Top Chef: Chicago
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Top Chef: Chicago is the fourth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first filmed in Chicago, Illinois before concluding in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The season premiered on Bravo on March 12, 2008, and ended on June 18, 2008.[1] In the season finale, Stephanie Izard was declared the winner over runners-up Lisa Fernandes and Richard Blais.[2] Izard was also voted Fan Favorite.[3]
Contestants
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Sixteen chefs competed in Top Chef: Chicago.[4][5]
| Name | Hometown | Current ResidenceTemplate:Efn | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoi Antonitsas | Seattle, Washington | San Francisco, California | 30 |
| Jennifer Biesty | Brooklyn, New York | San Francisco, California | 35 |
| Richard Blais | Uniondale, New York | Atlanta, Georgia | 35 |
| Valerie Bolon | Chicago, Illinois | 32 | |
| Nikki Cascone | New York, New York | 35 | |
| Andrew D'Ambrosi | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | New York, New York | 30 |
| Lisa Fernandes | Toronto, Ontario | New York, New York | 27 |
| Erik Hopfinger | Chappaqua, New York | San Francisco, California | 38 |
| Stephanie Izard | Stamford, Connecticut | Chicago, Illinois | 31 |
| Antonia Lofaso | Los Angeles, California | 31 | |
| Spike Mendelsohn | Clearwater Beach, Florida | Washington, D.C. | 27 |
| Nimma Osman | Peachtree City, Georgia | Atlanta, Georgia | 26 |
| Mark Simmons | Invercargill, New Zealand | New York, New York | 29 |
| Ryan Scott | Los Banos, California | San Francisco, California | 28 |
| Dale Talde | Chicago, Illinois | New York, New York | 29 |
| Manuel Trevino | Laredo, Texas | New York, New York | 33 |
Richard Blais, Antonia Lofaso, Spike Mendelsohn, and Dale Talde returned to compete in Top Chef: All-Stars.[6] Blais, Lofaso, Talde and Stephanie Izard later competed in Top Chef Duels.[7] Lisa Fernandes returned for Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.[8]
Contestant progress
| Episode # | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
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| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) |
Richard2 Mark2 Jennifer2 Antonia2 Spike2 Dale2 Ryan2 Erik2 |
Mark | Richard | Dale | Antonia | Jennifer | Richard | Antonia | Andrew1 Antonia1 Richard1 Stephanie1 |
Spike1 | Antonia1 | Spike1 | Stephanie1 | N/A | ||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephanie | WIN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Lisa | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |||
| Richard | HIGH | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | WIN3 | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| 4 | Antonia | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| 5 | Spike | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 6 | Dale | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Andrew | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Nikki | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Mark | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Jennifer | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 11 | Ryan | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| 12 | Zoi | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Manuel | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Erik | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Valerie | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Nimma | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^Note 2 : Episode 1's Quickfire Challenge resulted in the 16 contestants being split into two groups of 8: the winners and losers. No immunity was given to the winners. This was done for the purpose of the head-to-head cook-off in the Elimination Challenge.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^Note 3 : Richard was originally awarded the win by the judges. Although he gave the win to Stephanie, and she shared the prize, he is considered the sole winner of the challenge, according to the Bravo website.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef".
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge but did not win.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge but was not eliminated.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge.
Episodes
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References
- Notes
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