Top Chef
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Even after 20 seasons, we still get a little thrill. |
| 0:08.0 | Every time we hear hands up, utensils down on Top Chef. |
| 0:12.7 | Top Chef has showcased up and coming chefs and crowned the best of the best. |
| 0:17.3 | Controversial winners, heartbreaking losses, food that looks good enough to eat and the |
| 0:21.4 | foolishness of even attempting risotto, they've all been backbones of the Top Chef franchise |
| 0:26.4 | over its many, many years. |
| 0:28.4 | And we thought now would be the perfect time to revisit our conversation about the series. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Stephen Thompson. |
| 0:34.2 | And I'm Linda Holmes, and on this encore episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're |
| 0:38.0 | talking about the Bravo Competition Show Top Chef. |
| 0:47.1 | Joining me and Stephen today from her home in Maryland is writer Kat Chao, her memoir, |
| 0:52.8 | seeing ghosts is available for pre-order right now. |
| 0:56.7 | Go get it. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello, Kat. |
| 0:58.7 | Hello. |
| 0:59.7 | We're so delighted to have you. |
| 1:00.7 | And also joining us is Features Writer for New York Magazine and Vulture E. Alex Jung. |
| 1:05.5 | Hi, Alex. |
| 1:06.5 | Hi. |
| 1:07.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:08.5 | I'm so delighted that you guys could be here to talk about Top Chef. |
| 1:11.9 | If you're not familiar with it, it premiered back in March of 2006 when we were all small |
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