Get ready for an exciting new episode of “Beat Bobby Flay” as Season 35 continues with “Ciao Ciao, Bobby!” airing on Food Network at 9:00 Pm on Thursday, May 16, 2024. In this thrilling installment, chefs Rachelle Murphy and Jackson Kalb team up with hosts Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabriele Bertaccini to take on the culinary powerhouse himself, Bobby Flay.
The challenge? To create delectable pasta dishes that will leave Bobby Flay’s taste buds singing. With Alex and Gabriele leading the charge, Rachelle and Jackson dive headfirst into a world of pasta-bilities as they put their culinary skills to the test.
Viewers can expect a mouthwatering showdown as the chefs battle it out in the kitchen, each vying for the chance to claim victory over Bobby Flay. With pasta as the star ingredient, the stage is set for an epic culinary duel that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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The challenge? To create delectable pasta dishes that will leave Bobby Flay’s taste buds singing. With Alex and Gabriele leading the charge, Rachelle and Jackson dive headfirst into a world of pasta-bilities as they put their culinary skills to the test.
Viewers can expect a mouthwatering showdown as the chefs battle it out in the kitchen, each vying for the chance to claim victory over Bobby Flay. With pasta as the star ingredient, the stage is set for an epic culinary duel that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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- 5/9/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
“Restaurant Wars” is tonight on “Top Chef: World All-Stars,” and that always-grueling battle could yield yet another unexpected outcome. It comes one week after Charbel Hayek was shockingly sent home in his first time at the bottom, and one year after Jackson Kalb was eliminated in “Restaurant Wars” in his first time at the bottom. What could happen this time?
Hayek’s elimination surprised almost all fans who made their predictions here in our predictions center. Only a single user correctly predicted his ouster, and he’d actually just risen to the top of our odds for who would win the entire season. That was the very first time Hayek got low marks from the judges in an Elimination Challenge. Before that he won the “London Calling” season premiere challenge and finished near the top three times after that.
See‘Top Chef’ power rankings: Who will win ‘World All-Stars’
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Hayek’s elimination surprised almost all fans who made their predictions here in our predictions center. Only a single user correctly predicted his ouster, and he’d actually just risen to the top of our odds for who would win the entire season. That was the very first time Hayek got low marks from the judges in an Elimination Challenge. Before that he won the “London Calling” season premiere challenge and finished near the top three times after that.
See‘Top Chef’ power rankings: Who will win ‘World All-Stars’
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- 5/4/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
In this column: interviews with the director who guided Chadwick Boseman to a posthumous Emmy nomination for his final performance ever and a chat with Amanda Seyfried on the challenges met and conquered in playing Elizabeth Holmes, for which she received her first Emmy nomination.
Emmy ballots are due Monday evening, so all you stragglers out there better get your act together and start voting. Certainly the campaigns have not let up at all, even as we head into the crucial final weekend, and they won’t stop until it is all officially in the envelope, as it were. I was off for a week and came back to piles of boxes awaiting my X-Acto knife. Abbott Elementary sent an entire “back to school” kit, at least back to that school. The Dropout sent another box with specially labeled...
In this column: interviews with the director who guided Chadwick Boseman to a posthumous Emmy nomination for his final performance ever and a chat with Amanda Seyfried on the challenges met and conquered in playing Elizabeth Holmes, for which she received her first Emmy nomination.
Emmy ballots are due Monday evening, so all you stragglers out there better get your act together and start voting. Certainly the campaigns have not let up at all, even as we head into the crucial final weekend, and they won’t stop until it is all officially in the envelope, as it were. I was off for a week and came back to piles of boxes awaiting my X-Acto knife. Abbott Elementary sent an entire “back to school” kit, at least back to that school. The Dropout sent another box with specially labeled...
- 8/19/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“Top Chef” returned for its 19th season on March 3, 2022, bringing the show back to Texas — Houston, to be exact. The show was set in the Lone Star State a decade ago for season nine, stopping in cities like San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin, but not in Houston, which is the fourth most populous city in the United States of America. So how did this year’s cheftestants do? Scroll down for the results of “Top Chef: Houston,” updated every week as another chef packs their knives and goes. (Spoiler Alert for anyone not caught up on the episodes that have aired thus far.)
The 15 chefs from a wide variety of backgrounds who started the competition were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Leia Gaccione, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. They competed for...
