Top Chef Final 3! An Inside View on the Chaos and Competition!!
6/2/202646 min
SPOILER ALERT!! With the Top Chef Season 23 finale just days away, Adrienne and Joe break down the final three chefs and reveal what it really takes to win it all. They analyze Laurence, Rhoda, and Sherry’s chances, share behind-the-scenes secrets from the competition, and revisit their own Top Chef finale experience, including the mistakes they'd avoid, the sous chefs they'd choose today, and stories they've never shared before. In this episode: The secrets behind how Top Chef is really made, including the infamous clock and other insider rules Sieger’s emotional reaction after his elimination A deep dive into Joe and Adrienne’s Top Chef Season 15 finale experience What they would do differently today and which sous chefs they would choose now A memorable story about fan-favorite Fati Adrienne’s least favorite moment from their season of Top Chef Follow the show: @chefscutpod Follow Adrienne: @chefadriennecheatham Follow Joe: @insta.flamm
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First 90 secondsAdrienne Cheatham· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Today on The Chef's Cut, Joe and I are looking ahead to the Top Chef Season 23 finale. We're down to the last three, and this is an intense time. We're gonna give you our thoughts on the final three chefs heading into the last cook that'll determine the winner.
Joe Flamm· Host0:28
Like the Kentucky Derby, it's like can you hang onto it for one more stretch?
Adrienne Cheatham· Host0:31
We're also looking back at our own season finale and giving you some behind-the-scenes on how Top Chef really works. People ask all the time, "Is the clock real?" It's the realest part. [laughs] Chef's Cut Nation, you know what time it is. If you're a fan of The Chef's Cut, please take a few seconds to rate and review the show wherever you get your pods. It really helps. [upbeat music] Joe, it is getting intense, and there are few people that can really relate to this. When it comes to a finale on Top Chef, we're there. We're down to the last three, and this is an intense time. I- it's like watching it, I feel it. I remember what it's like going into that.
Joe Flamm· Host1:18
Oh, yeah. The intensity- Brings back all kind of PTSD. [laughs] Absolutely. And I mean, and it's been a wild road to the last three. I mean, the top five, and I mean, usually, right, your top five is, is stacked,