Top Chef Exit Interviews On Chow.com

Manuel Trevino, aka Memo, explains how resources are divvied out in the Top Chef kitchen: parsley is at a premium. Plus, he weighs in on the high-end Mexican food controversy. In his elimination challenge, he's paired up with Spike, who has never heard of Like Water for Chocolate--and goes instead for Good Morning, Vietnam. But Swiss chard doesn't strike the judges as a particularly good pairing with Vietnamese spring rolls and the Chilean sea bass is deemed cheap: Manuel takes the fall.