Top Chef Texas recap, Episode 3: Snakes in the grass
22.02.12
Is Top Chef going to get all Fear Factor on us. Alas, no, it is all just a tease. In front of each chef is some sort of snake box that holds the “not really going to be a surprise” ingredient. Finally down to our 16 chefs, we begin with a quick re-introduction to some of the contestants. The chefs enter the kitchen, and it doesn’t matter who the guest judge was – Johnny Hernandez of La Gloria – all eyes are on the giant terrarium and albino rattlesnake. The editors take the opportunity to re-hash things we already knew: Chris J. and Richie work together, Keith (AKA Rick Ross …if you don’t know who he is, Google it) went to prison, and Beverly ’s Stuart Smally moment confirms that she is a little... Ahhh, things are getting back to normal. The rattlesnakes lurking under the lids are dead and skinned.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)