Top Chef Masters 7/15 Discussion **Spoilers**

[MFWalkoff]

Please keep all discussion in here until 2AM ET / 11PM PT.

Enjoy the show!

[texasgal26]

I remember Nils Noren from a past season of TC. I especially remember him talking about his Swedish reggae band. :-) I think it was Season 3.

[MFWalkoff]

Yes, it was the last challenge of Season 3 before the finale, when Sara, Casey, Hung and Dale cooked for the faculty of that French culinary institute. He didn't think Sara's chicken frickasee had any Jamaican flavors.

[texasgal26]

I hate when people lose because of things like time or equipment not working.

Remind me to never, ever buy a GE product. Seems like freezers, ovens, and ice cream makers never work.

[texasgal26]

Nils' main course looks beautiful. I'm impressed.

[MotherSister]

Okay, Michael Chiarello. I don't even know if using the guests to help serve is fair, but it sure is smart.

[AsIs]

I love appetizers! The yellow creme dessert looked really good.

[AsIs]

Wow, I think this is the weakest winner. If that one guy hadn't totally blown the quickfire he probably would have won.

[Bridget Jones]

Yes, it was the last challenge of Season 3 before the finale, when Sara, Casey, Hung and Dale cooked for the faculty of that French culinary institute. He didn't think Sara's chicken frickasee had any Jamaican flavors.

I finally saw that episode today! I was wondering why he looked so familiar until I heard the words French Institute.

Have any other of the chefs been on Top Chef before?

[MFWalkoff]

Several of them, in fact.

- Hubert Keller was on the very first episode, he was the chef that the psycho Irish guy disrespected.
- Cynthia Pawley was in the final Season 1 challenge in Napa; she is the one who called David "the Pepper Monkey"
- Wilo Benet was in Puerto Rico for the season 4 finale quickfire
- Wylie Dufresne has been a guest judge several times
- Rick Bayless was a judge in Season 4, when they made tacos and had the neighborhood block party

I think that's all of them, but who knows.