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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Top chef sugar spice everything rice | Mind Blowing Facts

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The following contains spoilers from "Top Chef: World All Stars" Season 20, Episode 2.

As I queue up the next episode, I thought it appropriate to include this very on-point observation re: the "Top Chef" prize winnings. These thoughts come to you from "Palo Alto" author Malcolm Harris, who posted on Twitter:

"Top Chef holding the prize at $250K for another year is the straw that's finally gonna make me write about reality show prizes not keeping up with inflation."

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