“Top Chef” 3/27/24

QC: They cooked dishes incorporating hops.
Wells Fargo Cash Value: $5K
GJ: Joe Flamm

Amanda: Cured rainbow trout + hop dashi, grapefruit & blood orange
Laura: Hop-infused rice pudding + berries
Danny: Grilled rack of lamb + hops au poivre
Michelle: Grilled flank steak/strawberry/shallot salad + strawberry/hops vinaigrette
Alisha: Grilled peaches & whipped goat cheese + hops & Aleppo chili honey
Dan: Charred cabbage salad + citrus, herbs, hops & alpine cheddar
Kevin: Roasted blackberries & raspberries + Fleur de Sel crumble, whipped cream & hops-infused oil
Charly: Lambic hop braised Haitian fried chicken + pikliz & plantains
Manny: Roasted pork loin + sweet potatoes & shishito-hops chimichurri
Savannah: Crab salad + hops-infused corn puree
Kenny: Hops/kombu broth + farro, maitake mushrooms & burrata
Rasika: Hops-infused green chermoula crab salad & watermelon ponzu 
Kaleena: Hop-cured tuna + hop-infused dashi & raw hops
Valentine: Hop-smoked duck breast + berbere spice & tomato Nage 
W- Laura

EC #2: They made elevated 7-course progressive meals feat. bar snacks. The winner not only got immunity but won $10K courtesy of Miller High Life.
YT: Rasika, Michelle, Dan, Alisha, Kenny, Savannah & Manny
RT: Everybody else
Whole Foods Team Budget: $500

1st course:
Savannah: Cucumber/melon salad, shredded pickles & cream cheese
Kevin: Canapes- olive tapenade & toast, tempura olive stuffed w/ bell pepper & green olives + Parmesan cracker

2nd course:
Danny: Cured salmon + yogurt/dill sauce
Alisha: Smoked salmon rillettes + lavash/olive chimichurri

3rd course:
Laura: Badrijani Nigvzit- Georgian eggplant rolls stuffed w/ nuts
Michelle: Toasted corn kernel/crab biscuit + spicy High Life honey butter

4th course:
Dan: Popcorn mousse + clams, roasted corn & basil
Valentine: Beer/corn soup, pickled Fresno peppers & toasted corn kernels

5th course:
Manny: Guajillo/mixed nut mole + roasted chicken
Charly: Potato chip crusted Spanish mackerel, black bean puree & beurre blanc

6th course:
Amanda: “Beer & pretzels”- pretzel beer foam & miso + beer & lime granita 
Kenny: Potato chip pave + togarashi yogurt & beer braised short rib

7th course:
Rasika: Barley pretzel cake + pretzel granita & honey mustard sabayon
Kaleena: Buttered popcorn budino & salted caramel sauce + chocolate/caramel popcorn

W- Rasika
“IT’S TIME TO PACK UP & GO”- Valentine

LCKC: Valentine would see this season’s final participant, Soo Ahn (Adalina EC in CHI). 

Valentine: New England lobster bake (poached lobster, andouille sausage, corn & turmeric puree)
Soo: Fish & chips (fried lobster, rice chips & caviar tartar sauce)
L- Valentine