WHOSE CUISINE REIGNS SUPREME? The AV Club ranks every cooking competition show, segregating self-contained standalone competitions from serialized, season-long fare. (A better question, perhaps: rank the Top Chef seasons?)
I am also fond of season 4 - Stephanie Izard and Richard Blais (and also Antonia, Spike, and Dale), which I think is the first season where everyone was cooking at an insanely high level from really early on. You are correct, however, that Season 6 is the pinnacle of Top Chef on every metric.
I'd add that Blais, Dale, and Antonia truly shone in All-Stars, whose shocking reveal towards the end of Antonia and Mike's relation to each other makes it my second favorite. (Their duel was good clean fun.)
I am also fond of season 4 - Stephanie Izard and Richard Blais (and also Antonia, Spike, and Dale), which I think is the first season where everyone was cooking at an insanely high level from really early on. You are correct, however, that Season 6 is the pinnacle of Top Chef on every metric.
ReplyDeleteI'd add that Blais, Dale, and Antonia truly shone in All-Stars, whose shocking reveal towards the end of Antonia and Mike's relation to each other makes it my second favorite. (Their duel was good clean fun.)
ReplyDeleteI agree, except that I'd put Kevin WAY higher on the list of pluses. In related news, his cookbook is outstanding.
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