TV Top Chef - California Top Chef - California 6.738/10 by 63 users An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - California Alternative Titles First Air Date 2006-03-08 Last Air Date 2025-06-05 Number of Episodes 328 Number of Seasons 22 Genres Reality, Networks Bravo, Casts Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish Plot Keywords , Self - Head Judge Tom Colicchio Self - Judge Gail Simmons Self - Host Kristen Kish Episodes List Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 1 Stop the Presses Stop the Presses 2015-12-02 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 2 Pop Up Pandemonium Pop Up Pandemonium 2015-12-03 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 3 Spines and Vines Spines and Vines 2015-12-10 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 4 It's a Dry Heat It's a Dry Heat 2015-12-17 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 5 Big Gay Wedding Big Gay Wedding 2016-01-07 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 6 Banannaise Banannaise 2016-01-14 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 7 Back in the Day Back in the Day 2016-01-21 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 8 Where's the Beef? Where's the Beef? 2016-01-28 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 9 Restaurant Wars, Part 1 Restaurant Wars, Part 1 2016-02-04 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 10 Restaurant Wars, Part 2 Restaurant Wars, Part 2 2016-02-11 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 11 Hammer Time Hammer Time 2016-02-18 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 12 Wok This Way Wok This Way 2016-02-25 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 13 Back Where It All Started Back Where It All Started 2016-03-03 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 14 Magic Hour Magic Hour 2016-03-10 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 13 :Episode 15 Finale Finale 2016-03-17 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...