HOST: Padma Lakshmi
Place: London, England
JUDGES: Tom Colicchio,
Gail Simmons
Many Guest Judges.
PRIZES: Feature in Food & Wine Magine,
An appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen,
$250,000 Cash,
Title.
PLAYERS (throughout the world)
1. SAMUEL ALBERT Winner of S10 France Soucelle, FRANCE
2. LUCIANANA BERRY Winner - S-2 Brazil Bahia, BRAZIL
3. SARA BRADLEY Finalist S-16 - US- Kentucky Paducah, KENTUCKY
4. DAWN BURRELL " S-18 Portland (US) & homegirl Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
5. ALI AL GHAZAWI Winner - S-3, Middle East & Africa Irbid, JORDAN
6. TOM GOETTER Finalist S-1 - Germany Mainz, GERMANY
7. NICOLE GOMES Winner - S -5 - Canada (Judge) Richmond, BRITISH COLUMBIA
8. VICTOIRE GOULOUBI Finalist S-2 - Italy Brazzaville, REPUBLIC OF CONGO
9. CHARBEL HAYEK Winner - S-5 - Middle East Beirut, LEBANON
10. BUDDHA LO Winner - S-19 - Houston (US) Port Douglass, AUSTRALIA
11. DALE MACKAY Winner - S-1 Canada (Judge) Saskatoon, SASKATCHEWAN
12. MAY PHATTANANT THANGTHONG Finalist -Thailand Chiang Mai, THAILAND
13. BEGONA RODRIGUEZ Winner -Spain Valencia, SPAIN
14. GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ Winner - S-2 Mexico Iztapalapa, MEXICO
15. AMAR SANTANA Finalist - S-13 - Calif. (US) Queens, NEW YORK
16. SYLWIA STACHYRA Winner - S-7 Poland Lublin, POLAND
FIRST QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Make a dish featuring the 5 ingredients you picked from the pantry & one seafood item in 30 minutes, working in pairs. Have 3 minutes to pick the 5 ingredients from the pantry. No Proteins.
- Tom & Gail come in with a cart of seafood on it.
Tom & Samuel Victoire & Nicole
Sara & Dale Luciana & Gabri
Dawn & Charbel Amar & Ali
Buddha & Sylwia Begona & May
JUDGING:
BOTTOM 3: Charbel & Dawn, Samuel & Tom, and Victoire & Nicole.
TOP 3: Luciana & Gabri, Sylwia & Buddha, and Sara & Dale.
WINNER: Dale & Sara won the First Immunity.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a Vegetable forward dish where protein is used more like a seasoning or an accent. 250 lb. to shop at Whole Foods. Tomorrow: 2 hours to prep & cook at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Served Many guests
GUEST JUDGE: Angela Hartnett, Director of the Garden
GUESTS: Helene Dove, Botanical Director,
Vineet Bhatia, Chef Patron,
Adam Handling.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP 3: Charbel, Begona, & Tom.
WINNER - Charbel with his Onion Dish.
BOTTOM 3: Samuel, Gabri, & Dawn.
ELIMINATED: Samuel - didn't clean his prawns properly.
ESIPODE #2: Rice, Rice, Baby. 15 Left.
GUEST JUDGE: Santiago, Lastra, Chef & Owner of Kol Restaurant in London.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Make the perfect Amuse-Bouche using unexpected ingredients & must fit on a Ritz cracker.
In Group of 3:
Sara, Nicole, & Sylwia
Tom, Amar, & Begona
Charbel, Luciana, & Dale
Ali, Victoire, & May
Gabri, Dawn, & Buddha.
- Going head-to-head in your group.
JUDGING: Winners of the Group: Nicole, Tom, Dale, May & Gabri.
WINNER: May - Immunity & $10,000 from Ritz.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Rice.
GUEST JUDGE: Lorna Maseko, Host of Top Chef Sout Africa.
- Make a perfect Rice Dish for 100 guests in 2 hours served at Alexandra Palace.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP 4: Gabri, Ali, May & Sylwia.
WINNER: Ali.
