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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: redmedicine on November 29, 2010, 05:34:33 PM
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Of course the guess the winner by pictures alone will be less fun this time, but that's a small price to pay for this lineup, and Bourdain as a judge.
FWIW, first elimination will be:
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And our winner:
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The first episode was terrible. I want to kill everybody involved. For the sake of my own sanity I think I'll stay away from the rest.
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Oh, Martin, how will you be able to resist?
I'm a little embarrassed that it didn't occur to me that these so-called all-stars would return with large chips on their shoulders. If it had, I would have expected the various displays of temperament worthy of Just Desserts. Now that I remember that these people are older and more desperate--and, really, losers more than all-stars--I will be prepared.
Among the most diminished of the bunch is Fabio, who seems beaten-down, depressed, and angry. I always thought he was mediocre and never understood how he progressed so far, so it didn't surprise me that he was in the bottom three. And I do recall that he always took criticism very badly. But more or less to say to Bourdain "If we were someplace else, I'd ask you to step outside for a beating" was ridiculous. I would dearly love to see how he'd handle Gordon Ramsay.
Of the bottom three, Stephen retained the most dignity, so I was pleased he skated by, even though he was never good and I honestly don't understand why he's in this show. Elia, whom I always disliked, was as prickly and (unjustifiably) smug as ever, so I was delighted to see her go. Hell, the way she was dressed would have been enough to put my teeth on edge, even if she hadn't been her usually prima donna self.
I was happy Angelo won. Jamie is another smug one who was never as good as she thought she was (although she does seem to know how to make a nice pureed soup, something she did time and time again during her season), and Spike is so utterly mediocre and utterly sleazy, I'd just as soon he never won anything at all. Angelo did well and won graciously. Kudos to him.
I would like to see Tre, Antonia, Richard, Carla, or Jennifer win, and I'd be okay with Angelo or either Dale winning.* The rest of them can fail miserably, as far as I'm concerned. Especially Spike.
*Note that these are merely the people I like the best (or at least dislike the least), not necessarily those I think are the strongest cooks.
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Ugh, Spike.
I really want Carla to win. Hootie hoo.
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I didn't find the cast any more or less annoying than any other one in Top Chef. Maybe I just haven't watched the old seasons in a long time, but from what I can recall there's always annoying egotists in every bunch, and the first few episodes tend to be the hardest to watch due to the huge number of people involved. I thought the idea for the challenge was great - if you're a supposed "All Star", you should be able to learn from your mistakes, and work around bad ingredients.
The only chef that really bugged me was Marcel, who apparently was held in suspended animation (probably in some sort of aspic) for the last 5 years. He's a skilled chef, but his passive agressive b-boyisms seem to be unchanged.
I agree Fabio's comments were dumb and immature, but it was interesting to see someone not fawn over Bourdain for once. I think Tony could use a little prick in the ego balloon every once in a while, and I'm saying that as a big fan of his writing and shows.
For me at least, this and Mad Men are the only (non-sports) reason to have cable.
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Stephen looks like Frankenstein as dressed by Jesse Thorn.
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Just watched Elia's exit video. She's got a bone to pick with Mr. God 'cause the dirty swine let her lose.
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Oh, Top Chef, why do you hate your all-stars so? What a degrading pair of challenges in this latest episode! First, prepare a snack for a bunch of kids--who have the final say in deciding who wins--and then churn out breakfast for those same kids and their families, handicapped by lack of sleep, boot camp sleeping quarters, and a heavily restricted selection of foods with which to cook. And then there was the particularly poisonous twist during the quickfire that required the losers to work for the two winners to see which would get immunity. It's as though Bravo decided that, if these dopes were fool enough to come back for a second shot at the prize, it would make them pay for their greed and lack of self-respect by setting the most humiliating tasks it could imagine. I'd feel sorry for the contestants if so many of them weren't such insufferable pills.
