Top Chef, the Bravo cooking competition series, premiered on March 13, 2025, where contestants compete for the winning title. In the newly released Episode 2, all contestants were given a chance to save themselves from elimination; however, only one of them was declared as the winner.
The remaining chefs were split into two teams for an elimination challenge in which the teams had to prepare a brunch using maple as the key ingredient in their dishes. One team was given the winning title, while the team that lost had two cast members whose dishes were rated in the bottom.
Top Chef Season 22 Episode 2, titled Brunch à la Boulud, was released exclusively on Bravo TV on March 20, 2025. The episode synopsis reads as follows:
"Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada's famous poutine; for the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud joins the judges' table as the chefs team up to create a brunch."
What happened on Top Chef season 22 episode 2?
On Top Chef Season 22 Episode 2, the quickfire challenge began after Sarah Levy was introduced as the guest. The main task for each contestant was to make their own version of poutine but with a twist. It was mandatory for them to include cheese, vegetables, and sauce in it.
Towards the end, Shuai Wang was declared the winner of this challenge, which meant that only one cast member was able to secure themselves from elimination. Now it was time for the remaining chefs to be divided into two teams for a group task. They had to use maple syrup as the main ingredient in each dish for the brunch menu. Each chef was responsible for one single dish in order to prepare a menu that would make them stand out in front of the judges.
The Top Chef teams were split into two, brown and green. The brown team consisted of Lana Lagomarsini, Shuai Wang, César Murillo, Zubair Mohajir, Tristen Epps, Paula Endara, and Corwin Hemming. Meanwhile, the green team included Kat Turner, Katianna Hong, Henry Lu, Anya El-Wattar, Massimo Piedimonte, Vinny Loseto, and Bailey Sullivan.
After the dishes were served in front of the judges, it was revealed that the Brown team was the winner, as the use of maple in their dishes was more evident. Amongst the Green team contestants, Henry and Bailey were in the bottom two. Henry was unable to perform well; meanwhile, Bailey's dish was undercooked. Bailey said,
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"I just think I didn't cook the food that I really know. Pastry is far from something I do every day, but I'm still proud of the work that I did here and the way that I pushed myself out of my comfort zone. Last Chance Kitchen — I'm hopeful. I've just gotta keep myself mentally in the game."
The upcoming Top Chef Season 22 Episode 3 is set to air on Bravo TV, where contestants will serve Jamaican patties, which they will have to cook from scratch. New episodes of the show are released every week on Thursdays at 9/8c.
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