‘Top Chef Colorado’– Episode 4 Betting Odds
–’Top Chef Colorado’ is the title of the 15th season of the ‘Top Chef’ franchise.
–The finale of ‘Top Chef Colorado’ was filmed in Aspen during the Food and Wine Classic.
–Episode 4 of ‘Top Chef Colorado’ will air on December 28, 2017 at 10:00 PM Eastern on Bravo
Episode 3 of ‘Top Chef Colorado’ is in the books and thanks to a ‘sudden death quickfire challenge’ we ended up with two eliminations. Sent packing were Rogelio Garcia and the ‘quickfire challenge’ loser Laura Cole. Garcia was our co-third choice to be eliminated in Week 3 at +750 but Cole was a big longshot at +2500 and actually in the upper echelons of our choices to win the entire season.
Cole may have deserved better but it clearly appeared that her heart was no longer in it and her focus was elsewhere. At the start of the ‘Deconstructed Omelette’ phase of the quickfire challenge she’s seen wandering aimlessly through the kitchen carrying a frying pan, apparently hoping to find some inspiration to throw in it. She balefully admits: “I’m trying to keep my head focused on the challenge right now, but my head and heart are back in Alaska.” Her awful Denver Omlette cum French Toast was ugly and dry and that ended her up in the ‘sudden death’ phase.
SUDDEN DEATH QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE
In that phase, the bottom chefs are charged with making a perfect *traditional* omlette. Cole–by all accounts an extremely capable chef–does little more than make a mess leaving Season 15 favorite Fatima Ali to give this aside: “It’s gut-wrenching to watch such a giant in the industry doubt herself, it’s really hard.” Laura and Rogelio didn’t do much in their relegation to ‘Last Chance Kitchen’ and both were ‘officially’ eliminated from Season 15 after failing to turn in a strong performance there. The season winner of ‘Last Chance Kitchen’ earns a spot in the ‘Top Chef’ finals–sort of like the second ring in a two ring battle royal.
That leaves us with these updated ‘Top Chef’ power ratings. I’ve adapted the same format that I used for ‘Project Runway’ this season giving points for ‘High’ finishes in the elimination challenge and subtracting points for ‘Low’ finishes. It worked reasonably well for ‘Project Runway’ until the finale and was particularly effective in revealing ‘false favorites’. It might not be quite as accurate for ‘Top Chef’ due to the absence of a weekly challenge ‘runner up’ for both the winner and the elimination ‘victim’. I debated giving more emphasis to superlative and substandard performances (3 for a win, 2 for ‘High’ and -2 for ‘Low) but we’ll roll with this scoring criteria for now:
WIN = +2
HIGH = +1
IN = 0
LOW = -1
‘TOP CHEF’ POWER RATINGS THROUGH EPISODE 4
Fatima Ali: +3
Tyler Anderson: +2
Christopher Scott: +1
Carrie Baird: +1
Tanya Holland: +1
Joe Sasto: +1
Joseph Flamm: 0
Brother Luck: -1
Tu David Phu: -1
Bruce Kalman: -1
Adrienne Cheatham: -3
Nothing really revelatory so far. Christoper Scott had his first ‘Low’ of the season after two ‘High’ finishes but that’s not particularly significant. I have made Adrienne Cheatham the favorite to be eliminated in Week 4 after turning in three straight ‘Low’ finishes. In fact, the only other contestant with three of the same finish positions is Season 15 favorite Fatima Ali who has turned in nothing but ‘High’ finishes (though no main challenge wins so far). Consistency is the name of the game in the culinary profession and Ali not only had the ‘rep’ but so far has delivered and as a result she’s an even stronger favorite in our updated numbers.
Here are the odds to win the overall season competition along with odds for Episode Four:
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ TOP CHEF SEASON 15 BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’
Fatima Ali: +125
Tyler Anderson: +500
Christopher Scott: +750
Brother Luck: +750
Joe Sasto: +900
Tanya Holland: +900
Carrie Baird: +1500
Tu David Phu: +2500
Joseph Flamm: +2500
Bruce Kalman: +2500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
GENDER OF ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ WINNER
Male: -120
Female: +100
WILL ANY CHEF WITHDRAW FROM THE ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ COMPETITION?
Yes: +600
No: -750
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 4 BETTING ODDS
TO BE ELIMINATED IN EPISODE 4
Adrienne Cheatham: +250
Carrie Baird: +400
Tanya Holland: +700
Bruce Kalman: +700
Tu David Phu: +900
Brother Luck: +1250
Joseph Flamm: +1250
Joe Sasto: +1500
Tyler Anderson: +2500
Christopher Scott: +2500
Fatima Ali: +2500
No One Eliminated in Episode 4: +5000
TO BE AMONG THE ‘LOW ENTRIES’ BUT SAFE IN EPISODE 4
Adrienne Cheatham: +350
Carrie Baird: +450
Tanya Holland: +600
Bruce Kalman: +600
Tu David Phu: +700
Brother Luck: +1150
Joseph Flamm: +1150
Joe Sasto: +1250
Tyler Anderson: +1500
Christopher Scott: +1500
Fatima Ali: +1500
No ‘Low Entries’ but safe in Episode 4: +5000
WHO WILL WIN MAIN CHALLENGE?
Fatima Ali: +325
Tyler Anderson: +350
Christopher Scott: +350
Joe Sasto: +750
Carrie Baird: +900
Brother Luck: +1500
Tu David Phu: +1500
Joseph Flamm: +1500
Bruce Kalman: +1500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
Tanya Holland: +2500
No main challenge winner in Episode 4: +2500
WHO WILL WIN QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE?
Fatima Ali: +325
Tyler Anderson: +350
Christopher Scott: +350
Joe Sasto: +750
Carrie Baird: +900
Brother Luck: +1500
Tu David Phu: +1500
Joseph Flamm: +1500
Bruce Kalman: +1500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
Tanya Holland: +2500
No Quickfire Challenge winner in Episode 4: +1500
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 4 RATING (Adults 18-49)
Over 0.31: -150
Under 0.31: +130
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 4 TOTAL VIEWERSHIP
Over 0.80 million: -150
Under 0.80 million: +130
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 4 NIGHTLY RANKING AMONG TOP 150 ORIGINAL CABLE PROGRAMS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
Over 12.5: -130
Under 12.5: +110
The previous three props will be graded from information published on ShowBuzzDaily