Top Chef renewed in Brazil, Panama

Floresta’s version of Top Chef in Brazil

NATPE: NBCUniversal (NBCU) Formats’ Emmy-winning culinary title Top Chef is returning to screens in Brazil and Panama.

The US studio has struck a deal with Sony-backed São Paulo prodco Floresta for a new 13-part season of the show for Record TV, reuniting chefs Felipe Bronze and Emmanuel Bassoleil and food journalist Ailin Aleixo.

In Panama, Medcom has signed up for a fifth season of Top Chef and a second of spin-off Top Chef Junior, both for broadcaster Telemetro.

Ana Langenberg, senior VP of format sales and production at NBCU Formats, said: “Top Chef is a title we continue to push. Top Chef Brazil and Top Chef Panama are both unique within the Top Chef brand.”