Top Chef - Season 1

Top Chef: San Francisco is the first season of American reality television series Top Chef and was based first in San Francisco, California, filmed at Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen, in Emeryville, and concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006 and ended on May 24, 2006. Season 1 of Top Chef was taped in October and November 2005 in San Francisco, California. Twelve contestants from around the United States lived together in a house for approximately 21 days competing in a series of challenges. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The weekly series was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.

• S1 E1 - Who Deserves To Be Here

• S1 E2 - Food Of Love

• S1 E3 - Nasty Delights

• S1 E4 - Food on the Fly

• S1 E5 - Blind Confusion

• S1 E6 - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

• S1 E7 - Restaurant Wars

• S1 E8 - Wedding Bell Blues

• S1 E9 - Napa's Finest

• S1 E10 - Reunion

• S1 E11 - Finale (1)

• S1 E12 - Finale (2)