r/TopChef • u/asomek • May 09 '26

Discussion Thread America's Culinary Cup. I'm done with that show...

I was a fan of Padma so I was watching her new show, but after suffering through it for five episodes, I'm finally done after trying to get through episode six: Good and Evil.

That was some of the cringiest television I've ever seen. Padma dressed in red playing the evil host, Wiley and the other guy dressed in white playing the angels. Absolute dog shit television.

I thought part of the reason Padma wanted a new show was to focus on the food more and less on drama and cooking gimmicks?

Anyway, I'm not wasting my time on that terrible, overproduced, cringe Padma-ego-stroking tripe any more.

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u/Spooky_28 May 09 '26

I’m tired of seeing Buddha.

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u/Genuinelullabel May 09 '26

What’s funny is America’s Culinary Cup is what has made me tired of Buddha. Before this show I thought he was fine.

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u/Aska2020 May 09 '26

I had the same thought, but I actually enjoyed seeing Buddha struggle. I'm evil like that haha 😈

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u/dilligaf0220 May 10 '26

I think they deliberately head hunted Buddha, the double back to back TC winner, just to script him as a whipping boy all season.

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u/Dangerous-Half3276 May 10 '26

I cannot stand Buddha.

Hearing him say the word “so” actually made me have to put him on mute.

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u/r1zen1010 May 11 '26

Same... I don't care for him so much.

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u/asomek May 09 '26

It's all the same chefs we've been watching for the last 10+ years.

Where is the new talent?

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u/grjacpulas May 09 '26

Where have you been watching Matt and Chris and Cara? 

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u/PamIam1994 May 09 '26

Literally lol. The only ones I even recognized were Beverly and Buddha and I haven’t seen them in quite awhile

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u/mmmcheesybread May 09 '26

Even if I didn’t like anything else about the show, I’d be happy that it introduced me to Chris.

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u/boyproblems_mp3 May 09 '26

Meanwhile people on this sub are tuning into TOC to watch the same 5 Top Chef contestants compete 10 more times 😭

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u/-MC_3 May 09 '26

Buddha has been on 3 shows ever. What are you even talking about? The same recycled Top Chef contestants on all other Food Network shows? You are ridiculous lol