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Top Chef goes to the Crescent City! Jazz! Beads! King cakes! That roux isn't dark enough! For real, though, people gonna get told their roux's not dark enough. Judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson, and Emeril Lagasse are back. It's New Orleans, so I'm assuming Emeril will be around a lot. The Contestants   Aaron Cuschieri, 29 Chicago, IL Executive Chef, Slurping Turtle  Benedetto Bartolotta, 27 New York, NY Owner, Indulge by Bene  Bret Pelaggi, 34 Miami, FL Recently moved to Miami, doesn't appear to be currently employed. As far as I can tell, his most recent job was chef de cuisine at Chiara Bistro.  Brian Huskey, 32 Los Angeles, CA R&D chef for Ricardo Zarate, most recently involved in opening Paiche  Carlos Gaytan, 42 Chicago, IL Owner/executive chef, Mexique  Carrie Mashaney, 35 Seattle, WA Chef de Cuisine, Aragona. The restaurant's not actually open yet, and they don't appear to have set up a website yet.  Janine Booth, 25 New York, NY Trying to open a restaurant later this year. Used to work with Jeff from season 5.  Jason Cichonski, 27 Philadelphia, PA Chef/owner, Ela  Justin Devillier New Orleans, LA Chef/owner, La Petite Grocery  Louis Maldonado, 32 Healdsburg, CA Executive chef, Spoonbar and Pizzando  Michael Sichel New Orleans, LA Executive Chef, Galatoire's Restaurant  Nicholas Elmi, 32 Philadelphia, PA Chef/owner, Laurel, opening planned for November  Nina Compton, 34 Miami, FL Chef de cuisine, Scarpetta Miami at Fontainebleau  Patricia Vega, 29 New York, NY Sous chef, Fishtail by David Burke  Ramon Bojorquez, 31 San Diego, CA Sous chef, Nine-Ten  Sara Johannes Minneapolis, MN Executive chef, Shoyu at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport  Shirley Chung, 36 Fremont, CA Former executive chef of China Poblano. No mention of current employment.  Stephanie Cmar, 28 Boston, MA Sous Chef, No. 9 Park. Returning to Top Chef after being eliminated in season 10's qualifiers.  Travis Masar, 27 La Junta, CO His bio says he's an executive chef, but nobody's saying where. Last Chance Kitchen Introduced in Season 9, Last Chance Kitchen is a sort of losers bracket web series. After each episode airs, an LCK webisode goes up on Bravo's site. The chef or chefs eliminated from the main series that week compete head-to-head against last week's LCK winner for a chance to get back on the show. Each week's is a different quickfire-ish challenge with Tom as the lone judge. The winner returns to the main competition during the semifinals. Even if you don't love the idea of giving eliminated chefs a second chance, the challenges are usually straightforward and engaging. Padma's Picks In this new webseries, Ten New Orleans chefs competed for a spot in the main series. As the name hints, Padma was the sole judge. If you weren't paying much attention to the faces in this post, there might still be some suspense!
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 Skip this post if you're not caught upThe Contestants (Eliminated chefs are greyed out.)  Wikipedia-style Progress Chart  What Went Wrong
Last Chance Kitchen  Current champ:  Louis
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Ochowie posted:Bene is a caterer? Yep, and his Top Chef bio is largely copy/pasted from the about us page on his website.
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Oct 14, 2013 22:34
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Who was the first James Beard nominee to compete? Pork Kevin in season 6 is the earliest I can recall, but I may be forgetting someone. Either way, even in season 1, line cooks and culinary school students never had a shot, even if they made up more of the contestant pool. The show's been about executive chefs and chef/owners for almost as long as it's been on.
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Oct 18, 2013 20:35
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Kermit's appearance made this episode feel especially like some kind of Treme crossover. If you're not watching Treme, you should; it's even got a chef story arc that features Tom, Emeril, Eric Ripert, and David Chang. I'm pretty sure Bourdain is either a writer or consultant for those scenes.
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jng2058 posted:Hell, in this very episode Tom was saying "I'd rather fail big than win small" or something to that effect. Nicholas was trying to go big, and the gamble failed, but he only took the chance because he had that safety net that he'd won fair and square. For Tom especially to encourage him to fall on his sword when the only reason he failed was because he dared to dream big? That's some hypocritical bullshit. It doesn't seem hypocritical to me. Take risks, but own up to it when they don't pay off. I was surprised that they directly suggested that he resign, but they acknowledged that he was within his rights to actually use the immunity he won. Hell, if you buy the argument that presenting yourself well for potential employers/investors is more important than doing well in the competition itself, resigning might've been a good face-saving move. "I messed up, something something integrity, I'm confident enough to take my chances in Last Chance Kitchen."
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