Top Chef Chicago

[Regular Joe]

im surprised no one has brought up Lisa's snide remark at the end, "you guys could have said congratulations"...or along those lines.


the television almost lost its life to my rage

Well, that is what Richard's bronze medal quote was referencing so it was indirectly mentioned.

My favorite part of that was the incredulous look Stephanie gave Lisa right before catching herself and going "oh yeah... sorry... congrats... mumble mumble...". I expected a blow out too, but the look was somehow enough.

Now for your Top Chef moment of zen:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kDJl9lDnNa8[/youtube]

[Andy]

those kind of obviously staged photos of everyday occurances (or special events, like the baby) where they try to make them look like natural shots but they are obviously from a professional photographer, always freak me out.  they're so dumb.  like when the presidential candidates have black and white pictures of themselves sitting contemplatively at a typewriter while they were in college.  nobody fucking does that.  the mere fact that they thought to take a picture like that is creepy.

I'm all into being artsy with it, but that one with the teardrop?  come on.  on some level that shit was staged (either by Richard or by the photographer and Richard together.)

All that being said:  Go Richard.

[Sarah]

Oh, that's what you're talking about.  I was very confused.

Don't you think staging the photographs is exactly something Richard would do?  He strikes me as a very unspontaneous man.  I'm still amazed he let his guard down enough to do the necessary to produce a kid.

And, Reg. Joe, yes, that was a great moment. 

[pmuse]

I just woke up from a nightmare where Lisa ended up winning Top Chef.  Let's hope I don't have some sort of precognitive ability, because I've also had dreams where dinosaurs and humans co-exist.

[Omar]

should we guess who the guest chef will be for the last challenges? it's usually someone crazy famous, like eric ripert.

i'm so excited!!

Guest judge confirmed: Eric Ripert!

[Laurie]

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

should we guess who the guest chef will be for the last challenges? it's usually someone crazy famous, like eric ripert.

i'm so excited!!

Guest judge confirmed: Eric Ripert!

awesome.

ive got to call my mom!

[joanna]

should we guess who the guest chef will be for the last challenges? it's usually someone crazy famous, like eric ripert.

i'm so excited!!

Guest judge confirmed: Eric Ripert!

HELL YES! oh i cannot wait!

i don't have cable and have to download the torrents on thursday afternoon and it's going to be so hard for me to stay away from top chef threads on this board and the cooking board that i frequent. oh man.

[Sarah]

I'm looking forward to tonight's episode, but I'll be sad when it's over.  The moronic and vicious Hell's Kitchen--itself nearing conclusion--and the so-far-pretty-lousy The Next Food Network Star cannot compensate for its loss.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i use the following month as a buffer between "the end of top chef" and "the start of project runway"

[Sarah]

I don't think I can bring myself to watch that one.  It's the connection to food that makes the reality format palatable for me.

[Laurie]

So, season 5 of Project Runway is going to air on Bravo, and then it jumps to Meredith Baxter-Birney HQ for season 6? That makes no sense.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

So, season 5 of Project Runway is going to air on Bravo, and then it jumps to Meredith Baxter-Birney HQ for season 6? That makes no sense.

hm.

apparently, the company that "owns" project runway has partnered up with lifetime, hence, the move.  nbc (owner of bravo) is suing them.  i hope they win. 

i love heidi, but im not watching lifetime- the commercials alone will kill me.

[jbissell]

i love heidi, but im not watching lifetime- the commercials alone will kill me.

Yeah, I think the best option will be downloading a torrent that already has all the commercials edited out.  That being said, my enjoyment of PR has really slipped over the last two season with the most recent one being pretty boring overall.  It could be that a change of networks will pump some new life into the show, but I'm guessing they're really going to regret leaving Bravo for a network derided by most people.

PS. On the slim chance that Lisa pulls off the most improbable victory in reality TV show history, I will no longer watch Top Chef. GO STEPHANIE.

[Laurie]

On the slim chance that Lisa pulls off the most improbable victory in reality TV history, I will no longer eat food. GO STEPHANIE! (I don't want to do a hunger strike.)