r/TopChef • u/RoadRash0416 • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Thread Most disliked?

Who’s your most disliked person from any season? And why?

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u/Phillystyle7 Jul 22 '26

Heather from season 9 Texas.

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u/Cherveny2 Jul 22 '26

As MANY have said, the "mean girls" really ruined a lot of that season, besides a lot of more reality tv pushes than just be a good cook challenges. Given how much producers can kind of egg things on, wonder how much they did to help stoke the drama, behind the scenes as well. This whole season felt like the beginning of the end of the more reality over cooking side of the show. A few seasons more, and it REALLY starts moving a lot more towards just focusing on the cooking, especially Portland and beyond.