Watch What Crappens - Top Chef: Did You MEAN To Win Top Chef?

Episode Date: July 2, 2021

Top Chef abandons its cozy confines on THE COAAASST and heads into Oregon wine country for the big finale episode. Who will win? How much will Richard Blais annoy us? And will there be mole? All these pressing questions are answered in our recap!Our Patreon Extras: https://patreon.com/watchwhatcrappensSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Watch What Crapins Add Free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Get ready for a double load of Queen of Hearts. It's me, Jujubee, and I return to guide sexy singles through some ronchy blind dates. Cameras off. Voice only. Launching during pride. Queen of Hearts takes Miami by storm, with Daeders' Cuppe from Tampa Bayes, Just Chas, and Brittany Brave to name a few. Follow Queen of Hearts on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Watch or Crap Ins, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to watch. I'm Ben Mandelker here on the big finale day for Top Chef, and joining me is the one and only 2003 James B. Edward, nominee and loser, Ronnie Carram. Hi Ronnie. Hello Ben. Thank you for having me. This is one of the most exquisite meals I've ever had

in my entire life of being on the coast. Chefs, what are the pleasures of being on the coast? Is that you, as three poor people who aren't very famous and one of you who didn't do anything at the Olympics, now get to cook for lots of famous people and then some people who like to think they're famous. Please have at it. Top Chef Season finale. Tonight is the finale of Top Clams. We're down to Gabe, Chef and Don.

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Also Gabe Aralus master of moley Something that we are very sick of but I'm sure how serve us tonight in many different ways. Thanks, Gabe. Um, oh, so I guess since we give a Gabe Aorollis update every week, we should go over the Gabe stuff. Yeah, right. Here we go. Here we go.

Because last week, we kind of let Gabe off the hook. Okay, so this whole season, the internet's like a game was fired for, you know, something, but nobody knows why. People are kind of saying it's sexual harassment, but there's really no solid proof, right? So then somebody had sent me a text at that time who, because we know people, we know the family that owns that restaurant, Commodore. So I was trying to get some dirt without being too obvious, but someone connected to that restaurant, not the actual family or anything sent me info that from eater Austin, I think it was eater Austin or Welp. It's something called Welp. Anyway, that people were

speculating that there were seven or eight women who came forward, but there was no there's no legitimate proof. It seems to be kind of swiped off the internet. So it's not really looking good on that front. The thing we talked about last week, was the tip thing. Well, that wasn't just a regular customer. That was another like famous Dallas chef who came to his restaurant and Gabe wasn't there. And this guy had a meltdown and left the restaurant furious

and then made it, sent him a big long text like how you know how dare you I came to your restaurant You couldn't even show up major fucking disappointments. Oh wow and Okay, he posted I think he posted that either he posted that or it was on that guy's Instagram And it became a big drama the restaurant drama and then Gabe posted pictures that he didn't, this guy didn't even tip. And then the guy said that he did tip, but he tipped in cash, and then Gabe said, well yeah, he tipped after I posted on Instagram

that he didn't tip, he went back to the restaurant and gave them cash. And so that's not the same. And basically, I still don't know really any solid information, because there is no solid information out there. So, we can't really like send him down the river and we can't vindicate him. You know, but there's, I guess all we could really say is there's a lot of shady shit

out there about Gabe. And another thing we can say is there is major restaurant drama in Texas. I mean, Jesus, much of drama queens. I love it. I know. I mean, yeah, there's like a there's like a there's like a reddit account or someone on reddit who is You know posting all sorts of stuff about Gabe. So at this point, we'll just say Everyone can go Google it and make their own decisions because we were trying to clarify something and now it's just like it's you know Here's what we're gonna focus on we made them here. what we're going to focus on. We made them. Mercury. Yeah, we made it. What we're going to focus on is that we're sick of moles from Gabe. That's it. That's what we're going to focus on. Even though they look delicious. You know, so tonight, three chefs remain to duke it out in the finale on the coast. Welcome to Willamette, Willamette Vignettes. Good morning, chefs. Congratulations. You are

finally in the finale, but still very poor. Nice view, huh? Look at this view, huh? And by nice view, I mean my hat. Let's just all stare at my silly hat, okay? Because we are in Portland, and I'm crunchy, okay? Imagine me with a rock guitar right now, going like this, mer-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no. Anybody turn it on? Wow. No, no. And Dawn's like, yeah, it's beautiful. She's like shivering ice cold,

so Patma's like, well, it's our pleasure to welcome you to this stunning, Willamette Valley Vineyards, home to Willamette and valleys and vineyards? Isn't it great? Hey, Donna, you called you called on you shivering? Hurd on hmm? Unfortunately, it's not called the will I am family vineyards because we do make a lot of black eyed pea references later in the show. Now the rules today are very simple.

You'll be tasked to create the best four course meal of your life and be less poor. You'll be able to accomplish one of those things. Ugh. Don, please stop shivering. Oh, wait. Don't tell me you left your jacket behind. Can you leave it, guys?

Don, forget something. Ha, ha, ha. All right. We want you to think about the flow. We want you to think about the progression. We want you to think about the progression. We want you to think about my sweet, sweet, grandshit of 2021 called My Hat, which goes like this. My hat.

Wow. Okay, also, we need you to tell us why you should be top chef. Okay, we've arranged for you to meet local farmers. Yeah, basically, you know, when we want your, as I said, we want your minute of flow, we want to talk about progression, creative choices. Basically, everything that I'm exaligist would never think about, you know, we want that out of you. And you guess what?

After that, after everything you've been through, the state is your clam. Oh, wait, it says oyster. And as we all know, oysters at the celebrities of clams. So we just want you to hit the road in that BMW 6M which is amazing and has things that cool your drink while you drive and give you back massages and have really trendy hats from Portland. Sorry, that's me.

Okay, but enjoy your back massage and your cold coffee. And while you guys are driving in your coat and coat, luxury cars, I'll be in a hot air balloon. Bye, oh wait, there's more. Okay, Tom, tell him what happens next. All right, well, we're gonna call him the cavalry. All right, call him the cavalry. Okay, cavalry, get on in here, stupid faces.

I'm the Maria, you get to pick first. So Don draws a knife and she picks Jamie and Pamry goes, Hey, hey, Don, why did you choose Jamie? I'm just curious. Did you just want to lose this show? Is that what your plan was? Is your plan to cook sound effects? It's like a service of for-course meal made from Spencer's gifts and sound effects and such. She's like, well, I love Jamie. Jamie's very talented in Padma goes, all right. That's my way of saying you're stupid by the terrible choice. All right.