BOTTOM 3: Sylwia, Dawn & Luciana.
ELIMINATED: Dawn.
ESIPODE #3: Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites. 14 Left.
The chefs were talking in their lounge after the elimination then Gail and Tom came in telling them about their next challenge. There will be no Quickfire tomorrow but will take you around the city to taste some of London Pub's food.
NEXT DAY:
1. First Stop: The Jack Horner - Shepherd's Pie, Steak and Ale Pie, and Toad in the Hole.
2. 2nd Stop: Trafalgar Tavern - Bangers & Mash and Scotch Eggs.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: In pairs elevate the pub dishes, Serving at Trafalgar Tavern.
GUEST JUDGE: Brett Graham. Double Elimination. In 2 hours.
DALE & MAY - Scotch Eggs, SARA & TOM - Shepherd's Pie,
NICOLE & CHARBEL - Sunday Roast LUCIANA & BUDHA - Fisherman's Pie,
ALI & AMAR - Fish & Chips, BEGONA & GABRI - Bangers & Mash,
VICTOIRE & SYLWIA - Toad in the Hole.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TO BE CRIT: Dale & May, Luciana & Budha, Amar & Ali and Gabri & Begona.
TOP 2 PAIRS: Budha & Luciana and Gabri & Begona.
WINNERS: Budha & Luciana.
BOTTOM 2: Ali & Amar and Dale & May.
ELIMINATED: Dale & May.
LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Dale & May vs. Dawn.
GUEST JUDGE: Gail Simmon.
CHALLENGE: Welsh Rarebit. Get Creative.
WINNER: Dale.
SAFE: May.
ELIMINATED: Dawn. ( I was disappointed.)
ESIPODE #4: Spurred Lines. 12 Left.
BACK IN THE KITCHEN:
GUEST JUDGE: Paul A. Young, Chocolatier.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Biscuits.
- Create 1 Sweet & 1 Savory Biscuit in 45 minutes
REWARD: Immunity.
JUDGING:
BOTTOM 3: Victoire, Gabri, & Tom.
TOM 3: Nicole, Ali, & Luciana.
WINNER: Ali -won Immunity.
NEXT DAY: ARRIVED AT: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
- Will complete in 4 teams of 3 in 3 rounds each 45 minutes.
- GREEN TEAM: Luciana, Begona, & Gabri,
- PURPLE TEAM: Charbel, Sylwia, & Sara,
- RED TEAM: Victoire, Amar, & Nicole,
YELLOW TEAM: Buddha, Tom, & Ali.
- Each team must make 1 dish featuring beloved UK ingredients.
GUEST JUDGE: Top Chef Mexico's Aquiles Chavez & Ledley King, Tottenham's Ambassador.
ROUND #1: Green Team & Red Team using Wensleydale & Shilton.
Votes: Green 0 to Red 5. Red Team Won.
- Victoire was taken away - allergic to Nuts. No update on her was given.
ROUND #2: Green vs. Yellow.
- Create a dish with Bramley Apples, the national fruit of the UK in 45 minutes.
WINNER: Yellow Team.
ROUND #3: Green Team - Now, Individually.
- Dish Feature English Peas.
ELIMINATED: Luciana.
LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Luciana.
Luciana vs. Dale & May.
CHALLENGE: Honor Britain's most cherished ingredients: Cheese, Apples, & Garden Peas in one dish plus a Rabbit in 30 minutes.
WINNER: Luciana.
ELIMINATED: May.
ESIPODE #5: Holiday Vacation. 11 Left.
GUEST JUDGE: Adam Handling.
- Make a celebrating dish featuring Mead & Honey in 30 minutes.
JUDGING:
BOTTOM 3: Nicole, Amar, & Sylwia.
TOP 3: Tom, Victoire, & Charbel.
WINNER: Tom.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: GUEST JUDGE: Martha Ortiz, Judge with Top Chef Mexico.
- They will head to Kent, England.
- Create a dish inspired by your favorite family holiday family feast in a progressive dish.
PRIZE: VRBO Stay anywhere in the world worth $10,000.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP 3: Ali, Victoire, & Amar.
