Welcome to the (actual) premiere episode! We recap Top Chef Season 18, Episode 1—talking about how Top Chef is afraid of the Midwest, Richard Blais' hair choices, coin Padma Lakshmi a comedic genius, flip-flop on our opinions on squab, and wonder if Gabriel worked for Tom Colicchio. 

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Welcome to This Is Top Chef, Not Top Podcast—a podcast about Top Chef (but really mostly about Padma and Gail.) In our introductory episode, culture writers Amanda Mitchell and Jack Roskopp reminisce about their love for the series and examine/judge the incoming cheftestants for season 18 of Top Chef, set in Portland. Join us on the ride!

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