Top Chef: Just Desserts
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Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality
competition show, spun off from Top Chef
. It premiered on the cable television
network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway
, and distributed by Bravo and Tiger Aspect USA
. It is hosted by Gail Simmons
, with head judge Johnny Iuzzini, head pastry chef at Jean-Georges
. Other judges include Hubert Keller
, owner of restaurant Fleur de Lys
and a Top Chef Masters
finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy
".
This was the first season of the spin-off show for Top Chef
. The winner of this season was Yigit Pura.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
competition show, spun off from Top Chef
Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
. It premiered on the cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
, and distributed by Bravo and Tiger Aspect USA
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions is a British television production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Co-founded by producer Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as The Vicar of Dibley and Mr. Bean...
. It is hosted by Gail Simmons
Gail Simmons
Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer and television personality, and is the Special Projects Director with Food & Wine magazine...
, with head judge Johnny Iuzzini, head pastry chef at Jean-Georges
Jean-Georges
Jean Georges is a restaurant at 1 Central Park West on the Lobby Level of the Trump International Hotel and Tower, Manhattan, named after its owner Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Jean Georges remains one of the few restaurants in the city awarded four stars by The New York Times...
. Other judges include Hubert Keller
Hubert Keller
Hubert Keller is a noted French chef, who is known for his signature restaurants, Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and Las Vegas.- Biography :Keller was born in Alsace, France, and graduated from the École Hoteliere in Strasbourg...
, owner of restaurant Fleur de Lys
Fleur de Lys (restaurant)
Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, California, along with its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, are two of the premier French restaurants in the United States.- History and description :...
and a Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition show currently broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, 24 world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges...
finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy
DailyCandy
DailyCandy is an e-mail newsletter based in New York. It was founded by Dany Levy in March 2000. It was sold to Bob Pittman's Pilot Group Ventures for around $3 million in 2003, and then sold to Comcast for $125 million in August 2008. Previously a New York-only insider's newsletter; DailyCandy has...
".
Format
In every episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts, there are two challenges: a Quickfire Challenge and an Elimination Challenge. The Quickfire Challenge is a short challenge that tests each contestant's fundamental skills. The Elimination Challenge is usually more difficult and tests the chefs' creativity and adaptability in using specific ingredients or fulfilling a certain client's needs.Judges
| Judges | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Gail Simmons Gail Simmons Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer and television personality, and is the Special Projects Director with Food & Wine magazine... |
♦ | ♦ |
| Johnny Iuzzini | ♦ | ♦ |
| Dannielle Kyrillos | ♦ | ♦ |
| Hubert Keller Hubert Keller Hubert Keller is a noted French chef, who is known for his signature restaurants, Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and Las Vegas.- Biography :Keller was born in Alsace, France, and graduated from the École Hoteliere in Strasbourg... |
♦ | ♦ |
Season 1
Aired: September 15 - November 17, 2010This was the first season of the spin-off show for Top Chef
Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
. The winner of this season was Yigit Pura.