Who received the Fan Favorite prize on 'Top Chef' Season 19? Details on the finalists, and find out who in the end secured the name.
Evelyn Garcia and Damarr Brown
Spoiler Alert: This article accommodates spoilers for the Top Chef: Houston finale.
Just beneath 3 months after Top Chef: Houston first premiered on Bravo, the newest season of the hit cooking festival has officially concluded. Longtime frontrunner and technically-trained chef Buddha Lo secured his victory in Tucson after serving the judges a four-course modern meal that was inspired by way of his brother, his mother, his past due dad, and the U.S. (his adopted country).
The Aussie beat out Houston local Evelyn Garcia and Last Chance Kitchen titan Sarah Welch on the Season 19 finale, which aired on June 2.
While audience now have readability about who secured the Top Chef name, there may be one remarkable question closing from the 19th season: who gained the Fan Favorite prize?
Sarah Welch, Buddha Lo, Evelyn Garcia, and Damarr Brown
What is the 'Top Chef' fan favorite prize?
Though the judges make all of the removing selections throughout each and every season of Top Chef, lovers do have a chance to make their voices heard each 12 months by means of voting for their favorite cheftestant.
The chef who wins the coveted Fan Favorite title earns a money prize of $10,000, which is furnished by way of San Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water. The drink corporate could also be responsible for funding the main Top Chef prize of $250,000.
Past fan favorites have integrated Top Chef: Houston visitor judges Tiffany Derry, Kelsey Barnard Clark, and Stephanie Izard (the latter two chefs also received their respective seasons as smartly).
Which Season 19 celebrity joined the ranks and, most likely, secured a guest pass judgement on invite on the upcoming twentieth season?
Evelyn Garcia
Who won the 'Top Chef' Fan Favorite award for Season 19?
While a number of cooks like Jackson Kalb, Jae Jung, and Nick Wallace made strong impressions on fanatics all through Top Chef: Houston, the Season 19 Fan Favorite award got here down to two of the best four contenders: Damarr Brown and Evelyn Garcia.
As viewers will be mindful, each Evelyn (a Houston resident) and Damarr (a Chicagoan) made it to Tucson to compete in the first round of the finale.
After his pork shoulder with chiltepin barbecue sauce fell quick in comparison to the dishes created by way of the other cooks, Damarr went house just prior to the final cook. Evelyn went directly to compete in the finale, however she lost out to Buddha.
Evelyn and Damarr would possibly not have gained the Top Chef title or the six-figure prize, however one in every of the two changed into the Fan Favorite of the season.
Damarr Brown
During the June Five episode of the overdue evening talk sequence, Watch What Happens Live, Host Andy Cohen published that Damarr Brown had officially transform the Fan Favorite of Top Chef: Houston.
The chef later posted about his win on Instagram.
"Before I got on @BravoTopChef, a lot of people gave me advice on how to present myself. Many people told me I need to smile more, talk more, be more excitable. Even though those people meant well and I actually tried to follow a lot of the advice given, I couldn't help but be myself, the fact that people resonated with that means more than I can verbalize," Damarr wrote. "Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me, hopefully me winning Season 19 fan favorite is a reminder to simply be yourself."
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