Top Chef (Spanish TV series)

Top Chef
Genre	Reality; Cooking
Directed by	Javier Llanos; Ángel Rodríguez
Judges	Current; Alberto Chicote; Susi Díaz; Paco Roncero (season 3-); Former; Ángel León (season 1); Yayo Daporta (season 2);
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	42
Production
Running time	90 minutes approx.
Production company(s)	Boomerang TV; Atresmedia
Release
Original network	Antena 3
Picture format	16:9, 480p (SDTV) / 1080p (HDTV)
Original release	October 2, 2013 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	MasterChef Spain; MasterChef Junior; MasterChef Celebrity;
External links
	Website

Top Chef is a Spanish television show based on the American format of the same name. The base of the program is a cooking competition that features chefs competing for the title of best chef in the country. Atresmedia produces the show for its main channel Antena 3 in association with production company Boomerang TV.

History

In January 2013, Atresmedia confirmed it had bought the rights to adapt the Top Chef format in Spain, which rival group Mediaset España had previously discarded producing for its channel Cuatro.[1] As the details of the adaptation were revealed, the show was initially meant to air on Atresmedia's second channel laSexta, which at the time had the success of Pesadilla en la cocina (the Spanish adaptation of the Kitchen Nightmares franchise) to its credit.[2] However, after seeing the success of similar format MasterChef on public channel La 1, Atresmedia decided to air Top Chef on its main channel Antena 3 instead.[3] The first season premiered on October 2, 2013.[4]

Format

Top Chef searches for the best professional cook in the country, who will get a cash money prize and supplies for his or her restaurant. In order to become the "top chef", contestants must face weekly challenges on each episode:

Trial by fire: A quick challenge where the contestants must prove their skills to work against the clock. The winner gets immunity and/or privileges for the next challenge.
Team challenge: The contestants are thrown into teams for an outdoor task where they will cook for a collective whose votes will decide the winning team.
Last chance: The members of the losing team in the previous task face each other with the judges of the show deciding who cooked the best plate. The loser of this challenge gets eliminated from the competition.

Season 1

The first season ran from October 2 to December 18, 2013, and featured chefs Alberto Chicote, Ángel León and Susi Díaz as judges. On week 9 the eliminated contestants returned for a repechage challenge where the chefs still in contention served as judges. The special panel of judges for the finale featured Pedro Subijana, Martín Berasategui, Joan Roca, Quique Dacosta, Eneko Atxa, Juan Mari Arzak and Karlos Arguiñano.

Contestants

Name	Place of birth	Details
Begoña Rodrigo	Valencia	Winner
Antonio Arrabal	Zaragoza	Runner-up
Miguel Cobo	Cantabria	3rd place
Jesús Almagro	Madrid	Eliminated on week 5, repechaged on week 9, eliminated again on week 11
Javier Estévez	Madrid	Eliminated on week 10
Bárbara Amorós	Valencia	Eliminated on week 8
Antonio Canales	Madrid	Eliminated on week 7
Elisabeth Julianne	Menorca	Eliminated on week 6
Borja Letamendia	San Sebastián	Eliminated on week 4
Hung Fai Chiu	Hong Kong	Eliminated on week 3
Iván Hernández	Ávila	Eliminated on week 2
Érika Domínguez	A Coruña	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings)
Eduardo Sánchez	Madrid
Enrique Lozano	Sevilla
Vicente Cubertoner	Castellón de la Plana

Weekly stats chart

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Finale
Begoña	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Saved	Judge	Nominated	Nominated	Winner
Arrabal	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Judge	Nominated	Saved	Runner-up
Miguel	Qualified	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Saved	Saved	Saved	Judge	Nominated	Saved	Third
Jesús	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Eliminated				Repechage	Saved	Eliminated
Javier	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Judge	Eliminated
Bárbara	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Canales	Qualified	Saved	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Eliminated
Elisabeth	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Borja	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Hung Fai	Qualified	Immune	Eliminated
Iván	Qualified	Eliminated
Eduardo	Eliminated
Enrique	Eliminated
Erika	Eliminated
Vicente	Eliminated

Season 2

The second season premiered on September 8, 2014 and ended on December 17, 2014. Alberto Chicote and Susi Díaz returned as judges, with Yayo Daporta replacing Ángel León. On week 2 the contestants dropped on the final castings (week 1) were given another chance to earn a place on the competition against the losers of the week's team challenge, and featured again the repechage challenge, that took place on week 11. The special panel of judges for the finale featured Martín Berasategui, Pedro Larumbe, Andoni Luis Adúriz, Carles Gaig, Toño Pérez, Francis Paniego and Ángel León.

Due to an agreement with McDonald's, this season also featured a "burger challenge", which was won by Javier García Peña. As a result, his creation would be commercialized for a limited time in the Spanish McDonald's restaurants as the Grand McExtrem Top Chef.[5]

Contestants

Name	Place of birth	Details
David García Cantero	Barcelona	Winner
Marc Joli	Girona	Runner-up
Fran Vicente	Salamanca	Eliminated on week 8, repechaged on week 11, eliminated again on week 14
Víctor Rodrigo	Castellón de la Plana	Eliminated on week 13
Javier García Peña	Valladolid	Eliminated on week 12
Carlos Medina	Valencia	Eliminated on week 10
Inés Abril	Vigo	Eliminated on week 9
Marta Roselló	Palma de Mallorca	Eliminated on week 7
Honorato Espinar	Palma de Mallorca	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings), repechaged on week 2, eliminated again on week 6
Rebeca Hernández	Madrid	Eliminated on week 5
Teresa Gutiérrez	Albacete	Eliminated on week 4
Pablo González	Seville	Eliminated on week 3
Joaquín Espejo	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Eliminated on week 2
Pedro Jerez	Santander	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings)
Francisco Jerez	Santander
Irina Concepción Herrera	Peru

