I have an aversion to BBQ sauce in a fine-dining setting, but thats just me. His bacon three ways incorporated a smorgasbord of ingredients that shouldnt be combined, like bacon fat, blackberries, chorizo, mushrooms, clams, and others. Heather really is a piece of work. Nyesha Arrington later competed in Top Chef Duels. I dont need much prodding to enjoy a libation with those two. Again Heather brought up the whole Asian issue, which wasnt the problem with their dish. Paul, who won $185,000 and a bunch of prizes because he was far and away the best chef this season, was declared the winner after what Tom Colicchio said was "as difficult a decision as we ever. 'Top Chef: Texas' reunion: Did Sarah tell Emeril Lagasse to 'f--- off'? Phew, good luck on that one. 6 of 38 7 of 38 Cooking professionally for more than 20 years, Heather Naez is the head chef at Bohanan's Prime Steak & Seafood, a downtown restaurant and craft cocktail bar opened by Mark . The season was filmed in various cities in Texas, including San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin, before moving on to British Columbia for the finale. Chris wanted to own up to messing up the potatoes, but Grayson tried to put a positive spin on it, saying they were going for height on their dish. It makes no sense to me. I love the way Grayson communicates. Luckily Ty-Lor Boring didnt cook this, as the puns would be too much to handle. The theme of the challenge was fairly open ended: Create a dish that serves as a tribute to someone who inspired you as a chef. Heather found a seemingly weak target, and she became the selfish, inflexible chef she accused Beverly of being. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from. Then, each contestant had to incorporate an ingredient selected by a competitor. The winner received immunity. I created reality blurred 22 years ago as a place to collect interesting links I found. Elimination Challenge: The chefs, working in two teams divided by gender, had to create a pop-up restaurant and execute a three-course dinner service. It truly was harad for both of them to take, but mostly for Dakota. Elimination Challenge: The chefs were given bikes to shop for their own ingredients, and had to find their own cooking spaces somewhere in the environs around The Alamo. Elk from Grayson and Moto Chris. I like Currence. Like Dakota last week, Heather made an inexcusably glaring mistake in execution and was sent packing. A lot of people are interested in it, so its kinda fun. Venison. But the winner was Paul, who seems to be stepping up as a frontrunner who can be relied upon to deliver an inspired dish. Sarah from Texas is the absolutel worst. Oh my God I love him. She looked at Beverly with pure disdain when talking down to her, and she was so concerned that Beverly wouldnt act like a team player that she ended up coming across as the worst team player of all. Ed Lee likes bourbon. Chefs get to rank the bottom three teams. "I have this Forrest Gump-ian way of touching something and it becomes a hit!" The cast of the ninth season of Top Chef initially consisted of 29 contestants. Quail wins. From Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett to a potential Best Supporting Actress toss-up, see who EW thinks will win at the 2023 Oscars. Its just a shame. I got pulled into that whole Asian thing and I dont think I even said Asian that whole time I was there. Quickfire Challenge: The chefs selected ingredients from the pantry while blindfolded and incorporated all of them into one dish. Sarah wanted to win a challenge really badly, and its nice for her that she won one that meant so much to her. It was hilarious and also a great example of how powerful reality TV editing is. The chefs were able to cook through the night and had access to individual pits, a smoker, and a trailer kitchen. Each chef had two ten-minute rounds to cook. And I dont mean to point out prejudice where it doesnt exist, but why does Heather assume that her rustic American style is categorically superior to Beverlys Asian cooking? Grayson and Chris J: elk for guest. It really made me feel great. Lindsay flew flavor through her whole dish. And hopefully more chefs like Chiarello and Montuano and myself can push that. Instead of immunity, the winner received $10,000. Of course, Heather and Beverly were grouped into a team. So I really wanted to push and at the same time I got a lot of inspiration from the other chefs. