‘Next Level Chef’ Season 3 Results Tonight: Who Survived Night Nine of the Eliminations?
Izahya Thomas, Gordon Ramsay
Night nine of the third season of Next Level Chef dissolved Gordon Ramsy, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais’s teams and turned the competition into every chef cooking for themselves. In line with that, Zach Laidlaw had to turn in his Immunity Pin because without the teams, it was no longer applicable.
Also, as part of this challenge, the top-level kitchen was closed, and the chefs were divided up into the middle level and bottom level based on their past performances. Cooking on the middle level were Gabi Chappel, Zach, Christina Miros and Izahya Thomas. That left Jordan Torrey, Mada Abdelhamid and Nicole Renard in the basement.
For this challenge, Gordon told the chefs they needed to refine their techniques, use bold flavors and elevate their presentation by making a next-level bento box, which must include one sushi roll, one cooked protein, and one tempura item.
An added incentive to do well in the challenge is that they were playing for a Time Token, which allows the recipient to add 10 seconds to their platform grab, or to take away 10 seconds from one of the other competitors.
Then the seven remaining chefs got cooking for a chance to boil, bake and fry their way into $250,000.
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Went Home on Night 9 of the Eliminations?
Nicole Renard, 28
Kennewick, WA
Advancing contestants tonight on Next Level Chef Season 3 Night 8
Christina Miros, 35
Dumont, NJ
Gabi Chappel, 29
Brooklyn, NY
Izahya Thomas, 24
Miami, FL
Jordan Torrey, 29
Tampa, FL
Mada Abdelhamid, 36
Los Angeles, CA
Zach Laidlaw, 34
Maui, HI
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What was the first challenge this episode, and who won it?
The first challenge of the night was the aforementioned next-level bento box, which must include one sushi roll, one cooked protein, and one tempura item.
The winning bento boxes were from Christina and Mada.
Christina had Ahi tuna two ways. Richard said, “Visually, I love how many elements are in this bento box. This is a full meal.” Nyesha added, “The roll itself is gorgeous. Beautiful cook on the tuna. Amazing accompaniments.”
Mada had red prawns and vegetable tempura. Gordon said, “It looks good. The shrimp are delicious. Love the glaze on there.” Richard said, “What I love about this is Japanese food with salty, sweet, spicy flavor.” Nyesha said, “The highlight of this bento box is the tempura. It has a beautiful crunch and incredible texture.”
“I am in disbelief right now,” Mada said. “For the first time ever, making a sushi roll. I’ve never tempura-ed anything in my life. I’m so, so proud of myself.”
The winner of the Time Token was Mada.
“Top dish in frikin’ sushi,” Mada said. “Call me shrimp daddy. Everybody doubted me but I’m in the Top 6 holding the Time Token, so what’s up now?”
What was the elimination challenge this episode, and who won it?
Then Gordon announced the two chefs going into the elimination challenge were Izahya and Nicole. But in yet another twist, he added a third: Gabi.
The challenge was to produce a Japanese-inspired steak dish dinner using Wagu beef, and Nicole, who made Wagu beef with tempura lost.
“I get married in about a month. This is the best training I could have asked for,” Nicole said. “Every day I woke up and I said, ‘I’m going to have fun no matter what happens.’ I put my heart and soul into every single dish that I cooked and I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Next Level Chef airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.
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