With only a handful of episodes left in this current
Top Chef Canada season, the culinary competition has begun to intensify exponentially. It s anyone s game at this point and all competitors left standing seem deserving of cooking in the finale–which will air on June 8.
After a particularly hard Elimination Challenge, here s how the remaining chefs stack up in this week s power rankings.
6. Emily Butcher (eliminated, last week: 6)
Emily s imaginative approach to cooking served her fairly well in this week s Quickfire–I m
still thinking about that smoked trout dip and chips–and worked against her in the second half of the episode. Once again, there was a bit of an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink vibe to her sumac and kombu-cured arctic char and strawberry, pine mushroom and fish broth dish in the Elimination Challenge.
The Black Sheep’s Jamie Tran Makes a Triumphant Return on ‘Top Chef: Portland’
After earning a chance to get back on the show by winning
Last Chance Kitchen, Tran makes a comeback on
Top Chef
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Top Chef: Portland. She returned to the kitchen just in time for the Quickfire Challenge as host Padma Lakshmi announced that one contestant was coming back. Contestant Shota Nakajima even said he hoped Tran returned.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a group of chefs more excited to see another competitor,” Lakshmi says on the show as Tran walks into the kitchen.
In the main competition, it s time to feed frontline workers.
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Timothy Malcolm
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Chef Dawn Burrell cooks for frontline workers.
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TOP CHEF IS HERE, and two Houston chefs are competing for the ultimate prize ($250,000 and other things) in Portland, Oregon. We re keeping our eyes glued on Dawn Burrell (who s soon to open Late August) and Sasha Grumman (who has a great focaccia hustle) as they battle each week (Thursday nights on Bravo).
The season continued with episode seven Thursday night. How did our chefs do?
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How Dawn Did
We start the episode with the return of chef Jamie Tran, who won her way back into the competition through
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There is no time for idle chitchat in the holding room as this episode starts rather abruptly in the TCC Kitchen. The chefs are lined up and Eden gets right to the point of the episode.
“Every chef dreams of creating and executing their own restaurant concept, but this year it’s happening a little bit differently,” she says.
This is it. It is time for everyone’s favourite episode format of a
Top Chef Canada season: Restaurant Wars–or in the case of a season taped during a pandemic, Takeout Wars.
Ready the troops! There’s no other way to really battle,” says Andrea, laughing.