![]() She has a sort of early Janice Dickinson look going on, and she's loud, sooo predict she will probably ruffle some feathers in the kitchen. We meet firecracker Carla, who was married to the owner of Rao's. 2) I still remember the best omelet I"ve ever had, and it was on Cape Cod years ago, sooo omelets aren't only harder than they look, but they can really stay with a diner. Two things about omelets: 1) everything I know about making one is from Jacques Pepin on PBS. We head to Wolfgang's kitchen where he asks his chefs to make omelets. I just want to give a real kudos to Tom's regular staff for really teaching the Top Chefs what to do and not getting annoyed with them - signs of true chefs. But, Jeffrey pulls it off, and gets ta ticket to Seattle. Emeril is a sweetheart, so him laughing at his own comments just cracks me up. "You got a chiller in your pocket?" To which Emeril laughs at his own joke, and I subsequently laugh at Emeril. We meet the adorable Jeffrey Jew whose chilled soup first gives Emeril pause. We also learn that if he makes it to Seattle, Josh may miss the birth of his daughter. Is it just me? We also learn about boob sweat - apparently a real issue for female chefs. We learn that Kristen and Stephanie are really close - they live in the same apartment building and have matching tattoos, but they make sure to tell us they're not lesbians. Although I'm all for anything with chorizo, her soup sends her home. One of the best things I've ever consumed.Anyway! Tina goes for a "layered" soup with seafood, chorizo. I'm thinking of one right now - John Besh's cucumber soup at August in New Orleans. Auguste Escoffier is quoted as saying, "Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention." Try to think back to some of your most memorable amuses or dishes, and they very well may have been soups. Emeril's challenge? To cook soup, saying, "It's a true test to see if you're a great chef." If this doesn't show what a student of Escoffier Emeril is, I just don't know what does. First thing I notice is that we already have two chefs with handlebar moustaches. Next, we head to one of Emeril's Vegas restaurants, Table 10 at the Palazzo. Jorel is butchering chickens, but doesn't ask Tom how'd like them and cuts the meat off the bone - something Tom didn't want. In fact, Tom has to instruct Micah on how to filet a fish more efficiently (effishently?) Then there's Anthony who's fileting duck with a paring knife - a choice Tom quickly questions. Unfortunately, although Micah might be bringing people together on the East Coast, he's tearing fish apart in Tom's West Coast kitchen. ![]() It was a true New York moment, and I'll just thank Micah for that, even though he had nothing to do with it. They asked me about my cocktail (brambles are one of my favorites), and we bonded. I actually enjoyed a lovely Autumn Bramble the other night in my attempt to patronize downtown restaurants in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and met a lovely group from Denmark in town for work and the marathon. Not only is the food great, but the ambiance and servers are awesome. We meet Micah Fields, chef at The Standard Grill. He's been in the industry for quite some time, and at the age of 54, has a reputation for being hothead. We meet John, who is apparently the most hated chef in Dallas. ![]() We've got tortellini, butchering, sweating! We learn quickly to never "nick a breast." Heed these words carefully, men! As a viewer, I loved seeing Tom, Wolfgang, Emeril, and Hugh in their natural habitats, and seeing the chefs put in a real kitchen right away.įirst, we find Tom at Craft in Los Angeles, where his chefs had perhaps the toughest challenge of them all - to perform in the kitchen during a real service. ![]() This time, the contenders faced four of our judges in challenges created by the chefs. Last season, we aired casting, which we've done again, but switched up the process a bit. I'm so excited about this new season of Top Chef, and I kinda loved this premiere. Catch up on Top Chef on Peacock or the Bravo App. ![]()
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