Top Chef Canada: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this high stakes competition series Top Chef Canada, audiences get to see 16 up-and-coming Canadian chefs battle it out to win a $100,000 cash prize, a GE Monogram Kitchen valued at over $30,000, and the coveted title of Canada's Top Chef.

Series details

• Title: Top Chef Canada
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-04-11
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Flavour Network
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 5031

Cast and credited roles

• Mark McEwan — Head Judge
• Shereen Arazm — Resident Judge
• Lisa Ray — Host
• Thea Andrews — Host
• Eden Grinshpan — Host
• Chris Nuttall-Smith — Resident Judge
• Mijune Pak — Resident Judge
• Janet Zuccarini — Resident Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-04-11; final listed air date 2011-07-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-03-12; final listed air date 2012-06-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-03-18; final listed air date 2013-06-10; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-03-10; final listed air date 2014-05-12; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2017-04-02; final listed air date 2017-06-04; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-04-08; final listed air date 2018-05-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 2019-04-01; final listed air date 2019-05-20; episode order: 8.
• Season 8: premiered 2020-04-13; final listed air date 2020-06-01; episode order: 8.
• Season 9: premiered 2021-04-19; final listed air date 2021-06-07.
• Season 10: premiered 2022-09-26; final listed air date 2022-11-14; episode order: 8.
• Season 11: premiered 2024-10-14; final listed air date 2024-12-02; episode order: 8.
• Season 12: premiered 2025-10-14; final listed air date 2025-12-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from Top Chef Canada on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.