Top Chef
Swallow the Competition
TV Flash files “Swallow the Competition” as hour 275 of 338 in the TV Flash guide — Top Chef (2006–present) on Bravo, season 19, episode 7, aired 2022-04-14, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E07: listed hour 275 of 338 in the Top Chef guide, hour 7 of 14 in season 19. It aired 2022-04-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Texas Trailblaze-hers” (S19E06). Next is “Restaurant Wars” (S19E08).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The chefs expand their horizons in a master class on Nigerian flavors guided by local chef Ope Amosu, and all-star Kwame Onwuachi. They'll have to pay close attention because for this Quickfire challenge they must create a stew that perfectly pairs with traditional Nigerian swallows. Then, "Top Chef Colorado" winner (and part-time paleontologist) Joe Flamm challenges the chefs to dig deep and dominate the competition. They'll work in teams of three to create a progressive menu of jurassic proportions to serve the judges, as well as a special guest from the upcoming film "Jurassic World Dominion."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Swallow the Competition sit in the Top Chef guide?
S19E07 is listed hour 275 of 338 — hour 7 of 14 in season 19, season 19 episode 7.
When did Top Chef S19E07 air?
Swallow the Competition aired 2022-04-14 and is listed at 60 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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- Padma Lakshmi as Host
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- Tom Colicchio as Judge
Tom Colicchio issues the verdict on Top Chef — Bravo’s kitchen as competitive drama, knives packed, technique treated like a blood sport the cameras refuse to soften. Padma keeps the calm; he keeps the score. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Gail Simmons as Judge
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