About this episode

Gail Simmons discusses her experiences on Top Chef, including a recent elimination and her upcoming book on guest etiquette.

The judge and executive producer of Mikey's favorite show pays a visit to talk about a heated elimination, the likelihood of another All Stars season, her days of caviar-tasting for Vogue and her upcoming book about how to be a better guest — like what to do when you're stuck sitting next to an asshole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Gail Simmons

Topics covered

• Top Chef
• cooking competition
• elimination
• All Stars
• guest etiquette
• book release

Keywords

• Top Chef
• Gail Simmons
• elimination
• All Stars
• caviar-tasting
• Vogue
• guest etiquette
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vogue

Books & works: Top Chef

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