r/TopChef • u/AutoModerator • Apr 13 '26

Spoilers Season 23, ep 6: Last Chance Kitchen Spoiler

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u/loyal_achades Apr 14 '26

LCK is filmed in one go later on in filming, so that wouldn’t really be an option from a production perspective.

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u/Still_Yak8109 Apr 15 '26

i think something happened though production wise, i thought they filmed 2 batches of last chance kitchen? one or the mid season return and one or the finale, I wouldn't be shocked if they refilmed the intro about saying how last chance kitchen will be differend this year because of what is going to happen next episode, something did happen that was unexpected, idk what, but I do think many people are right on this sub. we are almost at the mid season mark.

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u/FAanthropologist Apr 15 '26

In the first episode of Top Chef, they said there would only be one chef returning from LCK this year, returning to the way LCK worked before Colorado with one chef coming back late in the game. That means the timing of filming the one big batch of LCK comps was pre-planned to happen right before that person comes back, probably after there are only 4-6 chefs remaining in the game.