Season 20: Episode Live Chat

[FormerMod-a1]

You can Live chat while each episode airs here.  Once the episode is done, take the discussion to the appropriate episode thread. 

Note: This thread will be locked in between episode.

[susannot]

I am out of my mind with excitement for this season.

[FormerMod-a1]

I love Padma's dress!

[Bastet]

London is a great location for this first international competition.  I love that city, and haven’t been in many years, so I’m looking forward to seeing where they go in addition to seeing what they cook.

I can't remember if I disliked Amar.  I loved Dawn, that I remember.  Liked Sara.  Buddha, fine.  It will be fun to "get to know" new people.

[Ladybugnine]

When was Buddha ever snobby?

[LennieBriscoe]

9 minutes ago, Bastet said:

London is a great location for this first international competition.  I love that city, and haven’t been in many years, so I’m looking forward to seeing where they go in addition to seeing what they cook.

I can't remember if I disliked Amar.  I loved Dawn, that I remember.  Liked Sara.  Buddha, fine.  It will be fun to "get to know" new people.

 Dawn is one of my all-time least favorites.

[Bastet]

LOL at the description of Buddha.

[CrazyInAlabama]

So, four of the cheftestants are from the U.S. edition, Sarah, Dawn, Buddha, and Amar.     It was good to see them, and the other 12 cheftestants from around the world.       I'm not liking the twist, and the limited ingredients on the first episode. 

[Straycat80]

I’m so excited they are in London, I’m going there for the first time in a few weeks. I like all the winners competing against each other. This should be a great season. 

[Bastet]

I want that scallop dish.

And, wow, the langostines especially.  Not surprised that won.

Edited March 10, 2023 by Bastet

[susannot]

I'm fascinated with the techniques I'm seeing from the French and the Mexican chefs.

[Bastet]

At first I just saw the water on the floor and wondered why Dawn was so ticked.  But yikes!  It was an accident, of course, but that sucks.

[Bastet]

OMG, a professional chef not deveining shrimp?!

[Straycat80]

All of this food looks so good! Big mistake not cleaning that shrimp. I want to try that dish Begona made. 

[susannot]

And it was Samuel, the French winner.  National disgrace in France if he goes home.

[Straycat80]

That’s nice the chefs get to chill in a bar instead of a closet/pantry while they wait to see who gets the boot. 

[Bastet]

Good call -- you can't serve shrimp poop at this level.

[MerBearHou]

I was TICKED for Dawn when that large amount of water spilled in her dish and put out her fire.  Damn.  

Tough way for the French chef to go out — you know he knows better but he was rushing and trying to do too much.

Super impressed with the onion — wow, who knew?  I sure didn’t.

The guy who bragged about running around so fast and being crazy in the kitchen — isn’t he the one who spilled the water?  It’s not something to brag about — it’s super inconsiderate when you’re cooking around so many others in an extraordinary setup.  

Thrilled to pieces that the show is back, and in London!  I like so many of these chefs from the first bits I’ve seen and it’s fun to see them bring the best of the best from their parts of the world.  

Buddha was so helpful to Dawn after the water thing and he was the first to stand up and congratulate the winner.  I love him and find him to be very gracious.  He is a little quieter in his way, but snobby — absolutely not.  That was way off.

[FormerMod-a1]

bump

[Emmeline]

I’ve eaten Bangers & Mash in the UK but I never knew why the sausages were called that.  Thank you Gail.

I think the Scotch egg is going to be a tough one.  I always wanted to try making that.

[Michichick]

I’m really worried that they’re telegraphing that May and Dale are going home. I like them both.

[susannot]

Smart of MENA chef to refrain from beer, knowing that a challenge would be coming.  I wouldn't have, but respect to him.

 

Love Potato girl, her speech about Ukraine, her taste in food, her everything.

[MerBearHou]

Knowing this is a double-elimination, it makes it so clear to me that I like this group and don’t want **two** knocked out at once.  Having said that though, there are a couple I wouldn’t mind saying bye to.  

[Straycat80]

I’m worried about Buddha and Lucianna. 

[MerBearHou]

Buddha’s point was so good — it’s hard to tell a Top Chef winner that their dish isn’t good and they need to do it over.  Especially mashed potatoes, of all things.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I was amazed at the pub food.   A lot of it looked amazing.   Even the Scotch Egg did, and I don't like eggs in that form.     The Yorkshire pudding looked amazing.    The Toad in the Hole confused me, because the U.S. dish I've seen called that is regular bread slices, with an egg in the middle of a cut out hole, not like the UK version that looked tasty.  

[MerBearHou]

Ha!  The editors with Tom’s hair 😁

[susannot]

I make Yorkies every holiday.  Love them!

 

Gabri just cracks me up.

 

Slywia is combining potatoes with butter!  Yeah, girl!

[MerBearHou]

I like Amar and Ali so much — please no, not them.  But they are in trouble.

[susannot]

Buddha and Luciana:  two strong chefs and strong personalities.  Buddha:  trying to convince someone who won Top Chef that their potatoes are not good enough is difficult.

[Straycat80]

I hope Ali and Amat don’t get out over ‘cakey’ batter. 

[Straycat80]

I think scotch egg is going out. 

[susannot]

Damn.  Worried about Amar and Ali.

[MerBearHou]

Not crispy fish vs undercooked egg.  Ugh - hate to see any go.

[susannot]

Tom and Sara's dish:  very English, beautiful.

 

Worried for May and Dale.  I don't want any of them to leave!

Edited March 24, 2023 by susannot

[MerBearHou]

That is bad teamsmanship, May —  here’s how I would have done it better — easy to say now…  She’s the one who pushed Dale to choose Scotch eggs.  

Edited March 24, 2023 by MerBearHou

[Straycat80]

Editing fooled me, Buddha and Lucian’s win. 
oh darn, I did not want anyone to go home, especially not May and Dale. Bummer. 
I loved the different pronunciations of ‘potato’ on this episode. 

[susannot]

OK, here goes Buddha.  I think he and Luciana are an unbeatable team.

Edited March 24, 2023 by susannot

[Emmeline]

May insisted on the scotch egg and then she tried to throw Dale under the bus.  He tried to be a gentleman and let her have her way.

[susannot]

Buddha and Luciana's dish looks like a classic Gordon Ramsey dish of vegetable fish scales baked onto fish.  In their innovation they used zucchini instead of potato.  Genius!

[Lamb18]

I've liked May, but I felt like she threw her partner under the bus by saying she thought the Scotch egg should have been deconstructed. Sorry to see Dale go.

Edited March 24, 2023 by Lamb18

[Salacious Kitty]

Bumping for tonight's episode. 

[FormerMod-a1]

Love Padma's dress and boots.  Kind of retro.

[MerBearHou]

Victoire certainly has an advanced vocab for someone speaking English for only 4 months…

[buttersister]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

Victoire

I love her.

And Buddha saved his doggie’s eyesight!

[MerBearHou]

I like Victoire too.  

[Straycat80]

Really impressed by Victoire, she can speak seven languages. The biscuit challenge was fun. Ali is back. Tom might have a target  on his back now. He sounded so smug and he didn’t care that he did not follow the rules of the challenge. Not a good attitude. 

[FormerMod-a1]

"Finish your dish and then you can die" !! Victoire!  Wow, what a competitor.  Also, that's a little insane. 

[MerBearHou]

Is this a 2-parter?  How can they get all of these rounds done in the remaining 14 minutes?

 

[FormerMod-a1]

There's 30 minutes left.  It ends at 9:15 (central).