Originally Posted by
csufabel
but the episode I watched, I kept saying to myself, "Who are these people?"
Originally Posted by
jcwoman
this time they're doing eliminations like the regular show instead of progress ladders.
This.
Trying to get a large group of top-name chefs to drop all of their other commitments for (at least) two weeks would be a very difficult challenge. With a progress ladder (which I didn't like), you probably only had to commit to one day every other week, and maybe 2-3 days for the finals.