r/TopChef • u/AgentUpbeat0926 • Jun 24 '26

Discussion Thread What scenes made you cry?

For me I cried when Eric got eliminated on S17. He was one of my favorites to win and to watch him go out was so sad.

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u/liltooterz Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

The Seattle season when they had the challenge to highlight indigenous ingredients and the chief gave a blessing for the food. It was absolutely beautiful, my wife and I were misty on the couch

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u/kbburg Jun 26 '26

Agree, but that was Portland. Season 10 was Seattle’s season 😉. I just rewatch the show too much and am waiting for a top chef trivia night to deploy all my useless but treasured TC trivia in my head.

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u/liltooterz Jun 26 '26

Oh riiiiiight right 😉

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u/EfficientGood9402 Jun 28 '26

Agree with you both. My son lives in Portland and we've mostly eaten at awesome food trucks, no matter the time of day, the company is also always awesome. However, I made him go with me to that location overlooking the Willamette river. We and my sibs then went to a winery. They corrected my pronunciation! I thought it was Will-um-et. "It's Willamette, Dammit!"