WINNER: Amar - won the Trip.
BOTTOM 3: Begona, Gabri, & Buddha.
ELIMINATED: Begona.
LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Cohesive chaos.
Begona.
Begona vs. Dale vs. Luciana.
CHALLENGE: 2-Part Finale. Best of 2 Rounds.
ROUND 1: Work together to make a 3-Course progressive meal which must be crunchy, chewy, & creamy in 30 minutes.
WINNER: Begona.
ELIMINATED: Luciana.
ROUND 2: Begona vs. Dale.
- Afternoon Tea. In 1 hour Create 6 towers for 2 featuring Finger Sandwich, Scone, & a Pastry.
TO BE CONTINUED!
EPISODE #6: Top Chef is no Picnic. 10 Left.
Starts off after the Judges' Table still in the country before leaving for London. Back in London at the Chef's Hotel, Padma visited Sylwia's room & told her to gather all the chefs & meet her downstairs.
Meet her in the Restaurant & told them about the QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE. They will not have do a quickfire BUT the two reminders from LAST CHANCE KITCHEN (Begona & Dale) are doing it. They have 1 hour to create an Afternoon Tea.
WINNER: will have Immunity.
THE WINNER IS DALE.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Working in Teams Create a ready-to-serve picnic basket serving at Highclere Castle, where Downtown Abbey is filmed. Each basket must contain at least 5 dishes & something sweet in 1 1/2 hours.
YELLOW TEAM: Gabri, Tom, Sylwia, Amar & Ali.
BLUE TEAM: Sara, Charbel, Nicole, Victoire, & Buddha.
GUEST JUDGE: Graham
WINNING TEAM IS: Blue Team
WINNER: Nicole - Won $10,000 from BMW.
LOSER: Yellow Team.
BOTTOM 2: Tom & Sylwia.
TWIST: Cook-Off between Tom & Sylwia.
TO BE CONTINUED!
#6: Last Chance Kitchen.
Sylwia vs. Tom
CHALLENGE: Classic Picnic Item - The Sandwich.
- Create your best over-the-top sandwich with a piece of meat in 20 minutes. The pantry is in the truck of the BMW.
WINNER: Tom.
Sylwia goes to Last Chance Kitchen.
EPISODE #7: Hand Off. 9 Left.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Anand Gaggan.
- Choose an emojis & create a dish inspired by the emojis in 30 minutes & win Immunity.
BOTTOM 3: Ali, Dale, & Victoire.
TOP 3: Nicole, Buddha, & Amar.
WINNER: Buddha - Won Immunity.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
- Create a dish that sends a message, & it is visually stunning, & can be eaten without utensils in 90 minutes. Served in the Kitchen.
GUEST JUDGE: Gaggan Anand.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP 3: Charbel, Ali, & Amar.
WINNER: Ali.
BOTTOM 3: Dale, Victoire, & Tom.
ELIMINATED: Dale, twice in a season.
#7: LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Omelet you Win.
Dale vs. Sylwia
- Make your own version of a classic omelet in 15 minutes.
WINNER: Dale.
ELIMINATED: Sylwia.
EPISODE #8: Street Food Fight. 9 Left.
After the Judges' Table the chefs went back into the Chef's Lounge then Gaggan came in to talk to them.
NEXT DAY:
GUEST JUDGE: Judy Joo, Chef & Author.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Street Food. Make 1 iconic dish from 1 of 16 countries in 30 minutes.
GABRI: Canada - Poutine, AMAR: Colombia - Arepas, TOM: India - Bhel Puri,
BUDDHA: Viet Nam - Banho Xeo CHARBEL: Japan - Takoyaki,
NICOLE: China - Egg Waffles, ALI: Turkey - Doner Kebab, SARA: Argentina - Empanadas.
JUDGING:
BOTTOM 3: Charbel, Nicole, & Sara.
TOP 3: Buddha, Gabri, & Tom.
WINNER: Buddha - Immunity.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Fast x, the movie.
- A Mise En Place challenge race.
