Top Chef Las Vegas

[Sarah]

Eli likes radishes.

[erika]

Yeah I don't get it.

Where the hell were the creamy delicious soups and pasta dishes during this challenge? Damn it.

[Martin]

I know you all missed him this week, but rest assured Toby will be back next week with more horribly crafted put-downs.

I feel for Jennifer, I really do. But at this point she needs a dose of the ol' slap-around, she needs to pull herself out of this slump and rediscover that efficient kitchen nazi robot we've learned to love. By hypnosis if necessary.

So long, Mike - you disgusting piece of filth.

[wood and iron]

I've been impressed with Mike V and only slightly twigged by his douchiness but his catty comment about Kevin's win (which was the least horrible out of a whole pile of disgusting fail) has firmly put him in the douche camp with no parole.

[senorcorazon]

Boo for a Reunion Show and yay for Fabio and Stefan and Carla and the other non-douches.

I kept waiting for Padma to come out at the end and say "Thanks for watching - also, we'll be back next week without Eli and Robyn. YOU'RE WELCOME."

[Steve of Bloomington]

I like Cake Boss. I watch that show and daydream about having that job.

[wood and iron]

I was really glad to see Robin go, if I'm being completely honest. The fact that she came back down and got in the way of another chef during the quickfire pretty much sums her up.

Also, the folks over at the AV Club comment section have dubbed Kevin, Gastrognome. So perfect.

I'm really disappointed in Jen. She was such a strong competitor but something has taken the wind out of her sails.

[ben]

I was really glad to see Robin go, if I'm being completely honest. The fact that she came back down and got in the way of another chef during the quickfire pretty much sums her up.

Also, the folks over at the AV Club comment section have dubbed Kevin, Gastrognome. So perfect.

I'm really disappointed in Jen. She was such a strong competitor but something has taken the wind out of her sails.

I feel bad for Jen more than disappointment.  She seems like a sweet lady.  Hugs and comfort for everybody.  Quite a departure from when she ran the kitchen at that air base challenge, when she was so in charge and control.  I want her to win, but think it is a matter of chance whether she or Eli goes first now. 

I hope she proves me wrong though.

[Sarah]

I've been trying to figure out why this season has left me so cold.  Part of the fault is mine, I know, but there's something awry with show as well, I think.  Is it simply that it's running out of tricks?  Or has part of its appeal always been the possibility of train wrecks, and the contestants this season are just too competent?  Or is this season's crew just sort of boring, and there's not enough focus on the food to make up for the lack of personality?  I don't know.  But the fact that I haven't been able to muster the energy to quibble about the show for the last several episodes is telling.

Re Wednesday's episode:  Jen is painful to watch.  It's almost as though she's trying to get booted.  Robin at least kept trying right to the end.

Too bad Michael Voltaggio is such a turd. 

 

[Omar]

Too bad Michael Voltaggio is such a turd. 

"Kevin cooks the kind of food I cook on my day off."

This guy must go.

[Sarah]

Two more things (there were three, but I've forgotten the other):

1.  Wouldn't it have been way better if instead of following the chefs on their stupid field trips to the casinos more time had been spent showing them making the food?

2.  Wouldn't it also have been way better if Robin had done something with colored gelatin to mimic stained glass rather than attempting to work with sugar? 

[Sarah]

Remembered it!

3.  From what I've read, many people thought the sight of Padma and Nigella Lawson in bed brought the sexy back to Top Chef, but to me they looked like a couple of TB patients wrapped up in those huge terrycloth robes with the covers tucked neatly around them.

[Martin]

It looked stupid and contrived, yes. Maybe if they'd been in the same bed.

[Sarah]

Et tu, Martin?

[Martin]

Surely you got that I was joking. That's a cro-magnon/Mike I. comment.