Top Chef Canada has been cancelled after a four-season run on Shaw Media’s Food Network Canada.
“Top Chef Canada was a huge series for Food Network and ushered in a new level of Canadian production we hadn’t previously done for the channel. We watch audience trends very closely and, after four years, our audiences are telling us they’re hungry for new programs,” Christine Shipton, Shaw Media’s VP of original content, said in a statement issued to Playback Daily.
“We are in a world where the audience demand and choices are the key to our continued success. We need to stay ahead of the trends, be where their preferences are heading. Fans can still get their Top Chef fill – Food Network will continue to air the Top Chef format on the station, including Top Chef Duels this fall,” Shipton said.
The fourth and final season of the show aired on Food Network Canada this spring. Top Chef Canada was produced by Toronto-based Insight Productions. The Canadian series was based on a NBCUniversal format, which originated on Bravo in the U.S.
When Shaw Media announced it was ordering a fourth season of Top Chef Canada back in May 2013, the broadcaster said the competition cooking show was Food Network Canada’s highest-rated series.