Top Chef: Hot Emotions
Top Chef: All Stars Night at the Museum Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a midnight snack for kids Elimination Challenge: Make a breakfast inspired by a dinosaur’s diet It is interesting to watch the chef’s attitudes this time around. They have...
Top Chef: Same Mistakes
Top Chef: All-Stars History Never Repeats Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish that represents your season’s city Elimination Challenge: Turn the dish that sent you home into a success The first episode is filled with meeting a bunch of people...
Top Chef: Judging Your Peers
Top Chef: Washington D.C. Cold War Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Chefs must prepare exotic proteins Elimination Challenge: Chefs must prepare a cold dish I don’t think that I think about making cold food enough, even though I grew up in a...
Top Chef: Locavores
Top Chef: Washington D.C. Farm Policy Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish using crabs Elimination Challenge: Create a dish using produce & proteins from a local organic & humane farm I like it when they use local ingredients, so I...
Top Chef: Double Elimination
Top Chef: Washington D.C. Room Service Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create an adult dish & a baby-friendly puree version. Elimination Challenge: Create breakfast, lunch & dinner courses for the Hilton menu I loved seeing Bryan back on the show, even if...
Top Chef: All-American Food
Top Chef: Washington D.C. Capitol Grill Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Make a Pie from Scratch Elimination Challenge: Prepare a picnic for Capitol Hills interns that includes 1 main dish and 2 sides This season, the chefs seem pretty catty towards one...
Top Chef: Healthy & Nutritious Lunch
Top Chef: Washington D.C. Outside the Lunch Box Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Chefs must pair up to create a sandwich. Elimination Challenge: Create a healthy school lunch with a budget of $2.60 per child I liked the challenges, especially the healthy...
Top Chef: Melting Pot
Top Chef: Washington D.C. House of Chef-presentatives Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Mise en place tournament Elimination Challenge: Create a dish that reflects where you’re from In these early episodes, they have too many chefs to show the judges talking about each...
Top Chef Masters: Romantic Duos
Top Chef Masters First Date Dinner I didn’t do recaps of the first season, but I thought I’d try it out for this season since Amy likes the pictures of food. I’m behind, like usual, but here goes! This time, at the end of each episode, two chefs would...
Top Chef: Creativity Wins
Top Chef: Las Vegas Season Finale Part 2 In past seasons, I have been able to guess some of the three finalists, but never all three. There is usually a wild card in there or someone that surprised me as the competition went along. This time, I could have...