Saturday, December 2, 2017

SEASON -15- COLORADO - JOE FLAMM

FIRST LOOK:
PLAYERS (15)
1.  BRUCE KALMAN, Owner/Chef.                                              Pasadena, CA.
2.  ADRIENNE CHEATHMAN, Chef/Consultant                         Harlem, NY
3.  CHRIS SCOTT, Chef/Owner.                                                    Brooklyn, NY
4.  TANYA HOLLAND,   "    "                                                      Oakland, CA.
5.  TYLER ANDERSON, "      "                                                    Simsbury, CONN.
6.  JOE SASTO, III, Executive Chef.                                             Los Angeles, CA.
7.  CARRIE BAIRD, Chef De Cuisine.                                          Denver, CO.
8.  JOSEPH FLAMM, Executive Chef                                          Chicago, ILL.
9.  TU DAVID PHU, Chef/Founder                                               Oakland, CA.
10.  MELISSA PERFIT, Executive Chef                                       San Francisco, CA.
11.  FATIMA ALI, Chef                                                                 New york City, NY.
12.  LAURA COLE, Owner/Chef.                                                Denali, AK.
13.  ROGELIO GARCIA, Executive Chef                                   San Francisco, CA.
14.  BROTHER LUCK, Chef/Owner                                         Colorado Springs, CO.
15.  CLAUDETTE ZEPEDA-WILKINS, Executive Chef           San Diego, CA.

PRIZE:  Feature in Food & Wine Magazine.
              An Appearance at The Classic Food & Wine.
              $125,000 by S. Pellegrino Water.
              The Title of Top Chef.
HOST:  Padma Lakshmi.
JUDGES:   Gail Simmons,
                   Tom Colicchio
                   Graham Elliott
FIRST QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Create a potluck dish in 45 minutes.

EPISODE #1:  It'll Take More than PotLuck.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE  Continue.....
- Chefs voted for the top & bottom.
BOTTOM 2:  Melissa & Carrie.
TOP 3:  Joe, Joseph & Tu.
WINNER:  Tu.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  hosting a block party.
- Put a Modern Twist on Meat & Potatoes.
- Serve 200 Denver local at Larimer Square in Denver.

JUDGES TABLE:
TOP 3:  Tyler, Chris & Fatima.
WINNER;  Tyler.
BOTTOM 3:  Adrienne, Melissa & Carrie.
ELIMINATED:  Melissa.

EPISODE #2:  Smile and Say Mise.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Blue Apron Mise En Place Relay.
GUEST JUDGE:  Troy Guard, Chef & Owner of Tag Restaurant Group.
PART I:  Task #1:  Peel & Brunoise 1 qt. of Shallots.
               Task #2:  Peel, Destem & Slice 1 qt of mushroom
               Task #3:  Butcher 20 7-8 oz. pieces of beef tenderloin.
WINNER:  Blue Team wins:  Rogelio, Tyler, Claudette, Adrienne, Joseph, Brother & Bruce.
PART II:  Now Cook a dish individually using the mise ingredients.
BOTTOM:  Rogelio & Tyler.
TOP:  Brother & Joseph.
WINNER:  Joseph wins immunity & $5,000.00 & a year of Dinner service & Wine from Blue Apron.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE:  Alex Seidel, Chef & Owner of Mercantile.
- Create a four course progressive menu.  BUT use the farm special ingredients.:  CHEESE.
WINNER:  Green Team.  & Carrie.
ELIMINATED:  Claudette.

EPISODE #3:  Keep On Trunkin'
GUEST JUDGE:  Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Chef/Owner of Frasca Food & Wine.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Deconstruct the Denver Omelet.  (sudden death & 30 minutes.
TOP:  Carrie, Brother & Tu.
WINNER:  Brother.
BOTTOM:  Tayna, Laura, & Rogelio.
SUDDEN DEATH CHALLENGE:  Create the Perfect French Omelet in 15 minutes.
BOTTOM:  Laura ' could not stop thinking of home.
ELIMINATED:  Laura.

ELIMINATED CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE:  Hosea Rosenberg, Top Chef Season #5 Winner.
- Create a food truck concept with cohesive 3 items meal for 150 college students.
- Carrie, Tanya & Joe F. - Black Team.
- Fatima, Joe S. & Tyler - Yellow Team.
- Brother, Bruce & Rogelio - Green Team.
- Adrienne, Chris & Tu - Blue Team.

JUDGES' TABLE:
TEAM COLLEGE STUDENTS LIKED:  Black Team.
JUDGES WINNING TEAM:  Yellow Team.   WINNER:  Joe S.
BOTTOM TEAMS:  Green & Blue Teams.
BOTTOM:  Green.
ELIMINATED:  Rogelio.

