challengedescriptions {topChef}

challengedescriptions

Description

A dataset containing information about each challenge that the Chefs compete in

Usage

data(challengedescriptions)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

season

Name of season

seasonNumber

Season number

series

Top Chef US (listed as US); Top Chef US Masters (listed as US Masters); Top Chef Canada (listed as Canada)

episode

Episode number

challengeType

Challenge type: qualifying challenge, elimination, quickfire, sudden death quickfire, quickfire elimination, battle of the sous chefs

outcomeType

Is the challenge run as a team or as an individual?

challengeDescription

Description of the challenge

shopTime

If they go shopping, how long do they have? Unit is minutes

shopBudget

If they go shopping, what is their budget? Unit is dollars unless otherwise specified.

prepTime

If they have prep time, how long do they have? Unit is minutes

cookTime

How long they have to cook (in minutes)

productPlacement

List of products promoted in the challenge, other than the usual series-wide product placement. Will be blank if none were mentioned

advantage

If an advantage is offered to the winner of the challenge, it will be listed here: e.g., Immunity, choosing a protein in the elimination challenge, choosing your team in the elimination challenge. Will be blank if none were mentioned.

lastChanceKitchenWinnerEnters

If someone comes in from Last Chance Kitchen at this challenge, their name will be listed here. Will be blank for all other challenges.

restaurantWarWinner

Role played by the winner of restaurant wars: Executive Chef, Front of House, the full team, Line Cook, Roles Rotated, or No one won. Will only have values for Restaurant War episodes.

restaurantWarEliminated

Role played by the Chef eliminated after restaurant wars: Executive Chef, Front of House, the full team, Line Cook, Roles Rotated. Will only have values for Restaurant War episodes.

didJudgesVisitWinningTeamFirst

Categorical variable of which team was shown serving the judges first. Will only have values for Restaurant Wars episodes.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chef

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
challengedescriptions %>%
   group_by(series,season,outcomeType) %>%
   summarise(n=n()) %>%
   pivot_wider(names_from=outcomeType,values_from=n)