In the running for head pill is Jamie, who is so snooty and self-consciously above all the proceedings that I long to see her fall hard. And while I have little time for macho posturing in the kitchen (or elsewhere)--if you get hurt, get help, you dummy--in the midst of a team challenge, when you get a cut so minor it only requires two stitches, you tape it up, throw on a glove, and keep on cooking.
As for poor Jennifer, I've got to say, I really think this show has caused her to lose her marbles. During her season, after her shining moment running the kitchen--which was really early on, remember--she was terrifying to watch: capable of brilliance but so highly strung one could have no confidence that she'd manage to finish anything she started. She came into this all-stars mess determined, it seems, not to fall prey to the same insecurities that had sabotaged her before. Unfortunately, for some reason she seemed to have decided that, to be confident, she had to believe unconditionally in everything she did, with the result that she apparently couldn't perceive when she was screwing up. Nothing seems to alienate the judges more than a contestant who cannot acknowledge that there is anything wrong with his or her food. I mean, come on: it doesn't matter if you're convinced you've done a great job if the people you're serving think your food stinks. I thought Jen behaved like a psycho brat at judges' table and afterward, and, for her own sake, I'm glad she's gone.
Miscellaneous notes:
* Apparently the refrigerator in Richard Blais's childhood home was so well stocked with heavy cream that there was enough to pour over cereal. Pretty fancy!
* Marcel made several dopey comments during this episode, but my favorite was when he implied that Angelo was trying to sabotage him--when doing so would have hurt Angelo, too, since he, Marcel, and Richard were all taking responsibility for the same dish. Marcel then goes on to say that if the judges had chosen to select one member of the trio as the ultimate winner, it would have been he, even though it was the parfait that seemed to get everybody drooling (I knew the incorrectly named Brontosaurus team had clinched the win with that dish), and that concoction was Richard's.
* The sour grapey whining of Team T. Rex was embarrassing. Let him who is not serving salmon with shrimp sauce for breakfast cast the first stone at those serving gnocchi and gazpacho.
* I was pleased to hear Angelo's first "wichoo."
* I am also pleased that so far Richard is keeping his so-called witticisms to himself. God, those puns were painful during season 4.
* Tre would take too salty over bland any day? Seeing as how salt can always be added but food too salty can be downright inedible, I think he's misguided.
* Another smackworthy Jamie moment: when she said, "I feel like I let you guys down." Could that have been because that's precisely what she did? I can't stand this brave new world where people can't just say they were wrong, apologize, and move on.
Maybe next week there will be more in the way of actual cooking. Probably not, though--it's still early days.
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P.S. I just won an argument on Eater over whether Fabio said "cows" or "chaos" (pronounced Italian style) when he was describing the arrival of the children at the museum. Oh sweet anonymous victory!
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I'm rooting for Angelo. Everyone else can EAT FUDGE 4 LIFE! They are all crettens.
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I am, too. Strange that he's coming off the best of this bunch, given how peculiar he was in his own season (during which I came to root for him, once I decided he was sincerely odd, not just an arrogant jerk).
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I'm rooting for Angelo. Everyone else can EAT FUDGE 4 LIFE! They are all crettens.
This is not Top Chef: Make A Desserts. No Fudge Allowed.
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I'm rooting for Angelo. Everyone else can EAT FUDGE 4 LIFE! They are all crettens.
This is not Top Chef: Make A Desserts. No Fudge Allowed.
Savory fudge!
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I WATCHED THE SECOND EPISODE TOO AND NOW I HATE MYSELF MORE THAN THE CHEFTESTANTS
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i'm gonna need a gif of that tbh
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Stephen = Neil Handburger?!?!?!?!
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Now that I've had a chance to watch a few episodes, I've been able to form a few thoughts about the cheftestants.
Stephen Handburger - I'm more convinced than ever he was supplied from a casting agency after the show producers put out notice that they were looking for a modern day Mr Howell.
