Top Chef New York

[samir]

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?

http://ninjavideo.net/cat/1249

[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?

http://ninjavideo.net/cat/1249

Thanks! I usually avoid the first half of the season but I'm addicted this year!

[Pete from oz]

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.

I feel the same - I was ready to hate Stefan but for some reason I find his Euro-tude to be funny and endearing

[senorcorazon]

I quoth Max:

"Each contestant draws a knife with a number on it, and the Choir awkwardly reveals through the "power" of song that each chef's dish will have to be inspired by one of the twelve days of Christmas. Really? Judges are no longer allowed to complain about bad food. "Being a Top Chef is all about being able to cook things based on song lyrics." Shoot, who said that quote, I can't remember. Oh yeah, no one. This is the worst."

This episode reminds me of why I usually don't watch this show until the end of the season; it's gimmicky and stuffed with over-editing to try and make sense of an insane process. Once it gets down to at least UNDER 10, for god's sake, it should get good. But I'm still amused but the awfulness.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

This episode reminds me of why I usually don't watch this show until the end of the season; it's gimmicky and stuffed with over-editing to try and make sense of an insane process. Once it gets down to at least UNDER 10, for god's sake, it should get good. But I'm still amused but the awfulness.

same here.  i usually have more fun watching once it's down to brass tacks.

[dave from knoxville]

This episode reminds me of why I usually don't watch this show until the end of the season; it's gimmicky and stuffed with over-editing to try and make sense of an insane process. Once it gets down to at least UNDER 10, for god's sake, it should get good. But I'm still amused but the awfulness.

same here.  i usually have more fun watching once it's down to brass tacks.

I am just watching it for the first time (I have seen 4 episodes,) and the disappointment for me is the idiotic themed-challenges make it impossible to come up with something exceptional that meets the vagaries of the theme, and then the hosts are all snotty about the quality of the food. Jeez, give them a broad theme and let them cook, forgot this you-may-only-use-the-hand-you-don't-write-with-and-you-must-hang-upside-down-from-a-suspended-cable-while-cooking-food-that-communicates-the-primary-themes-of-Proust-but-without-using-any-ingredients-whose-names-contain-any-of-the-letters-a-e-g-o-u-or-y.

Here's a theme for you; prepare a seafood dish without any type of cream sauce in two hours or less. Go!

Earlier seasons were undoubtedly more entertaining since it is FOT-beloved, but this stuff is a snooze. Who is going to be this week's celebrity judge, Jeremy "i am begging you whatever you make, cook it fully" Piven?

[jbissell]

forgot this you-may-only-use-the-hand-you-don't-write-with-and-you-must-hang-upside-down-from-a-suspended-cable-while-cooking-food-that-communicates-the-primary-themes-of-Proust-but-without-using-any-ingredients-whose-names-contain-any-of-the-letters-a-e-g-o-u-or-y.

That actually sounds like a pretty good challenge.

[Sarah]

In honor of Top Chef's return tomorrow, I downloaded the free trial version of the game and just spent a frantic hour playing it.  It's surprisingly difficult to keep track of what one is doing in the game, and no doubt I missed many opportunities to improve my score.  All in all, I did a creditable job, however:  mostly high-middle of the pack, one win, and one PYKOG (to my shame). 

I think it would be great if they created a different version that gave one a little more time to think. It could also be recast to teach people a bit more about cooking, which could be nifty.

Two contestants will be booted tomorrow.  It's going to be thrilling, I'm sure.

[Martin]

I don't know how it happened, or maybe I haven't been paying attention, but this show is now officially HO-RR-IBLE.

HORRIBLE.

Food critic Toby Young?! Scallops FTW?!

Also, can we stop with the fucking "talk about how much s/he misses her family --> goes home" bullshit?

[Sarah]

After I watched it, I realized I didn't have anything to say about it.  That pretty much sums up what a piece of crap I think it is:  I don't feel like wasting energy sniping.

[jbissell]

I know others have pointed it out elsewhere, but I really hope Young doesn't try to make stupid popculture references in all his critiques.

[Come on, Jason]

Yes, once he referred to Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder as an "unexpected surprise", I knew I was gonna hate Toby Young.

[jbissell]

Yes, once he referred to Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder as an "unexpected surprise", I knew I was gonna hate Toby Young.

Especially because I take that to mean something unpleasant, although I don't think that's really how he meant it.

[Denim Gremlin]

also can someone tell him that it's time to put that WMD joke away. It hardly even makes sense anymore. at least that tom cruise thing was arguably topical.

what a hack.

[Omar]

Did you insert the Bravo logo on top of a still from LAST DAYS?