Top Chef: Texas is the ninth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed in various cities in Texas, including San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin. The season premiered on Bravo on November 2, 2011. This season of Top Chef features a much larger number of contestants than any previous season; 29 chefs will take part in the competition. This season will also introduce a new competition to the series; in addition to the Quickfire and Elimination Challenges featured in televised episodes, the Last Chance Kitchen will allow eliminated contestants to compete head-to-head in a... series of webisodes, with one eventually returning to the main competition. The webisodes are available on Bravo's website. Colicchio, Lakshmi, and Simmons return to the show from previous seasons. Lagasse previously appeared as a guest judge in season 5. Acheson appeared as a contestant in season 3 of Top Chef: Masters. Twenty-nine chefs will compete in the ninth season of Top Chef: Due to the two-episode qualifying rounds that began this season, the show did not use its traditional elimination format until episode three. ^Note 1 : Did not win immunity.
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| On the air: | March 8, 2006-April 2009 |
| Producer: | Frances Berwick, Rich Buhrman, Gaylen Gawlowski |