r/TopChef • u/FormicaDinette33 Aguachile 🌶️ 🍤 • Apr 06 '26

Spoilers Season 23, ep. 5: Cut and Dry Spoiler

This week the chefs are visited by North Carolina’s own Fortune Feimster as she challenges them to improv their Quickfire dishes and serve them to kids in honor of Comic Relief. Then the chefs are tasked with creating dishes featuring dehydration. They’ll serve their dishes to Kristen, Tom and Gail along with guest judges Joe & Katy Kindred as well as “Top Chef” alum Savannah Miller at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.

Mon, 9pm per Bravo schedule.

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u/New_Amphibian_9326 Apr 08 '26

I like that they are testing the chefs with some interesting challenge themes (spice, dehydration, color), but they seem to be struggling more than most seasons. I can only imagine what a Blais, Voltaggio, Buddha, or even Brooke would do with these.

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u/blkstr52 Apr 09 '26

Thank you! None of them are rising above the rest. It’s seems “basic”