{"id":381128,"date":"2026-05-20T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/?p=381128"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:54:10","slug":"top-chef-episode-features-unity-park-swamp-rabbit-cafe-topsoil-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/food-drink\/top-chef-episode-features-unity-park-swamp-rabbit-cafe-topsoil-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Top Chef&#8217; episode features Unity Park, Swamp Rabbit Cafe, Topsoil Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bravo\u2019s <strong>\u201cTop Chef,\u201d<\/strong> a reality television cooking show, made another stop in Greenville for one of its Season 23 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Titled \u201cDown the Rabbit Hole,\u201d the episode aired May 18 and brought the six remaining chefs to compete in a challenge at Unity Park in Greenville and Topsoil, a restaurant in Travelers Rest.<\/p>\n<p>The Quickfire Challenge, which took place in Unity Park, required the chefs to compete against each other to create a dish using peaches and ingredients purchased at Swamp Rabbit Caf\u00e9 and Grocery. Each chef was given 30 minutes to cook, and in the middle of the challenge, they had to move to the station to the right and put their own spin on the dish that their competitor was creating.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge was judged by Keith Habersberger and Rachel Ann Cole of The Try Guys, an online entertainment group.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Topsoil, the chefs were asked to pay homage to the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail and Michelin by creating a dish using rabbit for the Elimination Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Their plates were served to the judges and a dining room full of people, including Brent Bookwalter, a retired professional cyclist, and five secret diners, who also scored each plate.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge was judged by Adam Cooke, executive chef of Topsoil, and Niki Nakayama, Michelin-star chef and owner of n\/naka, as well as host Kristen Kish and judge Gail Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Jones of Alexandria, Virginia, was eliminated at the end of the episode, while Rhoda Magbitang of Mauna Lani, Hawaii, won the Quickfire Challenge and Sherry Cardoso of Brooklyn, New York, was the victor in the Elimination Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop Chef\u201d airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Bravo, with episodes available on Peacock starting on Tuesdays. 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