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Kim Kelly

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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #75 on: December 03, 2008, 11:43:49 PM »
I think I like your dad, Emma. And that was tonight's episode. I just watched it.

Does Top Chef run on Food Network in Canada? That's crazy.
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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #76 on: December 04, 2008, 07:56:35 AM »
... but Ariane is clearly one of the most pathetic contestants in the show's history.


Retracted.  I suppose not overcooking a turkey and making a watermelon/tomato/feta salad are not the most scintillating of culinary feats, but she's clearly much more competent then the first two episodes indicated.
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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #77 on: December 04, 2008, 08:32:08 AM »
I don't really watch this show ever, but my father is watching an episode of it (I'm assuming a rerun) on the Food Network and I'm sort of listening to him talk to the TV - a few minutes ago, the judges told a girl her egg was completely undercooked and he went "THIRTY MORE SECONDS AND THAT'S A COOKED EGG AND FUCK YOU, DICK!"

We take our television very seriously around here.

Also, he has been looking over my shoulder every ten seconds as I type this. He wants to know if there's an emoticon with a chef's hat I can put in.

This absolutely charmed me.  And, yes, the judges wereridiculously strict about that egg--although Jamie was a dunce for thinking she could cook a duck egg in two-and-a-half minutes.

I thought last night's episode was dull.  Not enough cooking.  I know it's hard when there are still a lot of contestants, but it still bothers me.

I continue to like Carla, as long as she doesn't talk about the universe and sech.  Now that Alex is gone, she's the last nice one standing. 

Re Danny, anyone who says of himself that he's "very charismatic" deserves scorn.  He's a more competent cook that I first gave him credit for, but what a turd.

Of the outlanders, Fabio makes decent food and benefits enormously from his cute little Italian ways; Stefan, however, seems subdued.  I begin to wonder if he'll make it to the final three.

Element of suspense:  Will Leah and Hosea get kicked off for fucking?  Tune in during weeks to come to find out!


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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #78 on: December 04, 2008, 08:57:47 AM »

I thought last night's episode was dull.  Not enough cooking.  I know it's hard when there are still a lot of contestants, but it still bothers me.


Scott Tobias:

"This week, alas, we have our first real dud of the season. While I understand and appreciate that the contestants on Top Chef have to twist and contort themselves around challenges that take them out of their comfort zones, tonight’s Elimination Challenge crossed a line for me. It’s one thing to ask them to package an Italian pasta dinner to withstand a Bertolli-like frozen bag treatment—just to name another of gifted shill Rocco DiSpirito’s episodes—but to ask them to yap about it in a two-and-a-half minute live television segment really is a test of another kind. And I don’t think it really has that much to do with cooking."
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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #79 on: December 04, 2008, 09:04:47 AM »
I watched the Food Network's "who will be the next FN star" show earlier this year (terrible, but Top Chef got me hooked on food-related reality shows), and this elimination challenge reminded me of that piece of crap. 

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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #80 on: December 04, 2008, 09:52:00 AM »
Yeah I was pretty disappointed with both that food network show and last night's challenge. Meh.
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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #81 on: December 04, 2008, 11:09:00 AM »
Same here. Not a very entertaining episode. Enjoyed Emma's story though.

Larry King-like thoughts: Will Leah and Hosea take the term "food porn" to another level? Also, that Danny, what a complete idiot... Eugene is not getting a lot of face time. Was he even in the breakfast challenge? I can't stand Rocco... Ariane certainly plays it safe... Stefan seemed off his game with the TV challenge....

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« Reply #82 on: December 04, 2008, 12:19:25 PM »
i feel the need to express that every time i see the name Leah, i become greatly confused for half a second. 

also, i agree on all accounts that this TV challenge may have looked good on paper, but lacked severely in execution.

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« Reply #83 on: December 04, 2008, 01:00:34 PM »
i feel the need to express that every time i see the name Leah, i become greatly confused for half a second. 

Why?  Because there was a Leah in an earlier series?  Or is that your name?

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Re: Top Chef New York
« Reply #84 on: December 04, 2008, 01:08:58 PM »
the latter. 




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« Reply #85 on: December 04, 2008, 01:58:01 PM »
Personally, I just can't stand that ziplock baggie commercial that screams "ERIKAAAAAA" at the beginning of it. It's always on during Top Chef and it makes me hate the sound of my own name.
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« Reply #86 on: December 04, 2008, 02:01:33 PM »
i hear you on that, erika.  as i mentioned earlier, ive never met/known a Leah i liked.  the two Leahs on Top Chef make me embarrassed enough.

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« Reply #87 on: December 04, 2008, 03:21:14 PM »
For people who like Anthony Bourdain, is he interesting on Top Chef?  The local Time Warner is about to add Bravo and I was wondering whether to check it out.

Edit: I gather he was only on there for the one season.  Still.
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« Reply #88 on: December 04, 2008, 03:29:25 PM »
anthony bourdain works well on Top Chef because you only get about 10-15 minutes of him. 

this doesnt give him much wiggle room to act like he does if you gave him a full television hour and his own camera crew, but it does allow you to get his good side, which is no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point culinary wisdom. 

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« Reply #89 on: December 04, 2008, 05:26:48 PM »
Erika and Baron:  imagine how I felt after the RNC and indeed continue to feel to some extent now.