Last week, “Top Chef: Charleston” had an epic elimination for the ages as John Tesar and Katsuji Tanabe going head to head following a contentious Restaurant Wars. With that, the latest edition of the show on Thursday night was really more about John trying to put his best foot forward for an Elimination Challenge themed […]
We waited a few days before posting our latest review of “Top Chef: Charleston,” and we do think that in this case, there is something great that comes from having this added bit of context. After all, what happened on this past episode was so crazy and so unusual for this show that it can […]
Last week, “Top Chef” cast out BJ from the competition, and as a result of that, we’ve seen three newbie chefs go home in the past four weeks. Would the tradition continue moving into Thursday night’s new episode? Time will tell, but we are starting off with the most unusual quickfire we’ve seen to date. […]
One of the funnier / sillier things about Thursday night’s new episode of “Top Chef” was the simple notion that it forced many of the remaining contestants to celebrate Christmas ridiculous early — they filmed this long before the holiday season rolled around, and it was clear at a few points that not everyone had […]
Last week, “Top Chef: Charleston” eliminated the second chef of the competition, and to date the newbies are dropping like flies. We’re down to six newbies versus eight returning chefs, which means more or less that this is going precisely Quickfire Challenge – Chris Cosentino showed up to guest-judge, which clearly was not something John Tesar […]
Last week, we saw the premiere of “Top Chef: Charleston,” and it was a pretty exciting hour of TV! We had a quick showdown that brought you the first elimination of the season, but at the same time, we didn’t get a proper challenge beyond an opening quickfire and a showdown between two chefs. Much […]
The premiere of “Top Chef: Charleston” has now officially come and gone — and what a premiere it ended up being! While we still don’t love the concept of newbie chefs facing off against returning ones, this episode did at least give us a good sense from a storytelling point of view as to why […]