Dale T and Spike - Actually seem to have matured as people and chefs, and may have a shot.
Mike - Same as above, but no way will he win.
Casey and Tre - Consistent but a little timid, both could easily make the final 4, and may actually be human beings.
Marcel - Lying low for now, but I have a feeling his craziness will pop out soon and derail him.
Carla - A bit of a wild card, but seems to still be able to produce great flavors.
Tiffany Season 1 - Gone soon.
Angelo & Tiffany Season 7 - Seem pretty burned out after last season. Tiffany seems tired, and Angelo seems manic. Angelo could easily crash and burn like last season, but for now his approach is paying off.
Richard Blais - Same as last time. May win. Bleh.
Jamie - Scallop McSouperton needs to leave soon for he own good.
Antonia - Same as last time. Probably won't win.
Fabio - Being kept for the one liners.
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It was a relief to have a break from melodrama (which reminds me to say how glad I am that there aren't too many "cheftestants at home" sequences). All in all, in fact, it was a pretty straightforward episode. I knew Richard's team was going to win the quickfire well before the cooking was done. I was almost positive Dale T. was going to win the elimination challenge as soon as he said what he was making, and the judges' comments as they were eating made me certain. When Stephen mentioned fennel pollen, I knew that his dish was the inspiration for Bourdain's "this tastes like a head shop" comment and that he would get the axe. I was mildly surprised that neither Jamie nor Fabio was the other bootee, but Dale L.'s dish sounded so god-awful, his firing was hardly a shoc.
I hope this round signals a turning point and that from here on out the show is straightforward. But since Tiffany (whom I'm really, really disliking this season) is apparently going to accuse Angelo of sabotage next week, I have my doubts. Of course, that could just be the editing. On va voir.
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I disliked Tiffany last season, and I like her even less this season.
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I was perusing the blogs on Bravo's site, and this one was good. Elia actually got The Ripper to say something negative, without qualifications!
http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-8/blogs/eric-ripert/a-message-for-elia (http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-8/blogs/eric-ripert/a-message-for-elia)
This was in response to Elia denigrating Tom's work as a cola pitchman.
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/thestew/2010/12/top-chef-exit-interview-elia-blasts-tom-colicchio.html (http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/thestew/2010/12/top-chef-exit-interview-elia-blasts-tom-colicchio.html)
Somehow, I think we all lose from this little interchange.
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The participants certainly do.
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So I guess we've just given up on this. There was a new episode the other night. Someone got sent home.
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So I guess we've just given up on this. There was a new episode the other night. Someone got sent home.
I just rely on Bourdain's excellent recaps on the Bravo website.
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You recappers got each other's backs.
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I waited until a couple episodes back to get on board. I think I could have waited a few more.
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Both of the most recent episodes were okay, but I look at my notes and feel like everything I said was boring and obvious. Then I think, "What's the point of gussying this crap up and posting it?" Then I make rice pudding or something.
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It was amazing last night how the teams neatly divided into the people I like and the people I dislike (exept maybe for Antonia). Good quickfire too. See ya Marcel!
Bourdain said it better than I could on his blog ...
"I tell you, it's a mystery to me what goes on in that talented young man's head. I can only guess that in Marcel World, it's always 1998, the sky is filled with magical ponies who shit foam -- and appreciate Marcel's rap stylings -- and everybody does exactly what Marcel thinks they should do -- perfectly."
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1. I thought Angelo came off well in that team, too. He seemed so grown up and sensible compared to the others (except Antonia).
2. Fabio and Richard make a cute couple.
3. Come on, Bourdain: Of course, a prison break is organized with more efficiency and teamwork. A successful one, anyway. Haven't you ever watched The Great Escape? Or Colditz? Or . . . PRISON BREAK?
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ANGRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE. My sweet angel Marcel went home :(
Um, that bitch Tiffany needs to go.
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She came pretty close. Her time will come soon. Have no fear.
