OK, I am officially aboard the Hate Betty Train. Christ, what a harpy she is.
I loved the way Anthony Bourdain seemed to identify with Michael, and that he called his potatoes “Flinstonian”.
I wish they'd bring on Bourdain as one of the permanent judges.
And Frank seriously needs to switch to decaf.My main question after watching this episode is…how does a guy enter a chef/cooking competition worth $100,000, where he has a day to plan and a few hours to cook, only come up with a salad that looks like it came from a bag? I understood that he was trying to play it safe, but that was more like playing dead- what a dumb ass
I agree that Frank (the big guy with the beard) went overboard. After all, he had his toiletries in the kitchen (by the way, I am referring to the kitchen that smelled like “cigarettes and ass”). From what I saw, he kept his toothbrush in the bin, but the diabetic guy instigated Frank to get stupid. I don’t know if what the funny haired guy did was worth a Sopranos style death threat.
That Bourdain guy was hilarious.
The chefs seemed to have really screwed this challenge up.
Marcel is an ass…and yet the last few episodes I keep thinking that the others are much worse than he ever was. Writing on his business cards? Eh…just so childish. Betty also came off as so harpy like towards him. She needs to just let it go.
And Frank - he seems like a bully to me. What was Marcel supposed to do - work around his toothbrush? Geesh. I want him gone now.
The best part for me was Ellia’s break down by chocolate. I like it when the whining stops and the chocolate smearing begins!
It seemed like a wake up call to the lesser competitors. All the chefs I’d call “upper tier” (not sure that Frank belonged in that group) got to sit out and the others got lambasted by Anthony Bourdain. I bet the ones not dining with Bourdain could see the writing on the wall. Except maybe Marcel, he still probably thinks he’s the one.
I watched this show for the first time yesterday, they had about 5 episodes laeding up to it. Interesting. At least a few of the chefs seem pretty good.
The thing that confused me about the Bourdain episode was the bald judge. He was simultaneously mad that the dessert was not a classicly done custard creme brulee, and that it wasn’t something new. If that chick had any ability to think on her feet she’d have just said that was a (insert french term for artistically fooling the eye that I can’t think of right now) that was supposed to make you think it was brulee before being surprised with Pumpkin pie. That would have been somewhat Avant-Garde.
Betty needs to let go of the Marcel baggage before it pulls her under. Her limited potential is showing and she doesn’t need the additional crap to haul around.
I agreed with the selection of Carl to be the one to go home. WTF - a “top chef” spends 4 hours making that?
As for the winner, have I been missing a link between mushroom soup and Thanksgiving all these years? While I like mushroom soup, I would never expect it to be part of a Thanksgiving spread.