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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 1, 2021 23:40:39 GMT
First Impressions - (season premiere) 'Top Chef' is back with 15 of the country’s best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon. In a Top Chef first, there are no sous chefs competing this season -- all of the chefs are executive chefs and/or restaurant owners. (It just happened this way, it wasn't a conscious decision.) The premiere of Last Chance Kitchen should follow the episode, at BravoTV.com (and on demand later in the week). We will open a thread for all the LCK episodes. Enjoy the show!
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Post by Kao on Apr 2, 2021 0:39:57 GMT
Oh my, that one guy was really sour grapes when the ladies won the quickfire. "Oh, they had the easiest ingredients." Bitter, much?
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 2, 2021 0:56:36 GMT
And wasn't that the guy who used to work for Tom? He seemed to have a snarky comment for everything...  |
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Post by acookertv on Apr 2, 2021 1:16:29 GMT
I think they’ve done a really nice job of working in the impact the restaurant industry has felt over the past year. It’s not over the top, but is very present. Not a surprise given all the work Tom has done on that front. But I think they’ve done it well
Also, I admit I have a bias against him because he abandoned Atlanta, but Richard Blais looks like a right fool with that hair!
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Post by FireWoman on Apr 2, 2021 17:38:49 GMT
I don't think I have ever had a solid list of not faves this early. Long Jumper girl and Mr. "I-Worked-for-Tom-Colicchio" are on the top of it. I was sad to see Roscoe go however, he really came off as a laid-back cool guy, too bad he had such a miss with adobo  |
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Post by Kao on Apr 2, 2021 22:28:40 GMT
I was sad to see Roscoe go too. I love artists with sidegigs, and normally he's a great chef. We will see how he does in LCK.
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Post by Arielflies on Apr 2, 2021 22:50:24 GMT
Well, TOP CHEF, season 18 is neither on Peacock nor HULU currently. I guess I wait another day or another day...phooey
EDIT: not on my tv, but on my computer - youtube has full episodes. yay
ETA: What a fun show! I really like the blind taste test for the first challenge and the choice of proteins. Well Done!
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 2, 2021 23:50:05 GMT
I guess my early fave is Shota. I saw a local video piece on him as he was closing his restaurant last fall and he seems like a nice guy and very talented.
There's no LCK this week, so I guess there are no more returning chefs hiding in the bushes waiting to jump into the competition...
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Post by ccl on Apr 3, 2021 1:01:30 GMT
I’ve no idea who is who but I liked Portland /Tom Collichio guy for his commenting on what was up with Blais’s hair. Lol.
Glad to have Top Chef back. It’ll be different this year from the usual event cooking, cooking for guest chefs etc but I think it’ll be fine.
And Top Chef Canada is back mid-April.
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Post by acookertv on Apr 3, 2021 1:55:58 GMT
The one change that I think could play out to be a bit problematic is the chefs having to order their food rather than shopping for it themselves. There are times when seeing some produce or meat on display drives the choices they make - tomatoes don’t look as good as they wanted, so they switch to a different ingredient that will do better. I could see it happening this season that someone gets something not as fresh as they’d hoped and that being an issue they can’t control
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Post by Arielflies on Apr 3, 2021 3:15:46 GMT
Right. Without the sense of smell and touch, online shopping is challenging. I wonder if they have time to order a second time if items from the first pick were not to their liking?
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 3, 2021 12:31:31 GMT
I heard a podcast last week with Padma and she said exactly that -- some chefs would open their bags of ingredients and say things like, "I would NEVER pick this tomato to use!" etc. But I guess it just adds to the challenge. There does still seem to be a pantry on set, so maybe it can be used to help situations like this sometimes. They should do a special episode about how the pandemic has changed production, like Drag Race did... New Hollywood Podcast: Padma Lakshmi - Deadline (the hosts sound like a couple of silly fankids, but Padma does most of the talking and has a lot of interesting things to say) |
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Post by Kao on Apr 3, 2021 22:18:28 GMT
I guess my early fave is Shota. I saw a local video piece on him as he was closing his restaurant last fall and he seems like a nice guy and very talented. There's no LCK this week, so I guess there are no more returning chefs hiding in the bushes waiting to jump into the competition... Shota was on the Next Iron Chef and got very close to becoming one. He's a lovely guy, a great chef, and I'm rooting for him too. |
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Post by Cootie on Apr 4, 2021 2:45:58 GMT
Portland is the big city I visit for fun often so know the location well(well except for the last year when I've stayed home). I was even born there! I enjoyed this premier but will watch again as I'm sure I missed some details. And I couldn't read the names of the chefs when they flashed by so need to study up more on who is who. There is no one I dislike at this point and hope it continues to be entertaining. The team challenge was very collaborative and creative. Some luck was involved as to the ingredients each trio ended up with.
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Post by beerbelly on Apr 4, 2021 12:02:55 GMT
It was also great to see Gregory! There were too many people and too many dishes for me to keep track of. Sad Roscoe had to leave, he was the one who went to SCAD right?
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Post by Kao on Apr 4, 2021 16:01:07 GMT
It was also great to see Gregory! There were too many people and too many dishes for me to keep track of. Sad Roscoe had to leave, he was the one who went to SCAD right? Yup. He's a fantastic artist and chef. I have no idea what happened in the challenge and I don't think the judges knew either and I think that's why they chose him to go home as opposed to Avishar. What he did on the show was really subpar of a chef of his caliber. |
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Post by Cootie on Apr 4, 2021 16:15:15 GMT
I forgot to mention that my favorite part was the blind tasting. I think the judging is much more fair when things are judged without know who made it.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 5, 2021 20:19:18 GMT
Video extras, called Top Chef After Show, will be posted every Monday at 4PM ET, after each new episode. Here's the first:
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Post by acookertv on Apr 5, 2021 23:30:04 GMT
Video extras, called Top Chef After Show, will be posted every Monday at 4PM ET, after each new episode. Here's the first: He’s got such a great perspective! Makes me hope he’ll do well in last chance kitchen |
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Post by Kao on Apr 8, 2021 18:01:08 GMT
I was watching Guy's Grocery Games last night and guess who was on there competing? Avishar! He did pretty well too, even though he didn't win.
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