Jun 2, 2026 · 42 min · 11 segments
It's the last stop before the Top Chef finale and it's possibly the best episode yet! An incredible quickfire with Tom's 20 questions plus an A+ elimination challenge. This episode is amazing from…
Okay.
Baker's dozen episode.
[laughs]
What's your amuse-bouche?
It's only four.
Um, this felt as intense as the episode last year when they, before the finale as well.
Mm-hmm.
Do you remember that one?
Mm-hmm.
It was like really emotional, and you were like, "I wish they all could go.
Like this isn't fair."
Mm-hmm.
Um, and they somehow have like a great thing going, um, with this moment in the competition, making it so emotionally rich.
Um, and they did it again, is all I have to say.
They really made me feel like, wow, what a ride.
I, I had s- a very similar amuse-bouche.
I'm not kidding.
Like I, I think my, my take on it was, you know, I, I know we like to talk about how when we get to 10, nine, eight, seven chefs, like that's the real sweet spot.
Things are getting smaller, but there's still enough people that you've got interesting things happening.
But I feel like this season is getting progressively better towards the end here.
Yes.
Like this episode, I, I, I didn't even think about last year's moment.
I think that's so true.
It's exactly that.
I, I genuinely was like, I...
Okay.
Baker's dozen episode.
[laughs]
What's your amuse-bouche?
It's only four.
Um, this felt as intense as the episode last year when they, before the finale as well.
Mm-hmm.
Do you remember that one?
Mm-hmm.
It was like really emotional, and you were like, "I wish they all could go.
Like this isn't fair."
Mm-hmm.
Um, and they somehow have like a great thing going, um, with this moment in the competition, making it so emotionally rich.
Um, and they did it again, is all I have to say.
They really made me feel like, wow, what a ride.
I, I had s- a very similar amuse-bouche.
I'm not kidding.
Like I, I think my, my take on it was, you know, I, I know we like to talk about how when we get to 10, nine, eight, seven chefs, like that's the real sweet spot.
Things are getting smaller, but there's still enough people that you've got interesting things happening.
But I feel like this season is getting progressively better towards the end here.
Yes.
Like this episode, I, I, I didn't even think about last year's moment.
I think that's so true.
It's exactly that.
I, I genuinely was like, I...
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