Top Chef 21 may be over but we're still cooking! Join Bits and Nancy as they interview Ellen Marie Bennett, Founder of Hedley & Bennett, the exclusive apron provider for Top Chef. Hear about her journey to becoming food-industry fashion royalty and how she became the go-to designer for your favorite chefs, from the brothers Voltaggio to Kristen Kish herself! Ellen's new show "Kitchen Glow Up" on Tastemade is a home improvement show for cooks who actually use their kitchens. Join her as she h...
Jul 18, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 15
We have reached the end of the voyage with our Wisconsin chefs. The finalists are asked to cook the meal of their lives for an elite panel of guests. Savannah, Dan and Danny put it all out on the line, but who will be named the 21st Top Chef? Tune in to find out!
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Put on your swim trunks and let's head to the Caribbean! After six weeks of relaxation, the Top Chef finalists head to warmer weather to compete in the finale at sea. Focusing on fish and local delicacies, the chefs cook up three dishes this episode, all highlighting chicken of the sea. Have some fun in the sun as we cheers to part 1 of the Top Chef finale!
Jun 13, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
It's our last night in Wisconsin and we're going out with a bang! On this week's episode of Top Chef we have the fan favorite blind taste test challenge followed by a high stakes elimination challenge. The chefs are ask to show their growth over the course of the show in a single dish. Who will be the biggest grower and who will be shown the door? Tune in to find out!
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week we have CEO and Founder of Square Pie Guys Marc Schechter! Mark is a pizza enthusiast who left a life of corporate misery to pursue his passion of breaking bread and filling the world with joy through pizza. Listen to this episode as we discuss the universality of crust, sauce and cheese and have some fun along the way! Marc on instagram: @pizzaman_420 @pizza...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min
This week is an exciting new episode of Top Chef, with a quickfire challenge that is one for the history books! The chefs have to recreate a dish from absolutely nothing and a high stakes game of 20 questions. Then the judges ask the chef to use the table as their serving dish, creating a dish plated directly on the surface. Who will leave it all on the table and who will be under it? Tune in to find out!
May 30, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week is the finale of Last Chance Kitchen! An action-packed two part epsiode with a cameo from Season 12 winner Mei Lin! Plus, Bits and Nancy vie for a spot on Watch What Happens Live.
May 28, 2024•23 min
Slip into something more comfortable and join us at the first ever Top Chef fish boil!! On this week's episode of Top Chef we have two more Wisconsin food traditions: the meat raffle and the fish boil, both of which Chef Dan Jacobs would care to forget. We meet the most bizarre entry to the Top Chef Cinematic Universe (TCCU) who goes by the name of TORCH, a flame loving fish boil master. This episode has everything we love: all stars, cooking in the elements, large format challenge AND Tom in a ...
May 23, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 10
We've got another supersized Second Helping for Top Chef S21E9! We start with the fan-favorite mise en place relay in LCK. Chefs Amanda, Laura and Kevin battle it out to see who will stay in the running to return to the competition. After that, we have Jamie Lauren (Top Chef Season 5, All Stars) talking about her time on the show as a cheftestant AND culinary producer. You are absolutely not going to want to miss this interview with tons of BTS content and a trip down memory lane.
May 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min
On this week's episode of Top Chef we see the contestants stepping out of their comfort zone into the world of indigenous foods. But before that, they get bogged down in a cranberry quickfire that brings Tom, Gail and Kristen into the Top Chef kitchen to announce a huge rules shake up. Who will shine and who will pack their knives? Tune in to find out!
May 16, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Another heaping second helping of Top Chef! We unpack this week's episode of LCK, where Kaleena enters the kitchen to face off against Kevin. We get into The Dish With Kish and then we move onto an interview we taped with Kendra Vaculin of Bon Appetit. Kendra talks about what it's like setting up temporary restaurants, pop ups and her work at BA. Don't miss this great episode!
May 13, 2024•38 min
Prepare for battle! This week on Top Chef the chefs armor up for a surprise restaurant wars! The group splits up into two teams and duke it out between their hastily decided concepts. We get 70 minutes of unadulterated combat as we delight in some of the most creative work we've seen all season. We also heat up some delightful leftovers and introduce a new fan-generated Potluck segment. So which restaurant will claim the spoils of war and which will be lost to the history books? Listen in to fin...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 8
LCK is back and it's time to play ball...again!! Rasika and Kevin face off in a nine inning race to see who can score the most home runs. Then, stick around for our interview with Top Chef Production Designer James Connelly, who will WOW you with his encyclopedic knowledge of every top chef kitchen. James has incredible knowledge and talent and sheds light on the BTS of Top Chef that you won't want to miss! Follow James on Instagram: @jpconnelly...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We've got sausages in the house...in more ways than one! CTTC welcomes the hosts of The LA Food Podcast. We take a look at episode 7 of Top Chef and it's time to play ball! An uproarious sausage race with an all-star panel of judges has the chefs facing off head to head with some of the best food we've seen all season. Who's wiener will reign supreme? Tune in to find out. Check out @TheLACountdown...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Back to basics, with a Dish with Kish recap, where we try once more to understand what chaos cuisine actually is. Spoiler alert, we still don't know. The gals also predict where the next Top Chef city will be using their incredibly scientific powers of prediction.
