List of Top Chef contestants

This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American reality television culinary competition, Top Chef. As of October 2, 2013, there were a total of 177 chefs who had competed throughout the whole series with 22 of them competing again in a succeeding season.

Contestants

     The chef won his/her season.

     The chef previously competed in a preceding season.

     The chef previously competed in a preceding season and won his/her present season.

Notes

^Note 1 : This is the number of Quickfire Challenges the chef had won.
^Note 2 : This is the number of Elimination Challenges the chef had won.
^Note 3 : Cynthia chose to leave the competition because her father was ill.
^Note 4 : Andrea originally placed eleventh, but since another chef voluntarily left, she was brought back to the competition.
^Note 5 : Otto chose to leave the competition deciding that his misconduct contributed to most of his team's loss.
^Note 6 : Josie and Marisa were in a double elimination.
^Note 7 : Mia chose to leave the competition fearing that another chef would be eliminated.
^Note 8 : Cliff was disqualified from the competition for aggressive physical contact with another chef.
^Note 9 : Elia and Sam were in a double elimination.
^Note 10 : Casey and Dale both shared the runner-up spot since both of them were eliminated in the finale.
^Note 11 : Lisa and Richard both shared the runner-up spot since both of them were eliminated in the finale.
^Note 12 : Eugene and Melissa were in a double elimination.
^Note 13 : Jeff originally placed seventh, but was brought back to the competition for winning a Quickfire Challenge against two other most recently eliminated chefs.
^Note 14 : Fabio and Jeff were in a double elimination.
^Note 15 : Carla and Stefan both shared the runner-up spot since both of them were eliminated in the finale.
^Note 16 : Bryan and Kevin both shared the runner-up spot since both of them were eliminated in the finale.
^Note 17 : Arnold and Lynne were in a double elimination.
^Note 18 : Angelo and Ed both shared the runner-up spot since both of them were eliminated in the finale.
^Note 19 : Dale and Stephen were in a double elimination.
^Note 20 : Jamie and Tiffani were in a double elimination.
^Note 21 : Colin, Simon and Tyler were eliminated in the First Qualifying Round.
^Note 22 : Nina was eliminated in the Second Qualifying Round.
^Note 23 : Ashley, Berenice, Chaz, Jonathan and Kim were eliminated in the Third Qualifying Round.
^Note 24 : Andrew, Janine, Laurent and Molly were eliminated in the Final Qualifying Round.
^Note 25 : Dakota and Nyesha were in a double elimination.
^Note 26 : Beverly originally placed seventh, but was brought back to the competition for winning the Last Chance Kitchen.
^Note 27 : Anthony, Daniel, Gina, Jorel, Stephanie and Tina were eliminated in the Qualifying Round.
^Note 28 : Carla and Chrissy were eliminated in a double elimination.
^Note 29 : CJ and Tyler were eliminated in a double elimination.
^Note 30 : Kristen originally placed seventh, but was brought back to the competition for winning the Last Chance Kitchen.
^Note 31 : Louis and Shirley were eliminated in a double elimination.
^Note 32 : Louis originally placed eleventh, but was brought back to the competition for winning the Last Chance Kitchen.