Since taking home top honors during Top Chef's inaugural season back in 2006, the New York-based chef has opened and closed a series of restaurants in the Big Apple.

In October 2019, he opened his latest endeavor, Ten Hope, a Mediterranean restaurant serving Greek, Italian, Spanish and Moroccan dishes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

After meeting Meredith Davies at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic the summer after his season, the two tied the knot in 2010.

After coming out on top in the show's second season despite some controversial antics, the New York-native went on to open two restaurants, The Gorbals in downtown L.A.

Since winning the Miami-set third season, the Vietnamese-American chef began working with restaurant and nightlife company EMM Group, opening restaurants The General, Catch and Catch Miami with them.

In late 2019, he opened the Asian-fusion restaurant and bar Warrior on the Sunset Strip.

After becoming the first female winner of Top Chef, the Illinois-native returned to Chicago and set about building a restaurant empire, beginning with the opening of Girl and the Goat in 2010.

A year later, she competed in the first season of Food Network's Iron Chef Gauntlet, beating Iron Chefs Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon, becoming an Iron Chef in the process.

After beating his brother Bryan Voltaggio to take home top honors in season six, he left his gig as Chef de Cuisine at The Dining Room at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, Calif.

Following his win in season seven, Sbraga began to make a name for himself in his hometown of Philadelphia, opening a handful of restaurants in quick succession that all closed just as quickly.

Perhaps the Top Chef winner with the highest profile, Blais returned four seasons after losing to Stephanie Izard to win the show's first All Stars season.

After returning from Last Chance Kitchen to beat frontrunner Brooke Williamson (who returned to the show to reclaim what had been taken from her in a later season), the South Korean-born chef--Kish was adopted by a family in Michigan at four months--publicly came out in 2014, co-hosted a Travel Channel show 36 Hours in 2015, published the cookbook Kristen Kish Cooking: Recipes and Techniques in 2017 and, finally, opened the restaurant Arlo Grey in Austin, Tx.

The Philly-based chef was in the midst of launching his first restaurant, Laurel, when he competed on and won the show's 11th season.

After Michael Voltaggio's protégé became a Top Chef winner in her own right, she started writing food and travel guides for Robb Report.

In January 2019, she opened her first restaurant, Nightshade, in L.A.'s Arts District.

After returning to the competition via Last Chance Kitchen and ultimately winning, Flamm returned to his role as executive chef as Chicago's Michelin-starred Italian restaurant Spiaggia.