| Season number | 22 |
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| Network | Bravo |
| First aired | March 13, 2025 |
| Last aired | June 12, 2025 |
| Prev season | Wisconsin |
| Next season | Carolinas |
| Episode list | List of Top Chef episodes |
| Host | Kristen Kish |
|---|---|
| Judges | Tom Colicchio Gail Simmons |
| Num contestants | 17 |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario; Calgary and Canmore, Alberta |
| Finals venue | Milan, Italy |
| Winner | Tristen Epps-Long |
| Runner up | Shuai Wang Bailey Sullivan |
Top Chef: Destination Canada is the twenty-second season of the American reality television series Top Chef.[1][2] The competition was filmed primarily in Toronto, Ontario, with additional episodes set in Calgary and Canmore, Alberta.[3][4] The finale was filmed in Milan, Italy.[5] The season was produced in collaboration with the Destination Canada tourism board and co-produced with Insight Productions, the team behind Top Chef Canada.[6]
Destination Canada boasted the largest grand prize package in the series' history. In addition to the usual prizes of US$250,000, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, and an appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the winner received $125,000 in Delta Air Lines flight credits and Diamond Medallion SkyMiles status, their own headlining dinner at the James Beard House in New York City, and the opportunity to present at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago.[7] The contestants also had the chance to earn cash prizes, totaling more than $150,000, during every Quickfire Challenge and certain Elimination Challenges.[3][7]
The season premiered on March 13, 2025, and concluded on June 12, 2025.[3][8] In the season finale, Tristen Epps-Long was declared the winner over runners-up Shuai Wang and Bailey Sullivan.[8] For the first time since Top Chef: Boston, no Fan Favorite vote was held.
Contestants
Fifteen chefs competed in Top Chef: Destination Canada.[4] Two additional contestants, Sam Olayinka and Ying Gao, started in the Last Chance Kitchen to compete for a potential spot in the main competition.[9]
| Name[4][7][10] | Hometown | Current Residence[a] |
|---|---|---|
| Anya El-Wattar | Moscow, Russia | San Francisco, California |
| Paula Endara | Quito, Ecuador | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Tristen Epps-Long | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Houston, Texas |
| Ying Gao | Beijing, China | Whistler, British Columbia |
| Corwin Hemming | Augusta, Georgia | Brooklyn, New York |
| Katianna Hong | Clifton Park, New York | Los Angeles, California |
| Lana Lagomarsini | The Bronx, New York | Harlem, New York |
| Vincenzo "Vinny" Loseto | Massapequa, New York | Napa, California |
| Henry Lu | The Bronx, New York | Houston, Texas |
| Zubair Mohajir | Chennai, India | Chicago, Illinois |
| César Murillo | Dallas, Texas | Chicago, Illinois |
| Sam Olayinka | Ottawa, Ontario | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Massimo Piedimonte | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Bailey Sullivan | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Kat Turner | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Los Angeles, California |
| Shuai Wang | Queens, New York | North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Mimi Weissenborn | Frederick, Maryland | Portland, Maine |
Contestant progress
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Results | César ★ Katianna ★ Mimi ★ Lana ↑ Massimo ↑ Paula ↑ Shuai ↑ Tristen ↑ Vinny ↑ | Shuai ★ Kat ↑ Massimo ↑ Bailey ↓ Henry ↓ Paula ↓ | Katianna ★ Shuai ↑ Zubair ↑ César ↓ Kat ↓ Massimo ↓ | Corwin ★ Kat ↑ Shuai ↑ Henry ↓ Massimo ↓ Tristen ↓ | Tristen ★ César ↑ Massimo ↑ Paula ↑ Henry ↓ Shuai ↓ Vinny ↓ | Henry ★ Massimo ↑ Tristen ↑ Bailey ↓ César ↓ Paula ↓ | Lana ★ Shuai ↑ Tristen ↑ Vinny ↑ Bailey ↓ César ↓ Massimo ↓ | César ★ Massimo ↑ Shuai ↑ Bailey ↓ Lana ↓ Tristen ↓ Vinny ↓ | Shuai ★ Bailey ↑ Tristen ↑ César ↓ Lana ↓ Massimo ↓ | Tristen ★ | |||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tristen | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WINNER |
| 2 | Shuai | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| Bailey | IN | OUT | WIN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 4 | César | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |
| 5 | Massimo | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | OUT | ||
| 6 | Lana | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
| 7 | Vinny | WIN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||
| 8 | Paula | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| 9 | Henry | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| 10 | Katianna | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
| 11 | Corwin | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||
| Kat | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||
| 13 | Zubair | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 14 | Anya | HIGH | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| 15 | Mimi | OUT | |||||||||||||
- The chef(s) won immunity for the next Elimination Challenge.
- Bailey won the first Last Chance Kitchen re-entry challenge and returned to the competition. She was also given immunity for her first Elimination Challenge back.
- Although both ended up on the losing team and were thus ineligible to win, the judges specifically cited César and Tristen as having the best dishes of the challenge.
- César won the second Last Chance Kitchen re-entry challenge and returned to the competition.
- Quickfire Challenge
- The chef won the Quickfire Challenge.
- The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Quickfire Challenge but did not win.
- The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Quickfire Challenge.
- Elimination Challenge
- (WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef".
- (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a 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.
Episodes
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Last Chance Kitchen
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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References
- Notes
- ^ The contestants' city, state, or country of residence during time of filming.
- Footnotes
- ^ "Bravo's "Top Chef" Heads North for Season 22 - Destination Canada". The Futon Critic. January 28, 2025. Archived January 30, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Selvam, Ashok (January 28, 2025). "'Top Chef' to Premiere in March With Three Chicago Contestants". Eater. Archived January 30, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Weiss, Sabrina (January 28, 2025). "Top Chef Heads to Canada to Compete for the Largest Prize in the Show's History — Watch the Trailer and Meet the Chefs (Exclusive)". People. Archived January 28, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Raphael, Shannon (January 28, 2025). "Oh, Canada! Top Chef Is Back with Biggest Prize Ever & Major Rule Change for Season 22". Bravo. Archived January 28, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Witter, Brad (May 1, 2025). "The Top Chef Season 22 Finale Will Feature Olympic & Paralympic Athletes in a New Location". Bravo. Archived May 23, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ Herman, Alison (May 1, 2025). "'Top Chef' Judges Unpack the Surprisingly Political 'Destination Canada' and Slam Trump's Tariffs: 'What the F— Are We Doing?'". Variety. Archived May 2, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Boucher, Ashley (January 28, 2025). "Meet the chefs cooking their way through Canada on Top Chef season 22 (exclusive)". Food & Wine. Archived January 28, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Malcolm, Timothy (June 12, 2025). "Houston's Tristen Epps named 'Top Chef' after thrilling season 22". Chron. Archived June 13, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Bloom, Mike (March 11, 2025). "Get an Exclusive Sneak Peek at 'Top Chef's Newest 'Last Chance Kitchen' Twist". Parade. Archived March 11, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ Vena, Jocelyn (March 11, 2025). "All the Spicy Details on How Last Chance Kitchen Is Turning Up the Heat in the New Season". Bravo. Archived March 11, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2025.