TheInsider.com caught up with Top Chef: Texas runner-up Sarah Grueneber, who is the Executive Chef of Spiaggia in Chicago. This season of Top Chef was one of the most controversial in the history of the Bravo show -- and Sarah is no stranger to controversy. Read on to see what the chef had to say about what she really thinks about being runner up, being called a bully, and what she really thinks of fellow cheftestant Beverly Kim.
The Insider: How does it feel to be runner-up?
Sarah: It feels great. Any other circumstance would be awesome too, but the fact that the judges commented that Paul [Qui] and I had the best food out of any finale, how can you beat that? Basically if it was any other season I would have won! It just pushes me to keep going in the right direction and keep on this path that Top Chef has really inspired...
The Insider: How does it feel to be runner-up?
Sarah: It feels great. Any other circumstance would be awesome too, but the fact that the judges commented that Paul [Qui] and I had the best food out of any finale, how can you beat that? Basically if it was any other season I would have won! It just pushes me to keep going in the right direction and keep on this path that Top Chef has really inspired...
- 3/6/2012
- TheInsider.com
It’s the Top Chef Texas Finale, entitled “Finale,” because it is actually, seriously the very last episode of Top Chef Season 9 – no more snowy nonsense, no more Last Chance Redemption Island Of Temptation The Benefactor All-Stars, it’s just Sarah Grueneberg and Paul Qui competing to see who is the better chef: Paul, or Paul and also Bravo made a giant mistake. Sarah kicks things off by declaring “This is the goal I’ve had this entire competition.” She is Locked In. That is also the goal of literally everyone who has ever gone on Top Chef or any competition show. No one’s ever been like, “My goal is to make some friends, cook other peoples’ food, then get eliminated in Week 3 cooking a risotto that represents Daniel Boone’s courage then release a sex tape.” Tom explains that for the final challenge, each chef will design...
- 3/1/2012
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
The heat was on Wednesday night for the Top Chef: Texas finale as two contestants - Paul Qui and Sarah Grueneberg - battled it out in Vancouver to determine who would ultimately come out on top. The chefs were asked to prepare four courses of their choice for 100 diners and the panel of judges, with the help of some familiar faces. Paul enlisted Barbara Lynch, Ty-Lor Boring, Chris Crary and Keith Rhodes, while Sarah had the help of Nyesha Arrington, Tyler Stone, Heather Terhune and Grayson Shmitz in the kitchen. And if it were up to People.com readers,...
- 3/1/2012
- PEOPLE.com
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