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Restaurant Wars is always one of the most exciting episodes of a season ofTop Chef.
For most contestants, running their own restaurant is the ultimate career goal.
Other than winning the entire season, winning Restaurant Wars is the most sought-after victory onTop Chef.
Its brutal, stressful work to fully develop and open a restaurant in just 36 hours.
Tom even described the losing restaurant as the best restaurant to lose Restaurant Wars.
Lets get into it.
Instead, the chefs immediately draw knives to see who gets to start the schoolyard pick of teams.
Nick draws the first pick knife, and Jae gets to follow.
Considering the high caliber of remaining chefs, the teams are pretty evenly split.
Its really anyones game going into prep.
Immediately, Jackson takes off running, confidently proposing ideas before anyone else can.
He runs a restaurant at home and feels like he has the ability to lead this team to victory.
Its not a great start, but Evelyn and Jackson are confident enough to inspire their teammates.
The location for Restaurant Wars is beautiful and adds another layer to an already stressful experience.
The judges will be seated right in front of the open kitchen.
Front-of-house is a high-risk, high-reward situation, which Buddha recognizes immediately.
He and Jackson take on the role for their respective teams and have wildly different approaches.
Jackson tries to treat the judges like he would any other table.
He seems uncomfortable spieling, as she describes it.
Tom notes that it felt like Jackson was actively avoiding the judges.
This front-of-house dichotomy seems to be the decision-maker tonight.
Theres essentially nothing for the judges to criticize.
They impressed everyone, including returning guest judge Tiffany Derry.
Between taking charge of the woman-led concept and her killer gumbo, Ashleighs deemed the winner of Restaurant Wars.
Sitting in the stew room after Judges Table tonight, Luke and Jackson are extremely stressed.
Like a deathbed confession, Jacksonfinallytells his fellow contestants his big secret.
Evelyn looks equally heartbroken and pissed off that her teammate kept such a big piece of information from her.
Would things have gone differently if Jackson hadnt inserted his skewed perspective on how the meals tasted?
Probably not, but its surely a possibility.
No Nem returns to the judges, and Jackson is told to pack his knives and go.
Same, but like, eating condiments.
Theres no way the judges were unaware of Jacksons sensory issues, right?
The unbearable weight of massive secrets, I guess.
