We’re going to start this “Top Chef: California” review off with what may be a pretty controversial opinion to some people out there: We really don’t like Restaurant Wars nearly as much as the average person. It transforms the show into something that is almost skill-based into something more akin to “The Apprentice” where you have […]
If there is one thing that we really love about “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” more so than anything else, it is that this is a show where redemption does matter! You want to show that you can learn from your mistakes, and come back to do something even better than you did previously. For […]
We have to say that last Thursday’s episode of “Top Chef: California” was certainly a culinary result few saw coming. If you told us a week ago that potential favorite Chad was gone while Phillip won the Elimination Challenge, we would have said you’re watching a different show. What this episode showed was with the […]
While this may be some of the least-surprising news we report here at CarterMatt all week, that doesn’t make it any less true: Bravo is bringing back “Top Chef” for more news episodes. Today, the network confirmed that they are going to have a 14th season for the culinary competition, which is currently airing a […]
On “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” this past episode, we had something that could be considered a little bit of a shocker in Angelina Bastidas managing to prove herself as a worthy underdog. She defeated both Wesley and Gisele, and moved forward to the next round. Was the challenge this time a little too much for […]
After spending much of the past several weeks traveling from one part of California to the next, “Top Chef” returned on Thursday night to Los Angeles, and didn’t even bother to leave the kitchen for almost all of the episode. It’s therefore somewhat ironic that many of their chefs had their worst performances in a […]
Apparently, “Top Chef” managed to get their fill of San Diego in just one week’s time. After heading down to the city for a quickfire and an elimination challenge, Thusday night brings up back to Los Angeles, where a familiar face from the franchise will be there to help present the latest quickfire. We love […]
On the latest episode of “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen,” we had what may truly be a redemption story. Also, it’s maybe also further proof that being a judge of a culinary competition is very nuanced, and some of it may be objective. We had a three-way battle this time around between Grayson Schmitz, Wesley […]
A terribly sad thing happened on Thursday night’s new episode of “Top Chef“: We risked losing someone as glorious as Isaac from the season. After coining the episode title in “Bananaise,” he almost went home after his challenge pairing a dish with a specialty craft beer went south. As much as we love Isaac and […]
There are a number of things indicative of San Diego’s food culture: Great seafood, great Mexican food, and also a heck of a lot of local beer. In one way or another, these are all going to play out on Thursday night’s all-new episode of “Top Chef: California.” The chefs are going to get a […]
