At the risk of overposting, here’s an audio interview with Rasika from Top Chef.
With all due respect to Danny and Dan, I felt like this season of Top Chef was a little anti-climactic, and arguably slightly lower in general entertainment value than previous seasons, especially the most recent ones. Joey has wondered if we’ve reached “peak James Beard Award.” That’s a subject we could debate, but I would also argue that some of this season’s most engaging characters got kicked off too early — Michelle, Soo, and certainly Rasika, who ended up finishing 11th.
I thought she should’ve gone much further! Well, there’s always at least one raw deal (to go with all the ceviches and crudos). Rasika Venkatesa, a Chennai-born chef recently of Mourad in San Francisco, isn’t letting that get her down. She recently moved to New York to start her own pop-up restaurant business, Mythily, with which she hopes to reinvent Tamil cuisine. Sounds good to me.
She was also kind enough to sit down for a chat, about her time on the show, future plans, what the show means to the restaurant industry these days, and all other manner of chef-type stuff. We’re cookin’ up a conversation!! (I’m sorry). Anyway, hope you enjoy this bonus #Content. Joey and I will be back with a regular Top Chef Frotcast Post Show in a day or two.
Interview: Top Chef Season 21 Competitor Rasika Venkatesa