner | Castellón de la Plana |
Weekly stats chart[edit]
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Begoña | Qualified | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Saved | Judge | Nominated | Nominated | Winner |
| Antonio A. | Qualified | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Saved | Judge | Nominated | Saved | Runner-up |
| Miguel | Qualified | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Immune | Saved | Saved | Saved | Judge | Nominated | Saved | Third |
| Jesús | Qualified | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | Repechage | Saved | Eliminated | ||||
| Javier | Qualified | Saved | Saved | Immune | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Judge | Eliminated | ||
| Bárbara | Qualified | Nominated | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | ||||
| Antonio C. | Qualified | Saved | Immune | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Eliminated | |||||
| Elisabeth | Qualified | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | ||||||
| Borja | Qualified | Saved | Nominated | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Hung Fai | Qualified | Immune | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Iván | Qualified | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Eduardo | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Enrique | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Erika | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Vicente | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Season 2[edit]
The second season premiered on September 8, 2014 and ended on December 17, 2014. Alberto Chicote and Susi Díaz returned as judges, with Yayo Daporta replacing Ángel León. On week 2 the contestants dropped on the final castings (week 1) were given another chance to earn a place on the competition against the losers of the week's team challenge, and featured again the repechage challenge, that took place on week 11. The special panel of judges for the finale featured Martín Berasategui, Pedro Larumbe, Andoni Luis Adúriz, Carles Gaig, Toño Pérez, Francis Paniego and Ángel León.
Due to an agreement with McDonald's, this season also featured a "burger challenge", which was won by Javier García Peña. As a result, his creation would be commercialized for a limited time in the Spanish McDonald's restaurants as the Grand McExtrem Top Chef.[5]
Contestants[edit]
| Name | Place of birth | Details |
|---|---|---|
| David García Cantero | Barcelona | Winner |
| Marc Joli | Girona | Runner-up |
| Fran Vicente | Salamanca | Eliminated on week 8, repechaged on week 11, eliminated again on week 14 |
| Víctor Rodrigo | Castellón de la Plana | Eliminated on week 13 |
| Javier García Peña | Valladolid | Eliminated on week 12 |
| Carlos Medina | Valencia | Eliminated on week 10 |
| Inés Abril | Vigo | Eliminated on week 9 |
| Marta Roselló | Palma de Mallorca | Eliminated on week 7 |
| Honorato Espinar | Palma de Mallorca | Eliminated on week 1 (final castings), repechaged on week 2, eliminated again on week 6 |
| Rebeca Hernández | Madrid | Eliminated on week 5 |
| Teresa Gutiérrez | Albacete | Eliminated on week 4 |
| Pablo González | Seville | Eliminated on week 3 |
| Joaquín Espejo | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Eliminated on week 2 |
| Pedro Jerez | Santander | Eliminated on week 1 (final castings) |
| Francisco Jerez | Santander | |
| Irina Concepción Herrera | Peru |
Weekly stats chart[edit]
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | Qualified | Saved | Immune | Nominated | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Immune | Nominated | Nominated | Judge | Saved | Saved | Saved | Winner |
| Marc | Qualified | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Immune | Judge | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Runner-up |
| Fran | Qualified | Immune | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Immune | Saved | Eliminated | Repechage | Immune | Nominated | Eliminated | |||
| Víctor | Qualified | Nominated | Saved | Nominated | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Saved | Immune | Saved | Judge | Saved | Eliminated | ||
| Peña | Qualified | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Saved | Immune | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Judge | Eliminated | |||
| Carlos | Qualified | Nominated | Nominated | Immune | Nominated | Saved | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Eliminated | |||||
| Inés | Qualified | Saved | Saved | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Saved | Nominated | Eliminated | ||||||
| Marta | Qualified | Saved | Saved | Saved | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Honorato | Eliminated | Repechage | Saved | Saved | Nominated | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Rebeca | Qualified | Saved | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Teresa | Qualified | Nominated | Saved | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Pablo | Qualified | Saved | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
| Joaquín | Qualified | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
| Pedro | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
| Francisco | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
| Irina | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
Season 3[edit]
On November 2014, Antena 3 confirmed Top Chef would be picked up for a third season.[6] Alberto Chicote and Susi Díaz will continue as judges, while Paco Roncero will replace Yayo Daporta.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "laSexta prepara el reality 'Top Chef', un formato muy parecido al 'MasterChef' que emitirá La 1". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "La Sexta prepara el reality "Top chef", similar al talent show "Master chef" en La 1". Vertele (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "'Top Chef' recalará finalmente en la parrilla de Antena 3". FormulaTV. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Molina, Berto (26 September 2013). "'Top Chef' se estrena el próximo miércoles 2 de octubre en el prime time de Antena 3". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ López, Tony (22 October 2014). "Los platos de 'Top Chef' saltan de la televisión a una conocida cadena de hamburguesas". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Antena 3 renueva 'Top Chef' por una tercera temporada". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Paco Roncero, nuevo juez de la tercera temporada de 'Top Chef'". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
