Top Chef Season 20

I’m surprised, and not disappointed.

First of the recaps!

Yeah, the booted one had a number of technical mistakes throughout the competition, so not entirely surprising for me, but I actually really enjoyed the cheftestant’s occasionally goofy jokes. Will miss that, but I guess it’s time for the contest to get hardcore serious!

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I was happy Sara came back from LCK. But, the show has no suspense. Buddha is winning.

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True. I was actually more surprised to see one of those who remained! Not surprised about Buddha or Ali of course, and Sara feels good too. It would be pretty wild if Buddha didn’t win.

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From at least half way, it’s felt like the Buddha show. There was actually more in question last season, even though Buddha’s technical superiority was apparent. I like him enough, and I like Sara, but I’d’ve preferred not to end up with not one, but two American finalists. (Shallowly speaking, Ali is welcome to come sit by me.)

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This week’s challenges, while fun, felt so much like “Here’s two challenges made for Buddha” there was little suspense save for over who was going to go home. And really, almost anyone going home was going to feel unfair, unless it was the other person who specialised in agar and trickery.

At this point, it makes me wish this had stopped being a competition and more “let’s see how chefs from around the world interpret these challenges”.

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I’d love to see it, but unless he screws up in a major way, the title s his to lose. And it’s boring.