Yes, Chef!
Yes, Chef! | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Directed by | Harbinder Singh |
Presented by | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Network | NBC |
Release | April 28, 2025 present | –
Yes, Chef! is an American reality competition cooking show television series that premiered on NBC on April 28, 2025. The series is hosted by José Andrés and Martha Stewart.
Production
On February 13, 2025, it was announced that NBC had ordered the series with José Andrés and Martha Stewart as the hosts and executive producers.[1][2]
On April 3, 2025, the chefs were announced.[3]
Format
Each episode features two challenges:
Main Challenge: a team exercise designed to test leadership skills. The judges select the winning team and one chef from either team will be crowned that episode’s Most Valuable Chef.
Cook-off: a head to head challenge between the MVC and a member of the losing team (chosen by the MVC)
Chefs
Contestant[3] | Age | Occupation | Hometown/Home country[3] | Result |
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Torrece 'Chef T' Gregoire | 41[4] | Chef-owner of restaurant, Union 41[5] | Bristol, Virginia | Eliminated May 5 |
Michelle Francis | TBA | Sous-chef at Jar restaurant[6] | Santa Monica, California | Eliminated May 12 |
Katsuji Tanabe | 44[7] | Restaurateur | Raleigh, North Carolina | Withdrew May 26 |
Peter Richardson | 23[8] | Private Chef[9] | Islip Terrace, New York | Eliminated May 26 |
Ronny Miranda | 42[10] | Conference Lead Chef at the Culinary Institute of America[11] | Oakland, California | Eliminated June 2 |
Christopher Morales | 30s[12] | Executive Chef at Gregory's Steakhouse[13] | Melbourne, Florida | Eliminated June 2 |
Julia Chebotar | 36[14] | Private Chef[15] | New York City, New York | Eliminated May 19 |
Returned to Competition | ||||
Re-eliminated June 9 | ||||
Petrina Peart | 39[16] | Executive Chef for the Wyoming Governor's Mansion[17] | Cheyenne, Wyoming | Eliminated April 28 |
Returned to Competition | ||||
Re-eliminated June 16 | ||||
Jake Lawler | TBA | Executive Chef at Vintage Brewing Co.[18] | Madison, Wisconsin | Eliminated June 23 |
Lee Frank | 46[19] | Executive Chef at Otis restaurant[20] | South Berwick, Maine | Runner-up June 30 |
Zain Ismail | 28 | Executive Sous Chef at Fork n' Film[21] | Los Angeles, California | Runner-up June 30 |
Emily Brubaker | 44 | Resort executive chef at Omni La Costa[22] | Carlsbad, California | Winner June 30 |
Elimination table
Place | Color Team | Contestant | Episodes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
1 | Red (Episodes 1 & 4) Blue (Episodes 2 & 3) Green (Episodes 6 & 7) |
Emily | WIN | WIN | LOST | SAFE | SAFE | LOST | WIN | LOST | WIN | WINNER |
2 | Blue (Episodes 1–3, 7) Red (Episode 4) Green (Episode 6) |
Lee | SAFE | LOST | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOST | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
Green (Episodes 1–4, 6 & 7) | Zain[a] | SAFE | WIN | WIN | LOST | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
4 | Blue (Episodes 1, 3 & 7) Green (Episodes 2 & 6) Red (Episode 4) |
Jake[b] | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | LOST | OUT | |
5 | Green (Episode 1) Blue (Episodes 6 & 7) |
Petrina[c] | OUT | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
6 | Green (Episodes 1–4) Blue (Episodes 6 & 7) |
Julia[d][e] | SAFE | WIN | WIN | OUT | WIN | OUT | ||||
7 | Red (Episode 1) Blue (Episodes 2 & 4) Green (Episodes 3 & 6) |
Christopher | WIN | LOST | WIN | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||
8 | Red (Episode 1) Blue (Episodes 2 & 3)[f] Green (Episodes 4 & 6) |
Ronny[g] | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LOST | WIN | OUT | ||||
9 | Blue (Episodes 1, 4 & 6) Green (Episodes 2 & 3) |
Peter[h] | SAFE | WIN | LOST | WIN | OUT | LOST | ||||
10 | Blue (Episodes 1 & 4) Green (Episodes 2 & 3) |
Katsuji[i][j] | SAFE | WIN | LOST | WIN | WD | |||||
11 | Red (Episode 1) Blue (Episodes 2, 3 & 6) |
Michelle[k][l] | WIN | SAFE | OUT | LOST | ||||||
12 | Green (Episode 1) Blue (Episodes 2 & 6) |
Torrece 'Chef T' | SAFE | OUT | LOST |
- This cook won the competition.
- This cook finished as a runner-up in the finals.
- This cook won the challenge.
- This cook was safe from elimination.
- This cook lost the challenge.
- This cook was eliminated.
- This cook won the elimination challenge.
- This cook won Most Valuable Chef of the episode.
- The contestant withdrew from the competition.
Episodes
No. | Title [23][24] | Original release date [23][24] | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) |
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1 | "Control Freaks" | April 28, 2025 | 1.51[25] | 0.1/2[25] |
2 | "Martha's Roast" | May 5, 2025 | 1.50[26] | 0.2/2[26] |
3 | "What's in the Box?" | May 12, 2025 | 1.40[27] | 0.1/2[27] |
4 | "Taste of Your Own Medicine" | May 19, 2025 | 1.89[28] | 0.2/3[28] |
5 | "Chefs Rank" | May 26, 2025 | 1.44[29] | 0.1/2[29] |
6 | "Sweet Revenge" | June 2, 2025 | 1.28[30] | 0.1/2[30] |
7 | "Knowing Your Limit" | June 9, 2025 | 1.35[31] | 0.1/2[31] |
8 | "The Pursuit of Perfection" | June 16, 2025 | 1.27[32] | 0.1/2[32] |
9 | "Overcoming Obstacles" | June 23, 2025 | 1.34[33] | 0.1/2[33] |
10 | "And the Winner Is..." | June 30, 2025 | 1.37[34] | 0.1/3[34] |
Critical response
Notes
- ^ Leader of Green Team in Episodes 1 & 3
- ^ Leader of Red Team in Episode 4
- ^ Leader of Green Team in Episode 7
- ^ Leader of Green Team in Episode 4
- ^ Leader of Blue Team in Episode 7
- ^ Didn't compete in Episode 2
- ^ Leader of Blue Team in Episode 3
- ^ Leader of Blue Team in Episode 4
- ^ Leader of Blue Team in Episode 1
- ^ Leader of Green Team in Episode 2
- ^ Leader of Red Team in Episode 1
- ^ Leader of Blue Team in Episode 2
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