Top Chef: Bravo Releases Season 19 Trailer Showcasing Houston
Six months after the last season of Top Chef concluded with controversial winner Gabe Erales, Bravo has released the first look of season 19. Introducing fresh faces, challenges and judges, the newest round of Top Chef is traveling back to Texas. The reality cooking competition, which has been airing for 16 years and hosted by Padma Lakshmi since 2007, first featured the Lone Star State 10 years—and 10 seasons—ago. Won by Chef Paul Qui, Top Chef: Texas showcased the state as (almost) a whole, with challenges occurring in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.
Top Chef has grown tremendously since its early days; what first started as 12 episodes in California and Nevada evolved into every season highlighting a new region in the United States. Top Chef season 18, for example, took place in Portland, Oregon, and season 16 focused on Kentucky. With so much traveling, the show was at first put in jeopardy (like the rest of reality television) upon the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020. Luckily, new policies enacted have made it so that the Top Chef franchise can continue to flourish. Top Chef Masters, for example,features professional chefs battling in weekly challenges, while Top Chef Duels takes two previous Top Chef/Top Chef Masters contestants to compete against one another. Marcus Samuelsson, the winner of Top Chef Masters season 2, even hosts Top Chef Family Style.
Related: Top Chef To Film Season 19 In Houston With All-Star Judges
In a sneak peek uploaded to Bravo's YouTube channel, Top Chef: Houston is introduced with a brand-new cast ready to battle for the title. The 15 chefs entering the kitchen are Ashleigh Shanti, Buddha Lo, Damarr Brown, Evelyn Garcia, Jackson Kalb, Jae Jung, Jo Chan, Leia Gaccione, Luke Kolpin,
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