One of the things that you might not know about Top Chef is that they are paid by the cities and states they film in each season to come there. Many cities and states have incentives in place to encourage the film industry to bring jobs to the state. Some have incentives in place to […]
Top Chef: Comida Final
It’s FINALLY time to crown the winner. I am ready for the season to be over because #60DaysIn Atlanta is premiering tonight in the same time slot and I want to make it a priority. I will be recapping it as soon as this goes up. I still love Top Chef, but since Jim, Sylva […]
Top Chef Finale: Who Is Top Chef?
Tonight is the night that this season’t Top Chef will be announced! (psst actually, it’s not) I suppose I am rooting for Sheldon. But first, a hotel commercial. Sigh. The quickfire challenge is to feature the very hot Habanero pepper in a dish. They shop at a local market where Brooke picks up a cucumber […]
Top Chef: Murky Margaritas
It’s time to find out who won Last Chance Kitchen. I think it is going to be Jamie. Since he gave away his immunity and got eliminated, I feel like Tom probably just picked him every week. It really is all up to Tom regarding who comes back. No matter how many judges there are, […]
Top Chef: Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard!
We are down to just four chefs, the seemingly preordained winner, John Tesar, Sheldon, Shirley and Brooke. The top four walk in to the kitchen to see that the work stations have been partitioned. It’s clearly the challenge where they have to cook while telling an unknown partner how to replicate their dish. Generally, the […]
Top Chef Charleston: Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies
This week we start out going trawling for shrimp. The chefs are all worried about getting sea sick. I am loving all the pelicans. We didn’t get to see nearly enough of the shrimp boat. After no more than two minutes of boat fun, we are back to the dock for an outdoor quickfire. Any […]
Top Chef Charleston: The Chefs Are Getting Crabby
Off to a bit of a late start due to a technical glitch with my much beleaguered DVR. With the return of Shondaland tonight I’ll be surprised if the my poor DVR doesn’t just give up and die tonight. It looks like the first quickfire is a palate challenge tonight. Most of them were really […]
Top Chef: Restaurant Wars
If you missed last weeks episode of Top Chef, it was a super crazy week. Everyone’s favorite chef, Jim was eliminated in a sudden death quickfire. Still. Not. Over. It. And then, they finally made us all love the burnt veggies guy, Jaime. He seemed to have found his stride and won immunity for this […]
Top Chef Charleston: Stormy Weather
Top Chef: Charleston wrapped filming around June 10, 2016. If you are aware of the hurricane season in the Atlantic, It technically begins on June 1st. But 2016 was a crap year and Hurricane Alex showed up in JANUARY. Because I enjoy going to the beach on my birthday in mid to late June, I often […]
Top Chef Charleston: Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em!
Since last’s week’s Top Chef had a bit of a Christmas theme even if the seven fishes were trashy ones, I expect there to be some sort of New Year’s Eve nod this week. Perhaps they will make Hoppin’ John or something? I was doing some cooking today and pulled out my cookbooks for a bit. […]
Top Chef: Feast of the Seven Trash Fishes
Well, I must say I am ill-tempered and want everyone to die in a fire tonight after that Project Runway finale. I’ll let CJ Bomb tell you all about that in her recap, so please ignore this ranting and save your comments for her post. But it was a difficult last two hours for me […]
TV Programming Updates For The Christmas Weekend
Just wanted to let you all know that Top Chef has moved to Thursdays starting tonight. Its a really fun season so far. We’ve had three eliminations and only one female chef has gone so far! It’s like a Christmas miracle. That said, I predict the Vagicide by Collichio to begin in earnest tonight. On […]
Top Chef Charleston: Choke Holds And Clammy Hands
When you write recaps for a living, the days no longer really have names anymore. And because I have lost pretty much 56% of the brain cells used for recall, it’s a surprise every day when I find out what I am recapping. Sometimes my response is “Ugh, again already?” and other times I’m excited […]
Top Chef: Southern Hospitality
I’m totally looking forward to the episode. I loved everything Charleston and almost all of the chefs seem like people who want to see succeed. Except oddly, Emily the homegirl with the bad attitude. Also there are no idiot chefs “from Atlanta.” As a Georgia girl, I am already appalled by the folks on reality […]
Top Chef Charleston Premiere: Aw Shucks
I’m not really up for a full recapping of this show but I did want to do a quick post about it because for the most part, I loved the episode. This season is set in Charleston and in the preview post I made, I suggested that I would likely pull for the female chef […]
Top Chef Season 14: Charleston
Get ready for Top Chef: Charleston, South Carolina.! According to the PR, “Charleston is the perfect location to inject our next batch of chefs. We know Charleston and are excited by the food, people and possibility it brings with its rich cultural and historical background which has played an important role in shaping South […]
Top Chef Wraps Season 14 in Charleston!
