Those Inflammatory Scallops

Soggy seafood dooms a Top Chef contender

Spike Mendelsohn didn't need help on how to cook a steak; he won the Quickfire Challenge handily with his mad butchering skills. But his winner's advantage was quickly squandered when he chose frozen scallops. (Were they planted in Rick Tramonto's kitchen? Bravo doesn't want us to have that conversation.) Other discussions that Bravo does allow on the table: the variety of Spike's hat collection; Lisa's work at Spike's restaurant, Mai House; and Spike's post–Top Chef life.