'' Top Chef '' was nominated at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming and Outstanding Reality-Competition Program for its second season . '' Top Chef '' won the award for Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards . '' Top Chef '' won the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards , defeating '' The Amazing Race '' , which had won the award every year since the category 's inception in 2003
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
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