"Top Chef" was nominated at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007 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 in 2008. "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.