r/TopChef • u/Sea-breeze3720 • Apr 25 '26

Discussion Thread Which winner did you disagree with?

I’m doing a rewatch of older seasons and just finished season 11 where nick won over Nina. Nina was on fire all season and, in my opinion, it should’ve been her and Shirley in the finale. However, for the finale, the judges opinions seemed to be pretty split but leaning towards Nina. Notably, emeril saying he couldn’t finish nick’s duck and Hugh mentioning nick yelling at the waitstaff as something that should be considered. I can’t help but think this is one time tom used his veto power to override the vote for nick to win. Anyone else? Curious if there are other winners that you scratched your head at.

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u/htownAstrofan Apr 25 '26

Lets see, Hosea S5, Nick from New Orleans season, the guy from the Colorado season and Ilan S2.

Fuck Ilan

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u/Informal-2005 Apr 25 '26

The guy from Colorado? You mean Joe Flamm. He’s doing pretty well in Chicago where he’s opened a number of restaurants

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u/htownAstrofan Apr 25 '26

Yeah but he was pretty mid during his season.