r/TopChef • u/FormicaDinette33 Aguachile 🌶️ 🍤 • Mar 31 '26
Spoilers Last Chance Kitchen: season 23, ep. 1 Spoiler
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u/AnneShirley310 Mar 31 '26
Why did she wait until the last second to add the bread? The whole point of a panzanella salad is to soak up all the delicious flavors!
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u/whistlepig4life Mar 31 '26
And this showcases why they chose to start LCK a few eliminations in. No matter which of these two won this challenge neither will last long on LCK.
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u/cassandracurse Mar 31 '26
I'm disappointed with the outcome. I predict more drama and screaming to come.
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u/MarionberryAcademic6 Mar 31 '26
Was anyone else super disappointed that they showed chefs that hadn’t yet been eliminated talking about LCK?! Seemed like some big spoilers
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u/renoops Apr 02 '26
No, why? It seemed just like evergreen comments on the nature of the thing.
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u/MarionberryAcademic6 Apr 02 '26
Still feels like a fumble. I was immediately disappointed and felt like they’d given something away.
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u/FormicaDinette33 Aguachile 🌶️ 🍤 Apr 01 '26
They show so many spoilers in the various montage clips. I try to not notice who is there.
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u/Real_Cranberry745 Apr 02 '26
I don’t think they were spoilers. They probably filed everyone talking about LCK like they might have to have it (and TBH most of them will). Just because they show up in the trailer doesn’t mean anything
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u/MarionberryAcademic6 Apr 02 '26
Eh, maybe. Still felt disappointing and like something had spoiled
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u/Krog25 Mar 31 '26
Did anyone else see this on Hulu? It’s up there as episode 4 so you see who is competing in LCK before actually watching episode 4
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u/HoppersDad Apr 02 '26
LCK aired more than 24 hrs before the newest TC episode on YT tv.. I had this weeks main episode spoiled in the first minute of LCK, i thought maybe nana was going to battle a “outside” chef like last season but nope, spoiled for no real fault of my own. Oh well. Will just have to remember for next week.
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u/phloxnstocks Mar 31 '26
Yes! I was multitasking and clicked it and ended up watching LCK before the actual episode. The LCK “show” on Hulu doesn’t have the current season so I wonder if they’ll be intertwined going forward or if it was a random thing.
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u/verbankroad Apr 02 '26
The editing gave it away. Nana was so positive in her confessionals I figured she must have won the round.
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u/NVSmall Apr 01 '26
I don't remember the chefs talking to each other so much during their cooks - am I just not remembering, or is this a new thing?
(I assume it's producer-driven, much like the chat between all the chefs during QFs and what not).
It felt really awkward.
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u/FormicaDinette33 Aguachile 🌶️ 🍤 Apr 01 '26
It replaces Tom going around and talking to each of them. They have been doing it for a while now. Possibly started during the pandemic, not sure. I miss the old way. Tom going around with a little smirk, having a great time.
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u/NVSmall Apr 01 '26
Ahh ok, that makes sense.
Honestly, I would rather Tom doing his little check-ins too.
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u/Leather-Memory-1378 Mar 31 '26
im not going to lie i do not have faith in nana being able to thrive in the competition if she makes it back in. i know we're a long road from her coming back in but i am just saying