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Top Chef Boston’s kitchen wasn’t actually in Boston

Top Chef Boston actually filmed about 20 miles outside of the city, in Woburn, not in Boston itself. I don’t think this is a huge scandal; it’s just amusing that Top Chef Boston wasn’t headquartered in Boston. Of course, the show visited locations in and around the city, and Top Chef Boston Suburbs or Top Chef Woburn doesn’t …

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Top Chef’s literary challenge was the site of “threatening,” “harassing” protests

Top Chef Boston‘s literary elimination challenge on last week’s episode was filmed in June at Steel and Rye, a restaurant in Milton, Mass., where Teamsters protested the show’s use of non-union crews in a way that was “threatening, heckling and harassing,” the local police chief told Deadline. He also said that 14 crew member cars had their tires slashed. In …

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Top Chef’s literary sausage party

As one of the two remaining female chefs observed, Top Chef Boston has turned into somewhat of a sausage party, so to celebrate, the producers had the chefs literally make sausage. Then the producers had them turn literature into food. It was a fun episode. Size matters New England Patriots’ tight end (heh) Rob Gronkowski was the guest judge …

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Top Chef: shocking elimination! sudden death! judges shopping!

I keep forgetting to watch Top Chef Boston, but when I do, am really enjoying this season. Wednesday’s episode included a sudden-death elimination, an annoying twist, and a fun challenge that had the chefs cook for fans using only ingredients the judges shopped for at Whole Foods. Highlights from the insanity. The best exit interview in the …

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