| Season Number: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Network: | Bravo | ||||||||||||||||
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| Prev Season: | Charleston | ||||||||||||||||
| Next Season: | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||
| Episode List: | List of Top Chef episodes |
Top Chef: Colorado is the fifteenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. The season's details and cast were revealed on October 12, 2017.[1] The show was filmed in various cities across Colorado, including Denver, Boulder, Telluride, and Aspen.[2] The season premiered on December 7, 2017, and concluded on March 8, 2018.[2] Last Chance Kitchen premiered on November 30, 2017.[2] In the season finale, Joseph "Joe" Flamm was declared the winner over runner-up Adrienne Cheatham.[3] Fatima Ali was voted Fan Favorite.[4]
Fifteen chefs competed in Top Chef: Colorado.[1] In addition, four returning competitors from previous seasons competed in the Last Chance Kitchen for the opportunity to enter the main competition: contestant Lee Anne Wong, runner-up and All-Stars contestant Marcel Vigneron, contestant Kwame Onwuachi, and finalist and All-Stars contestant Jennifer Carroll.[5] Following the sixth episode of Last Chance Kitchen, Wong was selected to join the main cast. Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins previously appeared as a contestant on the second season of Top Chef México, the Mexican version of Top Chef from NBC Universo.[6]
| Name | Current Residence |
|---|---|
| Fatima Ali | New York, New York |
| Tyler Anderson | Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Carrie Baird | Denver, Colorado |
| Adrienne Cheatham | New York, New York |
| Laura Cole | Denali National Park, Alaska |
| Joe Flamm | Chicago, Illinois |
| Rogelio Garcia | San Francisco, California |
| Tanya Holland | Oakland, California |
| Bruce Kalman | Los Angeles, California |
| Brother Luck | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Melissa Perfit | San Francisco, California |
| Tu David Phu | Oakland, California |
| Joe Sasto | Los Angeles, California |
| Christopher "Chris" Scott | Brooklyn, New York |
| Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins | San Diego, California |
| Name | Current Residence | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Carroll | Washington, D.C. | Season 6, 8 |
| Kwame Onwuachi | Washington, D.C. | Season 13 |
| Marcel Vigneron | Los Angeles, California | Season 2, 8 |
| Lee Anne Wong | Honolulu, Hawaii | Season 1 |
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
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| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) | Tu | Joe F. | Brother | Adrienne | Chris | Carrie | Carrie | Chris | Carrie | Joe S. | Joe F. | ||||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Joe F. | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | WIN | OUT | HIGH | IN | WIN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Adrienne | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | ||
| 3 | Joe S. | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | OUT | |||
| 4 | Carrie | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||
| 5 | Chris | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 6 | Bruce | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Fatima | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Claudette | IN | OUT | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| 9 | Tanya | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Brother | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 11 | Lee Anne | HIGH | WDR | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Tu | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| 13 | Tyler | WIN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Rogelio | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Laura | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Melissa | OUT | |||||||||||||||
The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
Laura lost the Sudden Death Quickfire Challenge and was eliminated.
Following Episode 6 of Last Chance Kitchen, Claudette rejoined the competition and Lee Anne was introduced as a regular competitor.
Due to severe altitude sickness and concerns over her unborn baby's health, Lee Anne elected to withdraw from the competition.
Joe F. lost the Sudden Death Quickfire Challenge and was eliminated.
Joe F. won Last Chance Kitchen and returned to the competition.
(WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef."
(RUNNER-UP) The chef was the runner-up for the season.
(WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
(HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge but did not win.
(IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
(LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge.
(WDR) The chef voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
See main article: List of Top Chef episodes.