A recap after only five episodes? Or, excuse me, a Top Chef: Watch What Happens Special after only five episodes?
Last night's show was hosted by Andrew Cohen, the executive at Bravo who oversees Top Chef as well as Project Runway, Queer Eye, and other fine reality shows. It consisted mainly of viewer questions and their answers from the judges and contestants.
Leanne looks great, but with Sam it’s either feast or famine. First his page boy was held back in a hair band, and now he’s shaved bald. Ilan's hair looks normal for the first time.
For someone who we only knew for two episodes—and who departed under a month ago—Sandee seemed to assume that we missed her more than we necessarily did.
Hung announced that he swings both ways.
In a nod to beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Micah would not be pinned down as to whether she had ever seen ketchup during the time she attended high school in Massachusetts.
Tom conceded that Candice Kumai (Season 1) was probably cast on the basis of her looks.
Tom seemed embarrassed but amused to learn, from a viewer, that he had become an icon among the bear community, that is, among gay men who favor burly (Ilan’s well-chosen word) partners.
Padma revealed that the long scar on her arm was the result of surgery following a car accident she was in when she was 14. I'd been wondering that for years.
And now, we prepare for next week’s guest judge, disgraced chef Rocco DiSpirito: