Spoilers below for Top Chef’s Season 18 finale, so be warned!
While it seemed like the COVID pandemic would have had catastrophic effects on the livelihood of a reality show like Top Chef, Bravo’s long-running cooking competition was able to film Season 18 without incident.
That said, what viewers saw was quite different from years past, with Colicchio and esteemed host and co-judge Padma Lakshmi joined by an all-star group of past Top Chef veterans, and the contestants cooking for far smaller groups.
That said, the pressure was still as intense as ever, especially for contestant Dawn Burrell.