Get the latest gossip

‘Top Chef’ Finalists Talk Cruise-Ship Cooking, Learning From Tom Colicchio and Their Toughest Challenge: ‘The Cooking Is the Easy Part’


The finalists of 'Top Chef' Wisconsin talk about the highs and lows of Season 21

Out of 16 chefs who competed in Wisconsin, judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and Kristen Kish — a former winner who stepped into Lakshmi’s role — have narrowed the field to just three contenders: Dan Jacobs, Savannah Miller and Danny Garcia. Jacobs is a Wisconsin local who’s spoken candidly about his experience with Kennedy’s Disease, a rare muscular disorder that led him to periodically use a cane throughout filming. But before they get to that point, the chefs have to face down a gauntlet that includes both notorious series staples like Restaurant Wars and more location-specific hurdles like a lakeside fish boil, complete with a kerosene bomb.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety

Read more on:

Photo of tom colicchio

tom colicchio

Related news:

News photo

Tom Colicchio Recalls ‘Bad Experience’ on ‘Regis and Kathie Lee’ in 1991