Top Chef ™

Top Chef ™ Challenge Type:

Elimination

Coconut Curry Collard Green Saag with Pleasant Ridge Reserve Potato Fritter

Chef Michelle: "I'm going to do a play on sag paneer. Kind of a coconut curry. Collard greens. I do not cook a lot of indian food. I do cook a lot of southern food. Sag paneer typically uses paneer cheese and spinach. I've decided to go with collard greens. It really just speaks to who I am. "

Chef Michelle (presenting to the judges): "I picked Pleasant Ridge reserve cheese today, and I did a take on a sag paneer for the coconut curry gravy. I have collard greens in there. The fritter is made of potato, more cheese, a little bit of curry, and cilantro."

Judges (behind the scenes)

"Pleasant Ridge reserve. I don't think I've ever had this cheese used in this setting. This is really interesting."

"Michelle's dish, I thought was fantastic."

"Oh, my. Yeah."

"Like, absolutely hands down winner."

"I'm trying to think, is it because it was so different and it wasn't heavy, lots of cheese, and I'm thinking, like, no, it was just a better dish."

"I tasted the nuttiness of the cheese in with the collards as well as the. I just thought it was really great."