The "Top Chef" season finale will be a Southside Chicago showdown, with Windy City natives Joe Flamm and Adrienne Cheatham squaring off in the show's final round. They join Cheddar to look back at their time on the iconic reality competition series. The show's fifteenth season saw some of the country's leading chefs head to Colorado for an epic culinary competition.
Both chefs faced a bumpy road before making it to the finale. Cheatham started out struggling before her finding her footing and establishing herself as one of the strongest chefs in the competition. Flamm was eliminated before returning to the competition after being named the winner of Last Chance Kitchen.
Finally, we put Cheatham and Flamm on the spot with our own version of a Quickfire Challenge. Watch them answer our rapid-fire questions to find out their favorite delivery apps. We also get their thoughts on why there wasn't a weed-themed challenge, even though the season was set in Colorado.
Geoffrey Zakarian, a former Iron Chef and host of the show "Big Restaurant Bet," and Margaret Zakarian, the president of Zakarian Hospitality and a featured judge on the series, joined Cheddar News to discuss the project for the Food Network. "The reason why the show is named 'Big Restaurant Bet' is because running any restaurant is a gamble. It really is. It's the hardest thing in good times. When everything's great it's hard," said Geoffrey.
American gas stations are massive and only getting bigger. That's because most chains like Wawa, Sheetz, and Buc-ee's sell way more than just gas. So when and why did gas stations change from single-pump service garages to supersized, all-in-one travel hubs?
Nina Gilden Seavey, Founding Director, The Documentary Center Research at George Washington University, joins Cheddar to dissect the evolution of documentaries in the streaming age.
Andrea Swift, Chair of NYFA Documentary Department, joins Cheddar Reveals to discuss the documentary filmmaking process and why they remain so important in 2022.
Ye, more commonly known as Kanye West, has announced that he is removing himself from the lineup for Coachella. The rapper was a highly anticipated headliner for the last day of the music festival.
As Yellowstone National Park celebrates its 150th anniversary year, the park's fundraising arm is seeking $1,500 donations in exchange for an annual entry pass that can be used by carloads of the donor's descendants to visit the park in 150 years.
Catching you up on what you need to know on April 5, 2022, with Biden's call for a war crimes trial for Putin, another arrest made in the Sacramento mass shooting, NYC rolling out a campaign against Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" bill, an aluminum shortage potentially affecting beer and cat food cans, and more.
Biden is ready to put more sanctions on Russia, Kansas is the March Madness champ, and the artist known as Kanye bails from Coachella. Here is all the news you Need2Know for Tuesday, April 5, 2022.