Top Chef New York - Episode 2

Top Chef Season 5; Top Chef New York - Episode 2:

Top Chef QuickFire Challenge

The quick fire challenge was straight out of New York City - very appropriate for Top Chef - NY. Build the perfect hot dog. I must say most of them looked delicious and Rhadika's dog with an Indian twist and accent looked like a fitting winner.

Top Chef Elimination Challenge
Wow - talk about pressure....the Elimination Challenge for Top Chef was straight out of Chef Tom Collichio's own restaurant - Craft. And, to add an even tougher twist - the hungry guests were chefs who had been eliminated from consideration for Top Chef - New York! Ouch.

The competitors basically wilted under the pressure. Only 3 of 16 dishes were worthy of praise form the judges. And, Padma actually had to spit Arian's desert dish out - yuck! I thought Arian was history as she has never put up a good dish - ala Lisa from Top Chef Season 4 - however, she somehow survived.

Jill got the axe for her Ostrich egg quiche - which did look fairly unedible. So long Jill. A fairly weak all-around elimination challenge for the Top Chef wannabes.