COUCH POTATOES: Top Chef Is Back & The 2026 Top Chef Fantasy Draft

A new podcast is hitting the LA Food Podcast feed.

Welcome to the debut episode of Couch Potatoes: A Food TV Podcast. To kick things off, Luca Servodio and Father Sal are joined by Bits Nicholas of Compliments to the Chef to preview Top Chef Season 23 and hold the first ever Fantasy Top Chef Draft for 2026.

The twist? It’s Team LA Food Podcast vs Team Compliments to the Chef. Each side drafts chefs from the new season and will compete all season long to see whose picks dominate the competition.

Along the way the crew breaks down the Season 23 cast, early favorites, potential dark horses, and which chefs could flame out early. If you’re a Top Chef diehard, a Bravo fan, or just love food TV debates, this is the ultimate pre-season preview.

New episodes of Couch Potatoes will cover the biggest moments from Top Chef and the wider world of food television.