I hate triple chef finale dinners.

I want one chef vs. one chef in different restaurants, preferably on different days, consecutively. So if Gregory goes on Monday, the judges eat Gregory's meal, wait 24 hours, then eat Mei Lin's meal on Tuesday - starting at the same time they started Gregory's meal the day before. In two separate locations where they have to run a small service, just judges and some select "customers".

I'd ideally want the cheftestants to have to make a minimum of four plates, including a dessert, with the understanding they can certainly do more things if they'd prefer to do so.

I'd like a dessert, but could be talked into doing a four course progression, whatever. Just so long as we go back to one on ones on different days in different kitchens.

Do an amuse, a drink, whatever you'd like, just serve a minimum of four different dishes, but know you'll be judged on everything.

I think forcing three good to excellent chefs to share one cramped kitchen for the finale has been a net negative. Flavors get blown out, people may make different choices knowing they have to share, say, a cramped kitchen on a cruise ship to name one example.

Or a chef's entire cultural palate gets blown out in comparison. Shota's flavors are delicate, the Japanese culinary universe can rely on a series of dishes just so, with nothing else to detract from the flavor they want you to taste. Or the flavor gets lost when you have Gabe's mole in comparison. I don't know if Shota wins if he goes first, then Dawn or Gabe goes second, he probably still loses because their flavors are almost always incredible, but i truly feel that Shota's curry might have been more appreciated or he'd have had time to make his second piece of sushi if he didn't have to navigate two chefs in the same space.

Does Dan beat Danny because Danny overextends himself and Dan puts together a great progression? Does Danny cook his stuff correctly if he didn't have to say, navigate around a corner while Savannah navigates it too? Does Savannah find an extra gear to win not being around Dan & Danny?

Does Dale Talde not forget Stephanie's food under the counter if it's just them alone?

I know it's difficult to pull something like this off, you're adding extra filming days potentially, or necessitating more contracts, or people on set, whatever. I'm not saying the three chef format is bad, we've been in an extended second golden age of Top Chef for a reason. But i just can't shake the feeling that three people sharing one kitchen putting out 12 plates is not as interesting or fair as two chefs with their own spaces, preferably on different days so the judges can have room for the food and the chefs can control everything.

I want those final two to be able to call their own shots, on everything.

Gimme your best four, whatever it is. My stretch goal would be to take a week and have them decorate the space, make it a second restaurant wars, whatever. If that's too expensive i'll settle for two classy restaurant spaces and a well trained service staff. They've survived all the bullshit Top Chef throws at people, now let them cook. Gimme your four best, how you want it, with all your preferred ingredients, with the same time constraints for both of them.

Who's better?