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TV Chef Fantasy League

Comedians and cooking show superfans Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, and Ify Nwadiwe use fantasy sports rules to argue about America’s favorite reality cooking competition shows. We pick chefs, we earn points based on how those chefs perform, and at the end of the season, we crown a winner!

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Latest Episodes:

Week 7 - It's Literally Midnight (Top Chef: Carolinas) Apr 24, 2026

Show notes

Ify tells a story about throwing up hot dogs and then promptly falls asleep. Sierra's wearing 2 pairs of pants. Mike wants Kristen Kish's suit. We recorded this in the dead of night. Let's get weird.

This week's scoring:

quickfire “favorite dish”: Anthony, Brandon, Jonathan, Laurence, Oscar, Sherry +0.5
quickfire win: Anthony, Brandon, Jonathan +1
make it to judges’ table: Laurence, Anthony, Sherry +1
elimination challenge win: Anthony +2
scripple double: Anthony +1
last chance kitchen challenge win: Rhoda +0.5
crying: Justin +0.5

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BONUS TEASER: Interview with Kat Turner Apr 20, 2026

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A small preview of our MaxFunDrive 2026 bonus episode! We sit down with Kat Turner (Top Chef: Destination Canada) and chat about doing what scares you, private chef-ing for famous people, and which chef isn't in the group chat anymore. No fuckin' losers!

The full episode is available exclusively for Maximum Fun members. To hear the whole episode, head to maximumfun.org/joinchef and become a member for only $5/month!

Week 6 - The Warhammer Show (Top Chef: Carolinas) Apr 17, 2026

Show notes

Put on your tin foil hats, we've got ourselves a conspiracy theory about Jen, Sieger, and Last Chance Kitchen.

This week's scoring:

elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Laurence, Brandon, Sherry, Duyen +1
last chance kitchen challenge win: Nana +0.5

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Week 5 - Rhoda is Rasika 2.0 (Top Chef: Carolinas) Apr 10, 2026

Show notes

Apologies for the short episode, Ify was about 24 hours early to the studio. The North Carolina board of tourism works their magic, and Jennifer makes the absolute worst decision possible.

This week's scoring:

quickfire “favorite dish”: Brandon, Sieger, Jonathan +0.5
quickfire win: Brandon +1
make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Sherry, Duyen +1
elimination challenge win: Anthony +2
last chance kitchen challenge win: Rhoda +0.5
“i miss my kids/partner/family”: Laurence +0.25

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Week 4 - Ify Goes Full Prone Bone (Top Chef: Carolinas) Apr 03, 2026

Show notes

Sierra loses another chef, Ify calls in from London, and Mike gets on a soapbox about the state of men's shorts.

This week's scoring:

quickfire “favorite dish”: red & blue teams (Anthony, Duyen, Jonathan, Jennifer, Justin, Sieger) +0.5
quickfire win: blue team (Jennifer, Justin, Sieger) +1
make it to judges’ table: Sherry, Sieger, Laurence +1
elimination challenge win: Sieger +2
scripple double: Sieger +1
last chance kitchen challenge win: Nana +0.5
crying: Brittany, Rhoda +0.5

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Week 3 - Our Engineer Made Coffee With Duyen?! (Top Chef: Carolinas) Mar 27, 2026

Show notes

When the dust settles on Top Chef, would you rather we go back to MasterChef, or try 24 in 24?

This week's scoring:

Quickfire win: Anthony +1
Elimination challenge win: Laurence +2
Quickfire “favorite dish”: Duyen, Anthony, Rhoda +0.5
Make it to judges’ table: Anthony, Laurence, Brandon +1
Crying: Nana +0.5
Missing/forgetting to plate an element: Nana -0.25

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Week 2 - The Red Reapers Fumble The Second Half (Top Chef: Carolinas) Mar 20, 2026

Show notes

Beef, ice cream! Beef, ice cream! Beef, ice cream! Ify reports in on Austin's food scene while we brainstorm a new ad campaign for Talenti and call out Top Chef's graphic designer.

This week's scoring:

Quickfire win: Laurence +1
Elimination challenge win: Rhoda +2
Quickfire “favorite dish”: Oscar, Laurence, Nana +0.5
Judges’ table: Green Team (Anthony, Brittany, Jennifer, Jonathan, Oscar, Rhoda, Sieger) +1

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Week 1 - Sierra Doesn't Wanna Go 175 MPH (Top Chef: Carolinas) Mar 13, 2026

Show notes

Did you know they're dropping new potatoes? The curse of the private chef strikes again, and Mike is still sick (sorry).

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Weeks 7 and 8 - Please Fix This Show (Next Gen Chef) Mar 11, 2026

Show notes

Next Gen Chef is frustrating and possibly rigged (thanks Uncle Jeffrey!), but it's not unsalvageable. Let's get this whole god forsaken thing over with so we can get to the REAL cooking shows.

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The Draft (Top Chef: Carolinas) Mar 06, 2026

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It's time for Top Chef! In this episode, we pick our chefs for the season. Tony Soprano stops by the studio to help Ify with his draft, Sierra picks off the injured reserve list, and Mike watches an alarming amount of other cooking shows.

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