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Second Course: Poached Salmon in Warm Tomato Water, Clams, Salmon Skin & Tomatillo Jam (Paul and Ty-Lr); Crispy Skin Pork Belly with Green Apple & Sweet Potato Pure (Paul), First Course: Peach Salad with Pickled Shallots, Bacon Vinaigrette & Candied Pistachio (Grayson); Mozzarella Filled, Third Course: Schaum Torte with Vanilla Meringue & Champagne Berries (Grayson); Hazelnut Cream Italian Doughnuts with Banana Sugar Glaze (Sarah), Event 1: Each chef created a dish using equipment and ingredients found in a moving. Bravotv.com: Gail noted in her finale blog that the dashi was a nice nod to Paul and his style and she thought that that was really nice that you included that. Top Chef Week 3 Recap: Befelled by a Tortilla. Just a little boring and the failed sweet potato fence thing. We have to protect our borders, you know. Challenge: The chefs cooked dishes with cactus as the main ingredient, using only a wok, in 30 minutes. Dakota with her lamb, which I saw coming. Paul was assisted by Barbara Lynch, Chris C., Keith, and Ty-Lr, while Sarah was assisted by Heather, Grayson, Nyesha, and Tyler. Beverly Kim is a James Beard Award -winning chef and restaurateur who was a contestant on Top Chef in 2011 and co-owns the Michelin -starred Parachute in Chicago. Bravotv.com: So when are you and your fianc getting married? Maybe an Asian twist would have made the duck more exciting. Im sure Heather is having a hard time watching this episode. The menu looks very simple and delicious and then you get it and youre like, Oh so good.. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Quickfire Challenge: The chefs paired off for a mise en place relay, where they had 30 minutes to both prepare ingredients for the judges' inspection and combine them into one dish. In which Heather establishes herself as Our Villain By Melanie Haupt, 10:31AM, Fri. Dec. 16, 2011 Mean girl Sarah, who cant stand when things dont go her way, denied saying something to a not-specified chef, but gets mad that something that didnt happen was being brought up (i.e. When I got back to Chicago I started thinking of the things that Beverly taught me, that Paul taught me, Lindsay, Grayson, and Ed taught me. Its a great honky-tonk town. I was at a loss except for this: Yams carved as Jesus foster dad Joseph, holding hands, linking the world in a sweet potato fence of goodness. They had 30 minutes to shop, then two hours the next day to cook and serve their meals to the judges at the Driskill Hotel in Austin. I found Lindsays southern drawl more pronounced last week and I have a theory: when she is talking directly to the camera she speaks like she was on the honour (British spelling) role at Eton. Ty-Lor with his clams. And in order to compete with Paul whos so strong, I knew I had to come out of the gate really strong as well. The other judges clearly knew she said it. Check out never-before-seen content, exclusive sweepstakes, and much more! Hes a good-looking guy, but in that photo he looks like an unholy union between Bluto and the Coppertone girl. I think that every cuisine is equal. Oh God. When he told me about it I said, I know that, I cant do anything about it now! It was cute how he told me and he isnt savvy with production so he didnt know I was miked. Bring back the blindfolded palate-testing Quickfire. Her meat cookery missed the mark. In this case, your dish better make Padma and Tim tequila-drunk, which is the worst/best kind of drunk there is. The season premiered on November 2, 2011. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. What was going through your mind when you heard that?SG: I already knew there were bone issues, thats why I had butchered them twice. It was a nice reward for all the hard work and the amount of risks that I took for them. Nov 16, 2011 at 12:19 am. As season 18 of Top Chef came to a close, with Texas-based Chef Gabe Erales winning the top prize of $250K, viewers of the popular cooking competition raised a red flag about Erales being fired as executive chef from Comedor, an upscale Mexican restaurant and fixture in the Austin dining scene. They were going to pounce like lionesses, like little tigers. As someone who grew up eating galbi jjim, I really wanted to try Beverlys take on it. Elimination Challenge: The competition moved to Whistler Olympic Park in British Columbia, where the four remaining chefs were confronted with a series of three Olympic-themed challenges, in honor of Vancouver's hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Had Heather and Sarah been on the same team, Id have a team to root against but this challenge was nerve-wracking, because each pair had at least one person I like or respect on some level. