Top Chef Boston (Season 12) - Wednesdays 10pm

[Go]

Cast has been announced for the Boston season. Looks like I have 2 chefs to root for with the exec chef at Kapnos (a Mike Isabella place) and the chef at a place in Fredericksburg, VA called Foode, which is awesome. I'm pretty sure the latter used to work under Kevin from the Vegas season.

List and a trailer here:

http://eater.com/archives/2014/08/20/top-chef-boston-contestants-revealed.php

Eyester from Atlanta is known locally as "The Angry Chef" he's worth a follow on Twitter, his rants are hilarious about people trying to walk in on Easter morning for brunch w/ no reservations.

Also, Moonz hates his guts.

 

[BarcaDeac]

yeah I've heard of him as The Angry Chef. are his places any good?

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Mike Isabella has packed on the pounds.

 

[DeacdeTejas]

That lineup is lacking in Southern chefs

 

[Go]

yeah I've heard of him as The Angry Chef. are his places any good?

Brunch is his specialty, average to above average on a good day.

 

[DeacHead]

I've never seen this show, but when I noticed this thread now I thought of an article I saw this morning

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyl...chef-taping/CPgggD1JbQZPO5cDDOUjtK/story.html

Hopefully that's not behind a pay-wall, not sure. If it is, the summary is that Teamsters in Boston were not being as nice to the lovely Ms. Lakshmi as they should have been.

 

[TownieDeac]

Mike Isabella has packed on the pounds.

no idea how i didn't know that he was the guy behind graffiato

i also feel like he outcooked antonia, but alas, i wasn't eating the food

 

[AttilatheHoo]

seems like the judges wanted the food done the traditional way no matter what they said about the challenge.

 

[BarcaDeac]

yeah I thought he had that one nailed. surprising.

 

[TownieDeac]

Anyone watching?

 

[BarcaDeac]

Yeah

 

[TownieDeac]

Happy with the winner. Glad it wasn't super ginger.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

New full season starts tomorrow night.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Where in BOSSTOWN are they gonna be?!

 

[Go]

Blais being a judge might get me interested but honestly Top Chef has gotten old and tired, plus I hate Padma.

 

[BarcaDeac]

I got some peeps to root for so I'm excited

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

From the wiki page:

According to reports by Deadline Hollywood, members of Boston's local Teamsters Union allegedly harassed and intimidated Lakshmi and other Top Chef staff during the production's June film shoot at the Steel & Rye restaurant in Milton, Massachusetts. The Teamsters Local 25, upset that Bravo hired non-union personnel to drive cast and crew around Milton, protested the filming, threatening staff using racist, sexist, and homophobic language, and slashing the tires of several crew-owned vehicles. While the network insisted the incident was isolated, sources for The Boston Globe reported that the threats did prompt Bravo to change the locations of some tapings. Teamsters Local 25 later released a statement denying the allegations.

 

[TownieDeac]

Yikes.

 

[AttilatheHoo]

union goons at work.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

MILTON?

Damn goonies