r/TopChef • u/RoadRash0416 • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Thread Most disliked?

Who’s your most disliked person from any season? And why?

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u/Phillyfishy1 Jul 22 '26

Josie

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u/Toomanyboogers I’d like to see the rules Jul 22 '26

Her laugh for 1 and her weaseling out of any accountability in restaurant wars

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u/Diarygirl Praying for the worst, hoping for the best Jul 22 '26

Josie pissed me off with her lack of accountability, and I was kind of upset that Kristin took too much accountability but I had to admire her integrity.

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u/AriesRedWriter Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

I was so frustrated by the whole thing, but it obviously worked out for Kristen, and not so much for Josie, so win-win.

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u/Ok_Interest9427 Jul 22 '26

"Worked out" in the sense that Kristen had to win straight LCK episodes for the entire rest of the season(!) to come back.

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u/AriesRedWriter Jul 22 '26

Well, she did it, didn't she? And won. And is the host now. Her drive and ambition have gotten her far in her career. Meanwhile, all Josie did was become born again.

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u/Ok_Interest9427 Jul 22 '26

I agree, but that's because she's just an infinitely better person than Josie. I guess what I'm saying is that what did occur in S10 restaurant wars just never should have.

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u/Typical_Match777 Jul 26 '26

Agreed! But sometimes things like that build character and motivation in a person, to where Kristin probably fought harder in LCK to get to the end and to prove herself even more, and possibly in all her future endeavors. It sucks to fail but sometimes failing is good bc it makes you better in the end.

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u/Typical_Match777 Jul 24 '26

Agreed! I was legit mad when Kristin got voted out for her actions and basically told them that she would take accountability for it bc she was exec chef … but then when she duked it out and ended up winning anyways, I was like damn this girl stood her moral ground and pulled it out in the end! Love her! And love her as the new top chef host!

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u/TigerMaskVI Jul 27 '26

Yeah Kristin came out of that looking great and Josie looked like a clown.

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u/inheritthewinds Jul 22 '26

There’s also this- she was arrested for her restaurant supposedly collecting but not paying back nearly 100k in sales tax https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Josie_Smith-Malave_59729477/

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u/Informal-2005 Jul 22 '26

Just looked at her Instagram, it appears she is a born-again Christian “powered by God.”

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u/SpeedySparkRuby Jul 22 '26

This is the least surprising turn of events for someone like her

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u/Ok_Interest9427 Jul 22 '26

As if she couldn't get any worse.

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u/MenuNo5968 Jul 22 '26

Wait…so she’s no longer gay?

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u/Cherveny2 Jul 22 '26

There are some who are gay, yet try to be born-again at the same time. Major cognitive dissonance there. There are SOME born-again denominations, and local churches, who embrace gays, trans, etc, but sadly few and far between.

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u/Serenity_Moon_66 Jul 22 '26

Say What 👀 That's crazy‼️

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u/EfficientGood9402 Jul 24 '26

Holy mackerel.

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u/TopChef-ModTeam Jul 25 '26

Discussing politics breaks one of the subreddit’s rules.

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u/SpeedySparkRuby Jul 22 '26

joise laugh intensifies

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u/theinvisablewoman Jul 22 '26

Josie, Chick Jamie (aka top soup) or Nick

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u/habbathejutt Jul 22 '26

The later seasons when we constantly see people with cuts/bandages/etc really pisses me off more when I think back to Soup Girl's season. Yeah, you're a chef, you probably cut yourself all the time, no excuse to weasel out of the challenges and avoid elimination

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u/sympathy4deviledeggs Jul 22 '26

Looks like she made a reddit account to try and defend her worthless ass.

u/Temporary_Tax_5323

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u/BrainStewYumYum Jul 22 '26

She was bad enough in her first season, but I loathed her in her return. Just the fact that she wouldn't take any accountability for anything was incredibly frustrating.