Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen episode 7: Things get heated
Going into this episode, we felt pretty confident that Brother had the edge. After all, he was probably the most bitter over his elimination. He had a good point. It’s not often that someone goes home who did not have the worst food, but that is precisely what happened here. Brother just didn’t follow the challenge, and this episode marked a chance for him to show that he can do that and make some great food at the same time.
The challenge tonight was exciting just because it involved using parts of a tree in order to make the best dish that you possibly can. These weren’t typical parts of trees, though — these are unusual ingredients and incorporating them into food is not always easy.
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Both Tu and Brother made some pretty delicious food tonight, but we would say that Brother had an easier time during the production of the dish. After all, we saw Tu struggled tremendously with finding plastic wrap. That upset his plans a little bit. (What also seemed to upset him was learning that Brother knew where the plastic wrap was and didn’t bother to tell him.)
Did Brother Luck do him dirty?
It’s ironic that Brother started the competition bitter and now Tu leaves far more bitter than Brother was going in. We do think that it’s a competition and do what you can in order to win. Yet, we also get where Tu is coming from in that if you’re confident in your food, why not help someone else do their own best dish? It’s a tough thing to gauge since we’re watching an edited TV show; for now, let’s just say that we understand where both are coming from. Brother won, and he gets to move on.
On a side note, we were happy to see that some of the previously-eliminated chefs stuck around in the cheering section … but only some of them. For some reason, some of the returning chefs got a chance to peace-out from the competition. Given the twist at the start of this season (and last season in general), who is shocked that there isn’t a single Top Chef veteran still in the competition.
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Raquel Santiago
January 15, 2018 @ 10:44 am
Since it was edited not really sure what fully happened. But based upon what we saw it was a dirty move, especially when he pointed out to everyone afterwards that he had it. Tu is right when he says that he should only associate with Chefs/people who have integrity. Competition or not,, we still watched Tu his entire time help other contestants, maybe yes to his detriment in some of the challenges but to me it showed what an outstanding person and Chef he is. I disagree totally with Tom’s decision. If you cannot have integrity as a Chef how can you claim integrity as a person. Do Chef’s really need to do something like that to win?
beebeeboo
January 14, 2018 @ 12:36 am
I thought what Brother did was dirty-forget the whole it’s a competition” thing. It’s top chef not survivor. Thats okay-he will never make it back into the competition and if he does, he won’t win. There are too many better chefs (who are also better people) still in the competition.
J park
January 13, 2018 @ 4:46 am
Shame on Brother Luck! I was rooting for him until this. You should want to win because you believe in your talents as a chef. This was a low moment for him. I’m disappointed in my fellow Coloradoan.