I am trying so hard not to get spoiled because this Top Chef recap is late and everyone but me already knows who wins. So, I’m going to have little to say in the interest of time. So far Jaime is being worked to death by Dawn. The two of them still manage to have […]
Top Chef Recap: Shellfishly Delicious
On tonight’s Top Chef recap the final three will be responsible for catching their proteins themselves. They will be catching and cooking clams and crabs. The Final Quickfire Sadly, it’s time for the last quickfire of the season. I don’t want this season to end. Dawn is beating herself up for her plating issues. The […]
Top Chef Recap: The Cheesier The Better
We are down to the final four and I am not ready for my Top Chef recaps to be over anytime soon. And by the way, this was the most culturally diverse cast ever. It was also the most cohesive cast and the most enjoyable to watch. This is what inclusion looks like. There wasn’t […]
Top Chef Recap: Blind Ambitions
Guess what? It’s another great day at Chez Tamara. And on top of that, it’s Top Chef recap night! We are down to the final five and I would be happy with a win by any of them. I love them all! It’s a win, win, win, win, win situation! Oh No! I had to […]
Top Chef Recap: Tournament Of Tofu
After seeing the title of this episode, I’m less excited than usual about tonight’s Top Chef Recap. Tofu? Really? Is that still even a thing? Dawn, Jamie and Maria are excited to be part of the final six. Three women of color! For the quickfire, the teams are working in pairs to make a dish […]
Top Chef Recap: Portland-ia
Y’all, I am somehow behind on this Top Chef Recap. I had to take a call back from my new lawn person. Old lady homeowner problems. In my twilight years, I plan to never be a property owner again. I’m going to take the money and run and live a lavish life. And if I […]
Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars!
Tonight’s Top Chef recap will discuss the best episode of every season, Restaurant Wars! Let’s get right to it! We are down to eight chefs (with Sasha still defending Last Chance Kitchen). Byron gets the phone call from home. He’s very emotional. Everyone is excited for Restaurant Wars, but also really stressed by all the […]
Top Chef Recap: Feeding The Frontlines
I’m writing this Top Chef recap while asleep. I’m just now waking up. I had an early morning virtual graduation to attend this morning. I almost stayed up all night to attend this morning then when it was over I went back to bed and slept all day. Expect this to make less sense than […]
Top Chef Recap: Stumptown, USA
Tonight’s Top Chef Recap should be exciting because tonight’s Last Chance Kitchen winner will return to the show. So I predict a male chef will be leaving and returning. Then we will return to the vagicide already in progress. I won’t be able to watch. LCK until after I recap, the premiere of MDLNY right […]
Top Chef Recap: Meet You At The Drive-In
It’s Thursday night and that means it is Top Chef recap night! The only thing is I have thought it was Friday all day. Nanette graciously offered to send Top Chef photos for tonight. I still thought it was Friday night. But it is not. It is Thursday. So um yay? Let’s do this.
Top Chef Recap: Thrown For A Loop
It’s already time for a Top Chef recap. I feel like I keep missing days. Tonight they are doing a quickfire that requires them to use a can of Campbell’s soup. I cook with Campbell’s soup on occaision. But it is something that is not the kind of fine dining I expect from Top Chef. […]
Top Chef Recap: Pan African Portland
I have to tell you the NBCu suits love them some Top Chef. I just realized today that the Media/Press website has photos from the first four episodes of the Portland season. We are lucky to get one or two photos out of them total for most housewives shows. So, my Top Chef recaps are […]
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 […]
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 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 […]