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from Coffy to Jackie Brown. Third Tweet (Extra Ingredient): The chefs had to use a pantry ingredient randomly chosen for them by another contestant. The judges enjoyed the gratin and the flavor of the venison, but no one could deny that the meat was raw, which was enough to put them in the bottom three. Foodies, again: Team Beverly or Team Heather? Not for a minute did I believe their pairing was an accident. It is right after the last episode where we found Heather bashing Beverly over shrimp prep times and laziness, a trend that may continue, whilst at the same time winning the Elimination Challenge. The winner received immunity and a copy of Modernist Cuisine. Get a VIP pass to never-before-seen content, exclusive sweepstakes, and much more! By Kevin Pang. Chris Jones chicken was too dry, and Tim thought Sarah undercooked her risotto. He flashed the salmon perhaps too fast and too hot, causing a fatty substance called albumin (somehow the technical term is grosser than calling it something like sticky white mess) to leak from the meat. They dont make that much sense. Hugh Acheson reacts to Heather Terhune's treatment of Beverly Kim. A jury of chef-testants voted Team Duck into the bottom three. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. These The winner received immunity and $5,000. The MCUs tiniest heroes are kicking off its biggest phase yet, setting up the next several years of storytelling. That doesnt seem like the worst place to be, but I get his point. In reality competition terms, cooking with bacon is the equivalent to singing God Bless America on American Idol or the opposite of stepping up as Project Manager on Celebrity Apprentice. Breast was a little rubbery. Weeks ago, he made a head-scratcher of a green cigar/doobie with nasty cumin ash coming out of it; this week, he tried to force a weird sweet potato chain-link fence into a dish that didnt need it. And that was really what I wanted to show people. Nyesha chose Heather, and Ty-Lr chose Chris C. Challenge: The chefs had 30 minutes to create a dish using black drum. One member from the losing team was eligible for elimination. Weve created a community that connects people through open and thoughtful conversations about the TV were watching and the stories about it. Do you know who worked very hard to raise money for a not-so-good cause? What Heather is doing is not culinary leadership, it's belittling nonsense, and thats what rubbing Nyesha the wrong way. Welcome! As should surprise absolutely nobody, Heather refused to give Beverly a much-deserved apology. And then I worked with Bill Kim whos an amazing Korean chef here, and we staged at his restaurant and he took me to the Japanese market, Korean market, and the Vietnamese market to show me the differences. It seemed like Heather pounced on Beverly because she seems too meek to actually stand up for herself. Elimination Challenge: Working in teams of two, the chefs served a game dinner. Bravo Insider is your VIP pass to never-before-seen content, exclusive giveaways, and so much more. Having said that, the pairings really heightened the drama this was the first truly riveting episode of this season. Time to get to Ft. Worth. But Chris Jones seriously disappointed, and he revealed a weakness that may be more serious than a simple technical mistake: a lack of judgment. The members of the losing team then competed against one another to rework their losing chili into a winning dish. It was created in 2000 byAndy Dehnart, who's still writing and publishing it today. She viciously attacked her. Bravotv.com: So service is over, youre at Judges Table, and you and Paul go backstage and you say that it seemed Padma really liked your courses better, Tom seemed to maybe like Pauls better. Top Chef: Texas. And I love him, I mean. Emeril, graciously, said, I love your food, adding that there was a complete evolution in her cooking. She was concerned that the drab color palette of her pork sausage-stuffed cabbage and spinach with browned butter wouldnt excite the judges, but each of those ingredients is awesome. Beverlys disclosure that she had been in an abusive relationship was genuinely heartbreaking because she in some ways comes across as someone who would put up with mistreatment for too long. The winner received $20,000. Top Chef Masters Seasons List Work in progress. Challenge: The chefs had 30 minutes to make a pastry dessert with the help of a sous-chef. The season premiered on November 2, 2011. Last nights high-tech Quickfire Challenge was probably better in theory than in execution, but it made for some small thrills nevertheless. Top Chef (Season 9) (Texas) Top Chef (Season 10) (Seattle) Top Chef (Season 11) (New Orleans) Top Chef (Season 12) (Boston) George Pagonis was first eliminated but later returned to the competition. The winner of each challenge received $10,000 and the right to move on in the competition. