Yes, Chef! is an American reality competition cooking show television series that aired on NBC from April 28 to June 30, 2025. The series is hosted by José Andrés and Martha Stewart. In March 2026, the series was cancelled after one season.
Production On February 13, 2025, it was announced that NBC had ordered the series with José Andrés and Martha Stewart as the hosts and executive producers.
On April 3, 2025, the chefs were announced. On March 12, 2026, it was announced that the series was cancelled after one season.
Format Contestants on Yes, Chef! are professional chefs that have been nominated by their supervisors, peers, or family members because of their inability to control the personal issues interfering with their performance in the kitchen (egotism, stubbornness, indecisiveness, etc.), despite their culinary potential. Hosts Andrés and Stewart guide these chefs through a series of challenges designed to test both their cooking skills and their behavior. The ultimate winner receives a cash prize of US$250,000.
Each episode (with the exception of the finale) features two challenges:
Main Culinary Challenge: Early in the season, the Culinary Challenges were team exercises designed to test the chefs' leadership, cooperation, and technique. The judges select the winning team and one chef from either team will be crowned that episode’s Most Valuable Chef (MVC), who receives immunity from elimination. Later episodes feature individual Culinary Challenges, with the winning chef of each challenge receiving the MVC title.
Cook-off: Initially a head-to-head challenge between the MVC and a member of the losing team (chosen by the MVC); if the MVC wins the cook-off, the nominee is eliminated from the competition, but a victory by the nominee allows that chef to select another chef from the losing team to be eliminated. In later episodes, the MVC is exempt from the cook-off and is asked to select which two chefs will compete, sometimes choosing which ingredients or restrictions the at-risk chefs receive; the loser of the cook-off leaves the competition.
Chefs
Contestant Age Occupation Hometown/Home country Result Torrece 'Chef T' Gregoire 41 Chef-owner of restaurant, Union 41 Bristol, Virginia Eliminated May 5 Michelle Francis TBA Sous-chef at Jar restaurant Santa Monica, California Eliminated May 12 Katsuji Tanabe 44 Restaurateur Raleigh, North Carolina Withdrew May 26 Peter Richardson 23 Private Chef Islip Terrace, New York Eliminated May 26 Ronny Miranda 42 Conference Lead Chef at the Culinary Institute of America Oakland, California Eliminated June 2 Christopher Morales 30s Executive Chef at Gregory's Steakhouse Melbourne, Florida Eliminated June 2 Julia Chebotar 36 Private Chef New York City, New York Eliminated May 19 Returned to Competition Re-eliminated June 9 Petrina Peart 39 Executive Chef for the Wyoming Governor's Mansion Cheyenne, Wyoming Eliminated April 28 Returned to Competition Re-eliminated June 16 Jake Lawler TBA Executive Chef at Vintage Brewing Co. Madison, Wisconsin Eliminated June 23 Lee Frank 46 Executive Chef at Otis restaurant South Berwick, Maine Runner-up June 30 Zain Ismail 28 Executive Sous Chef at Fork n' Film Los Angeles, California Runner-up June 30 Emily Brubaker 44 Resort executive chef at Omni La Costa Carlsbad, California Winner June 30
Elimination table
Place Color Team ContestantEpisodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Red Blue Green Emily WIN WIN LOST SAFE SAFE LOST WIN LOST WIN WINNER2 Blue Red Green Lee SAFE LOST WIN SAFE SAFE SAFELOST WIN WIN RUNNER-UP Green Zain SAFE WIN WIN LOST SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN RUNNER-UP 4 Blue Green Red Jake SAFE WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN LOST OUT 5 Green Blue Petrina OUTWINSAFE OUT 6 Green Blue Julia SAFE WIN WIN OUT WIN OUT 7 Red Blue Green Christopher WIN LOST WIN WIN SAFE OUT 8 Red Blue Green Ronny WIN SAFE SAFE LOST WIN OUT 9 Blue Green Peter SAFE WIN LOST WIN OUT LOST 10 Blue Green Katsuji SAFE WIN LOST WIN WD 11 Red Blue Michelle WIN SAFE OUT LOST 12 Green Blue Torrece 'Chef T' SAFE OUT LOST
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