Power Rankings Finale

Listen, Mike, whatever you and Jen do
in your free time is YOUR business

Using the magic of our Digital Video Recorder, we watched the final 10 seconds of next week's finale preview something like 15 times.

We mapped out where each judge and cheftestant was positioned during the final judge's table, measured the tilt of Padma's head when she began to congratulate this season's Top Chef, and used a magnifying glass to check the reflection in her pupils — all in an effort to determine just who she was looking at when she declared the next Top Chef.

And after a half hour of debate and schematics we decided that even if Michael Voltaggio was wearing a Top Chef tiara and sash, we'd still put Kevin at No. 1 in this, our final Top Chef Season 6 Power Rankings.

Week 13 Power Rankings

1. Kevin (last week – 1): If Kevin Gillespie is wrong, we don't want to be right.
2. Bryan (last week – 2): If and when his beard has a Facebook group we'll consider putting him at No. 1.
3. Mike V. (last week – 4): What they didn't tell Mike V. about his new Prius - Robin is the voice on the GPS device. And it never stops talking.
4. Padma: Yes, we know she isn't a contestant. But with those bangs and that outfit she deserves to be ranked last in something.

Eliminated: Jen C., Eli, Robin; Mike I.; Laurine; Ash; Ashley; Ron; Mattin; Hector; Jesse; Preeti; Eve; Jen Z.

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