‘Top Chef’ Season 7: Recap of Season Premiere

Bravo’s popular reality TV cooking competition series “Top Chef” returned to our screens last night, for its season 7 premiere. And of course, being the premiere episode, it meant that we first had to meet to the new batch of contestants all hoping to win.

As reported by Archana Ram at popwatch.ew.com, the 17 contestants competing in season 7 includes Stephen, Angelo, Alex, Kenny, Kelly, Tracey, Lynne, Arnold, Jacqueline, Timothy, Kevin, Ed, John, Amanda, Tiffany, Andrea and finally Tamesha.

Things kicked off with the very first quickfire challenge of the season, where all the contestants had to dice onions, peel potatoes, break four chickens into pieces and then prepare a dish. Only the top contestants would then move onto the next round.

The challenge eventually whittled down to just Angelo, Kevin, Kenny and Tim. Angelo appears to be on a mission, which is to win every single challenge of the show. Next up, the chefs had to create a dish that reflected where each of them came from.

They had to work in groups of four, and a best and a worst would then be picked from each group. The top four contestants in this part, ended up to be Angelo, Kenny, Kevin and Alex. However, it was Angelo that the judges finally chose as a winner.

Stephen, Jacqueline, John and Tim unfortunately came in the bottom four. It must have been quite embarrassing for Tim, considering he was one of the top 4 in the quickfire challenge. Finally, it was John who was eliminated this week.

You can read the full recap and learn a bit more about the contestants here. What did you think of last night’s premiere? Did John deserve to go home?