Compliments to the Chef

This interview with Top Chef Season 22 contestant Corwin Hemming is a blast! Learn about how he found his way into the Top Chef kitchen and what he's doing on the other side. This is an inspirational conversation for anyone feeling like they're in a rut or need to take on a new challenge.

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's...Top Chef episode 7! Tune in for a recap of the highest quality pizza party you have EVER been to. The chefs begin with a Finish dish detergent challenge and end with a slice of pie...pizza pie. It's a fabulous episode this week so tune in!

The gals have reached the pinnacle of Top Chef because with us this week is Executive Producer and Show runner Doneen Arquines! This is a fascinating BTS interview with the woman who has been there since day one. You absolutely do not want to miss this episode.

Zubair joins the gals to yap about his time on Top Chef an beyond. We learn about the origins of his famed chicken sandwich, and how he's using his platform to make great food and have even better conversations. Tune into this fabulous interview with a player who was gone too soon from Season 22.You can find Zubair on instagram: @zubairmohajirOriginally from Chennai, India, Chef Zubair Mohajir was a former financial analyst and began his career in the culinary field after getting laid off during the 2008 financial crisis. Starting as a prep cook and working his way up to sous chef in Chicago at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s the Pump Room, Zubair studied French techniques and Southeast Asian flavors before joiningThomas Keller’s Bouchon as chef de partie in Napa. While there, he contacted the renowned Gaggan Anand to express his interest in an apprenticeship and was later invited to work at Gaggan in Bangkok. Returning to Chicago after six months, he launched his acclaimed pop-up Wazwan before opening his first brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2021. Two years later, he transformed the space into two concepts Lilac Tiger, highlighting South Asian street food, and the Coach House, his fine-dining restaurant. He recently opened his newest endeavor, Mirra, where diners experience a blend of Indian and Mexican flavors. Zubair has garnered industry acclaim as a 2022 Jean Banchet Rising Chef of the Year and a two-time James Beard semi-finalists—first in 2023 as Best Chef Great Lakes, and then in 2024, as Emerging Chef of the Year.

Week 6 is a wild one on Top Chef! The chefs work on a Chipotle-sponsored quickfire and then drama boils over in the elimination challenge, when one chef finds himself in a picked when all of his prep work thrown into the trash, literally. Tune in for coverage of another exciting week of Top Chef Destination Canada!

We have the current reigning champ of Last Chance Kitchen on the pod with us, Kat Turner! Her time on Top Chef was cut short by a brutal double elimination, but she is a true renaissance woman who continues to reinvent herself, so this is hardly the last we'll see of Kat. Tune into this great episode to hear about her experience in life, on the show, and stay tuned until the VERY end to hear an epic Anthony Bourdain anecdote.

Today, the road to Paducah is here because Bits and Nancy are manifesting their number one goal of interviewing two-time Top Chef finalist, Chopped Legends champion, James Beard Award finalist SARA BRADLEY!!!!!!!!!! This is a life goal interview and we're just happy to be here.

Week 5 of Top Chef Season 22 and we finally get a large format challenge in the elements!!! This is the type of Top Chef we like to see, with the chefs managing hundreds of diners and tiny plates. The contestants go into the kitchens of 6 different restaurants in Toronto to highlight some of the different popular cuisines in Canada. We go on a journey of flavors, friendship and fun!

We've got an incredibly silly second help this week for Top Chef episode 4. Tune in for some lazy sunday antic and tons of lols

Bits is back and so is Top Chef episode 4! We have a star studded episode, with some fun trivia to kick things off and a sweet elimination challenge. Things are heating up in the Top Chef kitchen and we can't get enough of Season 22.