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TV series

Top Chef Masters

2009TV-145 seasons7.0 / 10

Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition series that airs on the cable television network Bravo, and premiered June 10, 2009. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. This show is a contrast from Top Chef, which typically features younger professional cooks who are still rising in the food service industry.

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Checked Oct 29, 2026

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Synopsis

Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition series that airs on the cable television network Bravo, and premiered June 10, 2009. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. This show is a contrast from Top Chef, which typically features younger professional cooks who are still rising in the food service industry.

Season 5 episodes

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Episode 1

Sous Chefs and Skydives

Thirteen chefs arrive in Los Angeles to participate in culinary heats in the Season 5 opener. Here, the foodies take flight by cooking outdoors for a professional skydiving team and are given the opportunity to dive from the sky themselves. In Season 5, the chefs also have sous-chefs who will compete in their own online competition.

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Episode 3

Sex, Greed and Murder

Soap-opera themes inspire culinary creations. Appearing: the cast of "Days of Our Lives.

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Episode 4

Curtis Surprise Party

As every chef knows, curry is difficult to hurry, but the chefs are challenged with making their version of curry in 30 minutes for this week’s Quickfire Challenge. Host Curtis Stone is not easy to surprise, but the tables are turned on him this week as fiancée Lindsay Price and the chefs team up to throw Curtis a surprise engagement party he won’t forget.

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Episode 5

Restaurant Wars

The epic "Restaurant Wars" challenge tasks the foodies to open eateries with a Los Angeles theme. Appearing: actress Busy Philipps and culinary editor Dana Cowin.

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Episode 7

Catch of the Day

Special guest judge actress Ali Larter challenges the chefs to elevate nachos for their Quickfire. Then the chefs get totally tubular as they cook up the catch of the day for Malibu locals. Divided in to pairs, they have to create a dish with a hot and cold preparation of the same fish, and hope that the critics’ response is better than lukewarm.

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Episode 8

Lucha Vavoom

The winner of this week’s Battle of the Sous Chefs challenge, along with their Top Chef Master, get to create today’s Quickfire. Then, the chefs face a culinary body slam, as they create dishes with a Mexican flair for the wrestlers of Lucha Vavoom.

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Episode 9

Teacher Tribute

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The chefs serve up their version of a burger for a surprise guest critic. Also: The culinarians pay tribute to teachers through food; and three contestants advance to the finale.

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Episode 10

Finale

finale

Season 5 comes to a close with the final three master chefs creating memorable dishes from their personal and professional lives, after which the winner is revealed.

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Episode information updated Nov 15, 2026

More about Top Chef Masters

Cast

Kelly ChoiSelf - Host
Curtis StoneSelf - Host
Jay RaynerSelf - Judge
Gael GreeneSelf - Judge
Gail SimmonsSelf - Judge
Rick BaylessSelf - Contestant
Michael ChiarelloSelf - Contestant
Hubert KellerSelf - Contestant

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
50
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • BravoUnited States
  • Magical ElvesUnited States