The 15 chefs from a wide variety of backgrounds who started the competition were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Leia Gaccione, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. They competed for...
- 6/3/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last week’s “Top Chef” episode, “Restaurant Wars,” was a giant killer as it ended with the elimination of Jackson Kalb. He’d had the judges’ favorite dishes for the majority of the season up to that point despite not being able to taste his own food, but his poor ideas combined with his poor front-of-house service ended his run on the show. That left seven cheftestants in the competition: Damarr Brown, Evelyn Garcia, Jae Jung, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, and Nick Wallace. How did they fare in episode nine, “Freedmen’s Town,” when they had to cook food that nurtured their own souls. Read on to find out what happened this week.
Quickfire Challenge
The show started with an especially consequential Quickfire Challenge as this would be the last time this season that the winner would get immunity from elimination. Host Padma Lakshmi would decide the winner...
Quickfire Challenge
The show started with an especially consequential Quickfire Challenge as this would be the last time this season that the winner would get immunity from elimination. Host Padma Lakshmi would decide the winner...
- 4/29/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
I feel like I have egg on my face, which is appropriate for “Top Chef.” Less than a week ago I wrote about how Jackson Kalb could ride his malfunctioning taste buds all the way to the season 19 championship. He had one of the judges’ favorite dishes in six of the first seven challenges despite Covid taking away his most important senses. The first time all season he was at the bottom for an Elimination Challenge was “Restaurant Wars,” but that was all it took for him to be eliminated. Like all contestants, though, he had a shot at redemption in “Last Chance Kitchen,” where he faced his friend Sarah Welch.
Since Jackson was eliminated for his flawed restaurant concept, their challenge on “Lck” was to come up with a concept for a ghost kitchen: a business that prepares delivery-only meals. They had to showcase that concept in three dishes...
Since Jackson was eliminated for his flawed restaurant concept, their challenge on “Lck” was to come up with a concept for a ghost kitchen: a business that prepares delivery-only meals. They had to showcase that concept in three dishes...
- 4/22/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers from the Restaurant Wars episode of “Top Chef” Season 19, which aired April 21 on Bravo.
The most stressful storyline on TV this year, bar none, has been the exquisite tension of waiting for everyone on the 19th season of “Top Chef” to find out that contestant Jackson Kalb was competing without a sense of taste, thanks to a nasty bout of Covid before production began. Incredibly, Kalb had kept it a secret for weeks as he cooked spectacular dishes lauded for their bold flavors — none of which he could taste at all. That it finally caught up with him this week during “Restaurant Wars,” the franchise’s most iconic challenge, made for an abrupt, but fittingly dramatic end to his unlikely run.
And yet: as the season inched closer to this episode, I found myself hoping that this Restaurant Wars wouldn’t be half as traumatic as per usual.
The most stressful storyline on TV this year, bar none, has been the exquisite tension of waiting for everyone on the 19th season of “Top Chef” to find out that contestant Jackson Kalb was competing without a sense of taste, thanks to a nasty bout of Covid before production began. Incredibly, Kalb had kept it a secret for weeks as he cooked spectacular dishes lauded for their bold flavors — none of which he could taste at all. That it finally caught up with him this week during “Restaurant Wars,” the franchise’s most iconic challenge, made for an abrupt, but fittingly dramatic end to his unlikely run.
And yet: as the season inched closer to this episode, I found myself hoping that this Restaurant Wars wouldn’t be half as traumatic as per usual.
- 4/22/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
“Top Chef: Houston” went into episode eight with eight contestants left in the kitchen: Damarr Brown, Evelyn Garcia, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, and Nick Wallace. That’s a nice even number that splits cleanly into two teams of four, so during this week’s ominous opener with the chefs driving to their next challenge — as if to the gallows — Damarr wondered aloud, “It’s gotta be Restaurant Wars, right?”
Damarr hit the nail on the head! It was time for one of “Top Chef’s” most notorious challenges, where the chefs team up to create rival restaurants, given only 36 hours to plan, design, and execute the whole thing from top to bottom. Deciding the two teams started with drawing knives, but it didn’t end there. Most of the knives were blank, while Nick drew one that said “First Choice” and Jae drew one that said “Second Choice.
Damarr hit the nail on the head! It was time for one of “Top Chef’s” most notorious challenges, where the chefs team up to create rival restaurants, given only 36 hours to plan, design, and execute the whole thing from top to bottom. Deciding the two teams started with drawing knives, but it didn’t end there. Most of the knives were blank, while Nick drew one that said “First Choice” and Jae drew one that said “Second Choice.
