Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. | Season 17, Episode 1 Recap: “It’s Like They Never Left!”

Please unpack your knives and stay! The Top Chef Judges’ Table is back on Reality TV RHAP-Ups to cover season 17, Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.

The all-star line up of Haley Strong (@hstrong_), Josh Wigler (@roundhoward), Emily Fox (@emelette), Curt Clark (@CurtClark), and Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) team together to unpack the first episode of the new season. In their free-for-all conversation, the panel discusses the various histories colliding in the all-star season, shameless self-promotion for Josh’s interview with Tom Colicchio, an odd amount of time spent talking about bunk beds and trundle beds, and some deeper conversation about all of the food on display. The Top Chef podcast will record on Saturdays, send any and all feedback to the hosts on Twitter.

TEAM FOX

* • Eric Adjepong

* • Karen Akunowicz

* • Melissa King

TEAM STRONG

* • Gregory Gourdet

* • Stephanie Cmar

* • Jennifer Carroll

TEAM MAZZARO

* • Kevin Gillespie

* • Angelo Sosa

* • Lisa Fernandes

TEAM BRININI (aka TEAM CLARK)

* • Bryan Voltaggio

* • Nini Nguyen

* • Brian Malarkey

THE HOUSE (aka TEAM WIGLER)

* • Joe Sasto (eliminated)

* • Lee Ann Wong

* • Jamie Lynch