Top Chef (season 2)

Top Chef: Los Angeles is the second season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first filmed in Los Angeles, before concluding in Wikoloa Village, Hawaii. The season premiered on October 18, 2006 and ended on January 31, 2007. Padma Lakshmi replaced Katie Lee Joel as the host, with Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons returning as judges. The winning recipe from each week's episode was featured on Bravo's Top Chef website.

This season was preceded by Season 1 and followed by Season 3 on June 13, 2007.

Chefs
15 chefs were selected to compete in Top Chef: Los Angeles.