I am so glad Top Chef went from being The Real World (with cooking) to an actual serious cooking competition. The first few seasons were hard to get through.

@hankeng6375

Ай бұрын

It is strange to see the first few years (I watched seasons 5-10 first).

I can't believe how unprofessional that group of abusers were. How can you accuse without evidence in front of an invited judge. I love that Tom has silenced them, the CUSTOMER doesnt care what happens behind the scenes not because they are not empathic, but because the problems are solved in the kitchen. What a bunch of immature.

@leahjuniper2031

6 ай бұрын

i actually found marcel to be arrogant, annoying and of moderate talent. he did not however deserve the physical abuse.

Ilan and his gang had a terrible attitude and lied. Unprofessional to the point of bullying another contestant. No food they produce can justify that.

Elia alleged cheating but had no proof. She always struck me as a whiny victim. Marcel rubbed people the wrong way but Elia took it too personal

@angelface101ful

2 жыл бұрын

To her defense it was that guy who mentioned stuff in the first place

@LegendofBen

2 жыл бұрын

Ilan and Sam were too cowardly to call out Marcel, so they pressured Elia to do it instead.

I have never been a huge Marcel fan, in fact I found him rather annoying in this season, but I don't believe he cheated or deserved some of the messed up stuff they did to him. That group decided they didn't like him (which I get) and then began bullying him and lying. It was especially messed up when Cliff assaulted Marcel.

@anufoalan

Жыл бұрын

Here’s the thing I’ve seen Marcel in competitions post Top Chef, notably The Next Iron Chef, and in that show he really did do a lot of underhanded things not limited to conspiring with another competitor who was up for elimination to plate their dishes on the same plate to both not be eliminated (the judges called them out on this and it was implied that they had also done this so that perhaps another contestant would be eliminated instead). And while I don’t necessarily think that Marcel actively made the decision to cheat in the kids camp episode, he was certainly aware of what he possibly did before everyone was called out. Where as with this I do believe he was aware that he was moving Elia’s equipment in order to mess her up, maybe not have her eliminated but certainly to cause her grief.

@lauradrumm9294

Жыл бұрын

We didn't even see the worst of the bullying because it was edited out to protect the show and the network. Tom wanted to send all of them home, except for Marcel, after the hair incident, but production wouldn't agree so they ended up just sending Cliff home. No matter what you or anyone else "believes" about Marcel he didn't deserve to be bullied throughout the competition.

@rowdyreidgirl

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Cliff holding Marcel down violently to shave his head without his consent was WAY TOO FAR. I'm glad Cliff was expelled for that.

Met Marcel and his brother at the food and wine festival in Hawaii a few years ago. Nice guys. I was a student in Culinary school and helped out a little. They just pulled up a chair and started talking with us.

The band of bullies trying to get Marcel sent home right then and there, they were so petty and even when Marcel called them out right then and there and said "You're obviously talking about me just say it" they rolled their eyes and continued to act like he was the problem. I'm still upset that Marcel didn't win; the biggest bully of them all Ilan didn't deserve to win

@brittanydawn9765

3 ай бұрын

I agree it!! Plus it should've been Marcel and Sam for the finale two.

@felipehernandez-pedroza8288

Ай бұрын

True. Agree 100%. Marcel should have won.

Say whatever you want about Marcel. but since this season, I have never seen Illan or Elia anywhere again. Marcel however has been on TC again, been all over the Iron Chef series on the FN side and been a part of the Tournament of Champions there. Dude clearly has the chops and respect of the culinary community; regardless of how he was edited in this season and how these clowns felt about him.

@aimcdaniel1

2 жыл бұрын

사람 ㅅ모두 ㅅ사람 ㄱ

@lilo4399

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - the jealousy is thick. He's just in his own league and they can't compete. He's cut from a different cloth, so to speak. So he gets targeted for being unique and the generic people gang bully him.

@emmanuelpressley7267

2 жыл бұрын

Ilan had 3/4 seasons of his own show and several restaurants. Elia was a different story though. Her fight with Tom hurt her career

@stephanieramona5547

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen Ilian on several other shows judging other chefs. I only saw Marcell selling some frying pans.

@karmayangzom5497

2 жыл бұрын

@Connie It was Cliff that put him in a headlock on the floor. Crazy ep!

This is why I love Tom! " I really don't care what happens in the kitchen"

Marcel can be rather abrasive. However he is so creative.

The only great mystery to the show is how all the early season cast members aged like normal people but Tom & Padma still look the same. If anything, maybe even younger. Where is their fountain of youth. We must find out.

@bettypearson5570

2 жыл бұрын

Other than Botox and other little tweaks you have to look at the aging process. We change dramatically in appearance from infancy through childhood and the process of change is slowing down as we get older. People will appear to change more between 20 and 30 than they will between 30 and 40 or 40 and 50. Alot of the changes that happen at the older years are more noticable in the body than the face; muscle tone diminishing, bones thinning, hair graying (if left natural) internal organs giving way to disease, etc. While they may be getting small doses of Botox for the wrinkles and just a little lip filler eventually those little tweaks start adding up until they start looking a little freakish. It all goes in time.

