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“Top Chef: Portland” (Covid Edition) premieres on Thursday, April 1, 2021 @ 8 PM ET on Bravo. 15 new cheftestants will compete for the coveted title of America’s Top Chef.
ReplyEpisode Title: “First Impressions”
Synopsis: Fifteen of the country’s best chefs compete in Portland, Ore.; for their first challenge, chefs combine their favorite ingredients into one cohesive dish; contestants must create a dish featuring one of Portland’s iconic local birds; a contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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ReplyCopy URLGreat premiere. They’re doing a covid season and apparently not missing a beat in the process. Some changes here and there to accommodate for social distancing, and sadly no more Whole Foods speed-shopping. I like seeing the alums starting to take on a prominent role in the series. This should have happened seasons ago. Looks like a strong group of chefs competing. I think the right chef won tonight, and since she won both the quickfire team challenge (with immunity) and the elimination challenge, she’s one to watch out for moving forward. The eliminated chef looked out of his element, but “Last Chance Kitchen” is happening again too, so someone’s coming back to the main show eventually. Excited to see what happens in Portland this cycle!
ReplyCopy URLEpisode Title: “Trouble Brewing”
Synopsis: The remaining chefs enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs–Amar Santana, Melissa King, Kwame Onwuachi, Dale Talde, Gregory Gourdet, Carrie Baird, and Richard Blais–and find they have 30 minutes to serve eight plates of breakfast.
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ReplyCopy URLReally good twist in the elimination challenge to turn it from individual to team competition, and having to combine the beer- and coffee-inspired dishes into a cohesive dish. Some teams rose to the occasion beautifully, and others really faltered. Looks like the elimination was deserved, but spoiler alert, she won in the first episode of “Last Chance Kitchen,” so let’s see how far she goes (still learning the names). Loved the breakfast diner Quickfire! That was pretty involved having to make eight plates of everything, and then the judges having to eat all of that food. Padma must live in a gym to keep looking like she does, which is the case from interviews I’ve seen from her.
ReplyCopy URLEpisode Title: “Pan African Portland”
Synopsis: The pressure is laid on the remaining chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert; Gregory and Kwame take the chefs on a tour of restaurants that feature food from the African diaspora; another contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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ReplyCopy URLEpisode Title: “Thrown for a Loop”
Synopsis: The remaining chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell’s soup for Padma and Dale Talde; the cheftestants get thrown for a loop when they find out they won’t be shopping for their Elimination Challenge; another contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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ReplyCopy URLKiki serving the entire judging table raw chicken couldn’t be overlooked, no matter what any of the rest of the bottom three did or didn’t do. Easy elimination choice, but there’s hope for her yet. She took down two-time challenge winner Sasha in “Last Chance Kitchen,” so let’s see what Kiki does with her newfound redemption moving forward.
ReplyCopy URLThis is my first season back watching Top Chef after taking many, many seasons off and I couldn’t be enjoying it more. I love the way they’re handling the pandemic and this year’s crop of chefs seems really excellent. Really glad I’ve come back to the show, and I’ll probably go revisit some old seasons on Hulu to discover some of these incredibly impressive alumni who I missed, too.
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Episode Title: “Meet You at the Drive-In”
Synopsis: The remaining chefs are tasked to create a dish featuring roses or rose products inspired by the mother figure in their lives; the chefs will go head-to-head at the first-ever “Top Chef Drive-In,” where each team must create dishes based on popular movie genres; another contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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