Get ready for Top Chef: Charleston, South Carolina.! According to some PR that I clearly missed, “Charleston is the perfect location to inject our next batch of chefs. We know Charleston and are excited by the food, people and possibility it brings with its rich cultural and historical background which has played an important role […]
Top Chef Recap: Time For the Chefs To Work Their Magic!
Hello fellow Top Chef lovers! Thanks for not spoiling me in emails or Twitter, as you all know I usually don’t get to watch until the weekend. I came SO CLOSE to getting spoiled on Google News the other night! I hate when the headlines are spoilery, but I got away unscathed. I love that […]
Top Chef Recap: No, You Shut Up, Marjorie!
We are back just after Carl’s Top Chef win last week. I like Carl but I was surprised that he won. I was also surprised they liked Pasta Mama as much as they did. You just never know what you are going to get. I was not surprised that Kwame went home. He checked out […]
Top Chef Recap: Wok This Way To My Suicide Mission…
We start with Amar coming off his first win and the group, particularly Majorie, mourning the loss of the only other female left in the competition. Majorie, like all of the other women in seasons past, vows not to let things turn into a sausage party. Unfortunately, that appears to be Tom Colicchio’s favorite […]
Top Chef Recap: Hammer Time!
I think we had the best Top Chef episode we will ever have last week. It’s amazing how such a bad restaurant wars episode could have such a satisfying ending. We are in Oakland this week and the guest judge is MC Hammer. Because nobody knows food like… well I don’t know why he’s […]
Top Chef Recap: “Restaurant Wars Part 2” Please Pack Your Knives And Leave the Gun Fight
We are back for the conclusion of Restaurant Wars! After last week’s lunch service, Jeremy and Kwame could be in trouble. It’s two a.m. and I am exhausted but I want to watch this before someone spoils it for me! I will probably end up finishing first thing in the morning, but I really need […]
Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars Part 1 First You’ll Love Me, Then You’ll Fear Me
Isaac is irritated that the judges don’t care for his sausage. He is not going to tweezerfy his plates for these morons. No Sir REE. He’s going to make manly food for men, dammit. This is why I loves me some Isaac. Unfortunately, there is almost never a man at the judges table on this […]
Top Chef Recap: Who Is Jacques La Merde?
It looks like I will be dropping Top Chef from my recap list. I just noticed that these recaps are pulling in less than 25 comments each! When did you guys stop watching this show. Also I just noticed there is a guy on this episode called Jacques La Merde. WTF? That literally translates to […]
Top Chef Recap: Back In The Day
We begin with that glorious moment where Wesley went home. Sorry homeboy, not a fan. I totally zoned out. I get really into this show and forget I am supposed to be recapping. It’s the tenth anniversary of Top Chef so I think most things are going to be around the number ten. We have […]
Top Chef Recap: Missing the Plate
The previews make it look like Angelina has another rough go tonight. Some might argue that Angelina is not ready to be on this show, but I am glad that she is. Angelina is clearly a good cook. Technically, she is a Chef De Cuisine, or head chef somewhere. I am not seeing that level […]
Top Chef Recap: 25 Big Fat Gay Weddings!
It looks like Top Chef took the same time off as I did. The last person to leave was Grayson. I’ve been trying to stay up until 9 to recap tonight, then I find out the show doesn’t start until 10! So I will do my sleepy best! We begin with a date garden. I’ve […]
Top Chef Recap: Snot on a Rock
Homeboy Wesley is already getting a lot of face time for this episode of Top Chef. He’s been an embarrassment so far. I hope this means that either he is going home, or he is going to start doing us proud. He has a whole package within the first minute of the show. Meanwhile, Kwame […]
Top Chef Recap: Four Pop Ups and A Beheading
It’s already time for another episode of Top Chef! and I’m not sure my heart can take it. Chef Ludo Lefebvre is on tonight! Oh! Y’all are right! Kwame is cute. And he is very experienced with doing pop-up restaurants. This should be an easy win for him. Oh wait. He has Wesley, the culinary […]
Top Chef Recap: I Hate This Stupid Show For Stupids!
It’s time for the season premiere of Top Chef and I somehow got behind on time after waiting for it all day, so I am going to try to make this a quick one . Plus I tend to melt down a lot when I recap this show. Oh I just realized I can […]
Top Chef First Look
I just watched a first look for Top Chef and this looks like a very qualified bunch with a lot of characters. Of the 17 that start out on the show, all but one claim to be “executive chefs” and more than half have been nominated for a James Beard Award. Actually, Bravo cruelly planned […]