On The Rocks with Shark and The Hammer

For the last time this season, Shark & The Hammer are back to recap the latest episode of Top Chef Season 21. They breakdown all the dishes, round by round, and weigh in on the editing controversy. Thoughts are shared on how they each thought things were playing out, and they discuss Kristen’s first full season as a host. Finally, they wrap up their thoughts on Season 21 overall, and how it will be remembered in Top Chef history.

Goodbye Wisconsin, Hello Curaçao! We’re out of the Midwest and into the Caribbean for the first half of the Season 21 Finale. Poisonous fish, Cheesy Seafood, MORIMOTO, relaxing with sting rays, a fishy tasting menu, and we’re down to our final 3… in this recap, we discuss all this and more. Plus, a quick prediction for the finale episode and a look ahead to what comes next for On The Rocks.

Goodbye Wisconsin! Shark & The Hammer discuss the twelfth episode of Top Chef’s 21st season. They share an appreciation for the blind taste test quickfire, and long for other similar challenges. Praises are sung about one particular cheftestant, while they say goodbye to another and the state in general. Lastly, the look ahead to the Caribbean and the finale.

The missing recap! Originally scheduled for release on Monday, May 27, this episode somehow got half deleted. Here’s what remains. Shark & The Hammer discuss the quickfire for Top Chef Wisconsin’s tenth episode… Door County Fish Boil.

After a one week hiatus, Shark & The Hammer are back! They dive into the mystery of the missing episode 10 recap, and then it’s on to a fantastic episode of TC Wisconsin. A great guessing game of a quickfire; some quick hits on Top Chef Texas, Curtis Duffy, and The Bear; and a deep dive on six tables full of food. They share their thoughts on the most recently eliminated cheftestant, and rank the final five. Plus… a tease for a future half episode.

S&H discuss what shark calls “the best episode of the season.” He gives his reasons for why it felt like old school Top Chef, and what made it so special. They discuss the “new” quickfire twist, and their favorite dinner of the entire season. After going through the elimination challenge and LCK, they offer their predictions on who will make the finale and who may win the entire season.

IT’S RESTAURANT WARS!! Shark & The Hammer discuss their favorite episode of each season, and share their thoughts on this season’s surprising format twist. They dive into the front of house, the expoing, the line cooks, and all the dishes. As always, they end with Last Chance Kitchen and an updated buy or sell for the final 8.

We’re recapping Sausage Race, the seventh episode of Top Chef Wisconsin. We check in on the group as they recover from last week’s surprising exit, and dive into the biggest quickfire of the season. We head over to the Brewers Stadium for a challenge that feels like Old School Top Chef. LCK gives us a shaky challenge that didn’t really work for us.

CHAOS!

Shark & The Hammer dive into the 6th episode of Top Chef Wisconsin, and commiserate together on their disappointment in the challenge and the season overall. They celebrate Christina Tosi and Matty Matheson, while uncovering an apparent phobia of hot dogs for Sharkey. They get into their surprise on the bottom 2, and question some of the editing choices on this season. Finally, they agree on a chef climbing up both their power rankings.

We’re reviewing the fifth episode of Top Chef Wisconsin: Supper Club. Shark & Seth discuss getting back to a real quickfire, and then being subjected to yet another team challenge. They question the talent level on this season, and discuss how a budget should actually be shared. Finally, Shark pitches a new theory on why Top Chef tinkered with their Last Chance Kitchen format.