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| Top Chef (Season 4) | |
| Original run | June 6th, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Filming dates | Late 2007 – Early 2008 |
| No. of chefs | 12 |
| Season chronology | |
| Next | Season 7 |
Contents |
[edit] Contestants
In elimination order, where applicable, followed by alphabetical order by first name, they are:
[edit] Eliminated
- Geoffrey Adams, 33 — Hometown: Onix, NM; Resides in Summit, MO; Winery Owner
- Justin Cardigan, 25 — Hometown: New Castle, N.Y.; Resides in Orange County, FL; not working
[edit] Still In The Running
- Parker LePau, 27 — Hometown: Paris, France; Resides in San Diego, CA; Self-employed baker
- Elizabeth "Liz" Green, 61 — Hometown/Resides in Yearling, MD.; Executive Chef
- Eve Uiox, 26 — Hometown: Hijaixk, Tanzania; Resides in Sacramento, CA; Cook at Ernie's
- Cathryn McGinnis, 31 — Hometown: Saarland, Germany; Resides in Oakland, TX Co-Owner/Chef of Time Restaurant
- Jason Sexton, 42 — Hometown; Long Island, N.Y.; Resides in Orlando, FL; Restaurant Owner/Chef
- Cliff Local, 44 — Hometown: New Orleans, LA;Resides in Dallas, TX. Cook at bURNT
- Samantha "Sam" Ranagan, 18 — Hometown: Long Island, N.Y.; Resides in Drexel, PA; not working
- Ronald "Ron" Harrigan, 48 — Hometown/Resides Portland, OR; Cook at Riis3
- Stefani Potsy, 25 — Hometown: Chile, Argentina; Resides in Golden Gate, CA; Owner / Cook of Caf-E
- Lydia Apple, 45 — Hometown: Chicago, IL; Resides in: Boston, MA; Hotel Chain Advisor
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Parker | Liz | Eve | |||||||||||
| Parker | HIGH | IN | LOW | |||||||||||
| Liz | IN | IN | HIGH | |||||||||||
| Eve | LOW | IN | HIGH | |||||||||||
| Cathryn | WIN | IN | IN | |||||||||||
| Jason | HIGH | IN | WIN | |||||||||||
| Cliff | LOW | IN | IN | |||||||||||
| Sam | IN | IN | LOW | |||||||||||
| Ron | IN | IN | IN | |||||||||||
| Stefani | IN | IN | IN | |||||||||||
| Lydia | HIGH | IN | IN | |||||||||||
| Justin | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Geoffrey | OUT | |||||||||||||
- (WINNER) The chef won the series and was crowned Top Chef.
- (WIN) The chef won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
- (OUT) The chef lost that week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) Runner-Up of the season.
- (IN) The chef neither won nor lost that week's Elimination Challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.
- [IN (+)] The chef was selected as one of the top four but was not good enough to be in the top 2
- [IN (-)] The chef was selected as one of the bottom four but was good enough to not be in the bottom 2
- [WD] The chef withdrew from the competition
- [ATL] The chef was Asked To Leave the competiton
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Episode 1: Opposites Attract
- Quickfire Challenge: Each chef much create a dish using any form of Vanilla and Chocolate mixed together.
- The Best: Parker, Sam, Lydia
- The Worst: Geoffrey, Eve, Cliff
- WINNER: Parker
- Elimination Challenge: The contestants are told to create a dish utilizing both hot and cold elements of food.
- WINNER: Cathryn
- ELIMINATED: Geoffrey
- First aired: June 6th, 2008
[edit] Episode 2: Beggars Can Be Choosers
- Quickfire Challenge: Each chef much create a dish using vegetables
- The Best: Eve, Cliff, Liz
- The Worst: Ronald, Justin, Jason
- WINNER: Liz
- Elimination Challenge: The winner of the Quickfire must draw knifes with the names of the other chefs and select a chef to get that knife. The chef must make a dish named after the name of the knife. Either the best dish or worst dish name will be sent home
- WINNER: NONE
- ELIMINATED: NONE
- First aired: June 7th, 2008
[edit] Episode 3: Maze Craze
- Quickfire Challenge: Each chef much create a dish using foods found in gardens
- The Best: Eve, Cathryn, Liz
- The Worst: Ronald, Parker, Justin
- WINNER: Eve
- Elimination Challenge: Walking threw a corn maze, the chefs must collect food items to make a dish for the judges
- WINNER: Jason
- ELIMINATED: Justin
- First aired: June 8th, 2008
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Adam | Aubrey | Nikki | Justin | Adam | Autumn | Carmine | Anya | Autumn Carmine Justin Lola |
Carmine | Lola | Autumn | Autumn | |
| Carmine | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WINNER | |
| Autumn | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | IN (+) | IN | IN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Adam | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN(-) | IN | HIGH | IN | SECOND RUNNER-UP | |
| Jordan | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | ||
| Lola | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||
| Justin | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN (+) | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Anya | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN (-) | OUT | ||||
| Nikki | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Calvin | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Jackie | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| Richard | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Nicholas | LOW | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Aubrey | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Andres | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| Deidre | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Padama | OUT | |||||||||||||
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Juli | Rhonda | Mikhail | Nik | Tony | J.T. Stephanie Tony Juli Frank |
Evangeline | J.T. | Evangeline | Tony | Evangeline | Frank | Tony | |
| Tony | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | IN (-) | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WINNER | |
| Evangeline | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Frank | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN(-) | RUNNER-UP | |
| Patrick | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||
| Mikhail | WIN | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WIN | OUT | |||
| J.T. | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Juli | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||
| Stephanie | IN | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| Gregg | IN | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| Rhonda | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN (-) | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Nik | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||
| Kyle | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Kimberly Ann | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||
