Top Chef San Francisco ( Air Date 2006-03-08 ) Genre Reality category. Overview "Top Chef: San Francisco is the first season of American reality television series Top Chef and was based first in San Francisco, California, filmed at Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen, in Emeryville, and concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006 and ended on May 24, 2006. Season 1 of Top Chef was taped in October and November 2005 in San Francisco, California. Twelve contestants from around the United States lived together in a house for approximately 21 days competing in a series of challenges. The prize money awarded to the Top Chef was $100,000. The weekly series was hosted by Katie Lee Joel with regular judges chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons of Food & Wine Magazine. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.".
Top Chef San Francisco
- Watch: Top Chef San Francisco on CWR-CRB
- Stars: Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish
- Director: Damon Lewis, Jim Hall, John Adams, Anna Sturgeon, Kristen Kish, Caitlyn Owens, Ronald Mare, Heather Allyn, Sena Rich, Joy Barrett, Timothy Hayward, Tessa Saville, Kristen Kapsaskis, Diana Schmedeman, Caitlin Henley, Taylor Cochran, Patrick Schmedeman, Gail Simmons, Tracy Tong, Joon Hee Lim, Nora Cromwell, Steve Lichtenstein, Hunter Braun, Doneen Arquines, Jo Sharon, Tom Colicchio, Casey Kriley
