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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
9

Final episode date
  
1 November 2010

Language
  
English

7.1/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
16 November 2009

Genre
  
Reality television

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Starring
  
Jean Christophe Novelli

Executive producer(s)
  
Greg JohnstonHannah WyattDan Barraclough

Similar
  
Top Chef, Recipe for Deception, Top Chef Masters, Chef Roblé & Co, Life After Top Chef

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Chef Academy is a reality television series which premiered on November 16, 2009, on Bravo. The show followed Jean Christophe Novelli, a world-renowned Michelin star- and 5 AA Rosette-award-winning chef with restaurants in London, France and South Africa. On the show, he opened a test program for a top-notch culinary institute in Los Angeles, and trained and transformed those who aspire to cook like professionals.

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Contestants

There were nine students competing in Chef Academy. Names, ages, and hometowns below are from the Bravo website.

  • Carissa St. Aubin, 26 – Charlotte, N.C.
  • Emmanuel DelCour, 27 – Bordeaux, France and residing in Venice, California
  • Kyle Daley, 29 – Salt Lake City, Utah and residing in San Diego, California
  • Kyle Kupiszewski (Kup), 27 – Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Leonard Goodloe (Leo), 28 – San Antonio, T.X.
  • Sarah Jacobsen, 28 – Wheeling, Illinois
  • Suzanne Winn, 47 – Mission Viejo, California
  • Tracie Norfleet, 46 – Venice, California
  • Zoe Feigenbaum, 26 – New York, N.Y.

    • Although Chef Academy never had a true winner of the show, Kyle Daley was announced Best Chef of Chef Academy. It was announced on the final episode of the season.

    Format

    The students are assessed weekly tests varying from preparing desserts to gutting a fish or usually recreating one of Novelli's dishes. At the end of the test, Novelli determines who passes and who fails. If a student fails three tests, they are dismissed from his Academy.

    Location

    The building used to house the academy is 1304 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA.

    Notes

    1 The students who failed the first episode did not count as their first failure.
    2 Chef Novelli did not reveal the results for all the chefs except for the three who performed the best (Zoe, Kyle, and Kup) who were invited to join him at a beach party.
    3 The chefs who passed each made a croque-em-bouche for extra credit. Tracie was declared 'Head of the Class' because she impressed Chef Novelli the most this week.
    4 Although both Sarah and Suzanne received their third failures, Chef Novelli decided to give them another chance.
    5 Although Suzanne had failed the Chef Academy, Chef Novelli asked her back for Episode 9 to host the gala for the final challenge.

    Key

    Y The student passed that episode's test.
    N The student failed that episode's test.
         (FAIL) The student received three strikes and failed Chef Academy.
         (PASS) The student passed Chef Academy.

    References

    Chef Academy Wikipedia
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