Tonight’s “Top Chef” is the beginning of an extensive finale event, where the remaining chefs will all square off in a place that is certainly far away from New Orleans: Maui. It’s got a different flavor profile, different challenges, but is aesthetically beautiful at the same time. The remaining chefs also bring something different to […]
Even though we may have the same five competitors left on “Top Chef: New Orleans” that we did at the last time in which we did contestants rankings, we do think that having Carlos Gaytan in “Last Chance Kitchen” against Louis Maldonado changes things on a certain level. Now, we know that only one of […]
The first part of the “Top Chef: New Orleans” finale starts next week in Maui, but the question on tonight’s new episode of the show was pretty darn simple: Who was going to make it there? Nina Compton, Nicholas Elmi, Shirley Chung, and Carlos Gaytan were all present at the start of the hour, but […]
Let us start off this review of the “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” finale by saying this: The entire twist of this last challenge was completely flawed and quite possibly unfair. When the producers sat around and tried to conceive a great little component to add to this last episode, we are sure that someone […]
Just how are the remaining chefs on “Top Chef: New Orleans” going to get an opportunity to “leave their mark” on the Big Easy? Let’s just put it this way: The winning dish on tomorrow night’s elimination challenge will be featured throughout Emeril Lagasse’s restaurants in the city. That’s some big stuff. Most people in […]
Do you want to try something new from the “Top Chef” universe? Well, then you may be pleased with the news that Bravo still is not giving up in the slightest when it comes to delivering more and more stuff from the franchise. Now, the network that has already brought you the original, “Top Chef […]
Is there a serious competition left on “Top Chef: New Orleans”? It depends on how much you read into past performance and editing. Everyone left has to be pretty phenomenal just to get this far, but some seem to have a pretty clear edge over some of the others. This is where our first official […]
“Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” may as well have been retitled “Louis’ Kitchen” so far this season. The guy has dominated, and he’s never come across as being stressed out, nervous, or at a loss of what to do. It’s one of those things that makes you wonder how in the world a guy this […]
The narrative of “Top Chef: New Orleans” so far has certainly been predictable, mostly because we have really seen the same sort of culinary battles time and time again. You knew going into this week that Carlos Gaytan and Nicholas Elmi just don’t like each other, and it manifested itself again. Here is the interesting […]
There is nothing that we love more out of New Orleans than beignets and so his week “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” decided to completely torment us by giving us a full ten minutes all about them at a time of night when we really don’t need to be eating any sort of fried food. […]
