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Post by MFWalkoff on Jun 20, 2024 0:41:28 GMT
Cruising to a Win - The three remaining chefs must create the best four-course progressive meal of their careers; the chefs will present their dishes to a lineup of culinary greats.
Episodes air on Bravo, then next day on Peacock.
Enjoy the show!
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Post by sunnydayz on Jun 20, 2024 15:45:04 GMT
The three finalists all did a great job on their four-course finale meal. Fun to see them working with their chosen sous chefs. I enjoyed seeing the different approaches they took. Danny - every detail of his plan written down - TO THE MINUTE. Dan - being inspired as he shopped, choosing ingredients and getting more ideas as he went along. And Savannah - a plan in place for sure, but then pivoting as things progressed, trusting recommendations and changes from her sous chef, as well.
I'm happy for the winner, although that wasn't who I was pulling for. I think I get why they chose the winner that they did, but I really thought another chef deserved the win based on their overall finale meal. Fun to see Emeril.
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Post by amber on Jun 21, 2024 22:29:47 GMT
Great season. How different Top Chef is today in comparison to its much more dramatic past. This season of Top Chef seems to be, authentically, a better show.
I'm very okay with Padma's departure, given Kristen Kish's phenomenal job running the reins.
If I am to be completely honest, I began to think less of Padma when she abandoned blogging after each episode. At first, she opted to video her blog instead of writing one, and then she stopped blogging altogether. It felt as if she cared less and less as the years progressed. At the end of last season, I remember reading she left to focus on her other show, and then more recently read that she quit because, for her, (over) eating had become physically toxic. Most likely, the reason is as simple as losing interest. Regardless, Kristen Kish is proving to be the perfect replacement.
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Post by cavendish on Jun 22, 2024 20:01:18 GMT
All the chefs were really good but I was surprised at the winner because he didn’t stand out over the entire season. Both Savannah and Dan had stronger presence and I got a better sense of them as chefs. Danny seemed amazing with carrots, and just very refined and thoughtful but somehow he never got defined for me as a person or chef. His final statement wasn’t particularly articulate or revelatory either. He seemed to make fewer mistakes I guess. But I’m not clear to what extent the whole season vs just the last meal determines the winner.
That said I found Kristen slightly off- putting. I didn’t like her tendency to swear or some of her off-hand remarks. And I didn’t lie the obvious attempt to humanize her by having her cry and also by bringing up her own season, when she noticeably brightened — as compared to her usual distance and relative irony about the whole thing. Maybe Padma did lose interest or find the eating to be too much. But I liked her more than Kristen so far. I don’t get the sense she’s going anywhere but I don’t find her an enjoyable presence or a great fit as the central convener of the show.
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Post by amber on Jun 22, 2024 23:56:21 GMT
Maybe I was suckered in when Kristen cried, but I still feel more authentic this season than in the recent past, for example, when Tom began to exhibit a bit more swagger once he began hosting LCK. Obviously, I am holding Padma's decision to stop blogging way back when and what I interpret as her progressively call-it-in attitude concerning the show against her.
I briefly read an article on Salon that touched upon the premise you conveyed in your post regarding Danny's seemingly coming-from-nowhere win. Perhaps the edit told the truth about not one cheftestant dominating the competition, as we saw when Buddha won the two previous seasons. I thought it would have been Dan who finished as Top Chef. It could have been Dan's or Savannah's to lose?
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Post by Navybelle on Jun 25, 2024 3:17:13 GMT
I finally got to watching the finale! Loved that they got to choose their sous chefs, and I found their stories interesting on what they wanted their meal to say about them. The edit really did lead me to believe Dan was going to win, because they had no criticism of his dishes the whole night, but the other two chefs had things that went a little awry. I did like Danny's seashell presentations - they were so pretty! Savannah just had too many mistakes, so I realized it was between the Dans. It would have been nice for Dan to win since he was a hometown guy for the Wisconsin season, and he truly did a great job on the finale. I wonder what tipped it towards Danny in the end.
Fun season to watch, though!
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