Erik Hopfinger's guest appearances

Erik Hopfinger

Top Chef exit interviews on CHOW.com

Coarse Grind Podcast

Dale Talde

Antonia Lofaso

Richard Blais

Mark Simmons

Ryan Scott

Lisa Fernandes

Andrew D'Ambrosi

Jennifer Biesty

Manuel Trevino

Valerie Bolon

Nikki Cascone

Ilan Hall

OwlTail

Erik Hopfinger has to serve high-end Mexican cooking to Rick Bayless, the king of high-end Mexican cooking. And Erik just isn't on board. Padma helpfully declares that Chicago is "a city made up of neighborhoods." In one of those neighborhoods, there is a block party, where Erik's soggy corn dogs (chefs: lose the sog) are a bust, but as he explains to Meredith Arthur, he's happy to be set free and has some thoughts about what Andrew's on.

Top Chef 4: Erik Hopfinger