Marcel never cheated. They bullied him for no reason. He was a bit arrogant, but he had the talent to back it up. Cliff has somehow come back from being kicked off TC to have his own show. I won't watch it because he's a bully and always will be.

What an embarrassing display by Ilan and Elia, two whimpering crybabies who couldn't beat Marcel with talent alone, so instead rushed to attempt this shameful backdoor tactic.

It’s widely reported that after the head shaving incident, Tom wanted everyone involved to be disqualified, not just Cliff and to award Marcel the competition. I feel like that’s what he’s hinting at, when he’s talking about not caring how they behave in the KITCHEN…..

@scallen3841

2 жыл бұрын

Then they should have gotten rid of them

After years of watching this show, certain things became clear.... The judges don't care about attitudes or cocky tirades...they judge ONLY the food. Whatever happened in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen. Let the chaos reign alright as long as you deliver on taste and presentation. Shows why some contestants get along tight i.e Spike & Marcel.....

Ella again running her mouth as always just because she doesn't get her way out of all the Top Chef Season 2 finale Part 1 Marcel is the most successful since Top Chef Season 2 I don't like Ella because she demands and has a attitude problem I glad Tom put her in her place here

I’ll be honest. I never liked Marcel. However, the treatment, bullying and eventual assault of him were unacceptable.

It's funny because I don't see 1 Polynesian Hawaiian at the table 😅

Season #2 chefs were the complete opposite of the chefs from Season #18. They helped each other out and had a real sense of comeraderity; not pettiness and backstabbing of #2.

How does one cheat in a cooking show? When cooking in front of people.

@ericsaxon5736

2 жыл бұрын

If you turn off someone's heat, while they have their food cooking or add ingredients that were not meant to be there, that would be considered sabotage aka cheating. I don't know that he did that but it is possible.

Marcel should've won. The winner is not deserving.

Jealous of Marcel...how childish.. His food was fantastic

I've always liked Marcel. They were just intimidated by him and gave him a hard time on his seasons. Haters gonna hate

@lilo4399

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - the jealousy is thick

@joebloggs2132

2 жыл бұрын

I admit I didn't like Marcel at first but as the season panned out I hated mostly everyone but Marcel

@karmayangzom5497

2 жыл бұрын

@@joebloggs2132 Yes! After watching a few times, I came away with such little respect for Cliff, Ilian, Elia, Sam, and Betty. They ended up looking exactly like the horrible people they are.

@scallen3841

2 жыл бұрын

He did make a lot of snot I mean foam

@FrauditorsLie

6 ай бұрын

Intimidated? Not hardly. Marcel is just annoying.

I loved Marcel! I really feel the other Chefs felt that his unusual style and techniques threw them for a loop. Also, I still see Marcel. I don't see the others, just saying. I would love to try his food.

Marcel should have won this season.

Marcel should of won Top Chef. Think about it, the issue with Cliff and people calling him a liar.

Literally how do you cheat in Top Chef?? Lol

@Psychmomx41965

Ай бұрын

I said the exact same thing!! Whiney, jealous poor losers!!

Marcel was shocked that Sam got eliminated

I can't even focus on the storyline because Tom's soul patch is such an atrocity. His wife is legit brilliant. How does he not have anyone to tell him what he can't pull off?

I hated this season. I thought the winner was awful and should have been eliminated earlier in the season, and many of the other cast members (particularly elia and Betty) were insufferable.

Didn't like Marcel but this was definitely the worst season of Top Chef - I didn't care for any of them - especially Elia.

I didn’t watch this season, but if Marcel cheated then they should have spoken up all the way, not hinted.

@RLucas3000

2 жыл бұрын

It was more a personality thing. Marcel was very young and very full of himself. Of course many of the chefs on the show are similar. And while i sometimes can find that irritating, i didn’t really find him irritating personally. it’s a series worth watching, especially for the previous episode, where Cliff, one of the strongest contestants, was disqualified for holding Marcel down and attempting to shave his head.

@MoyBeats

2 жыл бұрын

Sam did that weird hinting thing a couple times this season. This was the first season of TC I watched, and enjoyed it when it came out. I recently watched it however and it’s really tough to get through.

