Top Chef
Spines and Vines
TV Flash files “Spines and Vines” as hour 185 of 338 in the TV Flash guide — Top Chef (2006–present) on Bravo, season 13, episode 3, aired 2015-12-10, 75 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E03: listed hour 185 of 338 in the Top Chef guide, hour 3 of 15 in season 13. It aired 2015-12-10 (75 min). The listed hour before it is “Pop Up Pandemonium” (S13E02). Next is “It's a Dry Heat” (S13E04).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Santa Barbara, Calif., the chefs pick up fresh sea urchin to use in their first sudden-death, quick-fire challenge; in the elimination challenge, the chefs serve up surf and turf to a table of celebrated chefs and judges.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Spines and Vines sit in the Top Chef guide?
S13E03 is listed hour 185 of 338 — hour 3 of 15 in season 13, season 13 episode 3.
When did Top Chef S13E03 air?
Spines and Vines aired 2015-12-10 and is listed at 75 minutes.
Is Top Chef just yelling in a kitchen?
Technique, nerves, and last-chance kitchen as spectacle. Padma's calm and Colicchio's verdicts are the temperature, not chaos for clip shows.
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Why this series still plays
Pack your knives: Bravo's kitchen as competitive drama, Padma's calm, Tom Colicchio's verdicts, chefs cooking like the camera is a Michelin inspector. Top Chef pulled food television out of daytime demo mode and made technique, nerves, and last-chance kitchen into spectacle.
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Filed against
- Padma Lakshmi as Host
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- Tom Colicchio as Judge
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- Gail Simmons as Judge
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