Okay folks, 29-year-old brother Hung won last night's final Top Chef competition! Rocco DiSpirito was his sous chef. There was a pork belly melt down by one of the other contestants. Hung admits that getting told by the judges that his food had no soul hurt him -- like getting hit by a truck. Maybe that was a good thing.
He stepped things up and came through with this menu:
1) Prawns, Palm Sugar Coconut Glaze, Cucumber Radish Salad and Ocean Scented Rice
2) Hamachi, Potato Chips, Tomato Vinaigrette & Olive Oil Powder
3) Duck with Truffle Scented Broth & Mushroom Ragout
4) Chocolate Cake with Raspberry and Nougoutine Tuile
For more:
- Top Chef site on Bravo TV
- Baltimore Sun's blow-by-blow write up
- Nguoi Viet coverage (in Vietnamese)
- E! News quick round-up
- What is national identity blog posting on Hung and race/ethnicity
Ashley says
Rocco DiSpirito is hot! That's all I can comment on because I didn't watch Top Chef, so I can't say whether I'm impressed with Hung's culinary skills or not.
Andrea Nguyen says
Oh, yeah. Rocco always looks good. He's a good chef who unfortunately early on relied too much much on his appearances. He's working hard to climb back up into the upper echelons.
Lili says
Have to agree with the judges, the molten chocolate cake is out of place in that menu. Personally, I would have made a coconut lime flan or pudding, served in that Nougatine Tuile. But that's just me.
Anonymous says
I taped the show because I didn't have time to watch it. Today at the doctor's office the TV was tuned to the Top Chef Finale and I asked them to change the station. And today going through my blog reading rounds and adamantly avoiding anything with "Top Chef" in the title, yours spoiled it for me 🙁
Andrea Nguyen says
Sorry. You know the outcome but not all the juicy little details...
steamy kitchen says
I rely on my TIVO so much that I totally forgot what day Top Chef airs! Finally watched it tonight...but had to avoid your blog all day Saturday and part of Sunday so that I would be surprised at the results.
😉
jaden
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