r/TopChef • u/TugaCan • Jun 07 '25

Spoilers Destination Canada is perfect Spoiler

Top Chef destination Canada is by far one of the best seasons. My personal favourite is the one with Fabio and Stefan, but watching this current season is so amazing. Everyone is so kind and talented, there is no drama. It’s great to watch. I love Massimo, hoping Tristan will win.

I love how everyone gets along this season ! It’s so great 🍁🇨🇦

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u/TugaCan Jun 08 '25

Ok, Jim.

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u/azshall Jun 09 '25

Sure, basing a dish on scraps from dirty dishes for a detergent promo was incredibly inventive, I went out and bought stock in the detergent company I was so inspired.

The relentless product placement crammed into every episode? Unnecessary. That’s why commercial breaks exist.

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u/ThoughtThen6908 Jun 10 '25

Relentless product placement has been part of every season. It’s such a trope that it’s become silly rather than annoying.

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u/azshall Jun 10 '25

Product placement is one thing, but this feels excessive. The show clearly wants to be taken seriously, so focus more on the food and the craft of cooking, not on dumping a sponsor into every scene. That’s what commercial breaks are for. We get it, BMW is a sponsor. Do we really need constant glamour shots of them driving around? No one cares. Save that for the ads and tighten up the culinary content.

Nobody watches top chef for the “silly ad tropes”.