Top Chef fans, who's your early favorite to win it all?

[charlie and algernon]

Poll question: Top Chef fans, who's your early favorite to win it all?

I personally think the top five right now are Richard, Andrew, Mark, Stephanie, and Dale

[deucemagnet]

1. It's a tough call right now!

I agree with your top five right now, but I think Andrew is the front runner. I think Richard is eventually going to over-do it with his bag of tricks. Cultural differences are eventually going to scuttle Mark. Stephanie always worries and frets before she amazes the judges, but I think eventually the stress is going to get to her. That leaves Andrew and Dale, and I think Andrew is the better of the two.

edit: dumbass typo

[charlie and algernon]

3. Stephanie seems to have problems with dishes that should be easy

like that desert and the crab salad. I think she'll be around till last few episodes but could be in trouble when they start having to make five course dinners. From the previews, it looks like Richard gets into trouble in the next episode.

[graywarrior]

2. Get rid of whoever the redbearded guy is.

[charlie and algernon]

4. that's andrew

i think he'll be around for awhile. even if his team loses, the judges have never complained about his individual dishes.

[deucemagnet]

5. She could mean Spike.

He's definitely the more annoying of the two red-bearded guys.

[graywarrior]

6. He would have ended up in one of my dishes already.