Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen Season 5 Episode 1 Three Vets and a Newbie
- TVPG
- December 6, 2018
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen season 5 episode 1, titled "Three Vets and a Newbie," features a competition between three veteran chefs and one newcomer to the Top Chef world. The episode kicks off with the four contestants learning that they will be cooking for their lives, as the winner will be awarded a spot in the Top Chef competition.
The first challenge is for the chefs to create a dish using a single ingredient, which is revealed to be trout. The contestants must showcase their creativity and skill with this single ingredient to impress the judges. All four chefs are able to create impressive dishes, though some flounder more than others.
After the judges taste the trout dishes, they choose the weakest dish and eliminate that chef from the competition. The remaining three chefs then move on to the second challenge, which involves creating a dish featuring a canned ingredient.
The canned ingredient challenge proves to be far more difficult, as the chefs struggle to make something delicious out of canned corn, canned tuna, and canned tomatoes. The judges are not impressed with some of the dishes, and grill the chefs on their thought process and execution.
Once again, the judges choose the weakest dish and eliminate that chef from the competition, leaving only two chefs to compete in the final challenge. In the final challenge, the chefs must create a dish that is inspired by a classic cocktail.
The two remaining chefs create stunning dishes that showcase their creativity and technical skill. The judges are wowed by both dishes, and have a difficult time choosing a winner.
In the end, one chef emerges triumphant and is awarded the opportunity to compete in the Top Chef competition. The eliminated chefs are sent home, while the winner celebrates their victory and prepares to enter the Top Chef kitchen.
Overall, Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen season 5 episode 1 is an exciting and intense competition that showcases the talent and creativity of the chefs involved. With unexpected challenges and high stakes, the episode keeps viewers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end.
