Top Chef NEOM 2024: The new season is being filmed in Saudi - and will be the most challenging yet

Put on your aprons and grab your spatulas: Top Chef is coming the futuristic $500 billion city of the future NEOM.

MBC Group is taking Season 8 of the popular worldwide cooking show in collaboration with NEOM Media Industries to NEOM.

The eighth season will focus on highlighting ecological awareness and sustainable living throughout the show – reflecting the core values of the futuristic city of NEOM.

An OG show from the US, Top Chef features chef from around the world competing across various culinary challenges, judged by a panel of professional chefs and personalities from the F&B industry.

Here’s everything you need to know about Top Chef NEOM.

Top Chef NEOM

A popular cooking competition watched by many around the world, the show began in the United States, later expanding to version like Top Chef Arabia. The exciting adrenaline-filled show is heading to the sustainable and futuristic city of NEOM for its eighth season, promising to promote ecological and sustainable practices throughout – further highlighting the core values of the Saudi city.

Previously filmed in locations across the UAE, Lebanon and Saudi, Top Chef NEOM Season 8 will take things up a notch by adding a new layer of challenges. In honour of sustainable living, contestants will be judges on their sustainable approach to cooking, in addition to culinary skills and creativity. The reason? To inspire chefs to think about food and its relation to the environment.

Promising to bring delicious dishes straight to your screen, the new season will also use locally sourced ingredients and environment-friendly cooking techniques.