March 13Mar 13 Author 5 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said: If you can watch live on Sunday you haven't missed much. Still a lot of bracket left and it doesn't get good good til the elite 8 or so Thanks. It's just when I go into Youtube TV, I see 4 episodes that I've already watched. I assume those are the prelims? Frustrating.
March 13Mar 13 There was 2 play in rounds episodes and then 2 episodes of the actual bracket. 1 for each quadrant
March 13Mar 13 Simon Majumdar currently has the best gig on TV. His whole job appears to be sitting outside with the judges and drinking champagne
March 24Mar 24 Last night had all the madness of March - every lower seed won in that corner of the bracket
March 24Mar 24 Author Wtf did Kaleena bliss blow to continue to get on these shows? Anything more predictable than Casey Thompson losing? She seems to always lose, bad juju or just lack of a swagger. And Kevin Lee seems like he's on the rise. Casey is the just past her prime hottie with a great rack Edited March 25Mar 25 by Im_smarter_then_you
March 25Mar 25 On 3/13/2025 at 12:39 PM, DixonHur said: Simon Majumdar currently has the best gig on TV. His whole job appears to be sitting outside with the judges and drinking champagne He’s undergoing cancer treatment. Guy found something for him to do.
March 25Mar 25 Hated to see Amanda Freitag lose, especially to fucking carlos Anthony. She really fucked up trying to cook a two inch thick cut of country style “ribs” like a steak. glad to see Nini Nguyen take down the annoying Claudette Zelda, and Sara Bradley beat Talde. did not want Tobias to lose but he seemed a bit rusty recovering from his gunshot wounds. He’s blessed to even be alive.
March 25Mar 25 3 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said: Hated to see Amanda Freitag lose, especially to fucking carlos Anthony. She really fucked up trying to cook a two inch thick cut of country style “ribs” like a steak. glad to see Nini Nguyen take down the annoying Claudette Zelda, and Sara Bradley beat Talde. did not want Tobias to lose but he seemed a bit rusty recovering from his gunshot wounds. He’s blessed to even be alive. Both Amanda and Tobias committed a cardinal sin of TOC - they went safe/simple. Also agree on Carlos, I fucking hate that guy
March 25Mar 25 Tobias just seemed rusty from being out of sight since he was shot. Show said nothing but let him choose his story. amanda got frazzled as she can do. She is either brilliant or a hot mess. She took a literal read from the randomizer instead of coming up with an interpretation from it. That’s a nasty piece of meat unless braised low and slow. She’s always been one of my favs since early days of FN.
March 26Mar 26 22 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: glad to see Nini Nguyen take down the annoying Claudette Zelda I like Claudette bc on everything I’ve seen her cook on, I would devour her food. But I am very partial to authentic Mexican cuisine
March 26Mar 26 Author 23 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: You can catch up on max or discovery+ without fucking commercials. So I am a dipshit. I thought episode 1 + 2 were qualifiers cuz the app said I’d already watched More thoughts: Really worn down by them showing the chefs watching the judges. Same thing over and over again Tim Love is a poor sport Chris Oh is probably my least favorite contestant Cringe Tobias is overrated and his disgruntled disposition disgruntled me Top Chef Canada seems to be producing better food Edited March 26Mar 26 by Im_smarter_then_you
March 27Mar 27 I’m glad they did away with regions. I believe they should drop the seeds and go totally random fill. The seeds are now so arbitrary based on Guy’s relationships. A few missing that should be here like Daniel Lee, either Voltaggio. It’s like they’ve set it up for Jet Li. the show is getting some old chefs who haven’t competed in a while or maybe never have. Make them judges like they do Eric Ripert, Charlie Palmer, Waxman. Ban Alex guarneschli from the studio; she is just insufferable. Edited March 27Mar 27 by Texzilla58
March 27Mar 27 Author 3 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: I’m glad they did away with regions. I believe they should drop the seeds and go totally random fill. The seeds are now so arbitrary based on Guy’s relationships. A few missing that should be here like Daniel Lee, either Voltaggio. It’s like they’ve set it up for Jet Li. the show is getting some old chefs who haven’t competed in a while or maybe never have. Make them judges like they do Eric Ripert, Charlie Palmer, Waxman. Ban Alex guarneschli from the studio; she is just insufferable. Agree. Some of the 1 seeds are head scratchers.
March 27Mar 27 3 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Agree. Some of the 1 seeds are head scratchers. Are they? Antonia - SF, QF, first round exit, first round exit, runner up Jet - QF, SF, SF, SF, SF Britt - SF, SF Tobias - SF, second round exit, QF
March 27Mar 27 Author Just now, Js1 said: Are they? Antonia - SF, QF, first round exit, first round exit, runner up Jet - QF, SF, SF, SF, SF Britt - SF, SF Tobias - SF, second round exit, QF Thank you.