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! I staged with a few different chefs around the city. Two of the courses had to contain steak. The chefs decided among themselves which three teams had the least successful dishes. This is like a declaration of buoyancy on the Titanic. I have nothing funny to say. Top Chef season 13 finale recap: The winner is Top Chef recap: Back Where It All Started, Top Chef California premiere recap: Stop the Presses, 'Top Chef' recap: 'Getting Prickly in Mexico', Top Chef recap: 'The Final Battle of Beantown'. with kohlrabi slaw and faro fried rice. The chefs had to prepare a dish to compliment a tequila of their choosing. Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. If only this season had been that entertaining. Unbeknownst to the chefs, each ingredient also had an associated time limit of either 20 minutes, 40 minutes, or 60 minutes. Qualifying Challenge: The third group of chefs each chose an ingredient from a provided assortment. In other words, Im here to call it out when it sucks and celebrate it when its amazing. Im with her. Even though I would have liked Andy to put Heather on blast for the racist undertones to her behavior toward Beverly, Im just glad not to see her face or hear her insufferable voice on TV ever again. Paul, who won $185,000 and a bunch of prizes because he was far and away the best chef this season, was declared the winner after what Tom Colicchio said was as difficult a decision as we ever made. In other words, Sarahs loss wasnt a condemnation of her talent or skills, even though it was certainly disappointing. This challenge touched on the chefs emotions, particularly for Sarah, whose grandparents inspired her to get into cooking. Once the group got smaller we really got to show each other more. Challenge: The chefs had 30 minutes to create a dish using ingredients found in a gas station with a budget of $20. The vote to the bottom three is a pretty miserable mess. Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Quickfire Challenge: The chefs made dishes using an assortment of chiles, ranging from mild to hot on the Scoville scale. It rocked. The winning team split $15,000. AGE: 40PROFESSION: Executive Chef, Sable Kitchen & BarCULINARY EDUCATION: A.O.S Culinary Arts, New England Culinary InstituteFAVORITE SIMPLE FALL DESSERT RECIPE: Pumpkin Panna Cotta Ginger Snaps, Candied Pumpkin Seed Brittle. The winner received a trip for two to Costa Rica. The contestants were then given 45 minutes to butcher five bone-in ribeyes, and cook one of them into a "perfect" medium-rare steak. She says thanks with her Eton accent. The scary part is that Paul never acted out while he was on the show, but five years after his win and after opening a few. Quickfire Challenge: The chefs were each paired in a tag team challenge with a previous Top Chef Masters contestant: Takashi Yagihashi, Anita Lo, and Floyd Cardoz. Tim explained that a good tequila is meant to be sipped like a fine wine. Teamwork reigns supreme. Sarah Grueneberg: Oh yea, absolutely yes. Account. Sarah chooses Nyesha (master of sauce-making), Heather, Grayson, and - get this - Tyler, the young whipper-snapper. This is a team competition tonight. Cheffing is my anti-drug! How refreshing. And I talked to a lot of the guests that night and none of them said anything about it so I think he was the only one who got it. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! According to reunion master Andy Cohen, 90 percent of all questions about Top Chef: Texas had to do with Beverly and the trio of sweaty, foul-mouthed meanies who bullied her throughout the competition. Challenge: The final two chefs to be eliminated during the qualifying rounds were given 30 minutes to cook a pizza. Each team was required to use brisket, pork ribs, and chicken in their dishes, in addition to serving two side dishes. On the day of the event, the chefs had three hours to cook and serve at Southfork Ranch in Dallas. Elimination Challenge: The chefs each prepared a dish inspired by a chef for whom they had previously worked for. Top Chef's Dakota: I was hurt by Nyesha's comments, Top Chef's Nyesha: I don't know how our dish ended up undercooked, Top Chef's Whitney: My thought process was off. Paul, whos been extremely preoccupied with representing Austin all season, was sweating balls (or sweating from them? Luckily Jamie got the bone, and I always say when I have friends coming into the restaurant and theres something weird like that that happens, its good to tell me so I can fix it -- its not like its going out to a guest. Offers may be subject to change without notice. In the top group, Chris Crary created a visually fascinating raw oyster dish with a tequila lime tapioca pearl and a bit of sea