TOP CHEF viewers have shared their frustration after Danny Garcia was crowned the winner during the Season 21 finale. Danny emerged triumphant against Dan Jacobs and Savannah Miller on Wednesday night - although fans accused producers of intervening to secure his win. Danny, and the other Top Chef finalists were tasked with prepping “the best four-course meal of your life.
" They fought head to head in the final challenge, which took place aboard a Holland America Eurodam cruise ship docked in the Caribbean. Danny, who is a classically-trained executive chef with the Saga Hospitality Group, cooked a breadfruit tuile, smoked mussels, and lobster, among other “significant food memories” as he put it. He impressed judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and newcomer Kristen Kish with the quartet of dishes.
The chef won $250,000 as well as the $53,000 he scored in weekly challenges — the most any Top Chef contestant has ever won on the show. Fans, however, felt that Dan was "robbed" in the finale and questioned how Danny managed to win with an "undercooked lobster" dish. "Dan was ABSOLUTELY ROBBED.
Had easily the best meal of the night and lost? Top Chef, do please explain??" one wrote on Instagram. "Dan should have won..
.how could undercooked lobster win?" another asked. "What a scam.
This winner was picked long ago. And no, I didn’t eat the food, but I listened to the feedback. Dan was absolutely robbed," a third posted.
"I’ve watched 12 seasons of Top Chef and don’t t.