Top Chef - Season 17 Episode 11 Michael's Santa Monica
Tom makes his final decision from Last Chance Kitchen on who should return to the competition. Then the chefs take off in a Quickfire with Padma and Jonathan Waxman making a two-course Business-Class dish for an airline. For their final challenge in Los Angeles before jetting off to Italy for the finale, the chefs go to Michael’s Santa Monica, where they meet Chef and Restaurateur Michael McCarty, the legendary pioneer of California Cuisine. With only five chefs moving onto the finals, the chefs will have to reimagine one of Michael’s iconic dishes from across the years and serve it to a table of celebrated alumni of Michael’s kitchen, including Roy Yamaguchi, Jonathan Waxman, Sang Yoon, Mark Peel and Brooke Williamson.
Year: 2026
Genre: Reality
Country: United States of America
Studio: Bravo
Director: Lauren Zalaznick
Cast: Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish
Crew: Caitlyn Owens (Supervising Producer), Kristen Kish (Producer), Anna Sturgeon (Casting Producer), Ronald Mare (Casting), Heather Allyn (Casting Producer), Sena Rich (Casting Producer)
First Air Date: Mar 08, 2006
Last Air date: Jun 08, 2026
Season: 23 Season
Episode: 342 Episode
Runtime: 42 minutes
IMDb: 6.86/10 by 69.00 users
Popularity: 24.6917
Language: English
Keyword : cooking competition