Pack your knives and get going! The Emmy-winning food competition series “Top Chef” is back, and this season, host Kristen Kish, judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, and 15 new chef contestants are heading up north to celebrate the best of our neighbors to the north, from poutine to Prince Edward Island shellfish. The new season premieres this Thursday with new supersized episodes every week as the chefs showdown to take home the $250,000 grand prize and the title of Top Chef. Catch the premiere this Thursday, March 13 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo with a subscription to Sling TV!

How to watch ‘Top Chef’ Season 22:

• When: Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET
• TV: Bravo
• Stream: Watch with 50% off your first month of Sling TV.
• From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a VPN.

Everything you need to know to stream ‘Top Chef’ Season 22

What is the ‘Top Chef’ release schedule?

Season 22 of “Top Chef” will premiere on Bravo on Thursday, March 13 from 9 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. ET, followed by new episodes every Thursday in the same time slot.

If you’re trying to stream the show on Peacock, the new episode will be available the following Friday at 3 a.m. ET.

Why do we recommend Sling TV for watching ‘Top Chef’?

Sling TV is our top pick for watching “Top Chef,” giving you the best package for the price. To watch Bravo, you will need the service’s Blue base package, which costs $46 per month. However, if you’re a new subscriber, you’ll be able to get 50% off your first month, meaning that you can watch the first four weeks of episodes for just $23.

The Blue package unlocks 43 total channels, including exclusive news and entertainment channels like Bravo, SyFy, FX, NFL Network, and more.

Can you watch ‘Top Chef’ for free?

There’s no way to stream the entire season of “Top Chef” for free, but if you are just interested in watching the season premiere you do have options. If you wanted to go this route, Hulu + Live TV would be my recommendation, because it comes with the best value in streaming.

Not only will you be able to stream the premiere and everything else on the broadcast and cable channels available via Hulu + Live TV, but you will also get the full Disney Bundle at no extra cost. So, you will also have the full Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+ platforms.

In addition, DIRECTV STREAM comes with a five-day free trial, while Fubo’s free trial can last as long as seven days, but the length of your trial when you sign up depends on what time of month you sign up and other factors. YouTube TV’s trial can range from two days up to two weeks, also dependent on factors like what time of month you signed up for the streamer.

What are all of the streamers you can use to watch ‘Top Chef’?

In addition to Sling TV and those with a free trial, you can watch on Bravo’s streaming home Peacock. The NBCUniversal platform won’t stream the episodes as they air on cable, but they will be available on-demand the next day.

Peacock unfortunately does not have a free trial, so you will have to sign up for a subscription on one of its two tiers: Peacock Premium, which starts at $8 per month with ads, or the ad-free Premium Plus for $14 per month.

For later streaming, Peacock is the only streaming service that will carry the new season of “Top Chef.” There are also select seasons of “Top Chef” available on both Netflix and Hulu, but Peacock is the only streamer where you can watch every season and bonus series.

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Watch the first look at ‘Top Chef’ Season 22

About ‘Top Chef’ Season 22

Now in its 22nd season, the Emmy, James Beard, and Critics Choice Award-winning competition series brings 15 new chefs together to compete for the sought-after title of Top Chef. The new season will celebrate our neighbors to the north as the chefs head to Canada, highlighting Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, and Prince Edward Island cuisine and ingredients through a variety of challenges.

Throughout the season, the chefs will also have the opportunity to win a cash prize during every Quickfire Challenge and select Elimination Challenges with more than $150,000 in total up for grabs.

The winner will also take home the grand prize of $250,000, in addition to $125,000 flight credit, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, an appearance at the annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, and for the first time ever, an exclusive dinner at the historic James Beard House in New York and the opportunity to present at The James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago, Illinois.

This season’s 15 contestants include:

Returning for Season 22 are host Kristen Kish, head judge Tom Colicchio, and perennial judge (and Canada native) Gail Simmons. “Top Chef” winners, finalists, and favorites will also return throughout the season to lend their guidance and expertise, including Richard Blais, Sara Bradley, Nina Compton, Danny Garcia, Ali Ghzawi, Gregory Gourdet, Nicole Gomes, Buddha Lo, Dale McKay, and Spike Mendelsohn.

Other distinguished guests and rotating judges include Andrea Aprea, Denia Baltzer, Daniel Boulud, Michael Cera, Jeremy Charles, Ilona Daniel, Greg Tarzan Davis, Connie DeSousa, Wylie Dufresne, Sheila Flaherty, Eden Grinshpan, Brenda Holder, Punkie Johnson, Jet Lee, Susur Lee, Sarah Levy, Hunter Lewis, Tracy Little, Antonio Park, Clare Reichenbach, Amy Schnieder, Dwight Smith, Clare Smyth, Mattea Roach, Paul Rogalski, David Zilber, and Janet Zuccarini.

Top Chef

March 8, 2006

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

What other ‘Top Chef’ series will be available to stream?

After the premiere of “Top Chef” Season 22, you can also watch the digital aftershow “The Dish with Kish,” hosted by judge Kish as she is joined each week by a “Top Chef” alum who will help her break down all the culinary action from the latest episode.

Also following the premiere, the Emmy-winning digital companion series “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” will return for its 14th season as eliminated chefs go head-to-head each week in front of host/judge Colicchio and try to cook their way back into the main competition.

Both series will be available through your live streaming service or on Peacock.

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