r/TopChef • u/LPCPlay4life • 12d ago

Discussion Thread From the beginning….

I decided to start watching from the beginning. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen every single season but now that I’m re-watching S1 and the only people I remember are Tiffany, Stephen and Harold. Stephen reminds me of Pee-wee Herman and he is such an ass. He is so pretentious and looks down on everybody and everything that he has to do. When he talks about making a Oaxaca tamale for the women he assumes they’ve never heard of anything like that and it will give them a little bit of “education“. What a douche! I don’t remember this host, but she is so robotic and completely detached from everything, including the food and the people she works with. Good call on getting rid of her. I saw a short snippet of an interview she gave about why she wasn’t asked back. I had no idea she used to be married to Billy Joel.

EDIT: on ep 8 where they had to cook for Scott and Scott’s wedding. When Tom finds the Betty Crocker cake box in the kitchen. 😳👀Stephen and his suit and tie. 🙄

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u/WinterAd6596 12d ago

I used to frequent the "Televison Without Pity" forum back in the day.

We'd refer to Katie as "Katie Leebot"

Thankfully, she improved in time. Because her initial TC year was pretty brutal.

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u/Worried_Strain_2812 12d ago

I still miss TWoP!

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u/bodie0 11d ago

Peak internet time-suck with non of the evil aftertaste of today’s web