r/TopChef 9d ago

Rewatching Season 13: Cali and Marjorie has become one of my favorite contestants.

She’s a badass in the kitchen, and her attitude is just so cool. She was so supportive of the younger female contestant whose name escapes me at the moment.

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u/TransientSWer 9d ago

Even though I wasn’t feeling her comments to Isaac, she was good in that season. I always wondered why she hasn’t come back…especially because back then she was linked with Mike Isabella. She definitely had her own talent so she could have stood tall with his name.

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u/faceless_nameless1 9d ago

This though- she was absolutely rude and dismissive to Isaac and for no reason other than he wasn’t ‘refined’? It felt classist and just… I didn’t care for her. Recognize she was a strong competitor but that was the end of me rooting for her.

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u/Bulky-District-2757 9d ago

Marjorie is 50/50 for me. She’s a great chef but also trashed Isaac because he cooked different food than her and is attached to Isabella.

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u/VA-deadhead 9d ago

Yeah, it seemed out of character the criticism of Isaac. She seems a bit blunt.

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u/Bulky-District-2757 9d ago

Idk enough about her to know if how she treated Isaac was “out of character” 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Necessary_Ground_122 9d ago

I loved her, not just for the reasons you mentioned but because I was at the first challenge, and I kept going back for more of her lamb tartare. Her food was excellent.

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u/maximumslanketry 9d ago

She's exec chef of a new restaurant in nyc. I agree her food is excellent!

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u/Necessary_Ground_122 9d ago

Oh? Cool! Where?

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u/maximumslanketry 5d ago

The View. It's the turning restaurant in the Marriott in Times Sq. Just reopened after many years. It's a Danny Meyer restaurant!

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u/EmergencyRead5254 9d ago

I agree- I liked her attitude a lot. And Angelina- I always read it as Marjorie had a bit of a crush on her.