Top Chef 4/27/23--"Street Food Fight" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: everyone had to make a dish inspired by an emoji, which was dumb, because some of the emoji were food emoji and some were not. Buddha made a skull out of frozen coconut or whatever and he won. Then everyone had to make a dish that both sent a message (or had a message) and also could be eaten without utensils. So you can just make finger food if you want. Ali made a traditional dish, only meatless, with a good presentation, and he won. Dale tried to make mole, but his chicken was a weird texture. And honestly, the other people in the bottom were Victoire, who tried to make something from her native Africa, and Tom, who had a great idea but terrible execution. So Dale was eliminated. (click for more)

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Top Chef 4/20/23--"Hands Off" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: Dale and Begoña battled to return to the competition, by making high tea for everyone else. Begoña left off a whole component from her towers, so she went home permanently and Dale returned to the competition with immunity. Then everyone split up into two teams to make fancy picnics. Buddha told his group to think of fancy canapes, which worked and they won. The other team made some weird dishes, like sandwiches with lemon posset, and “cold cioppino”. Sylwia and Tom were the bottom two, and then they had to battle to stay in the competition. (click for more)

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Top Chef 4/13/23--"Top Chef Is No Picnic" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: the chefs had a Quickfire involving honey and mead, and making “celebratory” dishes. Tom made duck and some honey caviar and won immunity easily. Then they shipped everyone off to a vacation home to make a “family holiday feast”, served family style, for the Elimination Challenge. Tom was immediately volunteered for dessert, since he had immunity, and it was of course not great. Amar made lamb shanks he had had while on vacation, but which was certainly a special occasion dish, and he won. Begoña made “leftovers” which involved dry chicken and she was eliminated. (click for more)

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Top Chef 4/6/23--"Holiday Vacation" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: the chefs had to make British biscuits, and Tom decided he didn't even want to try. But it was a Quickfire so who cares? Ali won immunity for having crispy biscuits. Then we made teams and went to Tottenham's stadium and cooked with British ingredients. If your team lost twice then you had to compete against each other, so that meant Gabri, Begoña, and Luciana had to fight it out. Luciana did the worst, so she was eliminated. (click for more)

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Top Chef 3/30/23--"Spurred Lines" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: Tom and Gail showed up in the Stew Room to tell everyone they were going to go on a pub crawl instead of having a Quickfire. Most people knew something was up and took notes on the food they got. The Elimination Challenge asked chefs to pair up (randomly) and select a classic British pub dish to “elevate”. Some people were not familiar with any of this food. Buddha and Luciana took fish pie and deconstructed it, but kept the flavor, so they were the winners. May and Dale picked Scotch eggs, because May wanted to, and then Dale wouldn't listen to whatever idea she had, and then he didn't get them crispy so they were both eliminated. (click for more)

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Top Chef 3/23/23--"Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: the producers wisely kept the product placement to the Quickfire, meaning everyone had to make an amuse bouche that would fit on a Ritz. May was judged the overall winner, which she was very pleased by. Then everyone was asked to make a rice dish, to serve 100 people and the judges. There were successful risottos. Ali made a dish from his childhood, and won for his flavors and balance. Dawn didn't leave anything off her plates but she did serve crunchy rice instead of porridge so she was eliminated. (click for more)

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Top Chef 3/16/23--"Rice Rice, Baby" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: a new season started, in London, with winners and finalists from several of the Top Chef spinoffs. Looking forward to some fantastic international food. For the Quickfire everyone had to pair up and cook seafood. Someone tried to cook risotto in 30 minutes, and it went as well as you would expect. Dale and Sara won immunity with a well-balanced dish. The Elimination challenge asked for vegetable-forward dishes, which resulted in many dishes being dinged for having meats that were just there. Charbel basically served everyone an onion, and was given the win. Several people did not highlight vegetables, but Samuel didn't clean his shrimp so he was sent home. Or, to Last Chance Kitchen. (click for more)

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