War on Top Chef
The perennial favorite Top Chef challenge, Restaurant Wars, got a change up this season, converting to Wedding Wars. Top Chef teams catered wedding dishes according to the tastes of the bride and groom, but for the groom’s team, Wedding Wars broke down into flat out war.
The team of Dale, Lisa, Nikki, and Spike never gelled and was easily the losing team. The current Chefs admitted to watching previous seasons of Top Chef, but Nikki must have missed Restaurant Wars from Season 3. That’s the one where Tre, the Executive Chef for the team, was eliminated for not acting like the Executive Chef. Even with her Italian food expertise, Nikki didn’t guide the team to victory preparing Italian dishes for the groom. You know Head Judge Tom Colicchio ain’t down with Executive Chefs not stepping up.
The groom’s team was an eclectic crew, and I need to get video footage as they stood at Judges’ table. Their body language was a telltale sign. Dale went ballistic for right or wrong, Lisa was her bitter angry self, Spike didn’t help the mix, and Nikki simply went along for the ride.
Although I must say this episode was probably my favorite of this season. The Quick Fire and Wedding Wars were interesting challenges. More time was spent showing the personalities of the chefs although none of them are still fan favorites. In fact, I think most of the chefs really dislike each other more than other seasons.
The show’s producers must realize this lack of fan support as well. How else can you explain the recent “What is Padma Wearing?” addition to the Top Chef website? How does this improve the culinary aspect of the show?
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