{"id":230248,"date":"2026-03-23T22:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/top-chef-judges-taste-test-southern-classics\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:42:28","slug":"top-chef-judges-taste-test-southern-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/top-chef-judges-taste-test-southern-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Chef judges taste test Southern classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1774310400%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262180628%26%26%26youtube%265D5fJaT1nuY%3A9c65c2ce9c11972f91049f6c27ae8f2dc1aaad28&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=5D5fJaT1nuY&amp;moduleid=2180628&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2180628\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With plenty of debate, surprise favorites, and chef-level insight along the way, Top Chef judges\/host Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and Kristen Kish put their palates to the test in a tasting challenge focused on Southern classics to see whether their expert taste buds can tell the difference between artisan and grocery store versions of these iconic Southern foods.<\/p>\n<p>They taste test: <br \/>biscuits (Sweet Chick vs Clinton Street Baking Company)<br \/>boiled peanuts (Peanut Patch vs Alabama Peanut Company)<br \/>key lime pie (Little Pie Company vs Steve&#8217;s Authentic)<br \/>pecan pie (Little Pie Company vs Four &amp; Twenty Blackbirds)<br \/>BBQ sauce (Stubb&#8217;s Sweet Heat vs Mrs. Griffin&#8217;s Hickory Smoke)<br \/>cheese straws (Mook Mills cheese straws vs Cheese Straws by Donna)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5D5fJaT1nuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><i>ONTD, what is your favorite Southern food?<\/i> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132106642.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With plenty of debate, surprise favorites, and chef-level insight along the way, Top Chef judges\/host Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and Kristen Kish put their palates to the test in a tasting challenge focused on Southern classics to see whether their expert taste buds can tell the difference between artisan and grocery store versions of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}