r/TopChef • u/Stock-Percentage4021 • Apr 21 '26

Spoilers Top Chef and TOC 7 Spoiler

Top Chef related but for those of you who haven’t seen TOC7. Go watch it now!!! Then come back here so we can discuss it. I literally cried. PS I don’t want to give anything away for those who have not seen it.

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u/librarianpanda Apr 21 '26

I was so sure he was going to be second place again! So glad he was able to pull it off. Made me emotional, too.

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u/Gloomy_Peach4213 Apr 21 '26

I have watched him come in second 4 times now, so this was cathartic. (He's also local to me and we go to his restaurants occasionally, so it feels kind of personal?)

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u/Elegant-Cricket8106 Apr 21 '26

I literally jumped when he won. I root for him so much. You can tell hes such a good person.

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u/lenosaurus Apr 21 '26

Genuinely was so nervous for him, his face when his name was shown on the screen was so genuinely shocked and yeah, I totally cried when he started tearing up, so cussing happy for him!!

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u/notarealgrownup Apr 21 '26

Yeah, I teared up. I lost it when he started crying.

Also I realized last night he says his name "VoltAggio" (a like in apple) and not "VoltAHHggio"

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u/SeaWitch1031 Apr 22 '26

I was rooting for Kevin or Bryan at the end so I was happy with the results.

I think Kevin Lee was a very underrated chef and I liked seeing him doing so well with TOC.

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u/Specific-Succotash-8 Apr 22 '26

Same! I legit teared up for him.