6/12 Update: The show ended a few hours ago, the “spoiler” was wrong. My recap of the finale is here.
Don’t worry, no visible spoiler here, but did Bravo accidentally reveal the winner of Top Chef 4 Chicago? I can’t believe it would happen, really I can not. It’s probably benign. But judge for yourself.
On its home page for Top Chef blogs, there is one called Here Comes the Chef [5/20 update - this no longer shows on the page, but the link below still works ~ ella] and instead of the author’s photo there is just a silhouette. The introductary excerpt of the blog, which is really a Q&A with the chef in question, says– in the words of the chef:
…when they realized two Top Chefs from different seasons were in the same space …
But! On the last page of the blog entry, we find this:
…when they realized two Top Chef[testant]s from different seasons were in the same space …
It becomes obvious long before that who the answerer is and I will hide it below with extra words so the name can’t be guessed. I will say the other chef in the pair above is Season 1 winner Harold Dieterle.
By the way, “cheftestant” is the wonderful term coined by the equally-wonderful Keckler, the former Top Chef recapper at Television Without Pity, now owned by Bravo.
A simple mouse over will reveal what’s hidden. The person interviewed in Here Comes The Chef is Richard Blais, the guy with the faux-hawk.
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Hmm…could be a foiler…Bravo could be leaking false clues…Also, Stephanies’s e-mail address listed on her home page is topchefsteph@……com
Why would she do that if she did not win?
Maybe to identify herself with the program? I dunno either, to be honest, and I’m still not convinced there’s an actual spoiler at Bravo’s site, but that editing to insert [testant] is awfully strange.
After what happened last night, nothing will surprise me. I think they’re determined to have a woman win this year, even if she’s not the best chef.
Don’t they do a live broadcast to announce the winner? Is so, this means that **** was told ahead of time (if **** indeed wins). You’d think the judges would keep their word and not reveal the winner until that last show.
Although **** is a strong contender, I really think **** has a more rounded field of cooking skills. I’m pulling for **** . And let’s not forget ****, **** is pretty good too.
Edited by ella to remove identifying information for those who chose NOT to mouse over the spoiler to see it.
Barbara’s last blog post..English Muffins
Hi, Barbara. Thanks for your comment. I’m sorry I blanked out names, but I know for a fact that some people who have read the post chose not to mouse over the spoiler.
Last year they had a live reveal but are not doing it this year. It was taped in Puerto Rico several weeks ago, so some people do know who won.
To be honest, after the game playing that led to Dale’s elimination, I really don’t care who wins.
I am so glad I am not the only one that lost interest for the show after Dale got voted off…Ellaella, I know what you mean, I don’t really care who wins either, well, as long as it isn’t Lisa!! Top Chef was the only TV Program I was looking forward to watching every week, but after that nonsense voting and kicking Dale out, I didn’t even watch it anymore! Dale is not the most likeable cook, but he is talented and the knew it. It just did not seem fair to pick him over Lisa.
Love your nic! Yes, I still miss Dale. I was very put off when he grabbed his crotch (gawd, I can’t believe I wrote that…) but the man can cook and I think he was the best one there.
I’m totally meh about Richard and Stephanie. Lisa is in a category of her own.
Thanks for the comment!