GREEN TEAM: Sara, Amar, & Charbel,
YELLOW TEAM: Ali, Tom, & Gabri,
RED TEAM: Nicole, Buddha, & Victoire.
- 3 Rounds, then create 3 dishes featuring ingredients from your team mise en place in 30 minutes.
GUEST JUDGE: David Ziber, Top Chef Judge Canada.
JUDGES' TABLE:
WINNING TEAM: Yellow - all going to the Premiere of Fast X.
WINNER: Tom.
BOTTOM TEAM: Green Team.
ELIMINATED: Charbel.
#8: LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: You Say Tomato.
Dale vs. Charbel.
CHALLENGE: Showcase the Tomato in 3 & 4 ways in 30 minutes.
The Winner is Charbel
ELIMINATED: Dale.
EPISODE #9: Restaurant Wars. 8 Left.
GUEST JUDGE: Clare Smyth, Owner of Core Restaurant.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: in 24 hours open a restaurant, But will be given a restaurant, Core & have a Professional Director. Pick knives to see who the captains would be.
VICTOIRE: Tom, Nicole, Gabriel. "Roots"
BUDDHA: Ali, Amar, & Sara. "United Kitchen"
PRIZE: $40,000 from Mastercard.
JUDGES' TABLE:
WINNING TEAM: United Kitchen - won $40,000
WINNER: Buddha.
ELIMINATED: Nicole.
#9: LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Who Ya Rooting for?
Nicole vs. Charbel.
CHALLENGE: Make the best Pasta you can & use Root vegetables in 45 minutes.
WINNER: Charbel
ELIMINATED: Nicole.
EPISODE #10: Thali Time. 7 Left.
GUEST JUDGE: Tom Brown, Owner of Cornerstone in London.
QUICKFIRE: Create something new & inventive with these often smelly & polarizing delicacies. (preserved fish) in 30 minutes.
- No more Immunity but an advantage.
BOTTOM 2: Sara & Gabri.
TOP 3: Buddha, Amar, & Ali.
WINNER: Amar won the Advantage.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Take a Filed Trip to Flora Indica, an Indian Restaurant.
GUEST JUDGE: Asma Khan, Owner.
- Create your own Thali: taste the 6 essential flavor profiles served all together: Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour, Heat, & Pungent in 2 1/2 hours.
- AMAR'S ADVANTAGE: get 30 minutes extra to cook.
- Served at the Top Chef's Kitchen cause of the Quenn passing & London is shut down.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP 3: Sara, Ali, & Amar.
WINNER: Amar.
BOTTOM 3: Buddha, Gabri, & Victoire.
ELIMINATED: Victoire.
#10: LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Oh My!
Victoire vs. Charbel.
CHALLENGE: Make a dish featuring 3 of 6 Ayurveda tastes in 30 minutes.
- CHARBEL: Salty, Sour, & Pungent.
- VICTOIRE: Bitter, Astringent, & Sweet.
WINNER: Charbel.
ELIMINATED: Victoire - it confirms to me that Tom does not like African food & should be judging them. (my opinion)
EPISODE #11: Battle of the Wellingtons. 6 Left.
GUEST JUDGE: Andrew Wong.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Conserve Water.
- Dish featuring a steamed Element & only water that can be used is the one pot that must be shared in 1/2 hour. PRIZE: $10,000 from Finish.
JUDGING:
BOTTOM 3: Sara, Tom, & Amar.
TOP 2: Gabri & Buddha.
WINNER: Buddha - Won $10,000
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Beef Wellington.
- Create 3 Wellington Dishes: 1 Seafood, 1 Meat & 1 that is dessert in 3 hours. Cooking for Padma, Tom, Gail, & 25 other diners who will vote. DOUBLE ELIMINATION. Served at: Tobacco Dock. Working in pairs: Amar & Sara Buddha & Gabri and Ali & Tom.
JUDGES' TABLE:
TOP WINNER: Buddha & Gabri
BOTTOM: Sara & Amar and Ali & Tom.
ELIMINATED: Sara & Amar.
