If someone has already started a thread on this please let me know. I love this show. Glad to see it back and glad to see new faces other than another all stars round. First episode had some challenges starting out.
I liked it, will be interesting to see how they adapt challenges.pinkdog said:
If someone has already started a thread on this please let me know. I love this show. Glad to see it back and glad to see new faces other than another all stars round. First episode had some challenges starting out.
He was on the Iron Chef Gauntlet competition several years ago, and despite having like a decade less experience than most of the other chefs was really competitive in every challenge. Guy is legit.StringerBell said:
I'm in. Feels like the Japanese guy who made the duck can go far.
I think Sara is the dark horse.fig96 said:He was on the Iron Chef Gauntlet competition several years ago, and despite having like a decade less experience than most of the other chefs was really competitive in every challenge. Guy is legit.StringerBell said:
I'm in. Feels like the Japanese guy who made the duck can go far.
I'm liking him (Shota), Gabe, and Sara so far.
Also, the brunch challenge was really fun, some of their interpretations looked awesome.
pinkdog said:
So last episode. I love avishar because he is the cute nerd type but for the love of god why did he cook risotto? I am convinced no one will ever do well on Top Chef with risotto because everyone has always done terribly with it. Happy for Chris to be doing well. I knew Kiki would go once they said raw chicken. Still love the show. Interesting challenges.
My understanding was they had to do a Top Chef bubble so the judges had to stay through the entire season. Probably tough and/or too expensive to get the celebrity chef types to commit a month (or however long) away from their lives.TXAGFAN said:I liked it, will be interesting to see how they adapt challenges.pinkdog said:
If someone has already started a thread on this please let me know. I love this show. Glad to see it back and glad to see new faces other than another all stars round. First episode had some challenges starting out.
Honestly, I was puzzled by some of the judges they chose. If I understood correctly they will be the same all season? Richard Blais' hair was a bit much, doesn't he have a wife to set him straight?
Wasn't surprised to see who went home, he seemed out of practice being a pit master?
No idea on his firing (although given what has been going on in restaurants recently, wouldn't be shocked if it was a "me too" deal), but he is opening a new restaurant next year:dc509 said:
I think so far Gabe and Sara are the best.
It will be interesting if Gabe wins. He was fired from his restaurant in Austin, and it was done publicly with an explanation that they needed to do so because he violated their values and they support radical change. Anyone have any insight?
https://austin.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/04-30-21-austins-top-chef-competitor-gabe-erales-mexican-restaurant-rainey-street-bacalar/#:~:text=Chef%20Gabe%20Erales%2C%20currently%20a,where%20Erales%20has%20family%20roots.Quote:
Chef Gabe Erales, currently a contestant on season 18 of Bravo's Top Chef and a champion of Mexican cuisine, will open his first restaurant a Mexican-inspired eatery called Bacalar that will draw influence from various regions of the Yucatan Peninsula, where Erales has family roots.
Scheduled to open in the fall of next year, Bacalar will anchor the ground level of the 44 East Ave Residences, the slick skyscraper currently under construction on the banks of Lady Bird Lake.
I think we're heading towards this with potentially Dawn or Jamie in the mix. And I wouldn't count out Sasha if she makes it back, she's killing it in Last Chance Kitchen.StringerBell said:
id be really interestedin a gabe sarah shoda finale
SameStringerBell said:
man i love these types of team showdowns where one side is clearly more talented, but the other side just plain works better together and ends up winning.
Eh, that wasn't Dawn's fault. She delivered.Tanya 93 said:
I like Dawn
But she ****ed everyone over with not knowing what she was making until the last minute