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I dislike how Mike always gets away with being just as childish as Marcel but yet more aggressive.
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he doesn't get away with it. don't most people think he's a boarish douchebag? i do.
and don't you dare compare him to my perfect angel marcel.
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You should probably get that blind spot seen to, Laurie. It could cause problems when you drive.
I get the feeling that the other contestants like Mike, asshole though he strikes us as being. Marcel, on the other hand, reminds me of people I've known who attempt (and fail) to hide their gargantuan insecurities behind masks of bravado and bluster. The shifty look of panic in his eyes and fixed, forced grin betray him.
Did anyone else mistrust the spontaneity of Tiffany's revelation about the strife on the line? It sure did a fine job of deflecting the attention from her.
later . . . Marcel must be very pleased by what Bourdain has to say about him in this week's blog. Sure, he has lots of criticisms, but there's a ton of praise there as well. If poor defensive Marcel could just screw up his courage enough to let go of his bullshit, he could do wonderful things.
I just had a thought, though: Marcel could head up the kitchen in the snazziest nursing home ever. He seems to have a talent for producing extremely flavorful mush.
even later . . . I may just mutter about this show all day I don't know why so many people are talking as though Blais's ultimate victory is inevitable. According to the breakdown on the show's Wiki page, Angelo is doing the best so far, followed by Dale, and only then Richard. I, for one, would vastly prefer to see Dale or Angelo win, if the contest comes down to these three (and it likely will, with Carla, perhaps, in the final four). I favor Dale but in the end think Angelo is probably the better chef. Blais's combination of arrogance and skittishness puts me off.
Cooking skills aside, I'd love it if Carla or Antonia won, not because I'm rooting for my gender, but because they come off as calm, hardworking, patient, kind adults. They appear to be the kinds of people of whom I approve (though if the editing were leaving in more of Carla's floopiness--to use my family's term for her kind of wacky--my feelings for her might be different). Neither, though, is chefly, at least not as chefs are defined nowadays. In a better world, they'd be tops, and brittle racehorses like Richard, Angelo, and, to a degree, Dale would be encouraged to perform their magic and cherished for their talents but kept well away from positions of power, for their own sanity. Fabio, meanwhile, would be out front, schmoozing the customers and benevolently commanding the wait staff. Though I might allow him in the kitchen from time to time to turn out some gnocchi, pasta, or a fab dessert.
Over the next three weeks, barring fluke (which is impossible to bar, I know), Mike, Tre, and Tiffany will go.
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As always, I'm with Sarah.
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I already asked this on Twitter, but I'll probably get an answer more quickly here: was there no new episode of Top Chef last night?
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There was no new episode last night.
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Thank you, kind sir.
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Over the next three weeks, barring fluke (which is impossible to bar, I know), Mike, Tre, and Tiffany will go.
One down. I was unsurprised by the choice: anyone who pronounces "risotto" as Tre does probably doesn't know how to make it right. I'm glad he left graciously. And I think Padma showed more emotion saying good-bye to him than I've ever seen from her.
I'm pleased Antonia won (I think this is her first). The ill grace with which some of the boys greeted her victory was embarrassing.
Stupid to have a challenge that involved no tasting of the food.
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Dumbest quick fire challenge yet.
Someone should file a suit against Top Chef on behalf of all the Italian-Americans wanting to move on from ridiculous stereotypes.
Some of Bourdain's zingers were truly Youngian in their awfulness.
Did you know that in Italian culture, food is IMPORTANT?! It's COMPLETELY UNIQUE!
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So you must have loved this from Bracco: "How important that matriarchal presence is in all of our lives and it's always surrounded around food." (Note that the "our" plainly refers only to Italians.)
Glancing back at the show to get that quote right reminds me that I forgot to mention how horrible Dale's pasta looks when he's running it through the pasta maker. Any dough that stiff is going to make lousy noodles.
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Oh yes, that was a good one.
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Holy shit.
