Top Chef: Houston
| Top Chef: Houston | |
|---|---|
| Season 19 | |
| Hosted by | Padma Lakshmi |
| Judges | Tom Colicchio Gail Simmons |
| No. of contestants | 15 |
| Winner | Buddha Lo |
| Runners-up | Evelyn Garcia Sarah Welch |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Finals venue | Tucson, Arizona |
| Fan Favorite | Damarr Brown |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Bravo |
| Original release | March 3 – June 2, 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
Top Chef: Houston is the nineteenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first announced by Bravo and NBCUniversal on September 21, 2021. The competition was filmed in Houston, Texas, which was not featured during the series' previous Texas-themed season, and Galveston Island. The season finale took place in Tucson, Arizona. The winner received US$250,000.
A variation of Top Chef: Portland's alumni judging panel was implemented. In each episode, the trio of Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons were joined by a former Top Chef competitor, along with a local or nationally acclaimed chef as a guest judge. In addition to the returning Last Chance Kitchen, a new web series titled Top Recipe was released each week, which featured Top Chef alum Dale Talde demonstrating how to cook winning Quickfire and Elimination Challenge dishes from the season.
Top Chef: Houston premiered on March 3, 2022, and concluded on June 2, 2022. In the season finale, Buddha Lo was declared the winner over runners-up Evelyn Garcia and Sarah Welch. Damarr Brown was voted Fan Favorite.