Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. | Season 17, Episode 3 Recap: “Strokes of Genius” with Chef Jim Smith

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Please unpack your knives and stay! The Top Chef Judges’ Table is back on Reality TV RHAP-Ups to cover season 17, Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.

The all-star line up of Haley Strong (@hstrong_), Josh Wigler (@roundhoward), Emily Fox (@emelette), Curt Clark (@CurtClark), Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) welcome veteran Top Chef contestant and The Hummingbird Way restauranteur Jim “Jims” Smith (@ChefJimSmith) to the podcast this week to discuss “Strokes of Genius,” the third episode of season 17. In their conversation, Jim gives an update on his life and outlook on the current state of his industry, plus insight into the two different competitions conducted on this week’s episode.

The Top Chef podcast will record on Saturdays, send any and all feedback to the hosts on Twitter.

 
Additional reading…
Randall Park on Top Chef All-Stars L.A. (The Hollywood Reporter)

TEAM FOX

• Eric Adjepong

• Karen Akunowicz

• Melissa King

TEAM STRONG

• Gregory Gourdet

• Stephanie Cmar

• Jennifer Carroll

TEAM MAZZARO

• Angelo Sosa (second eliminated, first one out of LCK)

• Kevin Gillespie

• Lisa Fernandes

TEAM BRININI (aka TEAM CLARK)

• Bryan Voltaggio

• Nini Nguyen

• Brian Malarkey

THE HOUSE (aka TEAM WIGLER)

• Joe Sasto (first eliminated, active in LCK)

• Jamie Lynch (third eliminated, second one out of LCK)

• Lee Ann Wong

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