Tofu on Top Chef

Finally, tofu makes its debut on Top Chef. A vegan challenge presented itself during a recent elimination on the cooking show. The male contestants were to cook for a bride and her friends and family and the female contestants had to cook for the groom’s side. There just so happened to be a vegetarian amongst the bride’s crew and Top Chef contestant Hector created a winning dish with tofu that garnered much praise. It’s a very refreshing representation of veg food since Top Chef’s last foray into meat alternatives was very disheartening—a contestant was given the boot for making a seitan dish. How does one mess that up? Because, seriously, the wheat meat can’t be beat.