Lucy Burdette

When her boss signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest, Hayley Snow, the food critic for "Key Zest" magazine, investigates after one of her fellow judges, restaurant owner Sam Rizzoli, is murdered.

A Key West Food Critic Mystery

Topped Chef

Sarah Sammis

Murder at a reality tv show, especially a cooking one, isn't one of my favorite situations.

This one follows a pretty standard path. There's the initial taping and the MC realizes things are off. Then one of the others involved is murdered. Doggedly the show continues taping episodes and the MC hears rumors of shady business. Eventually the MC finds actual evidence to back up the corruption but still continues participating. The MC ends up threatened. The show is somehow finished and the murderer somehow revealed.

To mix things up a little, this version includes some characters who are also drag performers along with being chefs. Although Hayley does her best to learn about drag and how to treat the performers with respect, these scenes still awkward and a bit fetishistic.

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Topped Chef A Key West Food Critic Mystery

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