Top Chef | |
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Season 1 | |
No. of contestants | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | Antena 1 |
Original release | November 5, 2012 |
The first season of the Romanian reality television series Top Chef began airing on November 5, 2012 on Antena 1. The host was Alina Pușcaș and the judges were Joseph Hadad, Tudor Constantinescu and Nicolai Tand. Twenty-four contestants appeared.
Twenty-four chefs competed in the first season of Top Chef. In order of elimination:
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Episode of elimination | Place finished |
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Giovanni Piselli | 27 | Brașov | - | 1st |
Adrian Iuriciuc | 33 | |||
Alexandru Răzvan | 30 | |||
Aurelia "Aura" Moșcu | 39 | |||
Cerasela Lungu | 44 | Brăila | ||
Dan Bogatu | 31 | |||
Dana Dogantekin | 35 | Bucharest | ||
Dragoș Bercea | 22 | Predeal | ||
Dragoș Iliuță | 43 | |||
Ionuț Lupu | 31 | Oradea | ||
Ionuț Nechit | 31 | |||
Ionuț Șușală | 33 | Bucharest | ||
Iosif Ștefănescu | 39 | |||
Maria Ungureanu | 48 | Bucharest | ||
Mihai Neacșu | 31 | Focșani | ||
Mihai Zamfira | 35 | |||
Mihăiță Ioniță | 33 | Bucharest | ||
Nico Iortaș | 38 | |||
Nicolae Vasile | 31 | |||
Ovidiu Mărgăriță | 35 | |||
Relu Corneanu | 38 | |||
Robert Gheorghe | 36 | Bucharest | ||
Marius Marincaș | 43 | Bucharest | Eliminated in episode 1 | 23rd |
Robert Cârstea | 34 | Sălcioara | Eliminated in episode 1 | 24th |
Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Quickfire Winner |
Dragoș B. | ||||||||||||||
Giovanni | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Adrian | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Alexandru | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Aura | IN (+) | ||||||||||||||
Cerasela | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Dan | LOW | ||||||||||||||
Dana | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Dragoș B. | PC | ||||||||||||||
Dragoș I. | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Ionuț L. | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Ionuț N. | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Ionuț S. | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Iosif | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Maria | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Mihai N. | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Mihai Z. | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Mihăiță | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Nico | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Nicolae | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Ovidiu | WIN | ||||||||||||||
Relu | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Robert G. | IN (-) | ||||||||||||||
Marius | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Robert C. | OUT |
Most episodes includes two challenges. The Quickfire Challenge is a short, simple challenge with a varying reward each week; in the initial episodes of the season, it usually guarantees the winner immunity from being sent home that week; however, in some episodes the Quickfire winner is instead given an advantage in the upcoming Elimination Challenge. Sometimes, the winner of the Quickfire is given an additional prize, including money. The Elimination Challenge is a more complex challenge that determines who goes home. One or more judges join the show each week to evaluate both the Quickfire and Elimination challenges. Each week's elimination is announced in a segment called "Judges' Table."
November 5, 2012