Top Chef San Francisco 2006
Top Chef: San Francisco is the first season of American reality television series Top Chef and was based first in San Francisco, California, filmed at Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen, in Emeryville, and concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006 and ended on May 24, 2006. Season 1 of Top Chef was taped in October and November 2005 in San Francisco, California. Twelve contestants from around the United States lived together in a house for approximately 21 days competing in a series of challenges. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The weekly series was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.
- Released: 2006-03-08
- Runtime: 42 minutes
- Genre: Reality
- Stars: Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish
- Director:
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1. Who Deserves To Be Here 2006-03-08
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2. Food Of Love 2006-03-15
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3. Nasty Delights 2006-03-22
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4. Food on the Fly 2006-03-29
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5. Blind Confusion 2006-04-05
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6. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 2006-04-12
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7. Restaurant Wars 2006-04-19
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8. Wedding Bell Blues 2006-04-26
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9. Napa's Finest 2006-05-03
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10. Reunion 2006-05-10
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11. Finale (1) 2006-05-14
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12. Finale (2) 2006-05-24
