The big question during this most recent season of the cooking competition show has been if alex really stole eds pea puree during one of the. The season included 17 contestants with eric ripert replacing toby young on the judging panel, and colicchio, lakshmi and simmons returned from season 6. Tom, padma and all, said they saw no direct footage where alex took the pea puree, but they also saw no footage of alex actually making a pea puree. Burns alex, and whether or not he stole eds pea puree and then used it on his own dish. Scandals that will sadly plague top chef forever youtube. This episode basically centered around our new top chef villain, mr. Alex said he blanched the peas the night before and made the puree in the blender at the cookoff. Lth home chat other culinary chat top chef season 7. This season captures the varied tastes of washington d.
During one of the challenges in top chef dc, ed had made a pea puree the day before a challenge. The 17 new cheftestants come face to face in the nations capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become top chef. And omg, they flash back to the pea pureegate with alex. All persons having interest in top chef season 7 dc, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the season. Eight returning chefs who came up short on previous seasons of top chef are back to compete with eight newcomers in the new season of bravos cooking competition, debuting dec. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and process until the puree is smooth, about 1 minute more. The affair of the pea puree is brought up once again, but the main complaint, best annunciated by kevin, is that alex didnt really make the dish attributed to him in the last episode. And on thursday, the network revealed the names of the eight top chef alums who are looking. Seattle is the tenth season of the american reality television series top chef. To oversimplify, you have the food and you have the personalities, and while some value one above the other im more concerned with the former, though i dont deny the importance of the latter, i suspect we can all agree. Working in batches, pass a small amount of the puree through a mediummesh sieve set over a heatproof bowl, pressing with a rubber spatula.
It was alex in the top chef kitchen with the english pea puree. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and heat, stirring occasionally, until the puree is hot. The cheftestants arrive at the top chef kitchen and there with padma is this babyfaced congressman. The infamous peagate incident from top chef season 7 isnt just the most humorously named scandal the show has ever seen, but also one of the most befuddling.
The cheftesants cooked up the world, except stephens confused about brazil. Unfortunately, for this seasons class clown stephen hopcraft, his brazilian inspired. Amanda said she saw alex make the pea puree right next to her and several people, including tiffany said that did nothing to change their minds about the matter. Alex and ed both commented briefly on the pea puree matter, but. In the season finale, kevin sbraga was declared the top chef, defeating. Cheftestant ed cotton made a pea puree to go along with the seafood dish he was cooking. Alex the number one question we got for this reunion.
Top chef season 7 posted in the bravotopchef community. Miami is the third season of the american reality television series top chef. Just re watched the episode from season 7 where alex is accused of stealing edds pea puree and serving it with his own dish resulting in a elimination. Top chef season 7 postmortem top chef power rankings. It was first filmed in miami, florida, before concluding in aspen, colorado. Bravos top chef has been on the air for 16 seasons, and over the years its definitely seen its fair share of drama. Top chefs peabrained alex survives cheating accusations. But the cheftestants were forced to let it go and move on with a new challenge. Top chef dc, episode 9, restaurant wars serious eats. Last chance kitchen, the web series introduced in the. This weeks top chef picked right up with more talk of the mysterious pea puree debacle. Mashed scandals that will sadly plague top chef forever.
Top chef season 7 episode 7 recap by top chef judge eric. This is top chef, and someone always does have to go home. It was a fairly boring season, and sadly, the reunion didnt bring any more excitement. It premiered on june 16, 2010 and ended on september 22, 2010. Alex rezniks time on top chef dc finally came to an end last night, and the show lost its villain. Heat oil, butter, chile, and mint in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat 2 minutes. The infamous peagate incident from top chef season 7 isnt just the most humorously.
And if alex stole the pea puree, he should be booted from the show even if it costs bravotop chef in the drama category. The cheftestants will answer viewers questions and dish on season sevens good, bad and overcooked. Watch pea puree scandal top chef season 7 episode 15 video. Quite the contrary, he found himself in the top three. I bet he gets mistaken for a page all the time, but he has the congressmans pin on his lapel and padma introduces him as rep. From reported wage theft to alleged assault, heres what scandals have the. Season 3 premiered on june, 2007 and ended on october 10, 2007. The season premiered on bravo on june 16, 2010 and ended on september 15, 2010. We tivoed the dc top chef wrapup, and they brought up. It makes a somewhat meh season much better in my opinion.
Generally, in past top chef seasons, when a contestant leaves something in the kitchen, they take a shot of it in the kitchen as a uhoh moment. I was inspired for the dish from an episode of top chef in season 7 in the episode, chef alex is accused of stealing a. The season was emmy nominated for outstanding reality competition series, and garnered the emmy award for best editing in the category. The judges loved kevins food, and thought kelly did a great job with front of house. In light of that, it was a relief to settle into a solid, if not especially memorable, episode like foreign affairs, which still had the draggy feeling of midseason top chef, but at least stuck to the core idea of a cooking competition and didnt waste time on bullshit.
Seems top chef has really dumbed down their show this season to the level of tnfns. Reunion as watch what happens host andy cohen chats up season sevens cheftestants along with host padma lakshmi, head judge tom colicchio and judges gail simmons and eric ripert. How did they not get filmed of alex taking or making the pea puree. The excitement of a new season of chefs has passed, and i for one am stuck firmly in ambivalence about most of the chefs, waiting. Top chef season 7 wrapped up last week, and this week, bravo aired the reunion show. This is what i did not get, they do not stop taping. In the season finale, kevin sbraga was declared the top chef, defeating angelo sosa and ed cotton. I think there a chance that eds puree got lost and alex did make it. Top chef has always walked a fine line between a hardcore competition and a reality series with everything that entails. The season was announced on september 19, 2012, and premiered on november 7, 2012. Just got to the episode where alex used eds pea puree. But in episode 7, alex reznik proves hes equally despicable the drama unfolds. However, i know that ed made pea puree the day before, but i did not see alex make pea puree, but pea puree wound up on alexs dish.
Just re watched the episode from season 7 where alex is accused of stealing edds pea puree and serving it with his own dish resulting in a elimination challenge win. However, frozen peas are available to use yearround, and are. I think there is a bigger chance that alex did take it. All this time i thought angelo was the slimiest contestant on top chef dc. Were halfway through with this seasons competition. On the day of the challenge, the puree had suddenly vanished. This is personally my favorite incident of the entire series. Ed couldnt find his pea puree while alex suddenly emerged with a silky pea puree that he hadnt even conceived of.
I made a pea puree the other day for dinner and used it as a base for scallops, which i topped with chopped panfried pancetta pieces. They didnt take a shot of it, and they even went as so far to replay a lie that alex said about him not knowing he even made a puree. As a reward, he was given a trip to the terlato vineyard, and a gigantic bottle of wine. Another chef, alex, coincidentally had a pea puree for his dish, even though no one actually saw him prepare it. Top chef duels is not only heating up this week between tiffani faison and dale talde, but the season 1 alum and rob zombie. For the second time on this season of top chef, alex reznik was cast as a cheating, thieving, bumbling twit, and after because of that, hes solidified himself as this seasons villain. It premiered on june 16, 2010, and concluded on september 22, 2010. Then, somewhere between the prep kitchen and the restaurant. When the judges declared the alex the winner, tiffany had to restrain ed from reaching over and punching the pea puree bandits lights out.
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