- 4/22/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Top Chef: Houston” started with an interesting wrinkle in the competition: contestant Jackson Kalb, recently afflicted with Covid-19, had not recovered his sense of taste before starting the show. It may be hard to believe, but being able to taste food is considered an important ability in someone who cooks food. But while at first I thought he couldn’t possibly survive on the show, halfway into the competition it seems like he can’t lose. Can someone actually win the whole competition without functioning taste buds?
Jackson had one of the judges’ favorite dishes in the season premiere episode, “Primal Instincts,” but that was a team challenge where he was able to rely on input from his teammates. He was safe from elimination the next week in “Friday Night Bites” too, but there he was also collaborating with other chefs to score a culinary touchdown. So I thought, okay,...
Jackson had one of the judges’ favorite dishes in the season premiere episode, “Primal Instincts,” but that was a team challenge where he was able to rely on input from his teammates. He was safe from elimination the next week in “Friday Night Bites” too, but there he was also collaborating with other chefs to score a culinary touchdown. So I thought, okay,...
- 4/16/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
With the exit of Monica Feybesse from the “Top Chef: Houston” kitchen last week, there were nine cheftestants left going into episode seven, “Swallow the Competition”: Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Evelyn Garcia, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, and Nick Wallace. But swallowing the competition had two meanings as those nine hopefuls would learn. Read on to find out what happened this week.
See‘Top Chef: Houston’ episode 6 recap: Ousted chef returned and contestants celebrated ‘Texas Trailblaze-hers’ Quickfire Challenge
Host Padma Lakshmi introduced two guest judges — Ope Amosu and “Top Chef” All-Star Kwame Onwuachi — who explained that the chefs would be dealing with Nigerian cuisine, specifically swallows, which are starches that are cooked (usually boiled) until tender and then dipped into a soup or stew. Each chef was to prepare a dish to complement a particular swallow. But before cooking they had the opportunity to...
See‘Top Chef: Houston’ episode 6 recap: Ousted chef returned and contestants celebrated ‘Texas Trailblaze-hers’ Quickfire Challenge
Host Padma Lakshmi introduced two guest judges — Ope Amosu and “Top Chef” All-Star Kwame Onwuachi — who explained that the chefs would be dealing with Nigerian cuisine, specifically swallows, which are starches that are cooked (usually boiled) until tender and then dipped into a soup or stew. Each chef was to prepare a dish to complement a particular swallow. But before cooking they had the opportunity to...
- 4/15/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Top Chef: Houston” contestant Ashleigh Shanti was like a boomerang: eliminated last week in “Don’t Mess with BBQ,” fighting for redemption on “Last Chance Kitchen,” and immediately earning a spot back in the competition for episode six, “Trailblaze-hers,” where she re-joined the other nine chefs: Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monique Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, and Nick Wallace. Did she fare better this week when the contestants paid tribute to legendary women?
Before that main challenge, though, the 10 chefs once again had to rely on teamwork.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Quickfire Challenge
Host Padma Lakshmi, joined by guest judges and “Top Chef” All-stars Nini Nguyen and Kelsey Barnard Clark, reintroduced Ashleigh to her teammates and then directed them all towards a collection of ingredients. Five chefs would choose a sweet ingredient, and...
Before that main challenge, though, the 10 chefs once again had to rely on teamwork.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Quickfire Challenge
Host Padma Lakshmi, joined by guest judges and “Top Chef” All-stars Nini Nguyen and Kelsey Barnard Clark, reintroduced Ashleigh to her teammates and then directed them all towards a collection of ingredients. Five chefs would choose a sweet ingredient, and...
- 4/8/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last week’s team challenge on “Top Chef” ended with the double elimination of Robert Hernandez and Sarah Welch, which left 10 cooks in the kitchen: Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, and Nick Wallace. But they didn’t have time to process that before Padma Lakshmi visited them backstage to get them ready for their next challenge. Read on to find out what happened in “Don’t Mess with BBQ.”
Padma let the chefs know that the very next morning they would meet “Top Chef” All-Star Brooke Williamson on location, which worried the contestants because Padma wouldn’t rush to prepare you immediately for the next challenge if it weren’t going to be a doozy. Indeed, they did have their work cut out for them the next morning when they met up with Brooke, who led them...
