Top Chef ™

Danny: "This is my version of a paella. I've got some black rice that's been tossed with a piquillo pepper puree. I saw this as a big canvas. Thought of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a lot of his work. He'll start and then paint over with black, which is basically where the black rice came into play. The border is several different purees. There's black garlic, there's zucchini, and then there's a creme fraiche, all to tie into everything on top."