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This week on Top Chef the contestants compete in a cheesy challenge in the Wisconsin corn fields! A quickfire as sweet as cherry pie has the contestants cooking with mystery ingredients. Then we head outside, to the great croquette cookoff of 2024. How many fried balls can the judges eat? Find out who cuts the cheese and who packs their knives! The champagne of episodes (S21 E2)
Tonight we're getting hopped up on beer and snacks! The Top Chef contestants compete in their first quickfire challenge, making a dish highlighting hops. Then we move onto our first team challenge, with a seven course progressive meal highlighting classic bar foods and salty treats. Who will win and who will SNACK their knives and go. Tune in to find out!Welcome to Wisconsin! (S21 E1)
Top Chef is BACK! And we're in Wisconsin, jewel of the midwest, land of the dairy farm. In the season premier we meet 15 new cheftestants, all with the same goal: take home the title of Top Chef. This year the competition is fiercer than ever, with James Beard nominees and Michelin star cooks. New judge Kristen Kish is shaking things up with new rules, new looks and new energy. Nancy and bits unpack this first episode as well as make predictions about who the moo-vers and shakers of Season 21 will be!Second Helping w/ Marc Schechter - Week 11
This week we have CEO and Founder of Square Pie Guys Marc Schechter! Mark is a pizza enthusiast who left a life of corporate misery to pursue his passion of breaking bread and filling the world with joy through pizza. Listen to this episode as we discuss the universality of crust, sauce and cheese and have some fun along the way! Marc on instagram: @pizzaman_420 @pizzaThis week is the finale of Last Chance Kitchen! An action-packed two part epsiode with a cameo from Season 12 winner Mei Lin! Plus, Bits and Nancy vie for a spot on Watch What Happens Live. Second Helping w/ Jamie Lauren - Week 9
We've got another supersized Second Helping for Top Chef S21E9! We start with the fan-favorite mise en place relay in LCK. Chefs Amanda, Laura and Kevin battle it out to see who will stay in the running to return to the competition. After that, we have Jamie Lauren (Top Chef Season 5, All Stars) talking about her time on the show as a cheftestant AND culinary producer. You are absolutely not going to want to miss this interview with tons of BTS content and a trip down memory lane.Second Helping w/ Kendra Vaculin - Week 8
Another heaping second helping of Top Chef! We unpack this week's episode of LCK, where Kaleena enters the kitchen to face off against Kevin. We get into The Dish With Kish and then we move onto an interview we taped with Kendra Vaculin of Bon Appetit. Kendra talks about what it's like setting up temporary restaurants, pop ups and her work at BA. Don't miss this great episode!Second Helping w/ James Connelly - Week 7
LCK is back and it's time to play ball...again!! Rasika and Kevin face off in a nine inning race to see who can score the most home runs. Then, stick around for our interview with Top Chef Production Designer James Connelly, who will WOW you with his encyclopedic knowledge of every top chef kitchen. James has incredible knowledge and talent and sheds light on the BTS of Top Chef that you won't want to miss! Follow James on Instagram: @jpconnellyBack to basics, with a Dish with Kish recap, where we try once more to understand what chaos cuisine actually is. Spoiler alert, we still don't know. The gals also predict where the next Top Chef city will be using their incredibly scientific powers of prediction. Second Helping w/ Charlotte Rose Coleman - Week 5
It's a super-sized second helping! Bits and Nancy recap the two-part LCK mid-season finale. Will the hot new bombshell in the Villa (Soo) make it into the Top Chef kitchen? Or will Kaleena or Charly fight their way back? Then, stick around for the best interview of all time with Top Chef Wardrobe Supervisor Charlotte Rose Coleman (@charlotterosecoleman)! Everything you've ever wanted to know about Tom's hats, Gail's radish dress and Kristen's sweatpants.