March 30Mar 30 On 3/27/2025 at 1:30 PM, Js1 said: Are they? Antonia - SF, QF, first round exit, first round exit, runner up Jet - QF, SF, SF, SF, SF Britt - SF, SF Tobias - SF, second round exit, QF I don’t think ToC should overshadow top Chef and Iron Chefs. But it’s all dependent on Guy. He’s intent on laying a path for these 4 by pulling the past champs out, and no voltaggios. They are the buffalo bills of this show. it’s why I’d prefer seeds by draw. Pull a bingo ball out of a bag. so Tiffany Derry is leaving Flay’s Triple Threat, and Flay and Brooke have announced they are a couple. Bet that makes Giada’s blood boil.
April 1Apr 1 Jet and Tobias gone. So 2 one seeds gone. That must have been one fucking incredible burger Sisto made. I guess I’m rooting for nene, Sara, and Kaleena.
April 1Apr 1 Author 4 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: Jet and Tobias gone. So 2 one seeds gone. That must have been one fucking incredible burger Sisto made. I guess I’m rooting for nene, Sara, and Kaleena. Kaleema was the one that dramatically quit top chef right? Pass. im glad Britt won her first round matchup over Chris oh. Guy seemed to be on drugs and was arrogant to her Edited April 1Apr 1 by Im_smarter_then_you
April 2Apr 2 Author Wouldn’t bother me if Leeann won Judges were way too harsh on scoring the lobster battle. 80-76? Edited April 2Apr 2 by Im_smarter_then_you
April 2Apr 2 On 4/1/2025 at 5:30 AM, Im_smarter_then_you said: Kaleema was the one that dramatically quit top chef right? Pass. im glad Britt won her first round matchup over Chris oh. Guy seemed to be on drugs and was arrogant to her She was the quitter? Well fuck that. Leeann, Sara, Nene. nene is hot when she dresses for it.
April 15Apr 15 On 3/30/2025 at 8:48 PM, Js1 said: A woman is absolutely winning this again lol Yep, all female final four haha
April 15Apr 15 Antonia v. Britt sara v Lee ann Should be interesting. another season of cringey near racist nicknames by Guy. Give up the Chris Berman schtick
April 15Apr 15 Should I be watching this? I’m a top chef super fan, but have never gotten into the tournament style stuff.
April 15Apr 15 Author 5 hours ago, Biff Tannen said: Should I be watching this? I’m a top chef super fan, but have never gotten into the tournament style stuff. Yes. Some great cooking and drama Sara has been crushing it Britt vs Antonia will be great Feels like it’s Antonia’s time
April 15Apr 15 10 hours ago, Biff Tannen said: Should I be watching this? I’m a top chef super fan, but have never gotten into the tournament style stuff. It’s great high pressure cooking without some of Top Chef’s silly team challenges and contrived events based on the sponsorships. Pure cooking. Single elimination. Both cooking same basics. the key differentiator to me is the blind judging by a generally top roster of rotating judges. it gets better talent as well because it is filmed quickly vs the slog of Top Chef’s long season to film. That show has to fit your job and life circumstances to participate. Edited April 15Apr 15 by Texzilla58
April 15Apr 15 Author 2 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: It’s great high pressure cooking without some of Top Chef’s silly team challenges and contrived events based on the sponsorships. Pure cooking. Single elimination. Both cooking same basics. the key differentiator to me is the blind judging by a generally top roster of rotating judges. it gets better talent as well because it is filmed quickly vs the slog of Top Chef’s long season to film. That show has to fit your job and life circumstances to participate. Small complaint but it seems as if each category of the randomizer only has three choices? trying to figure out if Sara is bangable. She’s a great chef
April 16Apr 16 9 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: trying to figure out if Sara is bangable. She’s a great chef Somebody thought she was (NSFW) Spoiler Sara is my pick but Antonia is on a mission from God.
April 16Apr 16 On 4/14/2025 at 10:41 PM, Texzilla58 said: another season of cringey near racist nicknames by Guy. Give up the Chris Berman schtick It’s been confirmed by most of the chefs that they pick their nicknames or came into the show with established nicknames. Most, not all
April 16Apr 16 19 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Small complaint but it seems as if each category of the randomizer only has three choices? trying to figure out if Sara is bangable. She’s a great chef the randomizer used to have a reel for time then they went to standard times per round. They replaced it with the wild card. I would like them to reevaluate these. The equipment category is the one that I think needs work as it’s often a non issue for a chef but then becomes very weird how that might be interpreted by judges. I think there are five things per wheel, items selected are replaced every battle. sara has lost a lot of weight since she was on Top Chef. She is not going to get glammed up to cook like a Giada. I believe had TC had blind judging she would have won one of her seasons. She is a bad ass chef that has been limited in exposure by being in Paducah, KY. A buddy was in Evanston IN and detoured to Paducah to eat at her place for dinner. He got there as a walkin was sitting at the bar and decided seeing the food and bourbon flights that he went and checked into a hotel and returned. He said it was one of the best meals he’d had in years. https://www.freighthousefood.com/
April 21Apr 21 I thought the randomizer was set up with some goofy shit like that blue chicken and color. the champ judges didn’t seem receptive to Martha Stewart. She’s a business woman, not a chef. Brooke needs to eat a sandwich but Bobby flay likes em skinny as a rail. Mahneet looks a lot better than last season as she put some weight back on. Mai Showing off the girls last night.
