Top Chef New York

[erika]

Fabio has grown on me. I think he's adorable and he seems genuinely nice.

[Sarah]

Yet not as good as a cook as I first thought.

I made many notes while I was watching the show at 5 this morning:

1.  Weren't the closeups of Hosea's mobile oh so subtle?

2.  Martha Stewart's shameless plugging of her book was embarrassing.  I mean, how much money does that broad need?

3.  Jeff was plainly unimpressed by the choir. 

4.  Fabio has a pretty little voice.

5.  Someone used canned corn.  I cringed.

6. Jamie's pronunciation of "vichyssoise" makes me want to strike her.  Eugene's of "poisson," however, just makes me want to laugh.

7.  Natasha Richardson sounds more and more like her mummy.

8.  I don't care what anyone says:  Carla is a nice woman, though she'd probably annoy me in real life.

9.  How many wake-up calls is Melissa going to receive before she's kicked off the show?

10.  There's something very boring about this season.  Apparently Tom agreed with me.

[redmedicine]

Once again, I had as big of a reaction to the preview of next week as the actual episode aired.  Quoth Fabio ... "Eees Top Chef, not Top Escallop!"

[erika]

I hope they cut two next week. Whittle this shit down.

[Martin]

I loved that Fabio scallop quote - echoes my sentiment exactly.

In other news, I completely agree with all of Sarah's points, as always. It really is something dull about this season. And the anti-climactic ending of the episode summed it up - there are simply no Stars in this batch.

[Emily]

It really is something dull about this season.

Maybe it's the knives.

[senorcorazon]

Help! The guy on YouTube who used to upload the episodes has been shut down! Where the hell else can a non-cable-having person go?

[Sarah]

I bet if you look for a torrent, you'll find one.

Apparently, next week a Christmas special is airing, featuring chefs from the first three seasons.  Probably a repeat, I'm guessing.

You know, sadly, although the unexciting food and minimal focus on the cooking process are the main reasons this season is boring, I think, another problem is that no one is really hatable.  Or even just consistently irritating.  I guess I should have been rooting for Danny to last, just because I found him obnoxious. 

[Omar]

Scallopgate.

[Martin]

Help! The guy on YouTube who used to upload the episodes has been shut down! Where the hell else can a non-cable-having person go?

The "scene" seems to drop the ball on Top Chef lately, I've had to wait up towards one or two days for a noob-torrent to show up (I mean really!). But do a search on mininova and it'll show up now.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Scallopgate.

i explain the (corrupt) editing process to my mother when she vents about TC and why she believes so-and-so should have won.  not to mention, it blatantly states during the credits that the producers create some (most?) of the swing when it comes down to eliminating a chef.  

[Sarah]

It's very obvious to me that Jamie is a very good, very reliable chef who just needs to cook more red meat to wow the judges.  Vegetables and scallops ain't going to do it, even when the producers don't unfairly skew things.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i agree, im getting tired of seeing scallops.  its very reminiscent of a couple seasons ago when EVERYONE was cooking foie gras. 

still, i picked jaime as my favorite since the first episode; i continue to stand by her. 

[Denim Gremlin]

I don't know if its in the editing but my allegiance has totally flipped.

in the beginning i wanted Eugene because he was an underdog and thought the Europeans were gonna be the villains of the season but now Eugene seems kind of like a hack with a bad attitude and Fabio seems charming and sweet.

[Sarah]

I concur, Colin.  Although I never disliked Fabio, Eugene is a big disappointment to me.