Top Chef and I: Kitchen Guidelines

About to read one of my Top Chef profile dives? Whether you've begun your exploration or just wanted a refresher, here are the kitchen guidelines I adhere to when doing my commentary analysis on Top Chef contestants.

• These profile dives will be treated within the context of seasons 1-20. As such, seasons outside the one currently being focused on might be referenced and incorporated into these dives, but I will strive to make these dives accessible to everyone (regardless of if you’ve watched the show or not).

• Given the nature of reality TV, things tend to be edited to inherit new context that is different from their original intent. While I may point out these discrepancies out of fairness, it’s not going to be a goal of mine to point out every single one (especially if the integrity manages to stay hinged afterward). While it is fun to point out how blatant the editors are with making it seem like what is on the screen is what really happened at that time, there’s so many out there that it just gets exhausting to keep track, so some integrity on describing these people might be lost when doing these dives. Though I don’t really blame them entirely for doing so, I will do my best to steer integrity back in when need be.

• It’s important to note that these events took place eons ago, so obviously people have changed and grown as individuals since then. I’m not gonna hold these old edited artifacts against how they act in real life eons later.

Now, get back out there and explore! I'll catch you on the flipside.