Fare thee well, Fabio.
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Dumbest quick fire challenge yet.
Someone should file a suit against Top Chef on behalf of all the Italian-Americans wanting to move on from ridiculous stereotypes.
Some of Bourdain's zingers were truly Youngian in their awfulness.
Did you know that in Italian culture, food is IMPORTANT?! It's COMPLETELY UNIQUE!
As opposed, of course, to all other cultures.
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Too much hootie last night. Carla seems genuinely nice, but she was carrrying on like a two year old.
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It was nice to see AD Miles on Top Chef.
What I liked about this episode was Jimmy Fallon's enthusiasm allowed the chefs a chance to really enjoy what they were doing for once. Usually, even the top tier of chefs look as if they're in front of a firing line.
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I'm not well versed in Sesame Street, but Carla seemed very Big Birdesque to me during this episode. Nevertheless, I would very much like to try her chicken pot pie. Tom's "too busy eating" comment was one of the best compliments I've ever heard him give
Sorry to see Fabio go. The last few episodes have made me like him more than I ever have before, and much of his food made my mouth water. Still, better him than Dale, whose quiet, catty remarks are making me laugh. Better still would have been Tiffany's dismissal. Her so-called chicken dumplings were monumentally misguided. Plus, her not being kicked has messed up my prediction.
Richard drives me nuts. I don't question his talent or his skill, but the arrogance gets in the way of my appreciation. His anxiety strikes me as flowing more from self-absorption and fishing for praise than evidence of his humility. (NB: I know chefs can be--and frequently are--schmucks, so all this should be irrelevant.)
I do not understand how people were able to move after that lunch. So many heavy dishes. Tasty seeming, but, heavens . . .
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Speaking of schmucks... Mike I describing fondue as "gay". Yeesh. That guy is human trash.
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I would call Mike a pig, but I am fond of pigs.
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I just saw Anthony Bourdain on his speaking tour. It was strange.
I took Mrs. G to go see it for Valentine's Day. She's obsessed with all of those cooking shows and also thinks he's the best looking man on the planet. I felt kind of creeped out getting a Valentine's Day present along those lines but it made my wife happy so oh well.
It was essentially a stand-up comedy show if the headlining act only did bits about Top Chef, No Rerservations and Food Network shows and the only reference to the world the audience had was those shows. I've never been to anything else like it before it my life. It was a complete and total vacuum -- a world in which the only thing that mattered was cooking elimination challenges.
He talked about Spike from Top Chef and as soon as he mentioned Spike's name sarcastically the crowd cheered him. Even the mere mention of Rachel Ray drew cackles from the crowd. Anthony would also say something "shocking" like "Sara Lee is to cooking what Hitler was too Poland" and the crowd reacted like it was the most insane, awful, hilarious thing ever said in history.
He had a Q&A at the end of the show. I wanted to ask him: "What's the sleaziest thing you've ever done for cocaine?" My wife forbid me from doing so.
My favorite question: some lady waited about 25 minutes in line to ask: "You have a great speaking voice. Have you ever done voiceovers?" Anthony said "No" and that was it.
It felt kind of like how I imagine a Billy Joel concert feels.
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He had a Q&A at the end of the show. I wanted to ask him: "What's the sleaziest thing you've ever done for cocaine?" My wife forbid me from doing so.
It felt kind of like how I imagine a Billy Joel concert feels.
I think that question would also be appropriate at a Billy Joel concert. And I would like to hear the answers from both of them.
Done with this season. Can there be an accident on the next episode and the only remaining contestants are Blais and Carla and then they both automatically win like when a college roommate commits suicide? This season belongs to them, and should have been called "Top Chef: Do-over" or "Top Chef: Redemption"
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No more Angelo. I will miss his peculiar ways and interesting fashion choices (black knee socks, white shoes, and shorts? rrrroowwww!). But I was pretty sure he was for it as soon as he responded to Mike's "needs more salt" criticism by adding both bacon and salt at the same time. Dumb, dumb, dumb mistake.
