| Season Number: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bgcolour: |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network: | Bravo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Module1: |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Prev Season: | Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||
| Next Season: | Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Episode List: | List of Top Chef episodes |
Top Chef: New York is the fifth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first filmed in New York City, New York, before concluding in New Orleans, Louisiana. The season premiered on Bravo on November 12, 2008, and ended on March 4, 2009. In the season finale, Hosea Rosenberg was declared the winner over runners-up Stefan Richter and Carla Hall.[1] Fabio Viviani was voted Fan Favorite.[2]
Seventeen chefs competed in Top Chef: New York.[3]
| Name | Hometown | Current Residence | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Cohen | Scarsdale, New York | New York, New York | 26 | |
| Radhika Desai | Chicago, Illinois | 28 | ||
| Ariane Duarte | Verona, New Jersey | 41 | ||
| Patrick Dunlea | Quincy, Massachusetts | Hyde Park, New York | 21 | |
| Alex Eusebio | New York, New York | Los Angeles, California | 33 | |
| Daniel Gagnon | New Hyde Park, New York | 26 | ||
| Carla Hall | Nashville, Tennessee | Washington, D.C. | 44 | |
| Melissa Harrison | Sparks, Maryland | Boulder, Colorado | 28 | |
| Lauren Hope | Cincinnati, Ohio | Savannah, Georgia | 24 | |
| Jamie Lauren | New York, New York | San Francisco, California | 30 | |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" McInnis | Niceville, Florida | Miami, Florida | 30 | |
| Stefan Richter | Tampere, Finland | Santa Monica, California | 35 | |
| Hosea Rosenberg | Taos, New Mexico | Boulder, Colorado | 34 | |
| Jill Snyder | Latrobe, Pennsylvania | Baltimore, Maryland | 28 | |
| Richard Sweeney | Sayville, New York | San Diego, California | 27 | |
| Eugene Villiatora | Whitmore Village, Hawaii | Las Vegas, Nevada | 33 | |
| Fabio Viviani | Florence, Italy | Moorpark, California | 30 | |
Carla Hall, Fabio Viviani, and Jamie Lauren returned to compete in .[4] Stefan Richter returned for , and later competed in Top Chef Duels.[5] [6]
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) | Stefan | Radhika | Leah | Leah | Hosea | Ariane | Radhika | Stefan | Leah Radhika | Stefan | Stefan | Carla | Jeff | |||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hosea | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Stefan | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |||
| Carla | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| 4 | Fabio | IN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Jeff | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | OUT | OUT | |||||||
| 6 | Leah | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 7 | Jamie | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| 8 | Radhika | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Ariane | LOW | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Eugene | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Melissa | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| 12 | Daniel | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Alex | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Richard | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Jill | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Patrick | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Lauren | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
Lauren was eliminated by placing last in the Quickfire Challenge.
Due to a refrigerator malfunction which spoiled some of the chefs' ingredients during the Elimination Challenge, no one was eliminated. Consequently, two chefs were eliminated in the following episode.
Leah, Jamie, and Jeff (the three most recently eliminated contestants) were brought back to the competition to compete in a Quickfire Challenge. The winner would compete in the subsequent Elimination Challenge, but could only move on to the season finale if they won the challenge. Jeff won the Quickfire, and the judges picked him as one of their favorites in the Elimination Challenge, but did not select him to win. Consequently, he was automatically eliminated.
(WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef".
(RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
(WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
(HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
(LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge.
See main article: List of Top Chef episodes.