On The Rocks with Shark and The Hammer Kevin Sharkey

S&H discuss what shark calls “the best episode of the season.” He gives his reasons for why it felt like old school Top Chef, and what made it so special. They discuss the “new” quickfire twist, and their favorite dinner of the entire season. After going through the elimination challenge and LCK, they offer their predictions on who will make the finale and who may win the entire season.

IT’S RESTAURANT WARS!! Shark & The Hammer discuss their favorite episode of each season, and share their thoughts on this season’s surprising format twist. They dive into the front of house, the expoing, the line cooks, and all the dishes. As always, they end with Last Chance Kitchen and an updated buy or sell for the final 8.

We’re recapping Sausage Race, the seventh episode of Top Chef Wisconsin. We check in on the group as they recover from last week’s surprising exit, and dive into the biggest quickfire of the season. We head over to the Brewers Stadium for a challenge that feels like Old School Top Chef. LCK gives us a shaky challenge that didn’t really work for us.

CHAOS!
Shark & The Hammer dive into the 6th episode of Top Chef Wisconsin, and commiserate together on their disappointment in the challenge and the season overall. They celebrate Christina Tosi and Matty Matheson, while uncovering an apparent phobia of hot dogs for Sharkey. They get into their surprise on the bottom 2, and question some of the editing choices on this season. Finally, they agree on a chef climbing up both their power rankings.

We’re reviewing the fifth episode of Top Chef Wisconsin: Supper Club. Shark & Seth discuss getting back to a real quickfire, and then being subjected to yet another team challenge. They question the talent level on this season, and discuss how a budget should actually be shared. Finally, Shark pitches a new theory on why Top Chef tinkered with their Last Chance Kitchen format.

We’re recapping Top Chef Wisconsin’s fourth episode; The Wright Way. Shark & Hammer have a lot to say this week. They dive into their feelings on the season overall at the quarter-point, the choice to spend so much of this episode on architecture, the crazy focus on one particular team, the overall quality of this seasons cheftestants, and their thoughts going forward. Then, they give predictions for how Last Chance Kitchen is going to play out in the next few weeks.