Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Last Chance Kitchen takes Top Chef and strips it down. Ousted chefs from Top Chef compete head to head for the chance to, not only redeem themselves, but to possibly return to Top Chef, and win. In each episode, two or more chefs are pitted against each other in a single challenge, with judgment placed solely on Tom Collicchio.

Series details

• Title: Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-11-09
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Peacock
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 13 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 24119
• IMDb ID: tt8105326
• TVDB ID: 274886

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Colicchio — Tom Colicchio

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-11-09; final listed air date 2012-02-01; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-11-28; final listed air date 2013-02-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-10-23; final listed air date 2014-01-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-12-10; final listed air date 2015-01-21; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 2015-12-03; final listed air date 2016-03-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2016-01-19; final listed air date 2017-02-09; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 2017-12-07; final listed air date 2018-02-08; episode order: 12.
• Season 8: premiered 2018-12-06; final listed air date 2019-02-14; episode order: 12.
• Season 9: premiered 2020-03-26; final listed air date 2020-05-21; episode order: 11.
• Season 10: premiered 2021-04-08; final listed air date 2021-06-03; episode order: 11.
• Season 11: premiered 2022-03-10; final listed air date 2022-05-05; episode order: 11.
• Season 12: premiered 2023-03-16; final listed air date 2023-05-18.
• Season 13: premiered 2024-03-27; final listed air date 2024-05-22; episode order: 11.
• Season 14: premiered 2025-03-14; final listed air date 2025-05-09; episode order: 11.
• Season 15: premiered 2026-03-31; final listed air date 2026-04-28; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen 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.