ProudMary

Sounds like a round 3 win for Melissa.

Damn it!

I hope all three chefs continue the excellence through all four courses. Make it impossible for the judges. I like all three of them so much!

Wow, those mushrooms!

It wouldn't have happened with the knife draw as we saw it. Stephanie would have picked Gregory right off. They worked so well together during the season.

I'm crying at these video calls home!

I'm glad that Tom's back visiting the kitchen for the finale. I missed that last episode!

If you're able to stay up late enough to watch the episode live tonight, don't forget that there's a Live Chat Episode Thread. Doesn't get more "in the moment" than that! Good luck tomorrow. May you get the results you're hoping for.

Kevin has a new Facebook post up on his FB page about this TC season, his physical and mental battle for survival, along with an apology for comments he's made along the way. I've posted the FB link in the "Chefs/Cheftestants of Top Chef" thread.

Additional comments this afternoon on Kevin Gillespie's Facebook page, on the All Stars' season, on his physical and mental health battles to survive, along with an apology and other comments. Embedded here, but you can click on it and you'll go directly to the FB post.

Kings rank higher than a Princess. 😉 I highly doubt the name means anything in terms of who was named Top Chef. I'd bet the video was filmed before the finale was.

You may have discovered this already, but Jessie Graff has been added on IMDb as an uncredited cast member for this episode. She's at the bottom of the Full Cast list.

I don't remember her from Murder One either. 😄 Then again, between Daniel Benzali and Stanley Tucci, all the other actors in that show were overshadowed. I wonder if it's streaming on any of the major platforms. I'd like to see that one again. As to Mary McCormack, we'll have to agree to disagree. Your opinion's just as valid as mine.

I recently finished a re-watch of Sorkin's The Newsroom, which I hadn't seen since its original run ended in 2014. Mary McCormack was in two episodes late in the show's final season. I was surprised when she popped up because I completely forgot she had a role. Oops! For me, it wasn't just Kate's character in TWW that was forgettable; it's the actress.

Tom went on the truffle hunt in Lucca. I think he (and Gail) needed to take the Parma culinary tour too! (I sure wish I could have!)

I absolutely think the judges made the right call. Kevin's pork looked overdone, but I thought it was ironic that Gail and Tom berated both Kevin and Bryan for not crisping the prosciutto, when they were both following the advice of the prosciutto master, who told them, "Never cook!"

Sure looks like both women are safe!

We're not done yet, but it sure seems to me that neither of the women will be going home. They both did very well.

All eight of these dishes look potentially fabulous!

What a beautiful kitchen too! Totally agree!

That curing cellar was amazing!

Oh my God, I'm drooling! I want it all!

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Chef Gregory Gourdet's Back Injury Was Much Worse Than We Saw on TV Excerpt from Bravo's The Daily Dish: "Hours before we got on the plane for the Top Chef finals in Italy I had a debilitating spasm that had me limping and pushing through. I had another one halfway into the first quickfire in Lucca two days later," he wrote. "The next 24 hours was a rotation of medics, doctors and chiropractors giving me shots in my butt, adjustments and pain meds so I could just make it through the truffle challenge. I could barely walk during the truffle hunt and the grocery shop."

I love Daisy's 1930's hair. Oh dear Lord, I hadn't thought of this until I read your post, but they're going to bring back Ward at some point, aren't they?!?! 😲