Top Chef: Drunken Pork
Top Chef: Las Vegas Pigs and Pinot Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Pair a Dish with Alexia Crunch Snacks Elimination Challenge: Pigs & Pinot – Create a pork dish & pair with Pinot Noir I didn’t realize one of the questions during...
Top Chef: Undercooked Blues
Top Chef: Las Vegas Dinner Party Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish incorporating three keywords Elimination Challenge: Host a dinner party for the Macy’s Culinary Council When the show started, it showed a contestant talking about missing their family. In...
Top Chef: Deconstruction
Top Chef: Las Vegas Penn & Teller Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Duo Challenge – Angel vs. Devil Elimination Challenge: Deconstruct a Classic Dish The chefs seemed to be asking the same question I was last week. Why was Robin still there?...
Top Chef: Roughing It
Top Chef: Las Vegas Camping Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Viewer’s Choice: Cook with cactus Elimination Challenge: Prepare a high-end lunch for Chef Love & two dozen cowboys Some might complain that the camping challenge isn’t the best way to show how...
Top Chef: Fancy French Cooking
Top Chef: Las Vegas Vivre Las Vegas Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish using escargot in 45 minutes Elimination Challenge: French pairing – protein & sauce I believe I read it in one of the comments on a Top Chef...
Top Chef: Whole Lot of Scrumptiousness
Top Chef: Las Vegas Thunderbirds Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create an “out of this world” dish featuring potatoes Elimination Challenge: Create a meal for 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base At the beginning of the episode, Preeti and Laurine were...
Top Chef: Pairing Shots
Top Chef: Las Vegas Bachelor/Ette Party Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: “Roll With It” – Roll the dice and create a dish with the same number of ingredients Elimination Challenge: Bachelor & Bachelorette Party – Battle of the Sexes – Women vs....
Top Chef: Bloody Hot
Top Chef: Las Vegas Sin City Vice Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Mise En Place relay race Elimination Challenge: Create a dish based on a vice What I learned when the episode started was there were three Atlanta chefs that all have...
Top Chef: Cook Your Own Food
Top Chef: New York Season Finale Part II Here is a quick run down on the main challenge: Final Challenge: Create a three-course tasting menu Someone usually chokes in the final episode. This one didn’t have so much choking as someone not sticking to their guns and cooking what...
Top Chef: New Orleans Soul
Top Chef: New York Finale Part 1 Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish using crawfish Elimination Challenge: Create two dishes & one cocktail for the krewe of Orpheus Masquerade Ball The finale was set in New Orleans, which I think...