I suppose I must accept that Dale's offering was tastier than either Richard's or Antonia's, but if I were one of those two, I'd be pretty pissed that an easy soup-and-sandwich combo beat me out. After all, Antonia cooked one hundred plus eggs perfectly, and Richard made two kinds of meat. I continue to be fond of Dale, but I think the other two were robbed.
It was an insulting challenge this late in the game. So was the quickfire, come to think of it. And Paula Dean next week? Lord help us.
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* Mike is a gaseous cheater.
* Richard needs to seek help for his liquid nitrogen addiction.
* Antonia's "Don't touch me" when Carla hugged her reminded me of me.
* Carla's saying someone needed to check Tre's NAACP card was funny and funnily racist (what, all African Americans are Southern country folk?).
* Each one of the people in the bottom three made such dumb mistakes, I was disgusted. I'm very sorry to see Dale go, but, come on.
At this point, I want Antonia to win (because she seems like a normal human being and is fairly consistently good), followed by Carla (whose mannerisms and mistakes are beginning to irk me), followed by Richard (despite my dislike for his personality and strained creativity), followed by Tiffany (shrug), followed by Mike (yuck). If Mike manages to win, I am going to be grumpy. Briefly.
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Hey guys! Do you think any of these chefs were Southern? Because, really, a Southern style cooking challenge would really be up their alley but also possibly hurt their pride if they don't win or do poorly. I just hope if there are any Southern chefs on this show, they would speak up and let us know.
I loved Fabio pinching Blais's cheek.
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* Idiotic quickfire, especially this late in the game. It was dumb enough that they had to work with mostly disgusting ingredients and limited cooking facilities; not specifying how much time they had was just pointlessly rattling. Who cares if these guys can make something edible out of crap without knowing where they are "in retrospect to Ellis Island"?
* Shades of Hell's Kitchen in the family reunion crapola, and of the agonizing fake-outs on American Idol in the teasing of Richard Blais at judges' table.
* Speaking of that fake-out, it made me wonder whether the powers-that-be on Top Chef are as tired of Richard's hubris as I. And, I must say, this episode did nothing to mitigate my dislike for the man. His snooty "All Antonia did was take the cheese from one sandwich and the bread from another" during the QF (as he crowed about his stupid MRE bags). His "Carla's dabbling with liquid nitrogen" during the elimination. His referring to himself as the last of the "top seeds." I thought his punning during his season was bad, but this arrogance is worse. Again, I know one doesn't have to like a cook to like his food, but this is a TV competition, and his pride makes me pray for a fall.
* Also re Richard, he and his wife were awfully brittle together. Sort of reminded me of, oh, I don't know--Alby and Lura Grant on Big Love? No, that's not right: Richard isn't as strong a character. Macbeth and his lady wife? Something like that.
So, they're all going to the Bahamas. Was my earlier prediction wrong or what? (Although I still believe both Mike and Tiffany should have been eliminated long ago and just lucked out with this challenge, which gave a by to all the contestants by allowing them to play to their strengths.) Tiffany, cooking against Kevin, really has a shot. (Mike I. against Mike V.? Not so much.)
I didn't see how the season 4 contenders were going to be handled: surely poor Stephanie won't be expected to cook twice, but neither would it be fair to pit Antonia and Richard against her at the same time, since that would mean they would also be competing directly against each other.
I'll be fretting about this nonstop till next week. NONSTOP!
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It was nice that during the elimination challenge, they were able to all execute the dishes well so in the end they were judged on their strengths. No artificial constraints or monumental screw ups made for an interesting challenge. They did telegraph the non-elimination pretty far in advance, but it seemed fairly genuine to me.
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This episode was very frustrating, I thought. It seemed clear that they weren't going to eliminate anyone, which is fine, but in the end -- what's the point?
