I started watching Top Chef on Bravo since last season and got hooked on ever since. The drama among the cheftestants, the appearance of guest judges (usually celeb chefs) are very entertaining. When technically strong Hung won the whole thing last year, I was pretty excited about an AZN brotha representin'.
So I watched this season religiously and cannot say I got the same satisfaction as last year. There were little dramas, cursing fest, blowups here and there, but all seems quite staged. No major characters stands out and has a personality that hooks you to come back and see what outrageous thing he/she will say this week! Dale has the talent to take the path of Hung to repeat as a 2nd AZN Top Chef, but he fizzled out during restaurant war in the hands of the perpetually pissed off Lisa. It was Richard Blais's season to lose, and he did just that. Choking on the final episode and lost out to Top Chef Stephanie, who also won fan favorite chef. I am sure she will do well in her Chicago restaurant as with Harold's Perilla.
Overall, I find season 4 lackluster but still entertaining enough for me to tune in. Rumor has it season 5 will be based in NYC. This will be awesome! Hopefully during the next year or so, I will bump into some taping of the show! Just need to watch out a motorcade of Toyota 4X4's parked in front.
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