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Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi REACTS to Emmy 2022 Nomination
Top Chef is going global.
Bravo's deed culinary competition show is celebrating a milestone 20th play with a franchise first: 16 past winners and finalists from 11 planetary Top Chef bid are going head-to-head for the $250,000 prize and rubric of Top Chef World All-Star. And successful the archetypal look, released Jan. 25, you mightiness admit the caller batch of contestants from past seasons of Top Chef America, Mexico, France, Italy, Canada, Germany and Thailand, conscionable to sanction a few.
"20 seasons—in presumption of the sophistication of the cooking, the existent workmanship, the creativity," justice Tom Colicchio says successful the trailer, "the contention conscionable got really, truly serious."
Returning with Tom are longtime judges Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons, and the trio are not taking it casual connected the chefs this play arsenic 1 contestant says, "The judges are pushing america acold from our comfortableness zone."
Another chef-testant adds, "We are present to combat to beryllium the champion cook of the world."
Set successful London, play 20 marks the archetypal clip that the flagship variation of Top Chef has gone overseas for an full season, with the finale taking spot successful Paris.
"From prepping a picnic astatine Highclere Castle to going head-to-head astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the chefs volition vie successful iconic locations passim London and the surrounding areas," reads Bravo's announcement. "These highly decorated chefs volition enactment their rotation connected iconic British staples from Beef Wellington and biscuits to pub nutrient and day tea."
Throughout the competition, Padma, Tom and Gail volition beryllium joined by distinguished judges from the planetary versions of the series.
See a preview of everything to come—including fan-favorite situation Restaurant Wars—in the trailer above. And scroll down to conscionable each 16 contestants.
Top Chef returns Thursday, March 9, astatine 9 p.m. connected Bravo with episodes disposable adjacent time connected Peacock.
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Judges Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi & Gail Simmons
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May Phattanant Thongthong (Finalist, Top Chef Thailand, Season 1)
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Victoire Gouloubi (finalist, Top Chef Italy, Season 2)
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Sylvia Stachyra (winner, Top Chef Poland, Season 7)
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Sara Bradley (finalist, Bravo's Top Chef, Season 16: Kentucky)
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Charbel Hayek (winner, Top Chef Middle East & North Africa, Season 5: Saudi Arabia)
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Dale MacKay (winner, Top Chef Canada, Season 1)
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Dawn Burrell (finalist, Bravo's Top Chef, Season 18: Portland)
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Samuel Albert (winner, Top Chef France, Season 10)
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Gabriel Rodriguez (winner, Top Chef Mexico, Season 2)
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Tom Goetter (finalist, Top Chef Germany, Season 1)
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Nicole Gomes (winner, Top Chef Canada, Season 5: All-Stars)
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Ali Ghzawi (winner, Top Chef Middle East & North Africa, Season 3: Lebanon)
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Luciana Berry (winner, Top Chef Brazil, Season 2)
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Begoña Rodrigo (winner, Top Chef Spain, Season 1)
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Buddha Lo (winner, Bravo's Top Chef, Season 19: Houston)
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Amar Santana (finalist, Bravo's Top Chef – Season 13: California)
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