Then they learned it had to be an amuse bouche, and had to be served on a Ritz cracker. They ended up in a trio, and had to cook something using all three ingredients. The quickfire challenge had the chefs grab an ingredient, from goat cheese to caviar cream. Okay, yeah, we need to do a challenge outside with lots of people, get out the tents. But when those obstacles don’t have any purpose, it’s evident. I expect a competition like Top Chef to place obstacles in the way of its chefs. Why serve 100 portions? Why prep outside in a hot tent yet again? The elimination challenge also had the chefs make 100 portions of their rice dish at Alexandra Palace.īut who were those people? Why were they there? They didn’t vote their feedback didn’t matter.

Like: just have enough burners! How hard is that? The production has built a gorgeous kitchen set and yet it cannot accommodate 15 chefs? Give them stoves at their stations, like The Great British Bake-Off does. No one replied they dumped the boiling water Luciana realized her hot water for boiling eggs was missing. Every burner on the stove was covered, and when Amar and Dawn needed space, they asked if anyone was boiling water. Take the prep time for the elimination challenge. And yes, I’m looking at you Ritz crackers. I think that’s mostly because of the editing, and the four challenges so far have lacked creativity, and the obstacles put in the chefs’ way are dumb. Perhaps that’s because relatively simple errors have sent the first two chefs home: poopy shrimp last week, Dawn serving a congee that was not creamy like a congee should be. (Blair withdrew from the competition in Week 5 due to health concerns.Ali Al Ghzawi, Amar Santana, and Dawn Burrell present their rice dishes to Top Chef 20’s judges (Photo by David Moir/Bravo)Īfter the winner of Top Chef France was eliminated in episode one, Buddha said “the finale’s already here,” in the sense that they’re all chefs who made it to their respective finales.

Previously, American Idol alum Jordin Sparks (Brandon Armstrong), country singer Jessie James Decker (Alan Bersten), Joseph Baena (Daniella Karagach), actress Selma Blair (Sasha Farber) weatherman Sam Champion (Cheryl Burke) Charlie's Angels actress Cheryl Ladd (Louis van Amstel), Real Housewives of New Jersey personality Teresa Giudice (Pasha Pashkov) and Sex and the City actor Jason Lewis (Peta Murgatroyd) were removed from the competition. These exits follow last week's double elimination that knocked out Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino (with pro partner Koko Iwasaki) and Heidi D'Amelio (Artem Chigvintsev). (Len Goodman agreed with their decision.) This means that Durant and Stewart are eliminated. Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Derek Hough voted to save Shangela. Judges then chose between the remaining two couples Daniel Durant (Britt Stewart) and Shangela (Gleb Savchenko). They received the lowest overall vote/score total and had no way to be saved. Based on the combination of fan voting and judges' scores, the first star knocked out was Trevor Donovan (and pro partner Emma Slater).

Dancing with the stars elimination