Padma let the chefs know that the very next morning they would meet “Top Chef” All-Star Brooke Williamson on location, which worried the contestants because Padma wouldn’t rush to prepare you immediately for the next challenge if it weren’t going to be a doozy. Indeed, they did have their work cut out for them the next morning when they met up with Brooke, who led them...
- 4/1/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last week’s episode of “Top Chef” brought the 13 contestants to an Asian night market to prepare their own versions of Asian street foods. Unfortunately, Sam Kang‘s ill-advised preparation of his potatoes got him eliminated. But that was easy compared to this week’s episode, “Doppelgangers,” where there was a double elimination, cutting the competition from 12 contestants to 10 in one fell swoop. So who were the unlucky duo? Read on to find out what happened when the chefs had to create clever lookalike dishes.
The 12 cheftestants who went into “Doppelgangers” were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. But before they broke up into teams of two, they had to mind their own biscuits.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Quickfire Challenge...
The 12 cheftestants who went into “Doppelgangers” were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. But before they broke up into teams of two, they had to mind their own biscuits.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Quickfire Challenge...
- 3/25/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Episode two of “Top Chef: Houston” brought the cheftestants out on the football field to try to score a culinary touchdown. They’re back outside again in “Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice,” this time at an Asian night market. Read on for a recap of this flavorful world tour.
The lucky 13 remaining competitors were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. And there was so much work for them to do this week that host Padma Lakshmi told them there would be no Quickfire Challenge (meaning no immunity), and that they’d be going straight to the week’s main course.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Elimination Challenge
The chefs were greeted by Padma, guest judge Hung Huynh (winner...
The lucky 13 remaining competitors were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch. And there was so much work for them to do this week that host Padma Lakshmi told them there would be no Quickfire Challenge (meaning no immunity), and that they’d be going straight to the week’s main course.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who had to pack their knives and go during Houston season? Elimination Challenge
The chefs were greeted by Padma, guest judge Hung Huynh (winner...
- 3/18/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Top Chef: Houston” started last week with a challenge focused around primal cuts of beef. So it’s fitting that episode two, “Friday Night Bites,” took the cheftestants in completely the opposite direction: carbs! Read on to find out what the contestants did with my favorite food group.
See‘Top Chef’ season 19 premiere recap: ‘Primal Instincts’ started Houston competition with a beefy team challenge
The 14 chefs remaining in the competition were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch.
But before the chefs went carb crazy, they had to tangle with my second favorite food group …
Quickfire Challenge
When the cheftestants entered the kitchen, they were greeted by Padma Lakshmi and guest judge Irma Galvan, a James Beard Award winning chef. They were surrounded by piles of cheese and a fondue machine.
See‘Top Chef’ season 19 premiere recap: ‘Primal Instincts’ started Houston competition with a beefy team challenge
The 14 chefs remaining in the competition were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch.
But before the chefs went carb crazy, they had to tangle with my second favorite food group …
Quickfire Challenge
When the cheftestants entered the kitchen, they were greeted by Padma Lakshmi and guest judge Irma Galvan, a James Beard Award winning chef. They were surrounded by piles of cheese and a fondue machine.
- 3/11/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Top Chef” has held a season in Texas before, but perhaps surprisingly they never made a stop in Houston, America’s fourth largest city, until now. Season 19 of the cooking competition kicked off in the Lone Star State on Thursday night, March 3, with “Primal Instincts,” a tricky team challenge to see who was a cut (of beef) above the rest.
The 15 chefs from all walks of life competing for the $250,000 grand prize were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Leia Gaccione, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch.
Just how steep is the competition? As soon as host Padma Lakshmi invited them into the kitchen for the very first time, she asked how many of the cheftestants had been James Beard Award nominees — several hands went up. Then she asked how many of them...
The 15 chefs from all walks of life competing for the $250,000 grand prize were Damarr Brown, Jo Chan, Monica Feybesse, Leia Gaccione, Evelyn Garcia, Robert Hernandez, Jae Jung, Jackson Kalb, Sam Kang, Luke Kolpin, Buddha Lo, Stephanie Miller, Ashleigh Shanti, Nick Wallace, and Sarah Welch.
Just how steep is the competition? As soon as host Padma Lakshmi invited them into the kitchen for the very first time, she asked how many of the cheftestants had been James Beard Award nominees — several hands went up. Then she asked how many of them...
- 3/4/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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