April 21Apr 21 Martha was an awful judge. All name, no substance. Glad Antonia won. She can retire from TOC now. Got her redemption story.
April 21Apr 21 I guess it will be rigged for Jet Li next year. Martha looked like she’d been tokin up with Snoop before coming out. I really wanted Sara or Lee Ann to win.
November 6Nov 6 Author Christmas edition with tag team match ups instead of individual: Teams / First-Round Matchups: Antonia Lofaso & Alex Guarnaschelli vs Aarti Sequeira & Crista Luedtke Maneet Chauhan & Stephanie Izard vs Kevin Lee & Dale Talde Mei Lin & Nini Nguyen vs Aaron Sánchez & Amanda Freitag Jet Tila & Ashley Holt vs Graham Elliot & Giuseppe Tentori Lee Anne Wong & Zac Young vs Tobias Dorzon & Marcel Vigneron Sara Bradley & Damaris Phillips vs Shirley Chung & Sherry Yard Marcus Samuelsson & Rachel Sherriffe vs Michael Voltaggio & Bryan Voltaggio Britt Rescigno & Jonathon Sawyer vs Aarti Sequeira & Crista Luedtke rooting for team Volt but doubt they win
November 6Nov 6 Haven’t watched yet but how does Aarti and Crista Luedtke go twice? I don’t get Christa’s appeal to Guy; she’s is an annoying cunt. also, an unpopular opinion but we really don’t like Jet Tila. So fucking boring. We don’t like Alex G either. some of these teams seem really contrived. Let’s put the Asian chicks together. I want to see how Shirley Chung has recovered from her tongue cancer. Lady can cook.
November 6Nov 6 Author 9 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: Haven’t watched yet but how does Aarti and Crista Luedtke go twice? I don’t get Christa’s appeal to Guy; she’s is an annoying cunt. also, an unpopular opinion but we really don’t like Jet Tila. So fucking boring. We don’t like Alex G either. some of these teams seem really contrived. Let’s put the Asian chicks together. I want to see how Shirley Chung has recovered from her tongue cancer. Lady can cook. Yea. Intentionally contrived for sure. I’m not a fan of maneesh or jet. Cook the same shit over and over
November 6Nov 6 9 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: Haven’t watched yet but how does Aarti and Crista Luedtke go twice? I don’t get Christa’s appeal to Guy; she’s is an annoying cunt. and a massive sore loser. I hate her
November 10Nov 10 Author On 11/6/2025 at 6:47 AM, Js1 said: and a massive sore loser. I hate her Her and Aarti got robbed though. Why not just give Antonia and Alex a first round bye?
November 10Nov 10 1 minute ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Her and Aarti got robbed though. Why not just give Antonia and Alex a first round bye? I don’t think they got robbed. I think Antonia’s gravy pushed them over the top. Antonia, as a TOC vet, knew to incorporate other parts of the chicken in her gravy. I think all Aarti did was stick a fully cooked in the gravy for a bit.
November 30Nov 30 Two "upsets" this week but both seemed like the correct decision. Also 2 matchups in 90 minutes is wayyyy too drawn out
December 12Dec 12 7 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said: Absolute Voltaggio beatdown in both semi and final NOBODY was gonna beat those scores. Good lord. Even Jet know
December 12Dec 12 Author I like Marcel because he’s talented and hated belt he and Tobias don’t fit. Too contrived. Marcel is trying too hard. And I’m tired of Tobias’s I came from nothing and recovered story
December 12Dec 12 Author 21 hours ago, Js1 said: NOBODY was gonna beat those scores. Good lord. Even Jet know yea, like when Guy was announcing the score Jet was nodding his head like he knew. I bet Jet's pork probably tasted every bit as good as Brian's, but you can't just throw caviar and roe on top of rice and call it black tie. The cigar was brilliant. Dessert, again. Do I think ashley's tasted ok? I'll bet it did, but nothing black tie about it. It looked like strawberry shortcake in a glass. Michael's had gold flakes lol and a scratch chocolate tarte. Above being said, an 88 wins like 85% of the time in that kitchen
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