I still like Richard. Always did. I sort of enjoy his hubris. Same as how I enjoy Dale's arrogance. But I turned the episode off the second they did the pack up your knives fake-out during Judges' Table. I'm feeling very done with the All Stars show. Still, I feel the need to see it to the end.
Also, Mike... ugh. That guy.
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See, I've always liked Dale and I've never liked Richard, whether in season 4 or this one.
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I don't know what it is about Richard that makes me root for him, but I always have. I'm not that into the whole molecular gastronomy thing either. Season 4 it just seemed like everyone was ragging on him for using crazy sous vide machines and liquid nitrogen! Now everyone uses those techniques to some degree. It's not as weird anyway.
I think maybe it's because he occupies the same space I have in my heart for Wylie Dufrene and his whole high-school chemistry teacher hair. Also, the guy seems to be in a constant state of anxiety about how well he's doing and always seems convinced that he is next to be kicked off. I can relate to the anxiety.
If he'd been kicked off in this last episode I think I would have been done with Top Chef forever. It's bad enough Dale got booted.
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Also, why is it that the revelation that Antonia and Mike were related somehow increased the sexual tension between them?
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Forbidden fruit?
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It was nice that during the elimination challenge, they were able to all execute the dishes well so in the end they were judged on their strengths. No artificial constraints or monumental screw ups made for an interesting challenge. They did telegraph the non-elimination pretty far in advance, but it seemed fairly genuine to me.
It's proof of how shit the challenges and judging criteria have been this season that they get to a meal where no one tanks and the answer becomes "Uh, you're all a winner?"
Blais has hubris because he's a panicky genius and can't accept whenever his human competitors fail to execute programming language for food preparation javascript bleep bloop.
How long before they make a "Top Chef Losers" season and fill it with the worst people? 2 more rounds?
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I know this is a couple of weeks off but: I just realized how weird it was to learn that someone so extroverted like Carla had to meet her husband on the internet. Subverting stereotypes!
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Down to three contestants, but two episodes left. Who knew this season would get so boring?
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Two things will happen:
1. Blais will win. Or he will implode.
2. I will not care.
Smell you later, Top Chef. This is the last season for me.
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Will this fucking season ever end?
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Will this fucking season ever end?
I'm ready for the twist next week where the winning person gets to pick the 8 other contestants who will be brought back for the following episode. Snake eating tail, GO!
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Top Chef: Quintuple Elimination Edition!
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I've watched casually this year. My wife turned on last weeks episode and all I could think was "are they trying to pick the most boring people?" yuck.
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The race for protege is the only thing that will be longer than this season. Somewhere, Sarah is unable to watch the rest of this season after having thrown a shoe through her screen when Isabella won again.
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Somewhere=
Lubec.
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He ain't worth it, senorc.
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He ain't worth it, senorc.
True, that thumbhead. Heck, if every appliance in your house wasn't smashed after the Hosea Incident, you're safe.
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Justice, I guess.
Now get off my TV*, Top Chef.
* computer monitor
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In the end, I could even be pleased that Richard won. However much Mike had improved and however well he did over the last few challenges, Richard was consistently good all season and deserved to win.
And with that boring observation, I conclude my coverage of this boring season.
Unless I think of something else to say.
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The fact that Richard only had his awkward uncle is kind of telling about why Richard might be the nervous wreck he seems to be.
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Approximately how much cocaine do you think Richard did before last night's final challenge? My guess is four kilograms.
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The fact that Richard only had his awkward uncle is kind of telling about why Richard might be the nervous wreck he seems to be.
That was perhaps my favorite moment of the final. That awkward hug, etc.
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Read this blog post (http://community.foodnetwork.ca/blogs/topchefcanada/archive/2011/06/21/thea-andrews-take-on-episode-11.aspx) by the host of Top Chef Canada. Can you imagine Padma writing anything like that? I think this woman is more honest and scathing than Bourdain. And she's just the pretty face of the production!