I was overruled this week by Bobby and Susie. Hate that. As you saw, my vote was for Teddy to go. My reasons were many, and I'm suspecting a lot of you would have voted my way.

Most importantly, I was appalled by, and could barely follow, Teddy's soviet style re-writing of history. The events of the day were pretty well documented (that whole camera-rolling thing). Debbie made the pasta. He made the dessert. They both made the meatloaf. Not complicated. But once it was clear the dessert was despised and the meatloaf was marvelous, Teddy claimed the meatloaf as all his own and renounced the dessert as Debbie's.

I know the man has serious cooking chops. But this dessert was junior high school lunch line. Did no one remember the angel food cake debacle from episode one?

As for his on-camera work, he is still struggling to find a natural, relaxed, appealing persona. Too much forced salesmanship. Who is he really when he's not performing? No clue. I always liked his boyish enthusiasm, but he better figure out a way to get that on camera stat.

As for Eddie, he is still a ramblin' man. He gets lost in non-stop thickets of words. And I think his cribbing Paula Deen's recipes showed he just does not have enough culinary experience yet. He's a smart guy with true food passion. But I feel like he's learning on our dime - and we're in a recession. His dismissive treatment of Melissa was not impressive (and by the way, Melissa out-cooked both Eddie and the last guy to try to throw her under the bus, Brett).

So, while they each had good reasons to go, Teddy was still my choice this week. Unfortunately, I think Eddie's time was up, too, and refused to fall on the sword to save him. If not this week, he would've been the next to go in my book.

Since Bobby and Susie saved Teddy, I'm wondering if he can turn it around. He's got the cooking skills. He's got charm that hasn't made it to the screen yet. But he's got some major repair work to do to stay in the game. Can he do that?

Ina: Just two words: Love her. Funny, warm, gracious - she's the real deal. After working with her for almost 8 years, I still get excited spending the day with her. Having a long, lazy lunch at Ina's home - including cocktails in the gazebo - is one of the all time great foodie experiences. It's like: "OMG, I'm in an episode of Barefoot Contessa!" I'm thrilled she wanted to be on the show this year.
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I love how anyone who betrays Melissa gets immediately eliminated!!