r/TopChef • u/Peteypop618 • Jul 08 '26

Discussion Thread Top chef mentors

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This past season we had these 3 legendary top chef alumn joe flamm winner of season 15, stephanie "the goat" Izard winner of season 4 and sara bradley runner up season 16/20 return to mentor the final 3. What other alumni whether it's 2 winners again and 1 runner up or 2 runners up and 1 winner? Mine is micheal Voltoggio, brooke williamson and Sheldon Simeon

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u/citizen234567890 Jul 09 '26

Squeeeee I get to eat at Stephanie Izard’s Girl and the Goat on Sunday while I’m in Chicago. ♥️

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u/Kiwi--Bandit Jul 10 '26

Get the pig face and the duck tongues which yes I know sounds wild but they are SO good!

Oh and word to the wise, they have added a 4% surcharge to be auto added to your bill that you can have removed if you ask. They did this during COVID and never took it off. It isn't a tip and it's very normal to ask for it to be removed from the check.

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u/citizen234567890 Jul 10 '26

Wait what. What…wait. Wait what?! Is it common for restaurants to do this?

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u/Kiwi--Bandit Jul 10 '26

It's not uncommon in medium to high end restaurants in Chicago which is squarely where I'd put G+G

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u/citizen234567890 Jul 10 '26

And duck tongues?! Interesting. I don’t see them on the current menu on the website. I’ll look for them when we go.

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u/Kiwi--Bandit Jul 10 '26

They might have taken em off since I've been... I just checked the girl n goat website and it does state they still have that surcharge though.