Apr 30, 2024•14 min
This week's episode is pure chaos!!!!! The chefs compete in a dairy-based dessert quickfire and then move onto achaos cuisine elimination challenge. Guest judge Matty Matheson puts the chefs through their paces and inspires some of the best performances of the entire season. The shocking eliminaton at the end still has us shook! Whose dish will be chaotic good and whose chaotic evil will send them home?
Apr 25, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 6
It's a super-sized second helping! Bits and Nancy recap the two-part LCK mid-season finale. Will the hot new bombshell in the Villa (Soo) make it into the Top Chef kitchen? Or will Kaleena or Charly fight their way back? Then, stick around for the best interview of all time with Top Chef Wardrobe Supervisor Charlotte Rose Coleman (@charlotterosecoleman)! Everything you've ever wanted to know about Tom's hats, Gail's radish dress and Kristen's sweatpants.
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 23 min
We in da club...the SUPPER CLUB. The contestants take on the Wisconsin institution of the Supper Club on this week's episode of Top Chef. After an unexpected quickfire, the group breaks into two teams and gets ready to RELISH some fun times ahead. But tensions rise as each team grapple with a scant budget of $1K per team to feed forty diners and the judges! Who will earn a pay day and who will cash out? Tune in to find out!
Apr 18, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 5
It's a triple match up in Last Chance Kitchen this week on Top Chef. The competitors must take inspiration from their plates and make a dish that compliments the form upon which they choose to build. We also have a visit from the Vanderpump Rules water sommelier and another cameo from the GOAT Buddha Lo!!!
Apr 15, 2024•17 min
The contestants make there way to Madison, Wisconsin and learn about the American artistic giant Frank Lloyd Wright along the way. In the first partner challenge of the season, we see some pairs thrives and others break down. Two-time winner Buddha Lo comes back to judge this week's episode along with Dominique Crenn. Who will win and who will sing So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright? Tune in for food and fun facts as we dive into this week's episode of Top Chef.
Apr 11, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Top Chef legend and all around incredible human Kevin Gillespie joins the pod on this week's episode of Second Helping. The gang discusses everything from Kevin's newest restaurant Nàdair, opening in May, to Gilmore Girls. Bits and Nancy do a quick recap of LCK and Chef Soo's advancement in ranks. You won't want to miss this incredibly enlightening and uplifting episode!
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 8 min
This week on Top Chef the contestants compete in a cheesy challenge in the Wisconsin corn fields! A quickfire as sweet as cherry pie has the contestants cooking with mystery ingredients. Then we head outside, to the great croquette cookoff of 2024. How many fried balls can the judges eat? Find out who cuts the cheese and who packs their knives!
Apr 04, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Last Chance Kitchen returns to Top Chef and we're starting with a big twist! Join bits and Nancy as we discuss the new cheftestant Soo Ahn, the format of LCK this season and conspiracy theories about where Chef David went....
Apr 01, 2024•13 min
Tonight we're getting hopped up on beer and snacks! The Top Chef contestants compete in their first quickfire challenge, making a dish highlighting hops. Then we move onto our first team challenge, with a seven course progressive meal highlighting classic bar foods and salty treats. Who will win and who will SNACK their knives and go. Tune in to find out!
Mar 28, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Get your second helping of Top Chef content this week! We talk to James Beard nominee Sean Wen, founder and Owner of Pinch Boil House and Curry Boys BBQ in San Antonio, TX. We discuss the ins and outs of opening a restaurant, major wins, minor set backs and the lessons we learned along the way. Stay tuned for a sneak peak of Last Chance Kitchen and what is to come in Season 21.
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Top Chef is BACK! And we're in Wisconsin, jewel of the midwest, land of the dairy farm. In the season premier we meet 15 new cheftestants, all with the same goal: take home the title of Top Chef. This year the competition is fiercer than ever, with James Beard nominees and Michelin star cooks. New judge Kristen Kish is shaking things up with new rules, new looks and new energy. Nancy and bits unpack this first episode as well as make predictions about who the moo-vers and shakers of Season 21 wi...
Mar 21, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Bits and Nancy welcome the unbelievable, unflappable, unmatchable Chef Jen Carroll to the pod on this very special season 1 finale. Learn about Jen's rise through the kitchen of Le Bernadin, her journey to top chef and beyond! A must listen for all Top Chef fans to learn about the casting process, All Stars and BTS secrets you've never heard before.
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The final three chefs compete for the title of Top Chef!
Mar 14, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 14
It's part 1 of the finale and we're in Napa! Land of the free, home of the grape. The top four chefs arrive to America's wine country with a dream, a plan, and a quickfire on the Napa Valley Wine Train. For the final elimination challenge, the chefs cater a seasonal crush party with meat and vegetarian dishes. Who will be an cloud wine and who will get corked? Listen to find out!
Mar 11, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The French are back in the season 6 semi-finals! The chefs have to compete against each other in a highly technical Bocise d'or style quickfire and elimination challenge. They're all ready to show up and show out, but one chef will have to french kiss the competition au revour.
Mar 07, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 12
