Emmy Award-winning "Top Chef" embarks on an epic gastronomic road trip up the coast of California. With nearly 1000 miles traveled, the unprecedented six-city expedition challenges the cheftestants’ culinary skills like never before as they journey across the Golden State, stopping in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where the series first began, along with San Diego, Santa Barbara, Oakland and the Greater Palm Springs area. Returning to the judges table for season 13 are host Padma Lakshmi and head judge Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons, Richard Blais and Emeril Lagasse.