#11 LAST CHANCE KITCHEN: What a Grind - Part I.
Sara, Amar & Charbel.
CHALLENGE: Meat Pie with 2 proteins in 45 minutes using a hand manual meat grinder.
WINNER: Sara.
ELIMINATED: Amar.
PART II: Last Chance Kitchen - Finale.
Sara vs. Charbel.
CHALLENGE: Cook 3 Dishes: 1. Fix your Worst Dishes
2. Spin on the Best Dish this Season,
3. Show what you had learned this season in the UK.
- get helpers: Sara - Nicole & Sylwia
Charbel - Dale & Amar.
JUDGING: Tom, Gail & Victoire.
WINNER: ????????????
EPISODE #12: Goodbye, London. 4 Left???
FINAL FOUR: Buddha, Gabri, Tom, & Ali.
The final four arrive in the kitchen where Padma greets them & tells them that the last Chance Kitchen Winner is returning: Sara.
NOW THE FINAL FIVE.
LAST QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE IN LONDON: Gelatin.
GUEST JUDGE: Sam Bompas, Co-Founder of Benham & Froud.
- Create a dessert that incorporates jelly & must also, use a mold for 30 minutes then set it for 1 hour & 15 minutes to finish the dish.
BOTTOM 2: Gabri & Tom.
TOP 3: Ali, Sara, & Buddha.
WINNER: Buddha won an advantage.
LAST ELIMINATION CHALLENGE IN LONDON: Trompe L'oeil Ceramic. (fool or trick the eye in French)
- Create a Trompe L'oeil dish in 3 hours & Served at Hatfield House.
BUDDHA'S ADVANTAGE: 30 extra minutes to cook.
JUDGES' TABLE:
GUEST JUDGE: Jeremy Chan.
TOP 2: Gabri & Buddha - going to Paris.
WINNER: Buddha.
BOTTOM 3: Tom, Sara, & Ali.
ELIMINATED: Tom.
EPISODE #13: Champions in Paris. 4 Left.
Leaving London headed for Paris.
ARRIVED AT: Eiffel Tower - the 300 Episode.
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE:
GUEST JUDGE: Greg Marchand, Owner of Frenchie.
- The next Olympics Games (2024) will be in Paris.
- The Infamous Wall Challenge. in 30 minutes.
Gabriel & Suni Lee, Tokyo Gymnastics Champions,
Buddha & Hunter Woodhall, 3X Para Track & Field,
Ali & Mallory Weggeman, 5X US Para. Swimming,
Sara & Sydney McLaughlin, 2X US Olympic Track & Field.
BOTTOM: Gabri & Suni and Sara & Sydney.
TOP: Buddha & Hunter and Ali & Mallory.
WINNER: Ali & Mallory. Ali won a gift card from Delta Airlines for $10,000
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a Michelin Star-Worthy dish using one humble ingredient, the mushroom.
FIELD TRIP: Chamignoniere des Carrières.
Serving on Chef Alain Ducasse's boat.
JUDGE'S TABLE:
WINNER: Sara - going to Finale.
SAFE: Buddha - going to Finale.
BOTTOM 2: Ali & Gabri.
ELIMINATED: Ali.
EPISODE #14: Finals. 3 Left.
FINAL 3: Buddha, Sara, & Gabri.
ARRIVED AT: The Rooftop of Galeries Lafayette, where they met Tom & Padma.
LAST CHALLENGE: Cook whatever you want but must be a 4-course progressive meal and tell about yourself.
GUEST JUDGE: Helene Darroze.
GETTING HELP: Sara gets Amar,
Gabri picks Tom,
Buddha picks Ali.
WILL SERVED MEAL AT: Pavillon Ledoyen.
DAY 1: Start Shopping & Cooking with their Sous Chefs, then Tom C. comes in to check on them & invited the Final 3 to a Special Dinner at 4 Rue de Sevres - Marsan, their guest judge's restaurant.
DAY 2: Finished the Cook.
JUDGES' TABLE:
THE WINNER IS BUDDHA - THE WORLD ALL-STARS.
Padma announced this is her last season.
