Top Chef Names Tristen Epps-Long as Season 22  Winner

A new TV food star has been crowned.

After weeks of fierce competition, Top Chef revealed which season 22 hopeful came out of top during the Bravo reality series’ June 12 finale.

Only Bailey Sullivan, Tristen Epps-Long and Shuai Wang made it to the final elimination challenge in Milan, where the remaining three contestants were challenged to create the best four-course progressive meal of their lives in order to win the coveted $250,000 prize.

For the career-defining challenge, Shuai focused on his own heritage by crafting a Chinese-inspired meal, while Tristen similarly used his Afro-Caribbean roots to inform his plate choices.

Meanwhile, Bailey stuck to her signature “quirky” vibe and planned a meal that was unconventional, eccentric and whimsical. 

Following the impressive show of culinary skills, judges Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons had the difficult task of picking apart the foodie’s successes and failures—and there were very few of the latter.