Quickfire restaurants manual#

Which team will fall and which team will soar? We'll have to find out next week in episode 5.

The challenge will be a double elimination. You may like: 'Top Chef' wanted an iconic Kentucky meal. It's just a few minutes before the restaurants' doors open, and head judge Tom Colicchio has an announcement to make. Kelsey Barnard Clark steps into the dining room to go over the menu with the servers in Nini's stead and is 'horrified to realize the staff has absolutely zero idea what they are doing.'īut the blue team doesn't have time to whip the staff into shape. But when it comes time to train servers for the team's restaurant, Third Coast, she busies herself instead of prepping ice cream for her dessert. Nini has offered to handle the front of the house. With Nini, the double elimination challenge winner, and David Viana, the double quickfire challenge winner, on the team, the group thinks it has Restaurant Wars in the bag.Įvery 'Top Chef' devotee knows overconfidence can kill, and in the kitchen the next day, the blue team spirals out of control. Taking the challenge less seriously is the blue team, which chooses sparkling wine and a bubbling Jacuzzi over planning into the night.

Quickfire restaurants manual#

Brian takes his role seriously, staying up all night to create a service manual that he hopes will lead his team's restaurant, North East, to victory. On the orange team, Brian Young steps up to lead the front of the house while teammates Eric Adjepong, Eddie Konrad and Adrienne Wright handle the kitchen. You may like: Food in review: How Louisville's dining scene changed and grew in 2018 Their restaurant, Thistle, will have a vegetable-forward focus. Michelle, with immunity, offers to lead as executive chef so she can take some pressure off teammates Pablo Ramon and Brandon Young, the group's line cooks. She knew if she made it to this challenge, that's the position she wanted. On the gray team, Kentucky's Sara Bradley immediately pipes up to say she'll take the front of the house. Each team will be responsible for serving a three-course meal with two options for each course. The chefs break off into groups to discuss plans for their restaurants' names, decor and menus. We guessed it - the contestants are split based on the vessels they chose.

'The good news is your teams have already been decided,' Padma tells the chefs. This season, three teams will get the terrifying honor. Two teams of four chefs get 48 hours to design and launch a new restaurant. In 15 seasons, 'Top Chef' has always followed the same mold when it comes to Restaurant Wars. Know what that means?' host Padma Lakshmi asks the confused group. But they bestow the win - and immunity - on Michelle Minori, a San Francisco chef who's thus far hovered near the middle of the pack. Guest judges Nina Compton and Karen Akunowicz, both 2018 James Beard Award winners and 'Top Chef' alum, are mostly impressed with the dishes the contestants present. You may like: 'Top Chef' Episode 3: Behind-the-scene of the Christmas quickfire