@glitterdogs8465

2 жыл бұрын

Because he didn’t cheat lol

@avalangrin4904

2 жыл бұрын

I hated this season. The chefs acted like a bunch of “mean girls.” Cliff was a bully, and I hated the way he treated Maya when she decided to leave the competition. Both Elia and Cliff refused to listen to Maya during that challenge, who had catering experience, and then Cliff laid their failure at Maya’s feet. Equally disgusting was Maya playing the martyr and claiming Elia should stay. To me Elia wasn’t worth the gesture, and it really showed Maya’s lack of confidence in her abilities as a chef. I also could not stand Elan the manipulator. Elan was definitely jealous of Marcel’s talent and orchestrated scenarios ( Cliff manhandling Marcel, Elia accusing Marcel of cheating) in order to undermine Marcel. Elan is the least talented winner of TC.

@frankieseward8667

2 жыл бұрын

@@avalangrin4904 even Nicholas from New Orleans was better.

I just watched seasoon 2. I loved Marcel through the whole season. Most of this comment section definetly felt the same way I did.

How did he cheat??

Dude never cheated what a bunch of hater's

They mobbed Marcel. Elias and Ilan are lying,

marcel looking like the guy from Dont Starve

They removed the truth teller but that's usually how it works. Sam is spineless

@godofrock117

2 жыл бұрын

What truth teller? She just wanted him gone because she was afraid of his skills.

@junebuchholtz287

Жыл бұрын

He might be but she was embarrassing

I was and have been so annoyed about the way Marcel is portrayed in this show. He was a victim of physical and verbal abuse. This still goes on to this day through the food Network family. It's appalling. He'll never win on these shows because of the way they choose to ignore him as a great chef. I would sue this show for abuse if i was Marcel.

Didn't know Jackson Rathbone was in Top Chef.

They left her lol

snitches get stiches and pack their bags,,she was the first snitch in top chef history

Sam looks a little bit like that actor on Lucifer

@patriciadilday447

2 жыл бұрын

A bit, now that you mention it. Not a bad person to resemble 😈

Nobody cares how the sausage is made. They just want the end product to be delicious. Some of these contestants forgot that.

Come on Ella if you have something to say just say it otherwise we don't care what happens in the kitchen

@NEAmarillo79107

Жыл бұрын

Ella you still angry after all these years I still see that you were the problem with Season 2 Marcel was the best chef that season and you know it

Recently watched Cliff judge Bobby’s Triple Threat and was angered all over again that we got stuck with Ilan as Top Chef because Cliff lowered himself to Ilan’s juvenile behavior. Cliff, Sam, and Marcel had far more interesting styles to watch and imagine eating.

Would not have watched except for Marcel

Sooooo talking is cheating? The food is the food!

If Tom doesn't care what goes in the kitchen, then cheating seems acceptable which makes me say goodbye to Top Chef

@mikecantreed

2 жыл бұрын

You realize this aired 15 years ago?

Marcel was kind to all of them. The rest of the chefs were bullies!!!

I feel like they are fair n trying to say people cheat it's like they want a reason to win cuz they fail so they have to weasel out they are childish in a group they want to push Marcel out but I look like this food n flavor speaks for itself I don't even care for marcel but the others are worse in the behavior.n attitudes

This season was always the craziest by far...Cliff bullying Marcel and getting thrown out . . .Elia telling Tom his restaurant serves beef from cows eating genetically modified corn and basically calling out his Vegas restaurant. . . .I think she also shaved her head at one point and, then Padma rumored to be sleeping with Sam and Elan standing with Elia the entire time . . . . I noticed Top Chef stopped using Latinos from Los Angeles ever again and only uses Latinos from other nicer places because the Los Angelinos are f'''king crazy !

Marcel has indeed been around, but I never really found myself liking him. He is just too cocky, arrogant, and "holier than though". He's got skills, otherwise he wouldn't have been on so many competition shows including Iron Chef and Tournament of Champions...but he still just rubs me the wrong way.

Elia is so unlikable.

Marcel has some attitude

If he's cheating, send him home!!

Marcel is gold, the rest are trash!

I like Marcel. Ilan and Elia are unbearable.

Marcel and Padma had a thing

@MyGreenPathway

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right, he wishes

@lindaobrien8538

2 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of Padma.

@NEAmarillo79107

Жыл бұрын

Marcel and Padma went steady

Haters!!!

@sharonc1326

2 жыл бұрын

That word is so overused. I guess people can’t disagree or dislike someone these days without it being labeled “haters” 🙄

@lindaobrien8538

2 жыл бұрын

Sharon c..so right.if you don't agree you are a hater.ridiculous!

Marcel talks too much.

@Jgarcia68

2 жыл бұрын

and?

@tphillips37

2 жыл бұрын

He's nervous

Marvel has always been full of himself.he is talented but sort of obnoxious.

Thumbs down to no uploads of Last Chance Kitchen for the current season. 👎

It needs to be canceled.

@aj8580

2 жыл бұрын

Top chef? Absolutely not!!!

@softshoes

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it's run it's course, no pun intended. Frankly I'm just tire of all these shows editing it how they want it to be. Faux drama. I need to know if those peas were really stolen.

@mikecantreed

2 жыл бұрын

This was like season 3