Weekly stats chart

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Finale
David	Qualified	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Judge	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner
Marc	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Immune	Judge	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Runner-up
Fran	Qualified	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Saved	Eliminated			Repechage	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Víctor	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Judge	Saved	Eliminated
Peña	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Judge	Eliminated
Carlos	Qualified	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Inés	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Marta	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Honorato	Eliminated	Repechage	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Rebeca	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Teresa	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Eliminated
Pablo	Qualified	Saved	Eliminated
Joaquín	Qualified	Eliminated
Pedro	Eliminated
Francisco	Eliminated
Irina	Eliminated

Season 3

The third season ran from September 9 to December 16, 2015. Alberto Chicote and Susi Díaz continued as judges, while Paco Roncero replaced Yayo Daporta.[6]

Contestants

Name	Place of birth	Details
Marcel Ress	Germany	9th evicted / Winner
Alejandro Platero	Valencia	Runner-up
Mari Paz Marlo	Cuenca	Eliminated on week 14
Sergio Bastard	Cantabria	Eliminated on week 13
Oriol Lomas	Barcelona	Eliminated on week 11
Luca Rodi	Italy	Eliminated on week 9
Montse Estruch	Barcelona	Eliminated on week 8
Álex Clavijo	Ecuador	Eliminated on week 7
Carlos Caballero	Málaga	Eliminated on week 6
María Espín	Barcelona	Eliminated on week 5
Julio Velandrino	Murcia	Eliminated on week 4
Carlota Bonder	Ibiza	Eliminated on week 3
Jesús Vega	Madrid	Eliminated on week 2
Iván Serrano	Toledo	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings)
Borja Aldea	Segovia
Vanessa Merino	Girona

Weekly stats chart

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Finale
Marcel	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Saved	Pardoned	Saved	N/A	Advanced	Saved	Winner
Alejandro	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Nominated	N/A	Advanced	Nominated	Runner-up
Maripaz	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Advanced		Eliminated
Sergio	Qualified	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	N/A	Eliminated
Oriol	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Luca	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Montse	Qualified	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Álex	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Eliminated
Carlos	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
María	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Eliminated
Velandrino	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Carlota	Qualified	Saved	Eliminated
Jesús	Qualified	Eliminated
Iván	Eliminated
Borja	Eliminated
Vanessa	Eliminated

Note: Episode 12 featured a non-elimination challenge, with the winner qualifying for the semifinals.

Season 4

This season ran from February 15 to May 17, 2017. The panel of judges from season 3 (Alberto Chicote, Susi Díaz and Paco Roncero) returned unchanged for this season.

Contestants

Name	Place of birth	Details
Rakel Cernicharo	Valencia	Winner
Víctor Gutiérrez	Peru	Runner-up
Pablo Montoro	Alicante	Eliminated on week 12
Melissa Herrera	Granada	Eliminated on week 5, repechaged on week 7, eliminated on week 11
Richard Alcayde	Málaga	Eliminated on week 10
David Marcano	Madrid	Eliminated on week 9
Federico Filippetti	Argentina	Eliminated on week 8
Manu Núñez	A Coruña	Eliminated on week 7
Mª Rosa García	León	Eliminated on week 6
Julio Miralles	Madrid	Eliminated on week 4
Tomás López	Alicante	Eliminated on week 3
Eva de Gil	Barcelona	Eliminated on week 2
Fátima Pérez	Valladolid	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings)
Xavi Viamonte	Barcelona	Eliminated on week 1 (final castings)

Weekly stats chart

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Finale
Rakel	Qualified	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Winner
Víctor	Qualified	Saved	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Runner-up
Montoro	Qualified	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated
Melissa	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated		Repechage	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Richard	Qualified	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Marcano	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Immune	Eliminated
Filippetti	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Eliminated
Manu	Qualified	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Mª Rosa	Qualified	Saved	Saved	Immune	Saved	Eliminated
Julio	Qualified	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Tomás	Qualified	Nominated	Eliminated
Eva	Qualified	Eliminated
Fátima	Eliminated
Xavi	Eliminated

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References

"laSexta prepara el reality 'Top Chef', un formato muy parecido al 'MasterChef' que emitirá La 1". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
"La Sexta prepara el reality "Top chef", similar al talent show "Master chef" en La 1". Vertele (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
"'Top Chef' recalará finalmente en la parrilla de Antena 3". FormulaTV. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
Molina, Berto (26 September 2013). "'Top Chef' se estrena el próximo miércoles 2 de octubre en el prime time de Antena 3". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
López, Tony (22 October 2014). "Los platos de 'Top Chef' saltan de la televisión a una conocida cadena de hamburguesas". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
"Paco Roncero, nuevo juez de la tercera temporada de 'Top Chef'". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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[1] "laSexta prepara el reality 'Top Chef', un formato muy parecido al 'MasterChef' que emitirá La 1". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[2] "La Sexta prepara el reality "Top chef", similar al talent show "Master chef" en La 1". Vertele (in Spanish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[3] "'Top Chef' recalará finalmente en la parrilla de Antena 3". FormulaTV. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[4] Molina, Berto (26 September 2013). "'Top Chef' se estrena el próximo miércoles 2 de octubre en el prime time de Antena 3". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[5] López, Tony (22 October 2014). "Los platos de 'Top Chef' saltan de la televisión a una conocida cadena de hamburguesas". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[6] "Paco Roncero, nuevo juez de la tercera temporada de 'Top Chef'". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.