air. This is not the time to pull out the harried Slingblade character. Edward and Ty-lr both had a lot to prove this week, and they won soundly with their sorghum quail with pickled cherries and eggplant. Was it karma that sent Heather Terhune packing from Top Chef? "I have this Forrest Gump-ian way of touching something and it becomes a hit!" Rockin it out, but the sausage is not up to Sarahs thoughts, and she bursts into tears after judging. Andy pushed her: You were there.. Episode One Recap. Im excited for my career and excited about being the new Sarah, really finding what Sarahs cooking is. Elimination Challenge: The chefs worked as a team to cater a four-course steak dinner for 200 at the annual Cattle Baron's Ball. More at 11. The fancy persons pigeon. I am getting a bottle of vodka, getting crunk, and going to find me a motherf---in cowboy. There dish was actually not bad at all. crispy pork belly with corn, bell pepper, habanero and potato hash. Bravotv.com: What was behind your decision to infuse your meal with both what was expected which was the Italian aspects of your courses and then inserting your German heritage with everything, and using Asian flavors)?SG: Yeah, there was a lot of different flavors. What did your mentor Chef Mantuano say when you got back?SG: Hes incredibly proud of me, but I think hes always going to be on my side. Each team had 30 minutes to shop, three hours to prep, and 90 minutes to cook and serve at Tim Love's restaurant. Nyesha knew Dakota wasnt confident in taking care of the meat, but she let Dakota try to figure it out on her own. Some of the more recently ousted chefs weren't in the running, and in their place were some early losers: Collin the vegan beardo, the girl who couldn't open her pressure cooker, and Tyler Stone,. The tiny kitchen was about 150 degrees and the chefs are vying for space in an already emotional clusterf---ed space. Top Trio: Chris Crary with his oyster and salt air. Bravotv.com: Well the food will be amazing obviously. Beverly with rustic American fervor. The finalists chose their sous chefs by tasting the dishes that they had prepared, without prior knowledge of who prepared each dish. They teamed up and just made it work. At the end of the day I couldnt think of a better way to go home runner-up. Elimination Challenge: The two finalists were asked to lead their own restaurants and create a four-course tasting menu. She talked about the pressure of taking a good chef down with her if she screwed up the dish. Anyway, here are my hopes for next season: Did Sarah and Heather answer all your questions? Chicago Tribune. A fan of the eat local movement, Heather has found a way to incorporate Midwestern ingredients. LAST CHANCE KITCHEN UPDATE: I absolutely believe Dakota felt worse than Nyesha did about the double-elimination luckily, they got a second chance, facing off against Whitney in the first-ever three-way Last Chance Challenge. People were kind of mean about me defending Italian food, at the same time they werent saying anything about Beverly or Paul making somewhat of an Asian -- Thai, Japanese, Korean -- style dishes for the majority of the show. Clearly, Im drinking the wrong kind, cause whenever Im sipping tequila, its never fine and I hardly taste the nachos Im eating. Edward and Ty-lr both had a lot to prove this week, and they won soundly with their sorghum quail with pickled cherries and eggplant. Paul Qui, Season 9 (Texas) The original disgraced Top Chef winner. But honestly, after a whole season in which the food took a backseat to all the undercooked drama in the kitchen, I was glad that most of the reunion focused on other topics like Ty-lr and his furry bottom (click this borderline-NSFW link at your own risk). God, I hope Nyesha creams Heather in Last Chance Kitchen. Today, I review and recommend reality shows, documentaries, and nonfiction entertainment; analyze news and report from behind the scenes; and interview people who create and star in reality TV shows. Top Chef season 13 finale recap: The winner is Top Chef recap: Back Where It All Started, Top Chef California premiere recap: Stop the Presses, 'Top Chef' recap: 'Getting Prickly in Mexico', Top Chef recap: 'The Final Battle of Beantown'. Bravotv.com: What could have been a setback that we see is that your fianc kind of pulls you aside and says that there are bones in your fish. Hes the nicest man.SG: Hes so amazing. Based on the results, the chefs either landed a spot in the Top 16, were eliminated from the competition, or placed "on the bubble". You know, I thought my scallops were cooked nicely but it wasnt even a thing until a second before it was my turn to say something and that shot up to my brain. So I found myself really