Season 1

Calling all foodies…it's time to salivate! Top Chef Masters, is a spin-off series of the Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning No. 1 food show on cable, Top Chef. The judges' table has finally turned — see what happens when these top chefs are now on the other side. Top Chef Masters pits 24 world-renowned chefs against each other in the tried and true format of Top Chef. In each episode, money will be at stake for the chefs, with the winners of eliminations being awarded cash donations for their charities. The first six episodes consist of four chefs competing against each other to name one winner. These six winners will meet up for the final four weeks. Each week one chef is eliminated until the finale where one winner is crowned Top Chef Master. The winning chef will receive $100,000 for the charity of their choice. Top Chef Masters will feature guest stars and judges Neil Patrick Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Lost writers and executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, Flipping Out's Jeff Lewis, and for the first time, all past Top Chef winners will be together during an episode. The series will also showcase "chef'testant" fan favorites as well as appearances by Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons.