
Spoilers below for the latest episode of Top Chef, so be warned if you haven’t yet streamed it via Peacock subscription.
Hand to hot stovetop, among my very favorite hours (or so) of unscripted TV each year is Top Chef’s annual “Restaurant Wars” episodes. I could feasibly watch the exact same concepts used every year, just to see how each season’s contestants would run with them, but these producers and judge are too innovative for such mush-brain expectations. Season 23’s installment faced some pre-challenge difficulties due to Jen Lee Jackson exiting early for health reasons, with Sieger Bayer allowed back in following his questionable BBQ elimination.