So Shota takes fire in and Tom goes, well, that makes sense. Whatever that means. Like getting offended at everything they're saying today. Yeah, and then Padma says, well, you looked out Gabe, you get the cryous cry of all cryers. Enjoy having bean sprouts in your final dish. Enjoy your soggy bean sprouts. So Gabe, why are you so happy to have Maria?

He's like, Maria, habla more la tortilla. Wow, brilliant. So then, and I honor you. He's like, okay, I'm starting to die somewhere here. Jesus Christ. Settle down, settle down now. Okay, here's my suggestion to you, Gabe. Okay, take all the ingredients and just put them into one big pot and just cook a big soup

and serve it four times in a row. He's like, okay, bring them to a mole instead. Okay. Yeah, he's got some mole's, up his sleeve, guys, and then we're gonna do a mole instead. Okay. Yeah, he's got some moles up his sleeve, guys. And they're all shocked. And all his dishes have like kind of like an annoying, to preloaded story. He's like, this particular mole was taught to me by

Susanna Trillion who lives in Wahaka and has a cooking school there. I'm like, okay, just make your mole. Just make it. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to sort out a sentimental story with everything that you've done. He's like, and this fork that I'm using, I found this fork in the airport lounge when I was flying at a Mexico city. It's like, okay.

All right. We got it. We're just like, oh my God. When they see this mole, they're going to shit their pants, which is going to look probably like this mole. One thing leads to another so then Showed us as he doesn't want to do a crazy hard menu and he wants to showcase Japanese food and technique and He's gonna they've been telling him to cook from his heart all season long So he's gonna be doing more soulful cooking at which point I kind of cringe because

What he's been doing has been working. So I hate this in the finale when someone decides that they're going to kind of pivot away from what's working into like he's simplifying and he's going into like homey food when his whole thing all season long has been super refined. So I'm like nervous for him. Yeah. And it's just such general advice, you know? Like cook from your heart, like shut up. You know, if we all cooked from our hearts,

you guys would be pissed off. It's like Captain Crunch smashed on some melted marshmallows on top of a tortilla, you know? Like you don't want that. You do not want me cooking from my heart, stop lying. It's just something to say, you know? It's like the judges have to say something. So they say shit like, you really need to cook from your heart stop line. It's just something to say. You know, it's like the judges have to say something. So I say shit like, you really need to cook from your heart more.

And he says, I'm going to do my mom's favorite, which is cozy in your face, which I really love that as a description for a mom. Like, really in your face, cozy, like welcome to my house, honey, sit down and get that blanket around you right now. You're going to have the soft chocolate chocolate, you're gonna fucking like it. Seriously. So Dawn's gonna highlight Pan African cuisine and she's gonna cook something to honor Leah Chase, famous New Orleans chef.

And now it's time to go shopping. So now they're in their BMWs and they're off, they're first in whole foods and then they go to like a farm store and then Gabe is looking at squash and Gabe is like, I think a lot of what Top Chef is about is telling a story through food. Yeah, I was like, well, congratulations. Okay. You're the first person to say that ever on Top Chef.

Tom just literally said, tell a story through food. You think you're so, you're so insightful Gabe, storytelling to food. The amuse is like the prologue. Shut up Gabe, just be quiet over there. Congratulations, the progressive meal, it's like inherent in the title of it that it has a narrative flow.

Yeah, he's like, caddy squash, it's like a big part of my childhood. Oh, you know what that tells me? That you were a fat kid, okay? That sounds like some bullshit my mother would try to pull on me. He's like, oh, look, I put some sugar on some broccoli. Sucker. It's like, I'm not falling for this.

Can't eat squash is a big part of a child. And yet he has to ask the guy who works the store. Is Delacotta squash this we just when you have here? Like, come on, have you ever used squash before? Chef. So then, he's like, is this squash? Is Delacotta squash this we just when you have here like come on have you ever used squash before chef? so then He's like is this squash like that's a box of captain crunch. Well, it was a big part of my childhood Yeah, he's like yeah, oh go ahead his mom just always told him that captain crunch was squash

That's what parents of juffy children do to like hey, you want a candy bar? Here's a carrot. It's like, wait a minute. How stupid do I fucking look like? How stupid do I look to you, mother? He's like, well, my hope is to impress the judges with my story. So I'm going to tell them a story about a tortilla named molé. Just go from there.

So they finish our cooking. And then they all go to this house that they're staying at, which has a big sat teddy bear. And then they're like, Don is like working on her menu, because her whole thing is that she just, she has, she sort of like feels and waits for the inspiration and she talks about how like, for the Olympics, like you train for years, just to compete for a few seconds and, you know, and then all of a sudden. That is what eating feels like.

That's what cooking feels like. It's like, it's like, wow, I spent two hours cooking this and then I binged all four servings of it in literally four seconds. That's exactly what I'm looking for. That's like, I'm a Olympic. I'm a Olympic. It's like, it's like going to the Olympics

and you train for years and years and then you like show up at the Olympics, you train for years and years and then you show up at the Olympics ready to do the long jump and you realize you forgot one of your shoes. Yeah. And so she's like, yeah, I'm going to give the judges everything I have, everything. It's like everything. She's going to leave something off, you know, she is. Because whenever you're terrified of doing something, you always do it, right?

Yeah. So now it's time for day one, like now the next day they get to have a whole day to do some prepping in the kitchen. So Don, in an effort to make her life easier, has decided to add a bread component almost every dish. I'm like, Don, what are you doing to yourself? Why do you do this to yourself? Why are you adding bread to every single dish? This is like exactly how to undermine yourself. I mean, it could be great, but like, if you have an issue with plating,

why are you putting something that takes, like bread is like such like a beast, you know, it takes, you have to prove it, you have to prove it right, it takes hours, like why are you doing this to yourself, Don? You know, it's also something that other chefs don't respect that much from what we've seen on this show. So when you do four breads,

A, you're giving yourself four things to get wrong. Like you said, it's very difficult. And also chefs don't respect baking in the same way. You know, they have this kind of looking down on it kind of a thing, or when it's good, they're like, whoa, you bake something. This is absolutely amazing. You really never know which way it's gonna go,

but yeah, super, super risky. Yeah, exactly. So, Shoda, his whole plan, his first course, he's gonna do a sashimi, three ways, and then an octopus, Karage, with water spinach, and Burdock root, and then his third course is gonna be the curry with beef tongue. And he's gonna fry his beef tongue

and then braise it, which I've just, I never been hurt doing it like that. So that's gonna be his whole thing. Yeah, it's like I wanna do this for my mom, you know? It wasn't easy on her raising me with her in your face comfort. You know, I remember her trying to make a good chicken noodle soup, but with just one nail in there, you know?

