‘Top Chef Colorado’– Episode 7 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 7 of ‘Top Chef Colorado’ will air on January 18, 2018 at 10:00 PM Eastern on Bravo
One of the smartest pieces of advice I ever received was to just not worry about things. Many things take care of themselves and by not worrying it leaves you in a good frame of mind to deal with the things you *do* need to deal with. That definitely happened in Episode 6 of ‘Top Chef Colorado’. After 2 contestants were added/returned to the competition I was scratching my head about how to integrate them into my power ratings and evaluate them for my betting odds. After Week 6, the problem has solved itself.
Brother Luck was eliminated and I’m sorry to see him go just because I think having the name ‘Brother’ is really cool. He made the tactical mistake of serving a non-German dish (a Odell 90 Shilling chai tea radler with summer sausage egg roll with bok choy, apple and potato) in a German food contest. Judge Tom Colicchio observed that the creation (which sounds really tasty) “just didn’t feel German at all.” I thought highly enough of brother Luck to have him as my third choice to win the whole thing at +750 heading into last week’s show. Then again, I got the vibe he could go either way and also had him as a +700 third choice to be eliminated.
The contest lost another chef as Lee Ann Wong left the show as quickly as she had returned. Wong, who owns and runs Koko Head Cafe in Hawaii, is three months pregnant. The previous competition outside in the snow really took a toll on her and she had to be taken to the hospital. Turns out that she was suffering from altitude sickness and dehydration and the doctors advised her to return to sea level. That’s tough to do in Colorado to she had to withdraw and head home. Tough break for her but it make it a lot easier to reconfigure the odds and power ratings.
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. I don’t have any good ideas on how I can come up with a proper valuation for the new/returning contestants so for now I’ll leave them on the sidelines and revisit things next week:
WIN = +2
HIGH = +1
IN = 0
LOW = -1
‘TOP CHEF’ POWER RATINGS THROUGH EPISODE 7
Fatima Ali: +3
Tanya Holland: +3
Christopher Scott: +2
Carrie Baird: +2
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +1
Joe Sasto: +1
Joseph Flamm: -1
Bruce Kalman: -1
Adrienne Cheatham: -4
Things are starting to heat up. 6 of the 9 remaining chefs have a ‘plus’ power rating and favorite Fatima Ali is getting some real competition from not only Christopher Scott but Week 6 challenge winner Tanya Holland. Holland and Ali are now tied atop the table with a +3 power rating right ahead of Christopher Scott and Carrie Baird. Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins–the other recent returnee via ‘Last Chance Kitchen’ fared well with one of the top three high scores of the week.
Here are the odds to win the overall season competition along with odds for Episode Seven:
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ TOP CHEF SEASON 15 BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’
Fatima Ali: +150
Christopher Scott: +225
Carrie Baird: +500
Tanya Holland: +750
Joe Sasto: +950
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +1500
Joseph Flamm: +2500
Bruce Kalman: +2500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
GENDER OF ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ WINNER
Male: +130
Female: -150
WILL ANY CHEF WITHDRAW FROM THE ‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ COMPETITION?
Yes: +600
No: -750
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 7 BETTING ODDS
TO BE ELIMINATED IN EPISODE 7
Adrienne Cheatham: +200
Bruce Kalman: +350
Joseph Flamm: +350
Joe Sasto: +750
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +1150
Tanya Holland: +1150
Carrie Baird: +1150
Christopher Scott: +1750
Fatima Ali: +1750
No One Eliminated in Episode 7: +5000
TO BE AMONG THE ‘LOW ENTRIES’ BUT SAFE IN EPISODE 7
Bruce Kalman: +300
Joseph Flamm: +300
Adrienne Cheatham: +350
Joe Sasto: +500
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +1150
Tanya Holland: +1150
Carrie Baird: +1150
Christopher Scott: +1750
Fatima Ali: +1750
No One Among ‘Low Entries’ but safe in Episode 7: +5000
WHO WILL WIN MAIN CHALLENGE?
Fatima Ali: +300
Christopher Scott: +350
Tanya Holland: +500
Carrie Baird: +500
Joe Sasto: +700
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +700
Joseph Flamm: +1500
Bruce Kalman: +1500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
No main challenge winner in Episode 7: +2500
WHO WILL WIN QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE?
Christopher Scott: +300
Fatima Ali: +350
Tanya Holland: +500
Carrie Baird: +500
Joe Sasto: +700
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins: +700
Joseph Flamm: +1500
Bruce Kalman: +1500
Adrienne Cheatham: +2500
No quickfire challenge winner in Episode 7: +2500>
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 7 RATING (Adults 18-49)
Over 0.31: -150
Under 0.31: +130
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 7 TOTAL VIEWERSHIP
Over 0.80 million: -150
Under 0.80 million: +130
‘TOP CHEF COLORADO’ EPISODE 7 NIGHTLY RANKING AMONG TOP 150 ORIGINAL CABLE PROGRAMS FOR THURSDAY,JANUARY 18
Over 12.5: -130
Under 12.5: +110
The previous three props will be graded from information published on ShowBuzzDaily