-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email In her first season of "Top Chef," in which she was the runner-up to eventual winner (and now host) Chef Kristen Kish , chef Brooke Williamson was such a powerhouse that she nearly monopolized every challenge in the second half of the season. I will forever be amazed by her surf-and-turf challenge dish of frog legs and mussels — simultaneously bonkers and brilliant. The same can be said for her her Vadouvan fried chicken wing, her repeated, ingenious use of squid (one dish of ginger-caramel squid and another of lamb-stuffed squid with coconut milk and black rice) and many other inventive, delicious-sounding dishes.
Williamson' competence, capability, sheer talent and quiet confidence was so stellar to watch and I was eager for her return to the show, ideally to watch her compete at an even higher level and maybe even cinch a win. Related Before Kristen Kish: How Stephanie Izard paved the way for the women of "Top Chef" A few years later, Williamson returned for another season, immediately securing the win in the first Quick Fire of the season and producing incredible food all season — until a late season mishap saw her booted before she quickly returned through Last Chance Kitchen. A few episodes later, she won the season, besting Chef Shirley Cheung in the finale.
Since then, Williamson has been a staple on food TV, all the while still managing and operating her California restaurant Playa Provisions. Now, with Williamson's highly-.
