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Posts: 7358 (08/16/07 4:31 AM) Registered User |
This was the worst episode of Top Chef I've ever seen. Every chef performed horribly, none seem to merit the show, and not a single chef is cut at the end.
Not to mention that I didn't connect with any chef or any story.
I think I'm going to return to not watching this show again. |
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Posts: 4778 (08/16/07 7:22 AM) Registered User |
The do-over didn't piss me off as much as the "blogger" bullshit did. Tre, Cj and Hung final 3. Or sub Casey for CJ if they want a chick.
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Posts: 422 (08/16/07 7:52 AM) Registered User |
emoch wrote: I didn't see CJ's comments as teammate bashing at all. The comment about mushy scoop of whatever was a ding on all four of them, himself included
... esp. since the most likely cause would've been CJ's own timing in expediting the dish to the dining room.
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Posts: 18288 (08/16/07 8:57 AM) Registered user |
Ditto on it being a bad episode. Should've known that there'd be no boot as the editing seemed to put most (especially the "frontrunners")
in a bad light. Well now that they know where they really went wrong, there should be no excuses next week.
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Survivorjus |
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Posts: 97 (08/16/07 8:58 AM) Registered User |
Final 4:
CJ Casey Brian Dale All of them have been fairly consistent, are not cocky, not set in their ways (like Hung, Tre, Howie), and perform well in a kitchen (maybe not FOH, but I think anyone whos trying to run a dining room with 3 servers who hasn't done much of it would crash and burn). Hung & Tre are too cocky. Howie and Sara are just a mess. |
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Cornfed |
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Posts: 423 (08/16/07 9:21 AM) Registered User |
Strange that the judges were so turned off by a moist Brian when The Sweatinator Howie has been dripping salty goodness into his dishes all
season long. Maybe such high-end folks believe that Brian's being FOH was the issue ... "What happens in the kitchen, stays in the ktichen" (?) |
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Kenscookie |
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Posts: 4566 (08/16/07 9:50 AM) Registered user |
Very boring ep, except for the sweaty Brian comment. The judges have been eating food seasoned with the sweat off Howie's forehead all season, and now
because some blogger moron talked some smack, they act like it's gospel.
Nice to see that Padma actually took the time to wash her hair for the taping of this episode. Looks nice all clean and brushed. A nice departure from her usual oily rat's nest of a hairdo. |
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iRoc |
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Posts: 330 (08/16/07 10:24 AM) Registered user |
That was BS...Why couldn't they send someone packing, b\c it was a "hard decision"? Don't they say it was a "hard decision" every
week?
I guess it becomes an even harder decision when one of their favorites stinks it up worse than Howie. |
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El Cosmonaut |
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Posts: 365 (08/16/07 10:30 AM) Registered User |
Strange that the judges were so turned off by a moist Brian when The Sweatinator Howie has been dripping salty goodness into his dishes all season long.No shit. No wonder that guy cooks pork all the time; he's brining it as he prepares it. "The secret ingredient is me!" |
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PAPAYOKE |
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Posts: 18292 (08/16/07 10:40 AM) Registered user |
Well, there's something to be said for a chef who put himself into his cooking.
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Posts: 954 (08/16/07 11:00 AM) Registered user |
Well, it didn't do anything for his risotto!
I can't believe he added cream to his risotto. Bad form Howie, bad form. |
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Posts: 422 (08/16/07 11:07 AM) Registered User |
I think the food blogger was added to the mix last night NOT because most bloggers have any right to an opinion, but to illustrate to the chefs how vulnerable
they are to bloggers' mouthing off (whether informed or not). Tom even made the point that, even though it might seem unfair to have a blogger spout off
publicly on an opening night, (sh)it happens.
It's easy for me to believe that both teams catered to the judges' table, esp. with Boulud there, and paid less attention to the rest of the patrons. The presence of a blogger shows the chefs the perils of doing that. |
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DouglassGirl |
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Posts: 338 (08/16/07 12:00 PM) Registered user |
I'm betting this was meant to be a "two-parter" within the series. Next week, the worst performer from each team gets booted, imho. Didn't
work so well, although my husband -- who's never watched the show -- got interested in it. Me? not so much, but I only always half-watch while playing on
the computer.
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Posts: 423 (08/16/07 12:11 PM) Registered User |
DouglassGirl wrote: That would be too bad, because the two who should go next--Howie and Sara--are on the same team. |
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Drew B |
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Posts: 1833 (08/16/07 12:29 PM) Registered User |
I'm so sad to learn that Brian is stinky!!!
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ChalkRock |
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Posts: 10 (08/16/07 1:29 PM) Registered user |
iRoc wrote: Yeah, I thought so too. When the judges said that decision should be made based on food only, they probably realized that Trey would be the one to eliminate. What a lousy episode. 
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Kenscookie |
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Posts: 4568 (08/16/07 1:38 PM) Registered user |
I'm so sad to learn that Brian is stinky!!!Well, Padma said that she didn't find him stinky at all. In any case, sweaty Brian doesn't gross me out. Sweaty Howie, on the other hand... <<insert pukey face >> |
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Posts: 4 (08/16/07 2:07 PM) |
Don't they always really rag on the contestants during the restaurant challenge? This one seemed particularly bad though. I loved Dale's personality on this episode! I hope he goes far. Howie just seemed like a mess. Is it just me, or does Padma really seem to love picking these guys apart at judgment time? She has this evil twinkle in her eye. |
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Will |
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Posts: 22679 (08/16/07 3:01 PM) Not a Registered User anymore |
El Cosmonaut wrote: Great, now I just barfed in my mouth.
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TimmyTAR |
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Posts: 227 (08/16/07 5:16 PM) Registered user |
Am I the only one that likes that we have TWO Restaurant Wars instead of the usual one? :)
Final 4 Prediction - Tre, CJ, Hung, Casey |
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