Top Chef Power Rankings Going into Final Four (spoilers alert!!!)

So we are down to the final 4 of Top Chef. Finally Leah is gone. She has been sliding by since Restaurant Wars. I still agree with Tim/Shark’s opinion that the only reason that she was still around was because the producers (who do have final say on who is voted off) wanted to keep her around because of the Hosea drama. On to the power rankings!

1. Stefan: Even after his subpar performance in this week’s episode he is still head and shoulders above the competition. My biggest concern is that his personality is going to upset whoever helps him and it could cost him the title (ala Tiffani & Marcel). Saying that he is a good leader and knows what he wants and gets it done.

2. Fabio : I am putting him 2 because of his win today. My colleague and my fiancé differ on where he should be ranked. Fodor lives by the motto that Fabio could serve monkey ass and he would make it sound good. Jamie has always felt like he has finished in the middle and has just maintained to get by. All along I have felt that Fabio knows what he wants to cook and can produce exactly what he wants. I feel his pallet is not the same as Tom’s or other judges’ pallets; this potentially shows that his concepts for his dishes are off. He could win it but he needs more dishes (like tonight’s) that are in his wheel house. Either way props for him cooking and winning with one hand on this week’s episode

3. Carla : As Carla stated in tonight’s episode she had been hanging back but has been building steam as of late. I am not sure her green eggs and ham were worthy of winning the quick fire but she defiantly stepped up in the challenge. Can she win this competition, of course she can; will she? I do not think so.

4. Hosea : For the longest time I had Hosea in the top 3 with Stefan and Jamie; but as of late he has definitely fallen off as of late. I still think he has the talent to win, but I think his personal goal of beating Stefan, and not winning the competition could come back to haunt him in the long run.

Next week they will start picking sous chefs for their challenges. Easiest call is Hosea is going to pick Leah to help him. Of course this is dumb because she isn’t nearly as good as Jamie, Radhika, or Jeff. It’s a tough call of who would be more valuable as a teammate in Jamie or Jeffrey . Jeffrey has the talent but never had the focus to succeed. Also in another team competition in restaurant wars, Radhika wanted him to be the front of the house. Because of these reasons I feel that Jamie will be the most valuable teammate (like Dale last year).