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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 25, 2020 18:01:41 GMT
News and rumors about the new season: - Clues from the Emmys and from Tom/Padma's social media indicate that the new season is filming now
- The location could be Portland
- A new spinoff series called Top Chef Amateurs will be filmed after season 18
Top Chef 18 is filming now—in Portland? Top Chef Amateurs is up next - realityblurredTop Chef Amateurs sounds like they are trying to do a British Bake Off-type show for home cooks. Could be interesting... Be on the lookout for other news/hints! |
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Post by Arielflies on Sept 25, 2020 22:09:10 GMT
Probably more like Gordon Ramsay's show featuring amateur cooks.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 10, 2020 0:07:35 GMT
They are still filming in Portland, Tom confirms:
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 20, 2020 22:09:00 GMT
Some more info on Top Chef Amateurs -- Gail will be hosting: Details about Top Chef Amateurs, which Gail Simmons will host - realityblurredIt will air on Bravo in 2021, and it is filming in Portland right after the new Top Chef season is done. It will also use several veteran Top Chef contestants as guests judges/diners, much like they are being used in the new season. I assume this is because they have all been staying inside the production bubble during the pandemic. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Dec 28, 2020 23:53:14 GMT
So far, this is the closest we've had to an announcement about the new seasons...
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Post by MFWalkoff on Feb 14, 2021 14:44:52 GMT
Finally, a premiere date! Top Chef 18 starts on April 1st on Bravo.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Mar 25, 2021 22:19:07 GMT
One week to go!
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Post by Arielflies on Mar 26, 2021 3:24:07 GMT
I think I can follow this season on Peacock or Hulu...I hope.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Mar 26, 2021 12:07:38 GMT
I think I can follow this season on Peacock or Hulu...I hope. Both of them have all 17 seasons available, so at least one of them should carry new episodes. Peacock is a big disappointment for me so far. Lousy selection, and the interface is old fashioned and clunky (maybe as a way to hide the lack of selection). |
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Post by Arielflies on Mar 26, 2021 14:14:31 GMT
I found the same with Peacock. I love Paramount (cbs)as it even has live 24 hr streaming for local/national news and the primetime shows. Between Paramount and Discovery+ I feel covered, mostly. My quarrel with Hulu and abc is that it isn't always next day viewing. Anyway - I don't miss cable.
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Post by Kao on Mar 31, 2021 22:11:19 GMT
Any cast news/descriptions?
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Post by MFWalkoff on Mar 31, 2021 22:49:12 GMT
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Post by Kao on Mar 31, 2021 23:41:17 GMT
edit: What a fantastic cast. Really looking forward to this!
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Post by Kao on Jun 30, 2021 18:28:27 GMT
While I am happy about the final 3, sadly the latest news surrounding Gabe has made it next to impossible to root for him any longer, and I say this as someone who quite liked him. What a mess.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jun 30, 2021 20:43:02 GMT
What news?
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Post by Kao on Jul 1, 2021 0:39:31 GMT
Well, between the end of them shooting this season but before it aired he was fired from his restaurant for, and I quote, "repeated violations of our policies and for behavior in conflict with our values." Which could mean a whole lot of things, but what's being whispered about is "sexual harrassment."  While it would disappoint me, it would not surprise me. Lots of nasty stuff goes down in that field. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jul 1, 2021 10:40:15 GMT
- A new spinoff series called Top Chef Amateurs will be filmed after season 18
Top Chef Amateurs sounds like they are trying to do a British Bake Off-type show for home cooks. Could be interesting... FYI, there is a thread for Top Chef Amateurs in the Other Reality Shows forum. The show premieres tonight after the Top Chef finale. Top Chef Amateurs (Bravo) - Fans Of Reality TV |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jul 24, 2021 10:19:58 GMT
Gabe finally made a statement about his past controversies: -------------------------------------------- ‘Top Chef’ Season 18 Winner Apologizes For Affair That Led To His FiringBy Bruce Haring July 23, 2021 5:43pm Chef Gabe Erales, the winner of Season 18 of Bravo’s Top Chef, had something different on the menu today – an apology. Erales, whose victory in the cooking competition made him the first Mexican-American chef to win the event, confessed on Instagram that he had an affair with a coworker. That led to his firing as head chef from the Austin restaurant Comedor last December, after the Top Chef competition was taped in Oregon. The affair and his firing came to light in an interview earlier this month with the Austin American-Statesman media outlet, shortly after his victory was aired. But Erales took some time before following that interview with a public Instagram apology. Philip Speer, one of the bosses at Comedor, told the Statesman that Erales was fired for “repeated violations of the company’s ethics policy as it relates to harassment of women.” Erales claimed the relationship with his coworker was “consensual.” In his post today, Erales said his delay in responding after the interview was because he needed “time with my family to start the healing process before making a public statement.” He added apologies to everyone in his post, most specifically his wife, whom the father of four said “has always been by my side supporting my career and our family.” Bravo has not commented on the apology. Erales planned to open a new restaurant in downtown Austin called Bacalar in fall 2022 before today’s apology. The full statement is on Gabe's Instagram. |
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Post by Kao on Jul 25, 2021 16:24:33 GMT
This clown. The reason why they fired him was because the restaurant dug deeper and discovered that it was a repeat pattern with his underlings, not just a one-off. He's trying to make it seem like he's only had one affair instead of telling women at his job that he and his wife were separated when that wasn't the case. This guy has a "telling the truth" problem and quite frankly there are enough good restaurants to go to in Austin without going to his.
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