
Top Chef Canada is a reality competition show. The first season premiered on April 11, 2011 on Food Network Canada. The first season consisted of 13 episodes, with 16 contestants vying for a grand prize of $100,000 and a GE Monogram kitchen valued at $30,000. Contestants shopped at Loblaws in season one and McEwan in season two. Like the original American series, each week the chef contestants compete against each other in culinary challenges. Contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry, with one or more contestants being eliminated each week. The Canadian edition uses the same graphics and music as the American version of the program. Season one of Top Chef Canada was one of Food Network Canada's most highly-rated programs. The network renewed the program for a second season, which began to air on March 12, 2012.
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Air Date: 2011-04-11
In the series debut, viewers meet the 16 chefs who will compete for the title of Canada’s Top Chef. The first Quickfi...
Air Date: 2011-04-18
In the high stakes Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create an inspired breakfast dish using 100% cow’s milk cheese...
Air Date: 2011-04-25
The remaining chefs compete in the classic Top Chef Blindfold Taste Test for the Quickfire Challenge. Later, the chef...
Air Date: 2011-05-02
With a focus on food from around the world, the chefs must create their own unique salad for the Quickfire Challenge.
Air Date: 2011-05-09
In this episode, the chefs go whole hog as they work with a favourite ingredient – PORK. For the Quickfire Challenge,...
Air Date: 2011-05-16
In this episode, the chefs recreate their version of the classic Canadian snack food poutine for the Quickfire Challe...
Air Date: 2011-05-23
In the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish using the secret ingredient, All Bran Cereal. During the Eli...
Air Date: 2011-05-30
In the signature Top Chef challenge, Restaurant Wars, the chefs are tasked with creating a restaurant concept, menu a...
Air Date: 2011-06-06
In the Quickfire Challenge the chefs must create a dish using only a certain number of ingredients as determined by a...
Air Date: 2011-06-13
In this episode, the chefs draw inspiration from the Canadian landscape. For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs creat...
Air Date: 2011-06-20
In this episode, the chefs are challenged to take haute cuisine to the street. For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs...
Air Date: 2011-06-27
In this episode, the chefs start off with a Quickfire that challenges them to create a dish inspired by popular Canad...
Air Date: 2011-07-04
In the final episode, the remaining chefs are first challenged to create a BBQ beach picnic for a group of hungry vol...