Top Chef 2021; Starts April 1

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There used to be years where Judges’ Table would take through the night into the morning. Especially finales. I can count at least three or four finales where we would finish eating at like eight o'clock, nine o'clock at night, go to Judges’ Table, let’s say, starting at 10 o'clock at night. And we would debate until seven in the morning. In Puerto Rico, season four, we had to stop production during the finale Judges’ Table because the light was coming up, the sun was rising, the roosters were crowing, and we had to shut down so that our lighting department could switch around the lighting because it was lit for nighttime and it wasn’t night anymore. There are pictures of me literally taking a nap at the Judges’ Table.

So they used to be agonizing and they’re still incredibly hard. And they do take hours and hours when they’re boiled down to 15 minutes of airtime. But we’ve gotten a lot more efficient at it because we all are sort of on the same page about what we’re looking for and the challenge. So what used to be eight hours or seven hours of Judges’ Table at finales now is four or five. But we take it seriously. And we have never regretted a decision that we’ve made because we make sure we’re unanimous and we talk it out.

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If someone is good with the transgender thing for their children then it’s their business. But when they start saying people don’t deserve to be parents if they aren’t for it, it’s different.

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I like Shota, too. I’m also interested to see how far Sarah can go. No one is bugging me too much, yet, although I see why Gabriel is working your nerves.

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