Top Chef

by Peter on Aug.19, 2009, under thoughts

I admit it. I am totally hooked on Top Chef and have been since the first season. I am not someone who usually goes in for “reality TV” but I am addicted to Top Chef. Hell’s Kitchen is just dumb, and most of the other “reality cooking shows,” with the exception of Iron Chef, pretty much bore me, but Top Chef seems to keep it fresh season after season. I can’t say that I have always been thrilled with the judges decisions. Sometimes I felt they were just plain wrong and there are a few times when I think the decision was based more on what would make good TV than on cooking ability, but that’s just me. And of course, just like “armchair quarterbacks” I have always felt that I could do as well, or better, than most of the contestants on the show. BTW, Bravo, you had your chance to get me for Season 3, when I auditioned, but you chose to ignore my talents and winning personality. Your loss!

Season 6 came along at just the right time. I had been having Top Chef withdrawal and needed my fix. Yes, I know that Top Chef Masters has been on, and I have been watching, but it just isn’t the same. Sure there has been some great cooking and it has been fun watching the “masters” get put through the paces just like contestants during the regular season, but the show just doesn’t seem to feel as edgy or have the feeling of suspense that the regular Top Chef season has.

I also have to say that this is the first time a chef has been on the show that I personally have known. Hector Santiago and I (and his wife) all worked for the same restaurant group down in Atlanta many years back. We had lost touch years ago and I had no idea he was on this season. All I can say is, “best of luck Hector!!!!!”

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