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Michael La Corte

10 takeaways from the latest "Top Chef"

Well, that "Top Chef: Wisconsin" semi-final episode didn't exactly inspire much confidence or excitement, did it? Kind of a bummer going into the finale, but I'm hoping that our top three can turn that around and end this great-but-inconsistent season on a very, very high note. 

Essentially an episode-long ad for Holland America cruises — featuring our final four, Chef Masaharu Morimoto, the judges and guest judges ostensibly alone on a gigantic cruise ship, which was another peculiar point of the episode — we were first treated to our cheftestants arriving in Curacao, speaking about the stark difference from Wisconsin, what they did over their six-week break and their hopes for winning the title.

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