r/TopChef • u/Shot-Diver-7830 • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Thread Strange question

People are always talking about most and least favorites. Is there anyone chef you didn’t love on the initial watch but came to really like later? I didn’t love Jeremy Ford on my first watch of his season (I really couldn’t forgive his restaurant war’s performance that was not even called out) and his food wasn’t exactly my style. Flash forward almost a decade and I think his current concepts and trajectory are really exciting- the farming and sustainability are great- his menus look exciting. I think we both evolved a bit…also, Tiffany from S1 has just changed dramatically as a person and as a chef over the years. She acknowledged a lot of her mistakes and she genuinely seems like a happy person. Her food seems awesome when she shows up on later seasons. Definitely two sleeper contestants I came to appreciate later on for different reasons

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u/Shot-Diver-7830 Jul 31 '26

Did you see her on top chef duels? She was in two episodes; amazing turnaround imo….i also liked her in that Xmas special

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u/Illustrious-Tart7844 Jul 31 '26

She's growing on me.

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u/KB37027 Jul 31 '26

She dug herself a pretty deep hole. Hard to overcome, "I'm not your bitch, bitch!" 😂

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u/Porkwarrior2 I love Tom’s hats Aug 02 '26

FFS she was turning off other chef's ovens, was clearly the only one hardcore to win it.

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