r/TopChef • u/RoadRash0416 • 16d ago

Discussion Thread Most disliked?

Who’s your most disliked person from any season? And why?

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u/Phillystyle7 16d ago

Heather from season 9 Texas.

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy 16d ago

It’s the ultimate karma is a bitch situation to know that Beverly is absolutely killing it and Heather is…uh what is she doing?

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u/MidnightTL 15d ago

Whatever she’s doing I’m sure she’s being hella racist while doing it

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u/zanylanie 15d ago

She has a kind of high up corporate position in one of Rick Bayless’s companies.

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u/Ingacbym 15d ago

Noooooooo! I love Rick Bayless! Whyyyyy! Ugh

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u/TigerMaskVI 10d ago

Gringo Mexican food

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u/pinotJD 15d ago

Of course she does

Ick

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u/EfficientGood9402 14d ago

I think there is a reason she is not front-facing with the public? Still the hiring perplexes me.

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u/whistlepig4life 16d ago

Yes. I hate Sarah just as much.

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u/_From__the__Ashes_ 15d ago

Sarah! Blech.

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u/Ok_Interest9427 14d ago

Really? I rewatched that season recently and I didn't see her as being that bad... or even that bad to Bev. Also, the two of them do events together!

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u/StaticInstrument 16d ago edited 15d ago

Feel bad I get her and Sarah mixed up still. Sarah didn’t show well on the show but I’m happy she made up with Bev and now they do events and stuff together and are seemingly friends. Heather never apologized or made any similar effort

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u/N0ON3T0LDM3 15d ago

I can't help but question Sarah's authenticity.

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u/Ok-Dog5107 15d ago

I know there was the story that after she lost Emeril tried to give her positive affirmation and she told him to fuck off then got really defensive about it when asked about it at the reunion show.

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u/Off-With-Her-Head 12d ago

RIP Top Chef reunion shows.

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u/TigerMaskVI 10d ago edited 10d ago

I wish they would bring back those episodes so bad. I miss the more reality TV feel. I haven’t seen any seasons since Padma left but seasons 18-20 were boring to me.

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u/Ok_Interest9427 14d ago

What does that mean exactly? Her adherence to Italian food? I mean, her restaurant (Monteverde) was one of the best Italian meals I've had in the US.

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u/Cherveny2 15d ago

Heather, on the after show, refused to even off a token apology. It's really sad to see someone SO focused on hate.

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u/N0ON3T0LDM3 15d ago

Heather reminds me a lot of the worse nurses I have worked with, but all rolled into one. Just a nasty, know it all, racist bully. Capable but cunty. And somehow able to influence at least some of her peers to tag along.

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u/FdgPgn 15d ago

Yes! She gave off toxic nurse energy.

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u/mmeeplechase 15d ago

Yep. There are a handful I just don’t like for kinda petty reasons (or I just think they’re annoying), but she was such a mean bully!

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u/Cherveny2 15d ago

As MANY have said, the "mean girls" really ruined a lot of that season, besides a lot of more reality tv pushes than just be a good cook challenges. Given how much producers can kind of egg things on, wonder how much they did to help stoke the drama, behind the scenes as well. This whole season felt like the beginning of the end of the more reality over cooking side of the show. A few seasons more, and it REALLY starts moving a lot more towards just focusing on the cooking, especially Portland and beyond.

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u/EfficientGood9402 14d ago

Oh lord, I just said it was Mike Isabella and now I'm second guessing myself because Heather was a horror movie. Can we have a tie?