Top Chef Recap: This Little Piggy Went to the Cookout
Wow, everyone was really surprised when Rhoda was eliminated at the start of this episode, especially after how well she’d been doing! But we were all thrilled Jennifer was safe. Honestly, I thought we might get a lighter week after last week’s crazy waterpark challenge, but no such luck! Kristen announced it was all about barbecue, and skipped the Quickfire. Instead, we got a lot of mentions of the Wells Fargo Active Cash Credit Card – seriously, it got old fast! The chefs split into two teams, and each one had to smoke a whole hog. Each chef then created a dish using a different cut of the meat – shoulder, loin, belly, ham, or chopped – and presented it to the judges and a bunch of pitmasters. The winning dishes each got $5,000, and the chefs also got 2% of a $25,000 prize pool, which is pretty cool. It meant even if your team lost, you could still win money with a good dish, and vice versa. Not a bad deal considering we didn’t have a Quickfire!
