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Top Chef Masters Season 5 Finale

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Top Chef Masters Season 5 Top 3 Finalists

Welcome to the finale of Top Chef Masters! Our finalists are Jennifer, Bryan, and Douglas. The contestants arrive in Santa Monica and pull up to a table in an empty church to eat a delicious meal of prawns, ravioli, and lemon cream cooked by Curtis. Bryan reminisces about losing Top Chef to his brother, and Curtis compares the Real Chef/Sous Chef relationship to a marriage. For the final challenge, the chefs must cook food throughout their cooking careers: something old, something new, something borrowed…and something Sous, a dish created by their Sous Chefs. Bryan’s Sous Chef won the Battle of the Sous Chefs, so good for Graham. Douglas’s Sous Chef made the least favorite dish, so his Sous Chef will not be there for seven hours of shopping and prep time. Ouch. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters Season 5, Episode 8: Lucha Vavoom

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The remaining chefs are met by Daniel Handler, an accordion player who turns out to be the writer of theLemony Snicket books. He introduces the Quickfire Challenge. The winner of the Sous Chef competition and the corresponding Real Chef will decide what the challenge is (and gets the coveted immunity for the Real Chef), and the winning Sous Chef is Paul, Douglas’s replacement Sous Chef.  They decide on a dish featuring ketchup because Sang doesn’t permit ketchup in his restaurant. Oh, also? Sang and Jennifer’s Sous Chefs were on the bottom of the competition, so they’ll have an obstacle later in the competition. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters, Season 5: Episode 7

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Top Chef Masters Season 5 Episode 7 - Nachos

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Last week, Jennifer and Sue were both sort of eliminated and sent to battle it out Sous Chef-style. Jennifer prevailed and returns to continue the competition with the Real Chefs. Their Quickfire Challenge is guest-judged by Ali Larter, actress and book writer.  With only thirty minutes on the clock, it’s a Top Chef Masters’ take on nachos, which is confusing and—let’s be honest—pointless. As an added nacho bonus, immunity is up for grabs. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters Season 5, Episode 5: Restaurant Wars!

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Sue, Sang, Douglas, and David’s Sous Chefs lost the Battle of the Sous Chefs. That means the four will be on the same team for the Real Chef’s Challenge. Neil’s Sous Chef won the Battle of the Sous Chefs, so Neil will have immunity in the Elimination Challenge. Which is Restaurant Wars! Whee! Restaurant Wars is presented by Busy Philipps of Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek fame. She wants the restaurant of her dreams, which is everything good about Los Angeles under one roof. Since Neil, Jennifer, Bryan, and Lynn’s Sous Chefs won their competition, their team will have two hours of prep time from their Sous Chefs. The other team will have to do the prep work themselves. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters Season 5, Episode 3

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The Sous Chefs made sausage, and didn’t know that they had to leave the Real Chefs enough protein to make a dish. So…Quickfire Challenge! Thirty minutes to make something delicious out of scraps.  Carcasses, fat, bones, and some chefs have more than others. Amelia Posada and Erika Nakamura are owners of the butcher Lindy & Grundy and judges for the Quickfire. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters Season 5, Episode 2

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Eleven Sous Chefs are chopping and prepping and slicing and dicing for their mise en place challenge, and the ingredients (pomegranate, celery root, lamb, and squid) will become the ingredients in the Real Chefs’ thirty-minute Quickfire Challenge that’s also an Elimination Challenge. Sang’s Sous Chef wins the challenge, so he’s the only Real Chef without any prep work to complete, and he has immunity. With ten minutes gone, several Real Chefs are still struggling with the mise en place. Continue reading →

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Top Chef Masters Season 5, Episode 1: Sous Chefs and Real Chefs

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Top Chef Masters Season 5 Episode 1

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It’s Top Chef Masters! And their sous chefs! Which means twice the number of cooks, and I’m already confused. So who are these chefs? Douglas Keane (Cyrus), Neal Fraser (Redbird), Sang Yoon (Lukshon), David Burke (no introduction required), Lynn Crawford (Ruby Watcho), Franklin Becker (The Little Beet), Bryan Voltaggio (Season 6 of Top Chef), Jenn Louis (Lincoln), Herb Wilson (Sushi Samba), and a half dozen other people who didn’t get introductory montages. And then in walk their sous chefs, totally muddling the television screen with white jackets. Continue reading →

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