Previously on “Top Chef”: there was a very weird Quickfire involving water conservation? I guess? Which Buddha won because of course he did. And then everyone got into pairs to make wellingtons, three different kinds. It makes sense. Buddha won again, but it was nice in that Gabri was his partner and Gabri has been in the bottom a lot. Sara and Amar had the best collection of flavors, but their lamb was straight-up raw so they were eliminated. (click for more)
Previously on “Top Chef”: the Quickfire was working with preserved fish, which no one really had a ton of trouble with? Amar won, even though he didn't know what he was doing for most of the challenge. He was given extra time in the Elimination challenge, which was to make a thali of Indian food. You didn't have to make Indian food, but you had to include a variety of flavors. A lot of work and some people don't know anything about Indian food. Amar managed to win again, which is very nice and I like seeing him do well. Victoire couldn't keep up with the spices, and while the other two in the bottom managed to provide at least one excellent dish, nothing she made was very impressive so Victoire was eliminated. (click for more)
Previously on “Top Chef”: it was Restaurant Wars time! They let the contestants take over a pre-existing restaurant with a trained waitstaff and FOH leaders, which I think was amazing. No more cater waiters. But apparently there are a lot of people who really wanted them to have to do décor and force someone to be FOH. But that stuff never matters and why not let professionals do it? Of course Buddha showed up with a concept already in mind and his team easily won with superior food. He won individually, again, of course, because he made two dishes and he knows what he's doing. Nicole made pasta ahead of time and then ended up in the weeds (possibly because she refused to make more than 6 dishes at a time) so she was sent home. (click for more)
Previously on “Top Chef”: we had two challenges that in my opinion should have been flipped. The Quickfire was making iconic street food from different countries, which I think would have been a great Elimination challenge. But the Elimination challenge was a product-placement mise en place race and then you had to make something with the mise en place ingredients. Dumb. Anyway, Buddha wins because of course he does, and then his team gets more proteins in the race but they lose to the team without any proteins at all. Tom won for roasted red peppers. The losing team didn't seem to really understand how the dishes were supposed to work (you had three ingredients and you should do one dish featuring each ingredient, not three dishes, each with all three). Charbel just did lamb which was boring, so he was sent home. (click for more)
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