EPISODE #4:  Little Tool, Big Challenge.                                      11 left.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Elevate a classic dish from traditional kid's meal.
GUEST JUDGE:  Curtis Stone, Executive Chef/ Owner of Gwen.
- using kids size tolls in 40 minutes.
BOTTOM:  Carrie, Tyler & Bruce.
TOP:  Adrienne, Fatima & Tanya.
   WINNER:  Adrienne.  has immunity.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create a dish that represents your heritage.

JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP:  Chris, Tanya & Joe S.
   WINNER:  Chris.
BOTTOM:  Joe F., Tyler & Bruce.
ELIMINATED:  Tyler.

EPISODE #5:  This is Not Glamping.
- The Chefs from Last Chance Kitchen was there.
LAST CHANCE KITCHEN CHALLENGE:  Cook with your guts.
- Make a dish using internal organs & entrails.
- Kwame is out.
- Tied:  Lee Ann Season #1 & Claudette Season #15 are back in.

NO QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create a five star meal using ONLY camping equipment & limited ingredients.
- at Estes Park Mountain Resort.   Snow & 38 degrees.
GUEST JUDGE:  Naomi Pomeroy, Chef & Owner of Beast.

JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP:  Bruce, Lee Ann & Carrie.
WINNER:  Bruce.
BOTTOM:  Tanya, Chris & Tu.
ELIMINATED:  Tu.

EPISODE #6:  Now That's Lot of Schnitzel.
- LeeAnn going to the hospital.
GUEST JUDGE:  Richard Blais, Chef & Owner of Juniper & Ivy and former player & winner.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Make Your signature dish in 30 minutes.
- BOTTOM 3:  Claudette, Adrienne & Fatima.
- TOP 3:  Chris, Brother & Joe.
- WINNER:  Chris Immunity & feature on BuzzBee.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:

GUEST JUDGE:  Keegan Gerhard, Chef & Owner of D Bar Denver.
- Create a GErman Inspired dish & radler.
( Chris does not drink)
- LeeAnne leaves the show.

JUDGES TABLE:
TOP 3:  Bruce, Claudette & Tanya.
- WINNER:  Tanya wins a trip by BMW to Palm Springs training camp
BOTTOM:  Brother, Joe S. & Adrienne.
ELIMINATED:  Brother.


EPISODE #7:  Olympic Dreams.                                             9 left.
- Bruce's wife called - He became a dad.  Jude Paul  7 lbs. 3 ozs.  22 inches.

ARRIVED AT:  Chef's House at 6 am Padma & Brooke Williamson - S-14 Winner.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Breakfast.
- make a breakfast dish featuring Nutella in 30 minutes.
BOTTOM:  Joe, Tanya & Adrienne.
TOP:  Carrie, Claudette & Fatima.
WINNER:  Carrie wins immunity & $5,000.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  2018 Winter is 2 weeks away.
GUESTS JUDGES:  Meryl Davis, Olympic Ice Dancing Gold Medalist,
                                  Gus Kenworthy, Olympic Freeski Slope Style Silver Medalist,
                                  John Daly, Team USA Olympic Skeleton Racer.
- In Teams of 3 complete head - to head in 3 rounds: speed, precision, & creativity.
Round 1:  Feed 30 diners in 45 minutes,
Round 2:  Cook a protein to the perfect temperature & compose a dish using Chiffonade, batonnet & brunoise cuts,
Round 3:  Make the most creativity dish possible using a mystery protein.
Scores Round 1:  Red 47                      White 41.5                                        Blue  42.5
            Round 2:         40.5                              18.5                                                  42.5
            Round 3:         35                                 51                                                     51.5
GOLD:  Blue,  Silver - White  &  Bronze - Red.
WINNER:  Joe.
BOTTOM:  White
ELIMINATED:  Tanya.        

EPISODE #8:  Restaurants Wars   
                            8 left.
ARRIVED AT:  Mile High Station.
GUEST JUDGES:  Eric & Bruce Bromberg, Chefs & Owner of Blue Ribbon.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:    Restaurant Wars.  3 course with 3 options.
pick knife   Carrie & Chris are captains
- Carrie  teams:    Bruce, Joe F., & Adrienne.  addition  help:  Tyler.  Conifer.
- Chris teams:  Joe F., Fatima & Claudette.  additional help:  Robert.  Common Place.

JUDGES TABLE'S:
- WINNER:  Conifer.  & WINNER:  Joe F.  Team win $40,000
- LOSER:  Common Place:  
ELIMINATED:  Claudette.      

