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: 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...
Top Chef: Crush Worthy
Top Chef: Las Vegas Season Finale Part 1 Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish that features Napa’s signature crop, the grape Elimination Challenge: Cater a Crush party for 150 people This is the episode where the chefs actually got a...