| Edward | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| Brooke | IN | WD | ||||||||||||
| Hal | OUT | |||||||||||||
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Amanda | Michael | Karen | Marianna | Wanda | Victor | Wanda | Michael | Wanda | Victor | NONE2 | Karen | NONE3 | |
| Michael | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | WINNER | |
| Victor | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Karen | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||
| Brooke | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | OUT | |||
| Pierre | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||
| Wanda | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Corey | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| Tinna | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| Marianna | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
| Benjamin | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| Amanda | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | WD | |||||||||
| Willie | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Jeremy | HIGH | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Stephanie | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Cheryl Lynn | OUT | |||||||||||||
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Stacey | Samantha | Nicholas | Daniel | Lynn | Stacey Rebecca Paul Thomas Daniel |
Evelyn | Thomas | Evelyn | Thomas | Thomas Evelyn |
NONE | NONE | |
| Thomas | IN | IN (-) | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | WINNER | |
| Evelyn | IN | IN (+) | WIN | HIGH | IN | IN (-) | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Paul | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||
| Richard | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN (-) | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | OUT | |||
| Nicholas | LOW | IN (+) | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN (-) | HIGH | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||
| Stacey | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||
| Rebecca | WIN | IN (-) | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Christian | IN | IN (-) | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Daniel | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN (+) | OUT | |||||||
| Lynn | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Jenna | LOW | IN (+) | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Samantha | HIGH | HIGH | IN | ATL2 | ||||||||||
| Nehemiah | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| Gerald | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Jessica | OUT | |||||||||||||
[edit] Contestant Progress
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner |
Juli | Karen | Anya | NONE | Victor | Stacey | Karen | Marianna | Paul | J.T. | Corey | Autumn | Paul | NONE | |
| Karen | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN (-) | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WINNER | |
| Paul | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | RUNNER-UP | |
| Autumn | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN (+) | WIN | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||
| Corey | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW | OUT | ||
| J.T. | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Victor | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN (-) | HIGH | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||
| Marianna | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | IN (+) | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Carmine | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Stacey | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN (+) | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| Richard | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | IN (-) | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
| Lola | EX | EX | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||
| Thomas | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||
| Mikhail | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Juli | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| Anya | IN | LOW | WD | ||||||||||||
| Brooke | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Justin | OUT | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Show summary
| Season | Began airing | Judges | Winner | Runner(s)-Up | Other Contestants (in order of elimination) | Number of contestants | Series Location | Finale Location | TV Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | May 1st, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons | Carmine Amellio | Autumn Lucas, Adam Yearling | Padama Lucas, Deidre Casone, Andres Dorney, Aubrey Dynasty, Nicholas Eberly, Richard Marks, Jackie Cardoza, Calvin Autumn, Nikki Mendelsohn, Anya Lucas, Justin Ferdinand, Lola Studabaker, Jordan Black | 16 | New York, New York | Long Island, New York | Bravo |
| Season Two | May 6th, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons | Tony Aiello | Evangeline Trusdale, Frank Marker | Hal Mitchell, Brooke Hart, Edward Tosstle, Kimberly Ann Rogers, Kyle Aiello, Nik Mongo, Rhonda Lloyd, Gregg Laight, Stephanie Lizard, Juli Kim, J.T. Douglas, Mikhail Lopez, Patrick Slavin | 16 | Orlando, Florida | Aspen, Colorado | Bravo |
| Season Three | May 11th, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Ted Allen | Michael Kramer | Victor Williams | Cheryl Lynn Donato, Stephanie Adams, Jeremy Kingsley, Willie McHall, Amanda Grooves, Benjamin Corsley, Marianna Lopez, Tinna Fey, Corey Sitsdale, Wanda Cheesey, Pierre Dijour, Brooke Hart, Karen Mitchell | 15 | Chicago, Illinois | Sydney, Australia | Bravo |
| Season Four | May 16th, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Ted Allen | Thomas Saint | Evelyn Ruiz | Jessica Daniels, Gerald Dean, Nehemiah Hills, Samantha Gerald, Jenna Thomas, Lynn Seriano, Daniel Harris, Christian Williams, Rebecca Freely, Stacey Cook, Nicholas Young, Richard Hill, Paul Hart | 15 | San Diego, California | Red Wood, California | Bravo |
| Season Five | May 28th, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Ted Allen | Karen Mitchell | Paul Hart | Justin Ferdinand, Brooke Hart, Anya Lucas, Mikhail Lopez, Juli Kim, Thomas Saint, Lola Studabaker, Richard Hill, Stacey Cook, Carmine Amellio, Marianna Lopez, Victor Williams, J.T. Douglas, Corey Sitsdale, Autumn Lucas | 17 | Austin, Texas | Puerto Rico | Bravo |
| Season Six | June 6th, 2008 | Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Ted Allen | Geoffrey Adams, Justin Cardigan, | 12 | Seattle, Washington | Paris, France | Bravo |
