Top Chef The Heat is On (Season 9, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 44 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

Top Chef

The Heat is On (Season 9, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 44 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

10 chefs try to earn a spot in the final 16 by choosing which of 10 initial ingredients they will use to create a dish. The remaining chefs "on the bubble" compete in a final cook-off to earn one of the remaining spots in the final 16.

Producers

Clara Bottoms | Erik Sandoval

Composer

Ali Memarian

Editors

Jeannie Gilgenberg Buck (as Jeannie Gilgenberg) | Austin Flack | Kevin Kearney | Anthony J. Rivard

Casting Director

Nick Gilhool

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 9, 2011

Release date

Nov 9, 2011 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 5 wins & 98 nominations

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Padma Lakshmi Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Glitter (2001)
Hugh Acheson Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Gods of Food (2019)
Nyesha Arrington Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Taste (I) (2013)
Lindsay Autry Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Jonathan Baltazar Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Ty-Lor Boring Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Molly Brandt Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Cutthroat Kitchen (2013)
Chaz Brown Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Restaurant Divided (2013)
Kimberly Calichio Self - Contestant (as Kim Calichio) Self - Contestant (as Kim Calichio) See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Tom Colicchio Self - Head Judge Self - Head Judge See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Andrew Curren Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Food Paradise (2007)
Berenice DeAraujo Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Janine Falvo Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
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Chris Jones Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Beverly Kim Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Emeril Lagasse Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Last Holiday (2006)
Edward Lee Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Mind of a Chef (2012)
Whitney Otawka Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Laurent Quenioux Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
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Heather Terhune Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
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