Yes, Chef! Season 1 aired its finale on June 30, 2025. The NBC culinary competition featured 12 professional chefs.

Yes, Chef! premiered on April 28, 2025, with its debut season. It ended with Chef Emily Brubaker announced as the winner.

The Yes, Chef! season 1 finale, which aired on NBC on June 30, 2025, crowned Emily Brubaker as the winner, earning her the grand prize of $250,000.

In an exclusive interview with NBC on July 1, 2025, Yes, Chef! season 1 winner Emily Brubaker looked back on her time in the ...

Emily Brubaker’s Season 1 finale on Yes, Chef! blended personal growth and culinary mastery to overcome doubts and impress ...

Emily Manley is the chief capitol bureau reporter at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City for Nexstar stations. Emily joined the team back in June of 2020. She was most recently the News ...

UC Santa Cruz alumna Emily Brubaker won the first season of Yes, Chef! against 11 other professional chefs.