Top Chef features the trials and tribulations of twelve aspiring chefs who have to put their culinary skills to the test as they chop, whisk, mince, grind and cook their way to the top of the culinary world. Experience the full splendor of gourmet art and dive into the dramatic pressurized environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business. Featuring some of the brightest up-and-coming talent in the world of high-end gourmand, these competing chefs come from various backgrounds including culinary graduates and students, personal celebrity chefs, a Sous Chef, a line cook, a nutritionist, a Tournant Chef, and a self-taught mother of three. Hosted by Katie Lee Joel, wife of music icon Billy Joel and set in culinary mecca San Francisco, they will encounter a range of challenges that will stretch their limits. Top Chef is a show not to be missed!