Top Chef Just Desserts is a reality TV show spin-off from Top Chef which features 12 pastry chefs competing to become Top Chef.
Chefs[]
See List of Top Chef Contestants
- Ania Peterson, 39 — Boston, Massachusetts
- Tim Nugent, 41 — Oakland, California
Hometown: Alburgh, Vermont - Seth Caro, 34 — New York, New York
Hometown: Chappaqua, New York - Malika Ameen, 35 — Chicago, Illinois
- Heather Chittum, 37 — Washington, D.C.
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York - Erika Davis, 40 — Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Hometown: Tamms, Illinois - Heather Hurlbert, 40 — Atlanta, Georgia
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea - Eric Wolitzky, 38 — Manhattan
Hometown: Rochester, New York - Zac Young, 27 — RNew York, New York
Hometown: Portland, Maine - Danielle Keene, 29 — South Pasadena, California
Hometown: Los Angeles, California -- Runner-up - Morgan Wilson, 37 — Dallas, Texas
Hometown: Sonora, California -- Runner-up - Yigit Pura, 29 — San Francisco
Hometown: Ankara, Turkey -- Winner / Fan Favorite
Contestant Performance Table[]
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner(s) |
Seth | Danielle | Erika | Morgan | Yigit | Zac | Heather H. Yigit Zac |
Morgan | Morgan | None |
| Yigit | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | LOW | IN | WINNER |
| Danielle | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| Morgan | LOW | IN | IN (+) | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP |
| Zac | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WIN | OUT | |
| Eric | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | OUT | ||
| Heather H. | WIN | IN | IN (+) | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | |||
| Erika | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | IN | OUT | ||||
| Heather C. | IN | IN | OUT | IN | OUT | |||||
| Malika | IN | LOW | HIGH | WD | ||||||
| Seth | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WD | ||||||
| Tim | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Tania | OUT | |||||||||
- Note 1: Heather C. was reinstated in Episode 4, after being eliminated in the previous episode.
- Note 2: Malika withdrew from the competition during the Judges' Table evaluation.
- Note 3: Seth was removed from the competition when he was judged medically unable to continue.
- hotpink: (WINNER) The chef won the season and was awarded the title Top Chef.
- yellow: (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
- limegreen: (WIN) The chef won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- cornflowerblue: (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- tomato: (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
- lightgrey: (OUT) The chef lost that week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
- orange: (WD) The chef left or was asked to leave the competition.
- white: (IN) The chef neither won nor lost that week's Elimination Challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.
- white: [IN (+)] The chef won a pair or team challenge but was not chosen as one of the judges' favorites.
- white: [IN (-)] The chef lost a pair or team challenge but was not selected as one of the judges' least favorites.
Episodes[]
There were 10 Episodes in Season 1.
Notes[]
Bravo's official Just Desserts site can be found at topchefjustdesserts.com