Pea Puree

Top Chef Spoilers!!!!

I just saw an episode of this year's Top Chef - Washington DC, and the competition was in the Palm Restaurant. The episode's central controversy was around pea puree. One of the cheftestants, Ed, made a pea puree that didn't make it in transport to the Palm kitchen. He couldn't find it at all. That wouldn't be controversial except Alex, who was generally floundering around in the competition, won the episode using a pea puree. The episode shows that the night before, Alex says he does not know what he is going to make the next day. Kenny tells him that Ed had a nice looking pea puree. The next day, Ed is shown looking around the kitchen for a pea puree. Alex has his already cooked. Alex ends up winning the episode on the merit of the pea puree. He is shown in an interview saying he didn't know that Ed was making a pea puree. Strange.

It's pretty strange - the producers don't have any footage of Alex making the pea puree. They didn't show anything about Ed leaving the peas behind either. Alex's statement that he didn't know about Ed's puree is contradicted directly in the episode which is probably the most suspicious part. Also, Alex hasn't done anything on a winning note thus far, another reason to be slightly suspicious.

It's crazy. I personally think Alex took it - but he'll probably get knocked out before the finale, so the final prize won't be affected.