Contestant Progress
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 83 | 94 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Winner1 |
Micah | Hung | Brian | Casey | Joey | Casey | Dale | CJ | Dale Howie Hung Sara M. |
Brian | Hung | Hung | Casey | |
| Hung | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | WINNER |
| Dale | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN4 | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| Casey | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP |
| Brian | LOW | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |
| Sara M. | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||
| CJ | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Howie | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| Tre | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | OUT | |||||
| Sara N. | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Joey | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
| Lia | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| Camille | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| Micah | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||
| Sandee | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Clay | OUT | |||||||||||||
^Note 1 : From Episode 9 forward, the winner of the Quickfire does not receive immunity from elimination.
^Note 2 : Episode 6 was a non-competition reunion special.
^Note 3 : Dale, as winner of the Quickfire, was excused from the Elimination Challenge.
^Note 4 : No one was eliminated in Episode 9. While Brian and Dale were brought back for the second appearance at the Judging Table, they were only there as representatives of their teams, not because they were the worst. They were told that the judges chose to give each team a second run for this Elimination Challenge in Episode 9.
- (WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned Top Chef.
- (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
- (WIN) The chef won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
- (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
- (OUT) The chef lost that week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
- (IN) The chef neither won nor lost that week's Elimination Challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.
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