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Top Chef Season-Finale Recap: Just Put Your Best Cook Forward
All three finalists have strong showings, but it’s clear which chef stands above the others in terms of flavors, creativity, and overall ambition.
Shuai, for his part, was surprised by how much fun he ended up having on the show, which he had only joined as a last-ditch effort to make a dent in the debt he and his wife had taken on to fund their projects over the years. Her first dish of octopus with mozzarella in a tomato dashi pulls from her first job in a Japanese restaurant; her second of anolini alpini with porcini pasta and pecans is inspired by her recent Calgary foraging; her third, a blackened redfish, is a tribute to her current boss and mentor (and controversial Top Chef: Texas alum), Sarah Grueneberg. This results in an offbeat menu incorporating everything from Indian pani puri to pork and king-crab soup dumplings to a sweet and sour tangcu take on ossobuco with cheesy grits.
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