While there’s a lot of “weight” to the elimination challenges, during the early days of Top Chef, I can remember contestants getting a little goofy and letting off steam by drinking after they competed. Sometimes those contestants would be a lot looser-lipped by the time they had to face the music a short time later. But judge Gail Simmons recently opened up about some Top Chef secrets, and I honestly didn’t realize how much time contestants had to wait to be judged when the show is being put together.