It was very in your face comfort. It's like you're very comforted, but you also know that you could die at any moment. I kind of love you, mom. Yeah, the way she would walk in and she just started blurring her heart, like heavy metal and forcing me to have beautiful chicken soup when I was a little cold.

Man, that in your face comfort was difficult. So game is, oh Maria, we finally get to cook together. You're my hero. Shut up Maria. Just be quiet. All right. Yeah, so he's gonna do like a pig head cheese and scallops and a short rib. And so now he's talking about this is my note. I said this is my note. I go Gabe talking about making Molle literally no one cares. I mean, it. It's like really. It's your first mule at the season.

Thank you for informing us about mule's again. Yeah, it's like whenever you go on a Disney Land ride and you have to listen to that same instruction thing over and over over the loudspeakers. It's like, welcome to Captain EO. What you are about to see is one of the, it's like shut up mule EO. Why do were about to see is one of the... It's like, shut up, Molle EO. Why don't I keep bringing up Captain EO?

I don't know. I've brought it up like three times in the past week. Why? I don't know. I really don't know. But he's like Molle, it's a Mexican term for sauce. It's not just throwing everything in a pot. The varieties are endless.

I create a variety of sauces and I cook them down once I mix them together and decide what's right? Molle long live mole you're making it all mole man Congratulations, you just described making sauce I mean not to minimize mole animal eyes like got a lot going on, but I'm just like sick of Gabe like Talking as if we've never seen mole's before and especially because this season he's met Amoley every single week. So then Don, meanwhile, she is gonna be doing like a play on Ethiopian tartar,

and she's gonna be doing a lamb tartar with beef tendon and honey bread, and then a green gumbo with Carolina gold rice fritter, and then a jerk beef cheek with braised black eyed peas and preserved turnips. And Jamie's like, um, I really, I wanted to win, but it's a lot. People, but people. Brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr.

So then we see Maria taking her huge pig head out of the steamer, which, listen, I admit that I'm ignorant, okay? I admit it, but no, head cheese, no. No, stop, I can't, I can't watch you make a pig in again. Okay, so that's me, that's me. So then, none of those are working. I love pigs. Okay, okay, so now they're all working on their desserts. And Dawn is, she tells us she's going to show

them how she cooks as a family, which apparently means that everyone gets a big keeping plate of food except for one person who gets like a biscuit. That's it. So it's one person at family. So then we see all the guests, all stars are at the house now waiting for them and Dale's like, well, it couldn't we couldn't make an easy on your right chefs. You three are going to have to choose one of us to cook against and the loser will be going home. Psych, just kidding guys.

I was like, fuck you Dale. Also, your joke didn't even make sense. Like, you got everyone's gonna cook against one person, but there's gonna be a loser is like the, like, it's the person who's at least successful against one of you guys. I didn't understand your joke in the first place, so I knew it was a joke, Dale. Commissions. Here comes one right now. Celebrity beef, you never know if you're just gonna end up on TMZ or trending on Twitter

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Yeah, so then Nina, they're all talking and Nina pulls aside Don and it's like, listen, just scale it back, don't add extra garnish, okay? So if you're thinking about adding three components, like maybe do two, like how many things about doing tomorrow? About seven, okay, how about two or eight? Two, I should do 10, right? Two. You're right, and even doesn't. People love things at doesn't. You're right. And she goes, do you need to think

to yourself, does the garnish add something or is, or you're just using it for color? She's like, oh, I got it. I got, don't you worry about me. I got it, me, that. I've got what you're saying. So what you're saying is if the garnish isn't adding something, I should sort of like lean into the garnish and make it bigger and larger, and then make that a third component to the dish, right? No! So then, I don't know if you noticed, so we got to see all the food that everyone made,

and so it was all a very homie, fun stuff. But did you notice what Richard Blaise made? Was it the bone marrow? Yeah, it was something called pile o beef, and it was basically a whole bunch of, there was beef with a whole bunch of bone marrow on top of it, and it just, I hated it. It was like, it was like clever, like it's like, isn't this funny? It's like a whole bunch of beef, but then a stack of bones on top. And I was like, you know what, Richard Pillibum or Effort into it, okay?

Congratulations, you got bone marrow. I think it's just so shuffee, right? It's like, wow, I'm a chef. You would beat bone marrow. Whoa. It was just annoying. It was like supposed to be like, it was like very cavemanish. It was just like, It was like supposed to be like it was like very cavemanish It was just like it was little like beef with with bones on top of it and

You know it's clearly was like a celebration of the marrow, but like as it was Richard Blaze I just irrationally detested that dish. I was like fuck. Well fan people fan people love their marrow They just love it. Do you have a smaller spoon? Jeff a marrow spoon. Like no, you're gonna eat this with your fucking espresso spoon, okay? You're gonna like it. It's called your tongue. So, um, everything else looks great.

So then Broca starts talking and she's like, you know, once you get home from this experience, your creativity really starts to blossom and grow in ways that you never expected it to, because all the people that you met and all the experience we hold on my phone is ringing. Hey bro, I'm still waiting on that coffee. Can you let me know what's going to be coming? Okay, guys, I'll be right back. So then some morning time and the chefs are waking up and stuff. I also like to when Melissa said to them, listen guys, we're all winners right now.

We're so proud of you because we're all, well, except for Dale, he didn't even make it to the finals, but we're all winners right now. Except for Greg, but we really like him. So I'm not going to bring him up right now. Gosh, that's amazing. How many people at the table actually haven't won this show? We're all winners though. Guys, if you feel worried about tomorrow, I just want you to remember that Kwame served

frozen waffles on his season. And he's here. So. So the top chefs, it lo and in the morning. And let's see, Gabe is, it's an emotional day because like I cook for myself and my family and I want to walk away from this Incredible experience with that title And then they're getting dressed and it's the finale day so even though they're just you know putting on a t-shirt Maybe they're jacket it's like Yep, that's right. It is me standing on the garden in my grandchat Nope, that's right. It is me standing on the garden in my grandchat. Doing some what I call in your face comfort music, okay?

