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The Black Sheep’s Jamie Tran Makes a Triumphant Return on ‘Top Chef: Portland’ After earning a chance to get back on the show by winning Last Chance Kitchen, Tran makes a comeback on Top Chef Share this story Top Chef: Portland. She returned to the kitchen just in time for the Quickfire Challenge as host Padma Lakshmi announced that one contestant was coming back. Contestant Shota Nakajima even said he hoped Tran returned. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a group of chefs more exc...

In the main competition, its time to feed frontline workers. By Timothy Malcolm 5/14/2021 at 12:39pm Chef Dawn Burrell cooks for frontline workers. SEASON 18 OF  TOP CHEF IS HERE, and two Houston chefs are competing for the ultimate prize ($250,000 and other things) in Portland, Oregon. Were keeping our eyes glued on Dawn Burrell (whos soon to open Late August) and Sasha Grumman (who has a great focaccia hustle) as they battle each week (Thursday nights on Bravo). The season continu...

Posted May 10, 2021 There is no time for idle chitchat in the holding room as this episode starts rather abruptly in the TCC Kitchen. The chefs are lined up and Eden gets right to the point of the episode. “Every chef dreams of creating and executing their own restaurant concept, but this year it’s happening a little bit differently,” she says. This is it. It is time for everyone’s favourite episode format of a Top Chef Canada season: Restaurant Wars–or in the case of a season...

Team Texas goes to work in an episode that honors Portlands bounty. By Timothy Malcolm 5/7/2021 at 10:03am Dawn Burrell and her competitors go after some mushrooms. SEASON 18 OF  TOP CHEF IS HERE, and one (we started the season with two, but Sasha Grumman was eliminated from competition ... right? Read below ...) Houston chef is competing for the ultimate prize ($250,000 and other things) in Portland, Oregon. Were keeping our eyes glued on Dawn Burrell (whos soon to open Late Au...

Posted May 3, 2021 It always makes me wary when an episode kicks off with a competitor talking about how they haven’t been performing too well thus far on the current Tonight, that chef is Emily Butcher and she is sounding fairly unsure of herself. “I’m trying to stay focused and keep a clear head and be able to execute the way I do back home,” she says in a diary session. It’s no surprise that during a reality competition series like this, you can easily get in your head. Yet...

The Houston star takes a risk in a high-concept challenge. By Timothy Malcolm 4/30/2021 at 2:51pm Dawn Burrell discusses her duo of popcorn with Tom Colicchio and Richard Blais on  Top Chef. SEASON 18 OF  TOP CHEF IS HERE, and one (we started the season with two, but Sasha Grumman was eliminated from competition) Houston chef is competing for the ultimate prize ($250,000 and other things) in Portland, Oregon. Were keeping our eyes glued on Dawn Burrell (whos soon to open Late ...

David Moir/Bravo Jamie Tran, the chef and co-owner of The Black Sheep, the Eater 38 restaurant in the southwest where Tran melds her Vietnamese upbringing with French techniques, competes on Top Chef: Portland with a goal of winning $250,000. Tran already made her mark in Las Vegas with The Black Sheep, which won an Eater Award for Restaurant of the Year. In Episode Five, “Meet You at the Drive-In,” Tran continues to compete on the show where so far, four chefs were eliminated. Episode Fiv...

More lows than highs on the latest episode of Top Chef Canada

Top Chef in His Whole Life. Lucky us! We begin episode four with a customary rundown of last week’s ep—which Julia and Top Chef editors seem to agree was about Padma’s bangs first and “food” second—and then Padma is back on her damn hill, informing us that 12 chefs remain in the competition. After some artful, violin-backed shots of the St. Johns Bridge, we spend a moment with our contestants at the Hotel Monaco. Kiki Louya nervously sips some coffee and wor...

Dawn Burrell In the Quickfire Challenge, Campbells made an appearance (as an advertisement). The idea: Make an elevated dish using a variety of Campbells soup that evokes a personal food memory. Burrell thought about her mother in concocting a chicken and rice fritter with cream of mushroom and garlic sauce. It looked phenomenal and seemed to win over the judges, but it didnt win Burrell the Quickfire. The Elimination Challenge put the chefs in the Hood River Fruit Loop, a scenic route th...