Top Chef Masters | |
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Season 5 | |
No. of contestants | 13 |
Winner | Douglas Keane |
Country of origin | United States |
Release | |
Original network | Bravo |
Original release | July 24 September 25, 2013 | –
Additional information | |
Website | Official website |
Season chronology |
The fifth season of Top Chef Masters was announced on May 16, 2013.[1] Gail Simmons appeared as the new head critic for the competition.[1] In addition, Lesley Suter, the food and dining editor for Los Angeles Magazine, joined the judging panel alongside James Oseland, Ruth Reichl, and Francis Lam.[2] The season premiered on July 24, 2013, with 13 award-winning chefs competing in weekly challenges to win the grand prize of $100,000 (USD) for their charity and the title of "Top Chef Master".[3]
Each Top Chef Masters contestant had their sous-chef compete in a series of separate challenges called the "Battle of the Sous Chefs".[4] Hosted by regular Top Chef judge Hugh Acheson, the results of each webisode directly impacted the competitors of the main competition.[4] The winner of each round rewarded their respective head chef with immunity from elimination, while the sous-chefs with the lowest performances earned them a disadvantage, such as less time to prep or shop for ingredients.[4]
13 established chefs, along with their selected sous-chefs, competed in the fifth season of Top Chef Masters. Bryan Voltaggio originally competed in Top Chef: Las Vegas, the sixth season of the original Top Chef series.[5] David Burke previously competed in the second season of Top Chef Masters, while Sue Zemanick appeared in the show's third season. Sous-chef Jorel Pierce vied for a spot on Top Chef: Seattle, the tenth season of Top Chef, but was eliminated during the qualifying rounds.
Contestant | Sous-chef | Charity |
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Franklin Becker | Vinson Petrillo | Autism Speaks |
David Burke | Chris Shea | Table to Table |
Lynn Crawford | Lora Kirk | Sunnybrook Foundation |
Odette Fada | Benedetto Bartolotta | Doctors Without Borders |
Neal Fraser | Jason Bowlin | Alex's Lemonade Stand |
Jennifer Jasinski | Jorel Pierce | Work Options for Women |
Douglas Keane | Drew Glassell Paul Winberry, Jr. |
Green Dog Rescue, Inc. |
Jenn Louis | Cory Chunn | City of Hope |
Richard Sandoval | Greg Howe | Careers Through Culinary Arts Program |
Bryan Voltaggio | Graeme Ritchie | Share Our Strength |
Herbert Wilson | Bobby Silva | American Heart Association |
Sang Yoon | Ted Hopson | Worldwide Orphans Foundation |
Sue Zemanick | Nick Lama | Gulf Restoration Network |
Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Finale | Cumulative Winnings |
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Quickfire Winner(s) |
N/A | Sue | Sang | Sang | N/A | Douglas | Douglas | Jennifer | Jennifer | N/A | |
Douglas | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | WINNER | $120,000 |
Bryan | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP | $20,000 |
Jennifer | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT2 | WIN | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | $35,000 |
David | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | $5,000 | |
Sang | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | $30,000 | ||
Neal | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | OUT | $10,000 | |||
Sue | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | OUT | $10,000 | ||||
Lynn | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||
Franklin | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
Odette | WIN | LOW | OUT | $10,000 | |||||||
Jenn | IN | OUT | |||||||||
Richard | LOW | OUT1 | |||||||||
Herbert | OUT |
^Note 1 : Eliminated by placing last in the Quickfire Challenge.
^Note 2 : Jennifer beat Sue in the subsequent Battle of the Sous Chefs to return to the competition.
Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Graeme | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN4 | |
Jorel | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN3 | LOW | LOW | IN |
Paul | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | ||||||
Chris | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | |
Ted | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | ||
Jason | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||
Nick | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
Drew | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | WD | ||||
Lora | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
Vinson | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||
Benedetto | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
Cory | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
Greg | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||
Bobby | IN | OUT |
^Note 3 : Jorel and Jennifer beat Nick and Sue to stay in the competition. No immunity was awarded.
^Note 4 : No immunity was awarded for the finale.