So, so there are like Gabe's like, and let's get this mole cooking again. I'm like, are you cooking anything other than mole right now? You're just making one big sauce, aren't you? So then, and Shota had like left his his cow tongue in the in the oven overnight like using residual heat. And so it was like a little scary because he put tape on the oven to keep to tell people not to open it. And so it's like, is this gonna work out? And it did. And it was like the it's like the lush. And Dawn meanwhile she didn't get

to she was gonna bake her bread yesterday, but she didn't get to bake it yesterday because you know it's bread and I guess she started too late like Don. Start your bread real quick. Don for crying out loud. I've got to proof that bread and so she's cooking her honey bread in a banana leaf and banana leaf scare me on this show and Jamie's like yeah yesterday was really intense with you and Don's like oh what's it was intense? Well guess what I'm intense Sorry Yeah, and Gabe is like I'm intense also like little tense in my backyard because I can't with my kids. I invented that so then So then Jamie is like Jamie's just like chopping something and they are playing the most grandiose

Olympic music like this is the finale I was like I'm like she's literally like chopping chives right now Yeah, they really they really bring it out for the finale right yeah so Gabe is really grateful to have Maria who understands his flavors and And Maria's like, um, I'm deep frying these, but they're absorbing way too much grease. We need to do this in the oven. And he's like, see what I mean, guys. Good call, Maria. She's like, can I have your autograph? Shut up, Maria.

Just fucking pan fry it. Please stop crying into my food. Thank you. So, um, guess what? Don's behind guys because the bread is taking longer than she anticipated. It's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, well, it's bread. That's what's gonna happen. It's like, it's like the number one rule of bread is that it takes longer than you ever anticipated. Always it's like, it's never proved to where it needs to be.

Don. So now, Jamie is terrified, you know, because she's got so much to do, because Don has so many elements going on And so it's like okay, well, we need to fry those tomatoes and We need to cut the celery. Don't you need to get plates and I mean ice bath then I need a spin of salt right here She's like Was that a Jetson's car crashing? I'm scared now, and I know I'm gonna be scared in the future. So, um, now the slow-mo, the chefs are arriving.

And, you know, in an effort to one-up Tom, Ed Lee has decided to do a big ol' crazy hat too. He's like, later, gentlemen, please welcome James Beard award winner at Big Lee Jr. with a strange hat. Congratulations. You won up Tom. Welcome everybody. I want to propose this toast. Gail, stop pulling cream cheese out of your purse every time I say toast.

I mean the drinking kind. All right. Let's put this toast to Tiffany Dairy who's back with the family. Hello, Tiffany. Yeah. Um, yeah, Tiffany was there. I love Tiffany. That made me so happy to see her there. Yeah. Me too. And welcome everybody. We're about to have what I hope is one of the best meals that three non-famous people could ever cook. Who else is excited? I'm not personally. Jamie says, I need directions. And so they're plating and don't like this, this still needs red, this still needs red. And we see them crawling on top of each other trying to get down the line of all of these dishes,

because there's like two really long lines of dishes. And she's like, oh my god, you're unwrapping them. Do not unwrap them from the banana leaf. And five, four, three, two, one. And then they miss one. And don's like, oh, I've done it again. I was like, don, are you kidding me? How are how is this still happening in the finale? How do you do this in the finale Don?

So now the dishes they come out and say, oh, and then you hear Naomi What's her face? She's like, oh, hey, you're missing something you're missing something, huh? And Richard didn't get bread or a chicharone which by the way Couldn't have happened to a better person like that literally made me so happy that he did not get bread or the chicharone Yeah, Blaze but he's also one of the lot the biggest mouths, you know, yeah Like I feel like if it was maybe someone nicer they would have just been like oh can I taste yours cuz I didn't get mine He's like I didn't get mine. I did not get this, okay? Oh, and you gotta have gold leaf.

Of course it's a finale. You gotta have some gold leaf on there, right guys. Well, at least it wasn't Dale, who'd be like, this is unacceptable in the finale. Again, again, I am going to speak to the manager of this show. Yeah, I'm actually surprised that I don't have Dale written down here, because in my memory, it's Dale, because that's, you know how your memory plays tricks on you? Yeah, but nope actually surprised that I don't have Dale written down here because in my memory it's Dale because that's you know how your memory plays tricks on you.

Yeah, but nope, it was place. So Shota did his rock horse, so he serves that. It's the pickled macro Sam and Kurt and pickled radish, tuna caviar and goat flakes. And then Pam's like, Gabe. And so I really like the way she said Gabe this episode. I felt like every time it was like Gabe's turn, he was like, Gabe. And so I really liked the way she said Gabe this episode. I felt like every time it was like Gabe started talking to me, like, Gabe. So then Gabe is like, well, I've made you a teacher

on Prinsado with a conchined up a meal in the form of head cheese with avocado mousse. And this last thing, this is reminiscent of an orange sauce I had in the Yucatan. OK. I'm like, it's just an orange sauce. OK. So then actually it was a cum-quat sauce.

I just feel like everything is like reminiscent to him of something. I can't say anything he's saying today. So, I then don't. Okay. I have to say, because you know, I have an endless problem, especially on this show with auto correct. It just makes me, because there's so many words

that serious just like, what the fuck are you talking about? You know, she's like, that's too fancy for me I'm not typing that so she writes whatever she wants this is my dawn dawn lamp target our beef tendon puff so I don't know what that means it was a lamb with tomato and a celery salad and a beef tendon puff and rice honey bra and dawn goes um I intended everyone to have a beef tendon puff and a honey red, but you may not have gotten that. Pamir goes, okay. Ah, thank you.

You know, the funny thing is that beef tendon puff is actually what we call gale, yeah. It's, you know, it's like finding out that instead of going out to dinner with your famous friend, you're going out with a stand-in! Wow, this dish is really the clam of the oyster world. Thanks a lot, Dawn! Hold on, let me call my dear friend Alibong. Hey Alibong! Hey, it's bad! Hey, what's going on? So I was wondering how I was asking you what is Chap Sui? My next question is what is a beef tendon puff? Because I don't have one. Bye So Melissa loved showtos she calls it stemming. It was very clear and focused and Gregory is like, yep

He had a three fatty fish and they really delivered really enjoyed those and Tiffany loved the acidity of the Dicon and Gail's like it went down really really smoothly Oh sort of like the time you pureed up a snicker bar with some tofu and slurped it in one fell swoop. Yeah, just like that, I'm sure Well, Gabe, not that he's my favorite, but I'm currently lodging my tongue in his but hole in my mind, but Gabe had a beautiful first course, just beautiful. And he was like, wow, what an amazing way to start a finale. Those sauces were fantastic. I'm going to do the favor of not calling them Ola at the moment moment just so we can have Mick seem like there's a little differentiation in what he's doing but God they were fantastic.

