FormerMod-a1 March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. Link to comment
susannot March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 I am out of my mind with excitement for this season. 2 1 Link to comment
Bastet March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 2 Link to comment
LennieBriscoe March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 7 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment
Bastet March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 (edited) I want that scallop dish. And, wow, the langostines especially. Not surprised that won. Edited March 10, 2023 by Bastet Link to comment
susannot March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 I'm fascinated with the techniques I'm seeing from the French and the Mexican chefs. 3 Link to comment
Bastet March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 2 Link to comment
Bastet March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 OMG, a professional chef not deveining shrimp?! 3 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 All of this food looks so good! Big mistake not cleaning that shrimp. I want to try that dish Begona made. 2 Link to comment
susannot March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 And it was Samuel, the French winner. National disgrace in France if he goes home. 1 1 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment
Bastet March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 Good call -- you can't serve shrimp poop at this level. 4 1 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 10, 2023 Share March 10, 2023 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. 7 2 Link to comment
Emmeline March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment
Michichick March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 I’m really worried that they’re telegraphing that May and Dale are going home. I like them both. 2 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 4 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. Link to comment
Straycat80 March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 I’m worried about Buddha and Lucianna. Link to comment
MerBearHou March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 5 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 3 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 I make Yorkies every holiday. Love them! Gabri just cracks me up. Slywia is combining potatoes with butter! Yeah, girl! 2 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 I like Amar and Ali so much — please no, not them. But they are in trouble. 1 2 1 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 2 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 I hope Ali and Amat don’t get out over ‘cakey’ batter. 2 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 Not crispy fish vs undercooked egg. Ugh - hate to see any go. 1 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 (edited) 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 3 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 (edited) OK, here goes Buddha. I think he and Luciana are an unbeatable team. Edited March 24, 2023 by susannot 3 Link to comment
Emmeline March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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. 7 Link to comment
susannot March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 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! 1 Link to comment
Lamb18 March 24, 2023 Share March 24, 2023 (edited) 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 7 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 March 31, 2023 Author Share March 31, 2023 Love Padma's dress and boots. Kind of retro. 5 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 31, 2023 Share March 31, 2023 Victoire certainly has an advanced vocab for someone speaking English for only 4 months… 8 Link to comment
buttersister March 31, 2023 Share March 31, 2023 Just now, MerBearHou said: Victoire I love her. And Buddha saved his doggie’s eyesight! 7 Link to comment
Straycat80 March 31, 2023 Share March 31, 2023 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. 4 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 March 31, 2023 Author Share March 31, 2023 "Finish your dish and then you can die" !! Victoire! Wow, what a competitor. Also, that's a little insane. 8 Link to comment
MerBearHou March 31, 2023 Share March 31, 2023 Is this a 2-parter? How can they get all of these rounds done in the remaining 14 minutes? Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 March 31, 2023 Author Share March 31, 2023 There's 30 minutes left. It ends at 9:15 (central). 1 Link to comment
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