"Top Chef: Texas"- FINALS

Bonus Quickfire: This will determine who will be the four sous chefs for each finalist; 45 minutes are on the clock to make the dishes, after which the finalists will taste theirs.

Sous Chef Choices (if there are any errors that I've made, please let me know in the comments section):

Paul (Coast): Barbara, Ty-Lor, Chris Crary & Keith
Sarah (Black + Blue): Nyesha, Tyler, Heather & Grayson

THE FINAL CHALLENGE: Nine hours are given to make the four-course menus at the restaurants of their choice.

Budget (45 min.): $2.5K

MENUS:

PAUL (QI):
1. Chawanmushi w/ edamame, pea shoots & spot prawns
2. Grilled sea bass w/ clam dashi, pickled radishes & mushrooms
3. Congee w/ scrambled eggs, uni, kale & smoked Albacore
4. Coconut ice cream w/ puffed rice, kumquats, mangosteen, Thai chili foam & jasmin gelee

SARAH (Monte Verde):
1. Squid inktagliatelle w/ spot prawns & coconut
2. Rye-crusted Steelhead Trout w/ fennel sauce, pickled beets & Gras pasta
3. Braised veal cheek w/ crispy veal sweetbreads
4. Hazelnut cake w/ kumquat & roasted white chocolate ganache (incidentally, Padma isn't a fan of white chocolate)

From the Rocky Mountaineer train station, the ninth "Top Chef" on this more well-known series is...





































































































































Paul
Sarah

...PAUL QUI- HE'S THE MOST DECORATED ONE EVER!!!!!!!

He may have won only two Quickfire Challenges, but he earned a combined $30K for winning them ($20K for the first, $10K for the second). Also, he won (or at least shared the win) an ALL-TIME RECORD NINE ELIMINATION/MAIN CHALLENGES (including tonight's; he also set the overall challenge wins record) & as a result accumulated yet another $30K, the Toyota prius v, a trip to Costa Rica & tickets to see "Snow White & The Huntsman"! And he's going to be featured in Food & Wine & said magazine's Aspen festival! When you total it all up, he's won well over $200K in cash & stuff, including $185K cash alone!!!

And as for Sarah, she's still $30K happier then she was before she got onto this program.