Just finished up the season. Wish Demarr had not lost his fastball at the end of the season but can’t quibble with the last three and obviously Buddha was a machine.
Next season will be in London, with All-Stars from all the International versions of the show. https://london.eater.com/23287135/top-chef-season-20-london-world-all-stars
Meet the 16 esteemed chefs who will face off this season: STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Samuel Albert, Winner, Top Chef France, Season 10 For the executive chef and owner of Les Petits Prés in Angers, France, cooking is deeply personal. The Order of the Belgian Crown recipient runs his restaurant in his family's home, out of the kitchen where he first put his skills to the test (and took his first steps!). STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Luciana Berry, Winner, Top Chef Brazil, Season 2 Owner of private catering company, Catering on the Hill, the Brazil-native now lives in London. There, she shares her love of Brazilian cuisine as an Ambassador of Brazilian cuisine in Europe. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Sara Bradley, Finalist, Top Chef Kentucky, Season 16 A Kentucky-native, Bradley owns Freight House, a restaurant and bourbon bar in her hometown of Paducah. Through cooking, she celebrates her father's Appalachian background and her mother's Jewish heritage. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Dawn Burrell, Finalist, Top Chef Portland, Season 18 Not only is Burrell a Top Chef finalist, but she's also a former Olympian. After competing on USA's Track & Field team in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she fell in love with food through her travels. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Ali Ghzawi, Winner, Top Chef Middle East & North Africa, Season 3: Lebanon As chef and owner of Alee in Jordan, Ghzawi is known for turning simple ingredients into gourmet dishes. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Tom Goetter, Finalist, Top Chef Germany, Season 1 After working in an array of kitchens, including Michelin-starred restaurants, Goetter is now the director of food and beverage for all Scenic Ocean Vessels. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Nicole Gomes, Winner, Top Chef Canada, Season 5: All-Stars The chef, co-founder and owner at Cluck 'N' Cleaver in Calgary, Canada, Gomes keeps her professional work in the family, running the chicken joint alongside her sister. She made Top Chef history as the first woman to be crowned Top Chef Canada champion. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Victoire Gouloubi, Finalist, Top Chef Italy, Season 2 Hailing from the Republic of the Congo, Gouloubi initially moved to Italy to study law — until she discovered her love of cooking. As a private chef who has worked alongside Michelin-starred chefs, Gouloubi is also the creator and host of Sky TV's Il Tocco di Victoire and LaMia Africa. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Charbel Hayek, Winner, Top Chef Middle East & North Africa, Season 5: Saudi Arabia Hayek first found his passion for the culinary arts while growing up in Beirut, Lebanon. Now a private chef in Lake Worth, Florida, he describes his creations as "new American" with French and Lebanese influence. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Buddha Lo, Winner, Top Chef Houston, Season 19 Lo — the most recent winner of Top Chef — is the executive chef of Huso at Marky's Caviar in New York City. The Australian native's affinity for being in the kitchen comes from his parents: he cooked in their restaurant starting when he was 12. "I'm hoping to get three Michelin stars one day," he told PEOPLE in September. "Everything starts with a goal, right?" STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Dale MacKay, Winner, Top Chef Canada, Season 1 MacKay has worked in the kitchens of Gordon Ramsay and Daniel Boulud, and now runs five of his own eateries under the Grassroots Restaurant Group. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO May Phattanant Thongthong, Finalist, Top Chef Thailand, Season 1 Thongthong is the executive chef and co-partner of MAZE Dining. Named after her non-linear career path, the spot was voted one of the top 20 Bangkok restaurants by W magazine in 2020 and 2021. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Begoña Rodrigo, Winner, Top Chef Spain, Season 1 Rodrigo is the executive chef and owner of La Salita, a restaurant with one Michelin star in Valencia, Spain. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Gabriel Rodriguez, Winner, Top Chef Mexico, Season 2 Now a private chef in Madrid, Rodriguez truly worked his way to the top of the culinary field — first starting as a dishwasher at the esteemed Pujol restaurant in Mexico City. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Amar Santana, Finalist, Top Chef California, Season 13 After immigrating to the U.S. from in the Dominican Republic, Santana started his career in food at age 16. He is now the executive chef and owner at the Broadway By Amar Santana restaurants in California. STEPHANIE DIANI/BRAVO Sylwia Stachyra, Winner, Top Chef Poland, Season 7 Born and raised in Poland, the seasoned chef trained in Ramsay's Savoy Grill before later going on to win Top Chef Poland. She now helms her own cooking school and consultancy called CookShe. Top Chef World All Stars premieres on Bravo on March 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Buddha and Dawn are solid, but overall I'm pretty underwhelmed by the US All Stars. Give me Melissa King. Give me Shota Nakajima. Give me Gregory Gourdet. Give me Brooke Williamson.
just watched the full video and I love the restaurant they are at at the top of Saint Pancras; its one of my favorite quiet spots in the city. cant wait for the finale in Paris.
Also hope they do something Fergus Henderson at either St John or St John Bread and Wine going to be a lot of Indian food for Padma this szn too
Can’t remember if I posted it but ate dinner next to Dawn a few weeks ago where we were the only two tables on the patio and she was very sweet. I guess this explains why her new project keeps getting delayed.
yea this season looks awesome. Pumped to see all the international chefs. love Kew Gardens. Fantastic neighborhood beside where Ted Lasso is filmed.
Seems kind of unfair to have the American judges judge American v international. As the French chef said he’s not used to making food so salty haha
Dale sucked. He was extremely unlikeable and I felt bad for Mae. Have yet to watch last chance but hope she beats him
Feel like both of them were to blame on that one. Choosing scotch egg with the first pick was not smart. And then saying “let’s just do a good scotch egg” was not going to get a win and set them up to lose
I remember it the exact opposite edit. Yeah I went back and rewatched. he wanted to do fish and chips she chose scotch egg. He even said “Mae felt stronger about the scotch egg” and then she explained why she wanted to do it
Rewatched it myself. I messed up the choice, but he absolutely pushed her to just do a “normal, good” scotch egg. Either way glad he got eliminated and sad he took Mae out with him
her constantly forgetting to plate things in her season drove me insane. then she became a guest judge. then she came onto this season and finished in the bottom 3 in back to back weeks. she just isn't a great competitor, despite making some obviously excellent food at times.
If I were to rank my top six going into this latest episode it would’ve been the six who faced off in the second leg of the relegation battle. Pretty wild level of competition so far.
I can't stand how she constantly was late with her dishes. She seems to really hate being a part of LCK audience (which doesn't seem like a bad gig to me).
I like Buddha but found him very off putting this episode. Like he didn't think he deserves any criticism.
Dude has never taken criticism very well. I really want either Ali or Victoire to win it all as of now.
obviously he’s exceptional as a chef but everything he makes comes off as pretentious and/or needlessly exhausting
cant deny buddha's excellence but his approach to the competition sucks the life out of it at times Tom finally got fed up with how robotic and scripted he is coming into the season rather than cooking from the heart