TV Chef Fantasy League
Comedians and cooking show superfans Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, and Ify Nwadiwe use fantasy sports rules to argue about America's favorite reality cooking competition shows. We pick chefs, we earn points based on how those chefs perform, and at the end of the season, we crown a winner!
Episodes
Welcome to 24 in 24! First order of business: was it okay to be a chef at a Trump property in 2009?
This week's scoring:
Enter and survive a challenge: Christina, Shota, Joe, Lex, Avishar, Molly, Dawn, Zac (x2), Michele, Lee Anne, Malarkey, Trimell, Alex, Robyn, Viet +2
Make it through a shift: same people as above +1
“Tired”, “exhausted”, or “sleep”: Viet +1
Winning Golden Knife: ...
Bad news about Top Chef's Jonathan, we dive into Unc culture, and make our picks for Season 3 of 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing!
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Coming to you live from Highly Likely in Los Angeles, with special guest – Top Chef alum Kat Turner! We watch the finale together with a crowd of pots & pans, and get an insider's take on this season's finale. Plus, we find out how big of a landslide Mike's win is.
This week's scoring:
sous chefs: Sieger, Anthony, Jonathan +2
crying: Rhoda, Laurence, Sherry +0.5
winning Top Chef: Rhoda +6
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Finally – FINALLY! – someone misses their family. And is Mike is the only person on earth who doesn't want his leaves hung up by a paperclip?
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: Sherry, Rhoda +0.5
quickfire win: Rhoda +1
make it to judges’ table: Sherry, Rhoda +1
elimination challenge win: Sherry +2
in the finals: Sherry, Rhoda, Laurence +5
“i miss my kid...
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Look, let's be honest, there's only one thing to talk about in this episode. Also, don't worry: Ify texted us right after we recorded this to let us know that he didn't know what day it was.
This week's scoring:
make it to judges’ table: Sherry, Laurence, Rhoda ...
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In this episode, we uncover the meaning of Sprudge, and get a boots-on-the-ground report from Laurence's restaurant. Stay tuned after the credits for an exclusive statement from a missing Try Guy!
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”...
Gabe spills the beans (no pun intended) on Duyen's barista championship, and we take a moment to appreciate Sieger's sly sense of humor.
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: Duyen & Rhoda +0.5
quickfire win: Rhoda +1
make it to judges’ table: Rhoda, Anthony, Jonathan, Laurence +1
elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
crying: Rhoda +0.5
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It's another late-night episode. Come fill out a big-ass wedding RSVP card with us!
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: Anthony, Oscar, Jonathan +0.5
quickfire win: Anthony +1
make it to judges’ table: Jonathan, Laurence +1
elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
crying: Rhoda +0.5
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If you're a server on Restaurant Wars, a graphic designer on Restaurant Wars, or a member of the Universal Studios Orlando culinary team, we wanna hear from you!
This week's scoring:
make it to judges’ table: Carolina Queen (Duyen, Sherry, Laurence, Anthony) +1
elimination challenge win: Duyen +2
last chance kitchen challenge win: Rhoda +0.5
last chance kitchen champion/re-enter competition: Rhoda +4
cryin...
Ify tells a story about throwing up hot dogs and then promptly falls asleep. Sierra's wearing 2 pairs of pants. Mike wants Kristen Kish's suit. We recorded this in the dead of night. Let's get weird.
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: Anthony, Brandon, Jonathan, Laurence, Oscar, Sherry +0.5
quickfire win: Anthony, Brandon, Jonathan +1
make it to judges’ table: Laurence, Anthony, Sherry +1
A small preview of our MaxFunDrive 2026 bonus episode! We sit down with Kat Turner (Top Chef: Destination Canada) and chat about doing what scares you, private chef-ing for famous people, and which chef isn't in the group chat anymore. No fuckin' losers!
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Put on your tin foil hats, we've got ourselves a conspiracy theory about Jen, Sieger, and Last Chance Kitchen.
This week's scoring:
elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Laurence, Brandon, Sherry, Duyen +1
last chance kitchen challenge win: Nana +0.5
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Apologies for the short episode, Ify was about 24 hours early to the studio. The North Carolina board of tourism works their magic, and Jennifer makes the absolute worst decision possible.
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: Brandon, Sieger, Jonathan +0.5
quickfire win: Brandon +1
make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Sherry, Duyen +1
elimination challenge win: Anthony +2
last chance k...
Sierra loses another chef, Ify calls in from London, and Mike gets on a soapbox about the state of men's shorts.
This week's scoring:
quickfire “favorite dish”: red & blue teams (Anthony, Duyen, Jonathan, Jennifer, Justin, Sieger) +0.5
quickfire win: blue team (Jennifer, Justin, Sieger) +1
make it to judges’ table: Sherry, Sieger, Laurence +1
elimination challenge win: Sieger +2
scripple do...
When the dust settles on Top Chef, would you rather we go back to MasterChef, or try 24 in 24?
This week's scoring:
Quickfire win: Anthony +1
Elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
Quickfire “favorite dish”: Duyen, Anthony, Rhoda +0.5
Make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Laurence, Brandon +1
Crying: Nana +0.5
Missing/forgetting to plate an element: Nana -0.25
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Beef, ice cream! Beef, ice cream! Beef, ice cream! Ify reports in on Austin's food scene while we brainstorm a new ad campaign for Talenti and call out Top Chef's graphic designer.
This week's scoring:
Quickfire win: Laurence +1
Elimination challenge win: Rhoda +2
Quickfire “favorite dish”: Oscar, Laurence, Nana +0.5
Judges’ table: Green Team (Anthony, Brittany, Jennifer, Jonathan, Oscar, Rhoda, Sie...
Did you know they're dropping new potatoes? The curse of the private chef strikes again, and Mike is still sick (sorry).
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Next Gen Chef is frustrating and possibly rigged (thanks Uncle Jeffrey!), but it's not unsalvageable. Let's get this whole god forsaken thing over with so we can get to the REAL cooking shows.
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It's time for Top Chef! In this episode, we pick our chefs for the season. Tony Soprano stops by the studio to help Ify with his draft, Sierra picks off the injured reserve list, and Mike watches an alarming amount of other cooking shows.
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The chefs bake a bunch of garbage, Ify gives free feet, and we discuss how raves are for the night people.
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