Originally Posted by
Paolo01
I could be wrong here, but I am not sure that Bryan 'beat' Kevin. Was there a second and third place determination? I think Kevin was just told that he was not Top Chef and then Michael that had won Top Chef. I am not sure that there ever was or is a second/third judgement. Maybe I am reading too far into how they produce the show. I am also guessing that Kevin does just fine as far as publicity and future earnings as a result of his TC participation.
Well, the way I see it working is:
They first announce who's going home. In early rounds this is from a selected subset, in later rounds they all get judged as a group.
They then announce a winner. Again, in early rounds from a subset, in later rounds from the whole group.
They never announce you're #2, 3, etc. So when there are more than three we only know the first and last place - with some relative order in the early rounds.
When they're down to three the same pattern follows. They announce the loser, they then announce the winner, so the only assumption I can make is the other remaining person is #2.
So, yes, I think Kevin was third place last night.