And then at the corner of the table Peter Cho is like, well I mean I would have liked that Peabee able to be crispier. Excuse me Peter Cho, who the fuck are you get away from our table? Who is this man? Blu blue, blue, blue, blue. Hello dear friend Angola Mirko. Have you ever heard of a man named Peter Cho? No. Peter, Angola just called you Peter, no.

Oh wait, hold on. Angola is something. Peter, Angola just called you Peter, go. Angola, you're hilarious. Broke, when you're done getting me a coffee, do you mind taking the mask off of Nilew in the corner? I know it's you there, Nilew, I know it. Well, out of the three, dance was the most dynamic.

You know, I really was impressed with the bread element, and I have to say the lady who always brings our coffee must have liked it because she's an amant bun. Get it, coffee girl. Broke, it's an amand burn get it coffee girl because like please stop harassing me and Nina Nina's like Nina says well you know I told you last night less is more okay but you don't have to put all these things on and focus on flavor and start plating early that's right I wasn't as good anything you were saying now who are you again and Naomi says that she wishes that she'd just gone simple with it. And Tom's like, well, you know, nothing here is last, everything here is like last minute. That's the thing.

I mean, it's all cold. It's already prepared. I just don't understand it. It's not Alammanoo. Okay, I mean, what's the deal? It's all cold. Why would it take so long? This is really, really, really upsetting me. Let's talk about Kate's more. Buh. Then Brooke says, I just want to know what's going through Don's head right now. I'll tell you what's going through her head, not the national anthem. She hasn't listened to that ever since she lost at the Olympics. Don't, sorry to get into your head there a little bit.

So then in the kitchen, Jamie's like, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. Don't worry. Okay, let's just get the bread pudding back. Come on. Let's get it together. Yeah. So now they're frying, there's like frying a lot of frying happening and gave us tweezers out. And he's using kombucha to make a sauce that resembles fermented pineapple drink. And he's never done. Wow, I've really gone crazy tonight creating a kombucha for this. Boom. Boom. Hahaha.

Creating a kombucha. You know, kombucha. You know, it's like, it's like I always tell myself, I have to cook from the heart and tell a story. And I love serving kombucha to my children when we camp in the backyard. That's something we do. I don't know if anyone's ever thought about doing that before, but something we do. Yeah. So Jamie and Don are plating. And Jamie's like, beep, beep, beep. That's something we do. I don't know if anyone's ever thought about doing that before but something we do. Yeah

So Jamie and Don are plating and Jamie's like BEEP BEEP BEEP B notice that I'm saying in this tone. That seems to register me feeling like you just said This was a vegetable dish and yet there's octopus. Okay, show it up. You can't fool me. I'm Naomi. Okay, you can't fool motherfucker me And Dawn did a green gumbo her in spray, this was her Leah Chase inspired dish, and Gabe did a scallop aquechile with fermented pineapples and roasted scallop oil. And Padma's like, wow, I just keep going back to Gabe's for that. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous sauce. Gorgeous. Wow, the sauce is almost gorgeous enough for Gail to wear it. Oh, look,

she is. With someone big Pascal in Appkin. Now I know what it feels like to be Gail. Just wanted to lick this plate and lick everyone's plate around me. This is gorgeous sauce. So then I was trying to figure out this sweetness and knowing that it's pineapple is amazing. Why are you mouth gale? Congratulations, girl. You just had your first pineapple. Welcome to being a person. So Ben and Jerry's revelation flavored.

All right. So get your cake, girl. Put down your phone. Now it's not the time to order a crate of pineapple from Amazon. Okay, Gail, put down your phone. Now it's not the time to order a creative pineapple from Amazon. Well, I love Don's gumbo, personally. And Melissa's like, you know, my concern here

is the octopus. That's my concern. That's what we say every time Gail's late. We're very concerned about the octopus. Where is it? I mean, it says Leah's actual original vegetable gumbo is much simpler and this one has too much green in it. And Tom's like, you know, the green doesn't really connect with anything, but I still enjoy it. I mean, not as much as Gabe. Wow, Gabe. You know, it's the best part about the gumbo is that it starts with letter g

Which is the same letter the cave's name starts with god. He's the best guys. I have one question about this gumbo Do you think the cave likes my hat? And Ed says he loves the hush puppy and Brooks says yeah, the hush puppy is so good Yeah, I agree it is so good. I'm so glad we're finally calling gale that hush puppy is so good. Yeah, I agree. It is so good. And I'm so glad we're finally calling Gale that hush puppy. Hush puppy. That's what we say to Gale when she tries to weigh in on something.

Hush puppy. And Tails, like, um, Showdos really just felt like a warm salad with And it says yeah, it was a little oily and patting is like yeah, like gale's face before I taught her what a beoy was That was a very good observation mr. Asner. It's a the not at as nerve. Whatever. Oh, so they're plating. It's time for the third dish. And I'm always worried for Don now. You know, I'm always, because I really have been rooting for Don this whole time. So I'm always worried for her.

But she gets it. They all get it this time. I was just imagining it was going to be like, and here is my, here's my braze beef. Dawn, why is this served on an applicant? I forgot the actual plate this time. Oh, Dawn. Well, now is probably the best finale we've ever gotten because we finally get Gail's Gales, number one single, Gellie on a Grande. So much cow. Did you get so much cow on the table? I love that. She's like, so much cow on the table.

Oh, God, she's singing again. Well, let me tell you one thing. You're no Mark Ronson. Who's the dear friend of mine? Hmm. So Shada serves his beef tongue curry and Don has the braised beef with black in Black eyes, black eyes, please. Thank you and buttered turnips and gave does chilly cured beef short rib with pickled chichitos Nigro and pickle persimmons your favorite Hmm the snottyest pickled the the snottiest pickled vegetable of all time

One more cost get back in there poor people So now Ed starts getting emotional over showed us curry because he was made fun of as a little kid for eating this And now it's on top chef and goes and that but that being said the rice is a little crunchy just like gals hair I totally get it, Ed. Yeah, I thought that was cute that story. Like, you know, you're you're made fun of for eating something and then it becomes famous on top chef. It's like if I went on top chef and made a big Mac and somebody cried. That's like my dream. Emolissa says, you know, this is really good, but it's a little staff merely. Oh, Melissa, I just love how you said that. You really

cut the core of how you're rich and famous, but this is food for poor, unfamous people. That was just really on the mark, Melissa. I mean basically you're saying this should be between a long burn. Am I right? Melissa, does this staff merely dish remind you the time you made that salad with just lettuce and a few tomatoes last season when you actually won? Do you remember that Melissa? I'm the table! Please somebody put a rolling gale's mask on just stop singing. Gale you can't sing about cow on the table when you're eating it all, okay?

