If 25-year-old Eli were to be believed, he didn’t cry out of frustration from not winning Top Chef , but because of pure exhaustion and fatigue. “You’re tired and fatigued after being in Las Vegas on a six-week production,” he told TV Guide. “When I was doing those exit interviews, it

was probably 3 or 4 in the morning. So I don’t think I was emotional about not winning Top Chef . I don’t feel I went out too early, I was just tired, beat-up, and exhausted.”

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