The 18th season of “Top Chef” is in the books, and Seattle’s own Shota Nakajima made a terrific run in Portland, vying for a $250,000 prize against fellow contestants Gabe Erales and Dawn Burrell in the finale.
*Spoilers ahead for those who still haven’t gotten around to watching the finale yet.*
After an intense last episode, Nakajima impressed the judges, but ultimately fell short, as Erales took away the title. The decision ended up being a controversial one, though. In the lead-up to the show, there was chatter on social media about Erales’s December 2020 departure from Austin restaurant Comedor over what the establishment called at the time “repeated
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