Gale you spin off isn't a musical, all right? Gale made me a musical. All right. The title of Greek was already taken. Gail, maybe you should name it so many empty licked off plates on the table. Empty chairs at empty tables. Am I right, Gail? Gail, how about so many stains on the bib? So Ed is like, wow, this is really typical Gabe cooking. The sauce is amazing. And Greg Ray says this was my favorite sauce of the evening. I really enjoyed this sauce.

It's very good. So I was just trying to start with you. It's just so fun to see you get scared. Oh, and Gabe's someone says the mushrooms were charred and added so much intensity. Yeah, Gail says that she's like, you know, I find that the charred mushrooms are just a little bit too bitter. Mmm, yes, Gail. And yet you ate them anyway, isn't that funny? Anyone, anyone see that? And you know Gail does not like charred because still the most famous gail line to me is Charred rubbery eggs So now they're plating desserts and and Gabe has his squash that's this candy squash Emory is like 250,000 dollar pumpkin and Donna is saying that this dessert is the most

near and dear to her. And so that's exciting. Well, we've had glorious, amazing, diverse food. And it's been amazing to see Gail's elastic grow. And also your personal growth, chefs. Chefs, we have to say this food has been absolutely wonderful. And you've given us so many interesting points of view. Thank you for this wonderful food. And thank you for not giving us just a pile of meat with bones

on top of it. Yeah, I heard about that, Richard. So Blaze really loved Showtus presentation. Kwame loved Showtus dessert, and Gail says, I'd love the smoky ice cream, but it overpowered the subtlety of the cheesecake. Hi, David Chang, it's your good friend, Padva. Hi, guess what? Gail's now complaining about not getting subtleties of flavor's Gale and subtleties, am I right? Yeah, totally. Okay, bye. So Dale is like, yeah, that squash. I mean, it was sticky. You know what? We need to put

that on a Michelin star tasting menu. And so Melissa feels like this squash is showing us where Mexican food is heading. But Tiffany loves Don's bread pudding and she says it's really taking her home and Brooke is like, you know what, I love all the flavors. This does feel a little bit basic for a finale dessert. Mm-hmm, basic. Anyone want to take this one? I mean, you can go in so many different directions. You can make kind of Brooke, you can go in some different directions. You make kind of brook,

Gale, probably dealt at anyone really who wants Melissa. You're really good at this now. You want to try? We can always circle back to Richard Blazes original bangs if anybody would like anybody. No, all right. Feel free to incorporate his pile of meat. Well, I think this is the most successful course for each one of them. And Jamie in the kitchen, she just got to Jamie in the kitchen going, not gonna lie, I thought, wow, this bit just crazy, but it turned out good. Glitter, glitter, glitter. Guys, this dessert, I mean, I have to say this is like the most game out of all the courses, just the most successful and probably gonna win the most. Right?

God, I love this. This course. Well, I'd like to say thank you to the all stars, LOL. It feels like one big family reunion. It feels like it's been one big family reunion. If my family was, you know, slightly richer than the poor people that cooked. So thank you for coming.

Stop, stars. I mean, that's just hilarious. slightly richer than the poor people that cooked. So thank you for coming. Start. Starts. I mean, that's just hilarious. It feels like one big family reunion of the, my family suddenly lost all their money and was forced to dress themselves from the dress barn. So thank you for a great season and thank you Tom

and thank you, Hashpuffy. I mean, gal. And even to Nulu over there, address us Peter Cho. Thank you for making the effort to break into our bubble. So at Judges table, don, don, don, don, don, don, should have decided to go light to start. And places like it was light, but what big flavor and precision. And Tom says, you know, it's great to see you guys cook all season long.

And you know, in the finale, you stuck to doing what you do. Leaving food off of plates, Don, that's what you do. And Don's like, yeah, well, the progression was challenging. I just wanted to show a lot. Yeah, and you left bread off some plates. But otherwise, it was really, really tasty. That was good. What happened, Don?

Don, what happened? Look, Don! An empathetic Don! Did you mean to leave the food off the plate? It would have been great if Brook didn't get that bread. I'll be honest. It would have been hilarious. Did you mean to give me the, did you mean face Don?

Because that's what's on my face right now. Don, did you mean to leave the tendon puff off the plate? Because guess what? She became a judge and here she is. Gal. Well, I did have a lot of prep and we lost time and Gal goes, well, you've been off more than you can chew. Well, Adon, that was the part calling. Something that Gail has never had a problem with, because she's been able to chew. Literally everything, you ever see a cat carrier? It's half-nod through. It's not from the cat.

I'll tell you that much. He's right through them. She doesn't even open doors anymore. She just eats right through them. She literally can chew everything. She just eats right through them. She literally can chew everything. She never bites off more than she can chew. It's a superpower. It's a mediocre superpower. Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where the dinosaur was got through the cage? It wasn't

the dinosaur. It was just gale visiting. I'm gonna invent gale balls and just start putting them in jacket pockets. Do you know how many outfits have been ruined by just gale biting off just as much as she can chew? Have you ever seen a tendon puff chewing a rent bouncy ball? It's horrifying and we have to witness it every single day. So then we move on to Gabe and Pat and was like, wow, you know, um, show that, oh, they'd say that his was deep and rich and they love to come quite.

I don't know. Yeah, I have. I don't know what I'm trying to go for. The flavor in that beautiful rectangle was deep and rich. Gell, are you talking about a shoebox that you ate? No. It was deep and rich. Gail, are you talking about a shoebox that you ate? No. It was deep and rich. Oh, thank you. And I enjoyed it, especially with a cum-quat sauce. Yeah, that was really deep and rich.

Kind of like, if it had been about 80 years older, Padma would have married it. Oh wow! Yeah, good one. Been up more than you could chew with that one. good one. Been up more than you could chew with that one. You know if only if only that comequat sauce actually wrote poetry Padma would date it. Yeah stop. It's not fun when you do it to me. Well, Shota, the Birdock mystery felt like a side dish. Um, and Dawn, I really love how you elevated something homey. You know, the fritter was divine. I'm shocked that you even got it on the plate, you know? Because remember how you left everything off. Remember when you left something off in the finale, Dawn?

