One of the TV shows in my rotation is Top Chef. Normally I have no occasion to mention it here, but last week’s episode has luckily opened the door. In a strange, yet neat, turn of cross promotion, Charlize Theron was the episode’s guest judge, in anticipation for her role as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman. (Which doesn’t open til, like, June, but that’s neither here nor there.) This led to a challenge where each chef had to create an “evil” course fit for a queen to serve Charlize and the judges. It was easily the best episode so far of Top Chef Texas, and the dishes were pretty gnarly. Gallery of creepy food after the jump!
There were seven dishes overall, but these were the standouts. CLICK each image for the full size idea.
Black chicken with quail egg, beets, and foie gras
“The egg represents the baby inside her… when she was slaughtered.”
Foie gras with bacon, pumpernickel, pickled cherries, and beets
Poisoned apple and cherry pie
Amarone risotto with lamb heart
Seared scallop over “witch’s stew” and dragon beans
And if you haven’t seen it, here’s the trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman. The reason they were serving up such wicked food was because this movie is “much darker” than we’ve seen the story told before. Charlize called herself a serial killer in it. But maybe she just never dropped character after Monster.
Tags: Snow White and the Huntsman, Top Chef Texas
black chicken is the best!