S03.E04: The Draft/Smash Bash

[DanaK]

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Mentors Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais draft the top 15 chefs into their three teams. Then, the contestants are challenged with preparing an all-American smash burger that proves their cooking abilities are next level in the all-new "The Draft/Smash Bash" episode of Next Level Chef airing Thursday, February 15 (8:00-9:02 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

 

[mertensia]

Jordan's going to win this. I can just feel it.

[mlp]

1 hour ago, mertensia said:

Jordan's going to win this. I can just feel it.

I saw a Reddit thread where a lot of people who absolutely hate him were talking about him doing this show.  Apparently his wife is an "influencer" or something and is well known in some circles.  I'd never heard of either of them and don't really care but I am curious what that was all about.

[Tango64]

Way too much time on the contrived selecting of team members and the competition between the judges.

[KeithJ]

I know the chefs are under pressure and not in the best cooking environments but it always gets me when they say "I make this all the time, it can't go wrong" and then they put a dish of crap up for the judges (Chris and Ari)

[blackwing]

Matt was the right choice to go home.  The raspberries were a really really poor choice.  Raspberries with harissa?  Ugh.  I think the raspberries were meant to go with someone who picked a meat.

On 2/16/2024 at 12:22 PM, Tango64 said:

Way too much time on the contrived selecting of team members and the competition between the judges.

Yes, it wasn't interesting.  Complete with the "stealing" of Jordan by Gordon.  OMG THE DRAMAZ!!!  Ugh.

 

On 2/15/2024 at 11:45 PM, mlp said:

I saw a Reddit thread where a lot of people who absolutely hate him were talking about him doing this show.  Apparently his wife is an "influencer" or something and is well known in some circles.  I'd never heard of either of them and don't really care but I am curious what that was all about.

I don't care for Jordan either.  It does seem like he's gotten a lot of attention so far.  Just like last season, I pegged Tucker as one of the annointed ones from the start.

The past two seasons it's been pretty obvious that it's contrived so that each mentor has one team member in the finals.  If the pattern holds true and they go with rigging, that means the winner is going to come from Richard's team. Will be interesting to see what happens.

Last season (I think) we had Trisha the weepy/semi-incompetent Asian female.  This season we have Wendy.  Every single time they are lined up and getting comments or about to hear decisions, she looks like she is going to cry.  Seems like she was last pick for a reason.

Edited February 19 by blackwing

[gaPeach]

I am finding this season more interesting than the previous seasons.  I think part of it is because it seems as though the chefs this year are better. I think the pros are not as strong as some on the chefs on the social and home cooks.

And I agree with poster upthread that said, when one of the chefs say "Oh I make that ALL THE TIME so this will be a breeze" and they end up having to cook to stay.  Definitely the kiss of death to any chef.

[DEL901]

3 hours ago, gaPeach said:

And I agree with poster upthread that said, when one of the chefs say "Oh I make that ALL THE TIME so this will be a breeze" and they end up having to cook to stay.  Definitely the kiss of death to any chef.

I think this is said more often than we know, but they just show it when they know the chef will have to eat their words.