inspired by them, and I think you see that in every course -- theres a little bit of each competitor in there. Bravotv.com:: They said how close it was. Nothing risky, but given their team dynamic I am surprised they were able to get anything out at all. Meat was nice. Rarely do I think to myself, With this roasted lag of lamb I would like a shot of tequila. If I am drinking tequila, its because Traci or Mary Sue are prodding me to do so. Your Profile. To thoroughly enjoy the glory that is Top Chef Texas, we welcome comedian Max Silvestri, who will be here every week to take us through the season. This is the story of how Heather Terhune and Beverly Kim became bitter rivals in Top Chef season 9, filmed in Texas.#topchef #howtocook #beverlykim #heathert. Grayson got so frustrated with Chris, snapping at him for sweating on the dishes (eww, how much of my restaurant food has chef-sweat on it?) Your Profile. Tim Love owns this town. He went for simplicity with a twist on bibim bap. Some of the chefs pick some pretty strange things to match with tequila Dakotas lamb comes to mind. Boar up first. I think Andy realized Heather is a lost cause. Once again, it was important for everyone to remember that Quickfires usually go to a chef-testant who hews closely to the theme of the challenge. I need a nice sorbet to cleanse that from my brain-palate. Oh no, its only getting started. Quickfire Challenge: The chefs had to make sophisticated dishes that incorporated three ingredients from a random assortment provided by a quickly moving conveyor belt. 2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards. If you saw Watch What Happens (SPOILER if you havent), he was voted Fan Favorite after a shameless and relentless online campaign to garner votes. There is no whispering when youre miked. I really wanted to be prepared if I was thrown into an Asian cooking challenge because I researched Vancouver and saw how amazing their Chinatown is, so I thought I better be ready! So he was like, You got robbed a little bit! The frustrating part is that it doesnt seem like Italian food and Mediterranean food ever get the same respect and its really a shame and I hope that that will change. It looked like something a chic alien from a cosmopolitan, technologically advanced planet would eat. Check out never-before-seen content, exclusive sweepstakes, and much more! Episode five of Top Chef begins with the 14 cheftestants headed for "Big D." Loaded into three SUVs are Heather, Edward, Chris J., Chuy, Ty, Chris C., Dakota, Whitney, Lindsey . Sarah was a mad woman in the kitchen, absolutely freaking out about her squab sausage. The Charlize Theron/Evil Queen episode was brilliant theres no reason the challenges cant be that fun all the time. Moto Chris is the most unconfident confident fence salesman ever. Heather grew up in St. Albans, Vermont, and first discovered her passion for cooking while canning vegetables and making preserves under the watchful eyes of her mother and grandmother. While it wasnt Nyeshas fault, she did bear some of the responsibility in making sure the most important element of the dish was coming along. The drama is served extra hot on Bravo's "Top Chef: Texas Reunion Special." Bravo executive and Watch What Happens: Live host Andy Cohen talks to Season 9's cheftestants and judges -- host Padma . I wish Nyesha the best in Last Chance Kitchen, and I hope Top Chef producers think twice before trying team eliminations again. Get a VIP pass to never-before-seen content, exclusive sweepstakes, and much more! Edward calls this how he and most of the chefs see it. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I dont think Beverlys the best chef in the competition, but Heather is making me want to root for her. 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Event 2: The contestants had an hour to break out ingredients that had been frozen in ice blocks and make a dish out of them while outdoors in frigid weather. Besides the usual filler, the reunion did have fun moments, specifically the outtakes with the judges (Charlize Theron to Tom: Did you touch your penis?), and the two clip packages, one that was an ad for the made-up Mediocre Chef, and one about Gail Simmons that juxtaposed outtakes of her doing things like yawning with emotional and consequential moments. Duck from Heather and Beverly. Even if Beverly only cooks Asian dishes, isnt she just asserting her point of view? The worst season of Top Chef since that smug bully Illan Hall won concluded last night with a reunion, which started with a surprising revelation: After losing to Paul Qui, Sarah Grueneberg told chef and judge Emeril Lagasse to fuck off. 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