On this episode, we kick off our 2026 Go Asian season with the return of Top Chef, our longtime favorite cooking competition show, with its 23rd season taking place in the Carolinas. We recap the first episode as well as take a look at this year's Asian cheftestants. But wait, there's more! Also making it's debut is a challenger for the crown of premier cooking competition show, Padma Lakshmi's new show America's Culinary Cup, which is promising even more high octane cookery with a murderer's row of cheftestants (and quite a few Asians as well)! We take a look at the premiere episode and what the show is doing to set itseld apart from Top Chef.

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