Remember when we told you for three straight weeks, stop leaving things off, and then at the finale, you let something off, Dawn, is this making you feel bad you want to cry You know the seafood and the green gumbo the seafood was just a bit disconnected From the vegetables. Oh like gal. All right It's like going to the coast and finding a bear like why is there a bear on the coast is disconnected? And finding a bear like why is there a bear on the coast disconnected? But Gabe the aqua Chile had some of my favorite flavors of the night And Melissa's like I love that bro. Oh, what a surprise Melissa loves a broth. Well, what else was new? Oh, let's let me see oh gale ate her shoe. It's a night of surprises. Melissa loves broth and gale ate a shoe again. Wow

And Melissa's like, that kombucha was, pow! Mind blowing. I'll tell you what's mind blowing. Gale didn't wear a pattern tonight. Can you believe it? And not even a puffy sleeve. Showed his third dish was completely intoxicating. It could have been presented better

because it was a casual concept, but you started with fine dining. And the rice wasn't cooked. I mean, nice monologue, but let's just get to the crunchy rice, all right? I love Gail complaining about a casual concept. When she practically wore shorts tonight. Yeah, listen to Gail complaining about a casual concept when she practically wore shorts to tonight. Yeah, listen to Gail not enjoying casual concept when she spends most of her time in casual

corner. My man. Gail. Gail, he was an active member of the Kool-Aunt online community. Suddenly, he had casual concept. So Melissa said the dawn's beef cheeks were the heart and soul and patterns like yeah, and the piece Smelt and tasted as if they were from the garden Which is actually a compliment even though it doesn't sound like one. I'm starting to matter when I say I say it like this

So it sounds rude, but I think I meant that as a compliment. I don't know. We're spending too much time on this Let's make fun of Gale's clothes some more It's not like fertilizer. It's not like active horse manure And then Richard Gabe how many ingredients go into that mole Please tell us quickly because Tom is trying to finish out. Oh, yeah Did you cook that? Those mushrooms are for cook on purpose. Tell us who you did it.

Oh yeah! Tell us more! Oh yeah, game! And now for the sweet part. Okay, Shoda, tell us about the gal. I'm sorry, cream cheese. Hey, why don't you tell us? about the gale, I'm sorry, cream cheese. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha be standing outside Gabe's window, touching myself, gently, and uh, strumming guitar in my brain, in my head. Yeah, and don't expect gale, because apparently she doesn't like casual concepts anymore. Gabe, one word, fearless.

You roasted squash. Yeah, that was the most shabby moment of the night. I have to say, when you took a wedge of delicata Squash and grossed it with sugar. Fearless, absolutely fear. Oh yeah, talk about it again. Oh, the Squash. Oh, the Squash. And Melissa's like chef to chef, I was inspired.

I mean, it was like being in Mexico City at a Michelin star restaurant. And then Tom just splooches all over the floor. Well, I want to thank the three of you. You cooked the patterns right off Gales Wardrobe into Christmas Miracle. We have a difficult decision to make. Perhaps the most difficult decision, because soon one of you will be top chef, which means that you'll get to come back on the show and cook a bunch of meat and put some bones on top of it

and serve it up. Thanks Richard, pile on me. Looking forward to your future bangs losers. That'll be all. Okay, so now the judges go, it's time for like private judging. And you know, the other shops go like sit in like outside and gave us like that was one for the books how does everyone feel I don't want to go camping my backyard I invented that guys I totally invented that. Super fancy because they have so cute.

Reback there. Wow what a fancy stew room today okay. So So they come. Oh yeah, happens like thank you for being away from your family and some poor things with their little tin cans full of beans camping in the backyard. Let's just hope Gabe's wife stopped being such a monster and let the children back inside. Okay, fellow chefs or judges, I should say, let's talk about the dishes we got today. And no Richard, we will not be evaluating your pile of say. Let's talk about the dishes we got today and no Richard we will not be evaluating your pile of meat. It wasn't in the competition, okay? So just stop. I can see you chomping at the bit, so go ahead and start bangs. So blaze

is like, well, unfortunately for me, I didn't get two elements of dawn's plate. And I don't give two shits about what you have to say, okay? Moving on. Girls like she was heartbroken. Yeah, it was really beautiful. Yeah, he know nothing tastes better than heartbreak on other people. She looked absolutely devastated. Like the time that that gal received a letter that she was officially banned from the Charleston Choo Factory. So Melissa is like, but you know what? Don missing something on the plate. It is inexcusable at this point. I was like, whoa, Melissa. You need to call it. I would have ever seen Melissa like angry. Go lean into that, Melissa. That's great. Listen, her lamb tartar had so much flavor, even just one paper thin slice of celery had such a beautiful pickle on it. It was almost as if

that celery was the embodiment of the coast. Sometimes like, well, you know, Gabe's another everybody's loving Gabe's sauce work. Oh, yeah, it was a fascinating. He's like, well, you know, Gabe's another everybody's loving Gabe's housework. Oh, yeah, it was a fascinating, but the breading on that head cheese, that was just wrong. Oh, Tom, you're just saying that because you've already spludged. Yeah, it's an amazing how much clearer you can think now. Now, let me tell you something. Did you try that pickled celery on Don's dish? Wow. Well, I give the first to Shoda, okay?

And so they agree on that. And then we move on to the second dish. And Gail's like, the best second was Gabe. That kombucha was like poetry. Oh God, Gail, that's what you said the last time you read the back of a Ben and Jerry's cart. I'm in for crying out loud. Gail also thinks the rapper on a Joe bazooka gum is poetry. And Tom's like, well, you know, the dish was successful. It ain't well. Like, yeah, huh. So that was a real gail of second dishes. You know what?

Showed us vegetables were really great. There was just a little bit of bird bitterness in the birdock on the top. And Melissa says, yeah, I felt like a vegetable side. Just say what it really is. Crue food, am I right? Crue food. Ply the way, where is my coffee?

Hey, hey, Brooke, where is my coffee? Hey, hey, Brooke, where's that coffee? Please don't tell me you got stuck in some sort of bird-o-grute forest. Get back here. I like how when it's the end of the season, Thomas just so tired, because he goes through the whole season giving these big, eloquent monologues and, you know, his criticisms are like a little long-winded sometimes, but when it's the end, he's just like, you know, I are like a little long winded sometimes, but when it's the end he's just like you know I like Don's gumbo but the seafood not good. You know I like the gumbo and like I said about Gail on her wedding day the fritter was beautiful.

