| Season Number: | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network: | Bravo | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Prev Season: | Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Next Season: | All-Stars | ||||||||||||||||||
| Episode List: | List of Top Chef episodes |
Top Chef: D.C. is the seventh season of the American reality television series Top Chef. The season was initially filmed in Washington, D.C. before concluding in Singapore, the series' first international venue.[1] It premiered on June 16, 2010, and concluded on September 22, 2010. In the season finale, Kevin Sbraga was declared the winner over runners-up Angelo Sosa and Ed Cotton.[2] Tiffany Derry was voted Fan Favorite.[3]
Seventeen chefs competed in Top Chef: D.C.[4]
| Name | Hometown | Current Residence | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Baumgarten | Los Angeles, California | 27 | |
| Tracey Bloom | Rochester, New York | Atlanta, Georgia | 33 |
| Ed Cotton | Boston, Massachusetts | Queens, New York | 32 |
| Andrea Curto-Randazzo | Vero Beach, Florida | Miami Beach, Florida | 39 |
| Timothy "Tim" Dean | Washington, D.C. | Baltimore, Maryland | 39 |
| Tiffany Derry | Beaumont, Texas | Dallas, Texas | 26 |
| Lynne Gigliotti | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Hyde Park, New York | 51 |
| Kenny Gilbert | Euclid, Ohio | Telluride, Colorado | 36 |
| Stephen Hopcraft | Cleveland, Ohio | Las Vegas, Nevada | 40 |
| Kelly Liken | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Vail, Colorado | 33 |
| Jacqueline Lombard | Boston, Massachusetts | Brooklyn, New York | 33 |
| Arnold Myint | Nashville, Tennessee | 32 | |
| Alex Reznik | Brooklyn, New York | Hollywood, California | 33 |
| Kevin Sbraga | Willingboro, New Jersey | 30 | |
| John Somerville | Detroit, Michigan | West Bloomfield, Michigan | 42 |
| Angelo Sosa | Durham, Connecticut | New York, New York | 34 |
| Tamesha Warren | Barbados | Washington, D.C. | 24 |
Angelo Sosa and Tiffany Derry returned to compete in .[5] Amanda Baumgarten returned for .[6] Sosa returned again for [7]
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) | Angelo | Angelo Tracey | Kenny | Kenny Tamesha | Ed | Kelly | Angelo | Tiffany | Amanda Kelly Kenny Kevin | Tiffany | Ed | Angelo | Ed | |||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kevin | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Ed | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | IN | WIN | ||||
| Angelo | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | |||||
| 4 | Kelly | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||
| 5 | Tiffany | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | OUT | |||||
| 6 | Amanda | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Alex | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Kenny | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Stephen | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Andrea | IN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 11 | Tamesha | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| 12 | Tim | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Arnold | IN | HIGH | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Lynne | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Tracey | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Jacqueline | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | John | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
As a reward for winning the Quickfire Challenge, Kelly was allowed to sit out the Elimination Challenge.
(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.