Top Chef Thailand season 1
| Top Chef Thailand | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Pitipat Kootrakul |
| Judges | Willment Leong Suphamongkhon Supapipat Thitid Tassanakajohn Phichaya Uthantam |
| No. of contestants | 15 |
| Winner | Chudaree Debhakam |
| Location | Bangkok |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ONE HD |
| Original release | March 25 – June 24, 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
Top Chef Thailand (season 1) is the first season of the Thai reality television series Top Chef Thailand. The season premiered on March 25, 2017, and concluded on June 24, 2017. Filming initially took place in Bangkok. Willment Leong, Suphamongkhon Supapipat, Thitid Tassanakajohn and Phichaya Uthantam served as judges and Pitipat Kootrakul[1] as a host for the first season.
The winner of the competition was "Chef Tam" Chudaree Debhakam,[2] and the runners-up was "Chef May" Phattanant Thongthong.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of filming)
| Contestant | Age | Position | Restaurant / Office | Resident | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warasiri Thongthaem Na Ayudhya "Chef Pete" |
38 | Executive Chef | Dr.Orawan Holistic and Anti-Aging Institute |
Phuket | Episode 1 | 15 |
| Chayant Kachaenchai "Chef Tu" |
36 | Owner Chef | Su-Goi By Chef Tu | Nakhon Ratchasima | 14 | |
| Thapakorn Chinawasee "Chef Pong" |
34 | Food Consult | Bangkok | Bangkok | Episode 2 | 13 |
| Pongsathorn Surach "Chef Nui" |
27 | Executive Chef | The Sky Gallery | Chonburi | Episode 3 | 12 |
| Duangjai Bumrungpol "Chef Tui" |
33 | Owner Chef | Kitchen Hut | Bangkok | Episode 5 | 11 |
| Eknarin Chuthongkham "Chef Folk" |
29 | Executive Chef | Chef rider X2 | Bangkok | 10 | |
| Chaiwalan Intawan "Chef Max" |
38 | Executive Chef | Centara Hotel | Udon Thani | 9 | |
| Chaitphuchish Thaekingsak "Chef Hooto" |
28 | Food Consult | Hua Chang Hotel | Bangkok | Episode 6 | 8 |
| Kamol Chobdee-ngam "Chef Gig" |
38 | Owner Chef | Leusthip | Bangkok | Episode 8 | 7 |
| Sucharat Piyachokepaisan "Chef Nam Fon" |
25 | European Cuisine Professor |
Suan Dusit University | Bangkok | Episode 10 | 6 |
| Sara Jirarat "Chef Ton" |
34 | Owner Chef | Aston | Bangkok | Episode 7 | 5 |
| Episode 11 | ||||||
| Thawatchai Akarawongwatthana "Chef Bus" |
29 | Owner Chef | 8 Bistro | Nakhon Ratchasima | Episode 12 | 4 |
| Siriporn Chaisiripanich "Chef Ooy" |
46 | Executive Chef | Wind Water View | Bangkok | 3 | |
| Phattanant Thongthong "Chef May" |
36 | Owner Chef | Monkey's Kitchen | Chiang Mai | Episode 13 | 2 |
| Chudaree Debhakam "Chef Tam" |
24 | Sous Chef | Blue Hill at Stone Barns | United States | 1 |
Contestant progress
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) |
Green team1 | May | Max | — | — | — | — | — | May | Tam | Bus | — | Ton | Bus | May | — | ||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| Tam | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | IN | IMM3 | LOW | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WINNER | ||
| May | IN | IMM | HIGH | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Ooy | WIN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||
| Bus | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IMM4 | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |||
| Ton | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | RET | IMM | OUT | |||||
| Nam Fon | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| Gig | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||
| Hooto | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Max | HIGH | IN | IMM | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Folk | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Tui | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Nui | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Pong | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| Tu | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
- (WINNER) The contestant won Top Chef Thailand.
- (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was a Runner-Up.
- (WIN) The contestant was winning elimination challenge.
- (HIGH) Team / The contestants nominated in elimination challenge but not win.
- (IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
- (IMM) The contestant who have been granted immunity. Not eliminated that week.
- (RET) The contestant was originally eliminated but returned to the competition.
- (LOW) The contestant was at risk of elimination.
- (OUT) The contestant was eliminated from the competition in elimination challenge.
- (OUT) The contestant was eliminated from the competition in quickfire challenge.
Notes
- ^ Green team has members as follows: Chef Hooto, Chef Gig, Chef Nam Fon, Chef Max and Chef Ton.
- Since episode 2, no contestants have been eliminated in the quickfire challenge.
- ^ In episode 7 Chef Tam who have been granted immunity and granted a special joint committee to review foods in elimination challenge.
- ^ In episode 8 Chef Bus who have been granted immunity and increase the cooking time to 10 minutes.
References
- ^ "'ปีติภัทร คูตระกูล' พิธีกรฝีปากเป็นเอก". bangkokbiznews.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "ชุดารี เทพาคำ ท็อปเชฟไทยแลนด์คนแรก". posttoday.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-30.