“Top Chef: Carolinas” clears the checkered flag

Turn off the oven lights, sweep up the confetti. “Top Chef: Carolinas” has left Charlotte. (If you missed the finale this week, Rhoda Magbitang of Hawaii won.)

Who was the biggest star? Based on screentime, it was the uptown Whole Foods. A few other stores, like Super G Mart’s International, also got their moments, but almost every episode had chefs racing around with carts, chefs wiping out the fish counter, and chefs pinching pennies at the registers.