So the third dish showed us dish was humble and delicious, but his rice was lacking You know, it's so funny. I also said that on your wedding day It was crunchy, which is what I said about your cake I'm a list of just wanting him to push himself more and places like Gabe's mole was so memorable. It could have been, how do you say, an assassin? Yes, how did you know? It's how galleated. Wait, they had just mole in a saucer? Oh god, oh here comes round two. Oh yes, mole in a saucer. Keep it together Tom, you want him to think that anybody could win this thing. All right out of all threes I like dawns of which I just said the seafood was bad

You can totally believe that coming out of my mouth right now. It gale goes. I loved the peas I loved the turnips. That's us the name of her autobiography coming out soon And fortunately the third word is whipped cream. And then it cuts to dawn and she goes, you know, I'm proud of what I did. I left it all out there today. I'm like, dawn, stop. You literally left things out. You literally left it all.

Yeah, I left it all on the table, not all of it, dawn. Yeah. Yeah, you left it on the table, not on the plate. So, Tom's like, well, you know, uh, wow I mean, so you have one dish for Shoda one and for Gabe and one for Don. Oh, who could possibly win this and that brings us to the Glouette-Zit course Well, I'm excited. It almost feels like I'm at a party with my dear friends later with Alilong

David Chang and Anachala America Alilog, David Chang and Anaheim AmeriCorps. Well, I loved Showtars. It was technical. It was creative. It was emotional. Well, the delicate cheesecake, let that delicate cheesecake really let the smoky whatever it was. Shine. I don't even know what I'm talking about. Delicate cheesecake, there. I've said it. Right. What do you think, Delicate Cheesecake? Padma, you promised to stop calling me that. Okay, I'll just say that Don's Sir was just pleasurable.

She showed us she could make a bread pudding unlike any other bread pudding I've ever had. And we know that girls had them all. Am I right, everyone? Bless her, huh? Oh, girl, so of course you liked it. That was your nickname in high school So Tom Tom's like wow the squash. I mean I deserve with squash. It was just so wow look at you twice and I Okay, Tom put on that squash. Okay, put it down to well the squash is ruined

Okay, put it down to, well, the squash is ruined. And Melissa says it was so innovative. You know, Gabriel really took us on a journey through Mexico. Say something about Creview Food again, Melissa. That was really one of the best things you've ever said. All right, I think we know. And so does everybody else. Tom, get your hand off the squash, Tom. Tom, it's a family show.

Let's get the unfamous people out here. Okay, so now the chefs all come in and everyone, like all the, all the, all stars are there and also the people that, you know, like Jamie Byron and, and Maria and they're all clapping and Jamie is so funny. Did you see this? Jamie just starts waving a don. As if they haven't, she's like, hi, hey, over here, remember,

she's like such a mom in that moment. Well, Chefs, it's been amazing to watch your journey and get to know you as people. And by people, I mean, those name most people in the kitchen that I say, well, you've got three hours. I can't thank you enough. All three of you are winners, of course, which means I'm, well, you've got three hours. I can't thank you enough. All three of you are winners.

Of course, which means I'm just kidding, because you're really not. I don't know any of your names. I will tell you this, whoever loses will get flown out of here by Nina who's wearing a pink litter cape like the superhero that she is. Padma. All three of your winners, which of course

is my patronizing way of saying that actually two of you guys are losers and we'll probably regret the choices you made today okay so uh pop-up game Tom someone brings some paper towels to Tom Tom pants up hands down. Okay Game you a top chef and in Tom's mind. I mean that literally you are the top chef Could someone get a bucket from Maria's tears are already getting all over the place Wow game well congratulations super happy for you game. Well, congratulations. Super happy for you, Gabe. I mean, he was, I mean, he did cook amazing food all season long.

I'm still pissed, though, that he totally pulled that move during restaurant wars. He should have actually probably gone home that day instead of Sarah, because he, he showboated, which he with his amuse bush which led to you know Was a contributing factor to them losing and then he wouldn't take credit You'd like be I'm still resentful about that But that being said almost every challenge a kind of kick-dasson so like I got it but Gabe whatever is a watery-eyed jerk Yeah, he's like mine mine blown that I want a core million dollars. And to be honest, I'm so inspired right now. I'm inspired to learn from my fellow chefs who didn't win. And I'm

inspired to learn from myself and inspired to learn from the judges. I'm like, you're inspired to learn from yourself. Shut the fuck up. Get out of here. Enough. I'm so inspired to learn by what I learned about when I learned things. I'm so inspiring. I'm so inspiring to myself. But I think of all the things I've done, I think about all the things I'm inspired by about the things I did. Wow, so inspirational. I'm gonna name this award, the Arales Award.

I'm very proud of myself, yay me. So Shoda is still happy because he got so far and closing his dream restaurant was difficult and he really needed this. And Dawn's really proud. This is where she says she didn't leave anything on the table. It's like awkward.

Yeah. And she says that her heart is full. Unlike Blaze's plate ha great last move dawn Well blazons you didn't get that Tendon puff we decided to put another bone on your plate from your pile of meat. Yes. Yeah last night So then Gabe calls his family's I won like And then yeah, it all ends with Padm like giving a Corporate corporate infused toast. Gabe, you just won $250,000 furnished by our good friends at San

Peligrino. Exactly. I mean, this really has so many layers to it, doesn't it? You're so too lenty. Congratulations, Mr. Tillermook. Wow. Gabe, you've really shown that you have a lot of drive, just like a BMW MX6 with cup holders. Wow, happy Campbell's Day. So that brings us to the end. I hope you get to, I hope in the future you get to cook things like Chipotle's, which reminds me I love Chipotle. end. I hope you get to I hope that in the future you get to cook things like Chipotle's which reminds me I love Chipotle. That brings us to the end of

Top Chef season 18 and cannot believe 18 seasons of Top Chef. I miss it already. I mean, amateurs is not gonna that's not gonna do it for me. Okay, bring back masters bring back desserts. That's what we want to see Yeah Well, I'll still be watching that but we're not gonna cover we're not gonna cover that one But I will still be watching it because watch everything But everybody thank you so much for being with us this season. We've had a really great time with this But everybody, thank you so much for being with us this season. We've had a really great time with this If you're just on the main feed you'll notice all the shows aren't on here. That's because we did a lot of them as bonus episodes this year because our schedule is just too full

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