EPISODE #9:  Bronco Brouhaha.                                 7 left.
GUEST JUDGE:  David Kinch, Chef/Owner of Manresa.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Create a dish using flowers in 30 minutes.
- No more Immunity & Sudden Death
TOP:  Fatima & Carrie.
WINNER:  Carrie will have an advantage.
BOTTOM 3:  Joe F., JoeS., & Chris.
SUDDEN DEATH :  Create a dish with Cauliflower substituting one ingredients in 30 minutes.
ELIMINATED:  Joe F.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE:  Adam Perry Lang, Chef/Owner of APL Restaurant.
- Work in teams of 2 to create one plate of food for a tailgate Super Bowl Party.
- Carrie's advantage is she picks the teams.
- Carrie & Chris - White team,  Adrienne & Joe,     Bruce & Fatima.

JUDGES' TABLE:
WINNER:  White Team.  Wins trip to the Super Bowl Game in Minn. (Go Eagles)
ELIMINATED:  Fatima.

EPISODE #10:  Red Rum and Then Some.                               5 left.
ARRIVED AT:  Stanley Hall.  Place where Stephen King wrote Shining.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Create a dessert that visualizes your nightmare.
-BOTTOM:  Carrie & Bruce.
- TOP:  Adrienne, Joe & Chris.
- WINNER:  Chris wins $5,000 credit from the sponsor.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create a dish represents your culinary journey on Top Chef
   for the Governor & notable chefs of Colorado.
- GUESTS:  John & Robin Hickenlooper, Governor.

JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP:  Carrie & Adrienne & Joe.
BOTTOM:  Bruce & Chris.
ELIMINATED:  Bruce.

EPISODE #11:  Cooking High.                         4 left.
           FINAL FOUR:  Carrie, Chris, Adrienne & Joe S.
ARRIVED AT:  Telluride Regional Airport.  to Madeline Hotel & Residences.
Now go to New Sheridan Western Saloon.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Create a Gastropub inspired dish featuring Sarsaparilla.
QUEST JUDGE:  Wylie Dufresne.
Also, LAST CHANCE KITCHEN WINNER:  Joe Flamm.
- Joe F. get to steal 1 ingredients from each of the chef.
BOTTOM:  Adrienne & Joe F..
TOP:  Chris, Joe S. & Carrie.
WINNER:  Carrie get $10,000.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create a high concept dish to serve at Alpino Vino, North America's Restaurant at 12,000 feet.
- must include a baked element.
GUEST JUDGE:  Paul Liebrandt, Owner of Crumpet Management.

JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP:  Joe F., Joe S., & Adrienne.
WINNER:  Joe S.
BOTTOM:  Chris & Carrie.
ELIMINATED:  Chris

EPISODE #12:  Sunday Supper.  4 left.
     FINAL FOUR:  Joe F., Joe S., Adrienne & Carrie.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Create a dish with Rocky Mountain Oysters prepared 2 ways.
GUEST JUDGES:  Bryan & Michael Voltaggio,  previous players.
BOTTOM:  Joe F. & Carrie.
TOP:  Adrienne & Joe S.
WINNER:  Joe S. - has an advantage.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:    Family Visit & cooked their favorite home dish.
- Create an innovative dish inspired by your family member's meal.
- Joe get extra time in prep time.
ARRIVED AT:  221 South Oak, Eliza Gavin's place previous S-10 player.
WINNER:  Adrienne.
ELIMINATED:  Carrie.

EPISODE #13:  A Little Place Called Aspen.  3 left.
ARRIVED AT:  The Viceroy Hotel at Food & Wine Classic  in Aspen.
GOING TO:  T-Lazy 7 Ranch, Aspen.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:  Catch a trout, then use it to create a dish within 40 minutes.
GUEST JUDGE:  Chris Cosentino, Chef & Restaurateur.
WINNER:  Joe F.  has advantage next challenge.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create a Vegetarian dish for 200 diners at The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen using ONLY  a kettle for heat.
Joe's advantage- choose the the extra helps for the chefs.
- Joe F. get Carrie, Adrienne get Bruce & Joe S. get Chris.

JUDGES TABLE:
GUEST JUDGE:  Daniel Blue
WINNER:  Joe F.
ELIMINATED:  Joe S.

EPISODE #14:  Finale
            FINAL TWO:  Joe F. & Adrienne.
FINAL ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  At Aspen Mountain Club, Elevate 11,212 feet
- Create the ultimate four-course progressive meal.
- Will get 2 helps:  Adrienne pick Chris & Carrie  and Joe F. picks Joe S., & Fatima.

JUDGES TABLE:
             THE WINNER IS:  JOE F.






UPDATED:  AS OF 1-11-19




UPDATED:  Sorry to hear about her passing.


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