As of July 2026, Top Chef Season 17 aired in 2020 with 14 episodes — streaming now on BINGE. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Top Chef Season 17

2020 14 Episodes Reality ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Top Chef Season 17 on and — and it is more addictive than the premise lets on. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 69 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Tom Colicchio anchors the format, but the whole cast makes it watchable. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Top Chef Season 17 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What separates Top Chef Season 17 from the rest of its genre is a genuine understanding of what its audience actually wants to watch. Season 17, All Stars L.A., features the fiercest group of competitors the show has seen with 15 finalists, front runners and fan favorites from seasons past who have all returned to finish what they started and battle it out for the coveted title. Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2020. The editing in Top Chef Season 17 does a lot of quiet work shaping how you feel about every person on screen. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Reality sceptics are warned — Top Chef Season 17 has converted more than a few doubters. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. The production understands its own premise and executes on it without apology. If you have enjoyed similar formats before, this is one of the stronger examples of what the genre can do.

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🎬 Top Chef Season 17 — Episode Guide

E1
It’s Like They Never Left!
2020-03-19
Fifteen of the competition’s fiercest challengers return to face-off in the toughest season yet! A mise-en-place challenge set at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles kicks off the battle, where the Chefs size each other up since last competing.
E2
The Jonathan Gold Standard
2020-03-26
This week the chefs honor the late, great Pulitzer-Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold. Using Gold’s last guide list, the chefs fan out all over Los Angeles to sample the unique taquerias, food trucks, mom-and-pop cafes, upscale eateries and ethnic cuisine only found in the City of Angels. Drawi...
E3
Strokes of Genius
2020-04-02
Comedic superstars Ali Wong and Randall Park swing by the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire Challenge tasking the chefs to make the wackiest fried rice they can. Then, the chefs head to the famed Getty Museum to seek inspiration from one of four historical art movements to create a masterpiece on the...
E4
You're So Fresh!
2020-04-09
Kelly Clarkson drops into the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire based on her new movie, Trolls: World Tour, where the chefs are tasked with combining colorful ingredients from six different musical ‘lands’ to make one delicious dish. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs are split into two teams t...
E5
Bring Your Loved One to Work
2020-04-16
In the Quickfire, it’s a true test of communication as the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish their family member is currently eating at a nearby restaurant. Then, the chefs are tasked with creating a signature product that they will bottle, use on...
E6
Get Your Phil
2020-04-23
Padma gets a real rise out of the chefs when she tasks them to make a Quickfire dish without any All-Purpose flour. Instead chefs must work with alternative flours from Blue Corn and Buckwheat to Coconut and Hazelnut. James Beard Award-Winning Chef Chris Bianco serves as the guest judge for the Quic...
E7
Pitch Perfect
2020-04-30
The chefs are challenged to a taco throwdown for the taco king, actor and restaurateur Danny Trejo. For the Quickfire, the only sharp tool they can use is a machete, in honor of one of Danny’s signature characters. Then, Padma informs the chefs that the only way to make it to Restaurant Wars is to s...
E8
Restaurant Wars
2020-05-07
It’s Restaurant Wars and this season Padma takes all the limitations off the table as the chefs can make as much food as they want and shop wherever they choose. The two winning chefs from last week’s concept challenge are given 48 hours to pick their teams and make the restaurants they pitched come...
E9
Cabin Fever
2020-05-14
The chefs head to the mountains, a few hours outside of Los Angeles to go to Summer Camp where they are challenged to an outdoor grilling Quickfire for Padma and “Top Chef” Kentucky winner Kelsey Barnard Clark. Before the sun rises, the chefs get to work on an upscale brunch buffet for 200 moms vaca...
E10
Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki
2020-05-21
With only six chefs remaining, the challenges get even more difficult, when pastry super-chef Sherry Yard awaits the All Stars for a dreaded dessert Quickfire, made even more impossible when chefs must endure a blindfolded taste test to pick their ingredients. Then Michelin-starred Chefs/Restaurateu...
E11
Michael's Santa Monica
2020-05-28
Tom makes his final decision from Last Chance Kitchen on who should return to the competition. Then the chefs take off in a Quickfire with Padma and Jonathan Waxman making a two-course Business-Class dish for an airline. For their final challenge in Los Angeles before jetting off to Italy for the fi...
E12
Lucca
2020-06-04
In a Top Chef first, the final five travel to one of the top culinary destinations in the world - Italy. First the chefs must make an apertivo for 30 locals from the town of Lucca that pairs perfectly with a Peroni beer. Then, they have the experience of a chef’s lifetime, hunting the elusive white ...
E13
Parma
2020-06-11
In the penultimate episode in the All Stars competition, the chefs are treated to a culinary dream trip to Parma, the legendary home of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham. After getting a behind the scenes tour of some traditional multi-generational factories of these exclusive p...
E14
Finito!
2020-06-18
In an epic Italian showdown, the final three All Stars cook the meal of their lives in an effort to take home the ultimate title and prize. To win, all they’ll need to impress not only the judges - Tom, Padma, Gail and Nilou Motamed, but also culinary superstars Mauro Colagreco, Clare Smyth, Marcus ...

🎭 Cast of Top Chef Season 17

Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
Self - Head Judge
Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi
Self - Host
Gail Simmons
Gail Simmons
Self - Judge
Melissa King
Melissa King
Self - Contestant
Bryan Voltaggio
Bryan Voltaggio
Self - Contestant
Brian Malarkey
Brian Malarkey
Self - Contestant
Gregory Gourdet
Gregory Gourdet
Self - Contestant

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