‘Top Chef’ elimination odds: Who will pack their knives and go in ‘The Wright Way’ team challenge?

There are 12 chefs left in the main competition on “Top Chef” (and Soo Ahn still waiting to pounce in “Last Chance Kitchen”), and tonight in “The Wright Way” those chefs will split up into six teams of two to create dishes that will celebrate famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. So who will exit the competition in what last week’s preview of tonight’s episode indicated will be a double elimination?

As of this writing the consensus of Gold Derby users is that Charly Pierre will be eliminated. He hasn’t really distinguished himself in the competition thus far, flying somewhat under the radar through the first few episodes. He has mostly been safe through challenges, but he also cooked bottom dishes on two occasions. In “Living the High Life,” he was in the bottom three for the Elimination Challenge due to an under-seasoned black bean puree with some undercooked fish. Then in “Take It Cheesy” he whiffed the Quickfire Challenge by trying to pair chocolate and cherries with earthy beets.

If our odds are right, that might also be bad news for Michelle Wallace, who from the photo above appears to be paired with Pierre tonight. Wallace has actually had one of the best runs this season so far, getting high marks in the “Chef’s Test” Elimination Challenge, cooking another top dish in the “High Life” Quickfire Challenge, and winning the “Cheesy” Elimination Challenge. So we’ll have to wait and see if Pierre drags her down or if she raises him up. Or who knows, if they fall maybe it will be because of her mistakes. “Top Chef” is fickle, and anything can happen from week to week.

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