Compliments to the Chef

Slip into something more comfortable and join us at the first ever Top Chef fish boil!! On this week's episode of Top Chef we have two more Wisconsin food traditions: the meat raffle and the fish boil, both of which Chef Dan Jacobs would care to forget. We meet the most bizarre entry to the Top Chef Cinematic Universe (TCCU) who goes by the name of TORCH, a flame loving fish boil master. This episode has everything we love: all stars, cooking in the elements, large format challenge AND Tom in a new hat! Who will boil to the top and who will get torched? Tune in to find out.

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.

On this week's episode of Top Chef we see the contestants stepping out of their comfort zone into the world of indigenous foods. But before that, they get bogged down in a cranberry quickfire that brings Tom, Gail and Kristen into the Top Chef kitchen to announce a huge rules shake up. Who will shine and who will pack their knives? Tune in to find out!

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!

Prepare for battle! This week on Top Chef the chefs armor up for a surprise restaurant wars! The group splits up into two teams and duke it out between their hastily decided concepts. We get 70 minutes of unadulterated combat as we delight in some of the most creative work we've seen all season. We also heat up some delightful leftovers and introduce a new fan-generated Potluck segment. So which restaurant will claim the spoils of war and which will be lost to the history books? Listen in to find out!

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!

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We've got sausages in the house...in more ways than one! CTTC welcomes the hosts of The LA Food Podcast. We take a look at episode 7 of Top Chef and it's time to play ball! An uproarious sausage race with an all-star panel of judges has the chefs facing off head to head with some of the best food we've seen all season. Who's wiener will reign supreme? Tune in to find out.

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Back 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.

This week's episode is pure chaos!!!!! The chefs compete in a dairy-based dessert quickfire and then move onto achaos cuisine elimination challenge. Guest judge Matty Matheson puts the chefs through their paces and inspires some of the best performances of the entire season. The shocking eliminaton at the end still has us shook! Whose dish will be chaotic good and whose chaotic evil will send them home?

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.