Ha! Stephen finally found himself nearing the chopping block. I’m surprised the ladies didn’t fall asleep before getting a chance to try his food. The judging chef was pretty brutal. I’m surprised that what’s-her-name didn’t tell him she had no cheese (or cheez) in her Gas Station dish. Dave managed to stay below the radar this week, although I think it was close. Stephen was still so supercilious about Candice’s dish, even though he was sitting right next to her as one of the bottom three.
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I hoped I was not the only one that watched! I’m gonna miss Candice, though I have to agree that her inexperience was too much to overcome, particulary in this arena.
And I completely agree with her assessment of Stephen from the previous show. The :wally . I cannot wait to see his meltdown when they finally dispose of that condescending smug bastard. But villians make the show.
Tiffani can pack up her knives and go too after watching her attitude in the prior show. “I will not compromise my principles!” Then why are you in the restaurant business? I love it, but it ain’t the most honest racket out there. If you are that finicky over your customers, stick to catering or be a private chef. Then you can be the stuck-up b*tch you are.
And I want to try that coconut seafood soup. I thought Harold was going to win on that.
What’s funny is the attitude difference between the contestants on Top Chef and those on Project Runway.
Did you ever hear anyone on the other show say “They want us to make a dress out of flowers? That’s simply unacceptable and I find this entire challenge ridiculous. I set a high standard with my dresses and they should all be made out of fabric. I refuse to compromise my principles here.”
No, but every single week the contestants on TC bitch and moan about the twists they’re being thrown. Did they really sign on thinking it would be 12 straight weeks of Iron Chef competitions?
I’m keeping my eye on LeeAnne. She’s quiet. No visible attitude. And she’s won a couple of immunities. I think she has the qualities to pull off a win!
I, too, am sorry to see Candice go, but she was clearly out of her league in the competition. Stephen is just an annoying joke. And did I hear Tiffani mention her “boyfriend” last night? I thought she indicated a couple of episodes back that she was a Lesbian. . . like when the obvious Lesbian judge was on??? Am I making this up?
Jefferson Hill of Needless Markup’s Rotunda is the first person to come along that is as big an ass as Stephen. His attitude matches Stephen’s so well that he was the perfect person to deliver the big smack down on the full-of-himself Sommelier. What was with him talking down to Junior League women? Does he not know that they are usually sophisticated, somewhat wealthy women? These aren’t women who take kindly to being patronized.
For that matter, why was the show characterizing the women as “working moms” which tends to imply women who are under a time crunch most of the time? Junior League is a volunteer organization that is frequently the domain of the rich who have plenty of free time to devote to volunteer work.
I wonder if some of the Aspiring Chefs are ever going to figure out that it’s the little things, like playing to your audience and being personable, that separates an Emeril or a Julia from, well, them. There are countless Chefs who make wonderful food. It’s the things they do besides cooking that make them legends. Harold seems to have gotten a little bit of a clue. Tiffini’s spanking last week seemed to adjust her attitude a bit, too. Stephen, however, is probably a lost cause.
Candice, Candice, Candice… What in the world made you think a quiche is a microwave reheatable item? You bake a quiche and then you eat it. Leftovers are iffy even reheated in an oven. But a microwave destroys pastry crusts and turns eggs to rubber. Back to school for you, girl.
I’m so glad to see Dave step it up a little. His could certainly have been better; but at least he wasn’t at the elimination table again.
Good for you, Andrea. You can make something interesting and good. Try to do it again some time.
Was Lee Ann even there? Winning the immunity challenge doesn’t mean you shouldn’t at least try. Whatever she did was so boring I don’t even remember what she did.
Miguel? What happened to you? You’re better than you presented yourself this week. But I will say you showed great restraint not knocking that smug asshole Stephen off his chair with his “there’s nothing wrong with that” comment about your working-class background as if you were apologizing for it. I have never hated him more than in that instant.
With a task that replicates your own near-daily routine this should have been a cakewalk for you, Lisa. If you failed so miserably here, I gotta wonder why you’re even on the show. No excuse for your failure.
She identifies as bisexual, according to her bio on the Bravo website.
I didn’t think Jefferson Hill was an ass; he wasn’t smug like Stephen, but direct and brutally honest. If these people want to be in the restaurant business, they better get used to that.
Candice clearly wasn’t going to make it to the end of the show, but I thought she had the right attitude towards this as a learning experience.
I thought Miguel might end up in the bottom three with his cold meatloaf.
I love that Stephen got caught cheating and that he had to go to the judges’ table for in “inedible” dish.
I couldn’t remember what Lee Anne made either (chicken and vegetable stir fry with jasmine rice).
Lisa surprised me with her failure in this challenge.
Harold is starting to get that this is not just a cooking competition.
Andrea definitely stepped it up this week, and I’m glad she’s back in the competition (even though I’m not a big fan of her food). She provides a different take from the other competitors.
I thought Dave was going to be in the top three. I don’t care how my reheated lasagna looks. Plus, he had purple broccoli.
Tiffani’s dish looked very good and deserved the win. (I think she used the term “queer” not “lesbian” couple of weeks ago, which would fit with her bio.)
One can be brutally honest with or without tact. He used no tact whatsoever.
I just discovered this show about a week ago when Bravo was showing repeats of the first few episodes. I kind of like the way the challenges really test the chef, like making stuff with gas station food. It made me wonder what the hell I could do with gas station food. The Krispy Kreme bread pudding was pretty clever and something I never would have thought of.
Stephen is one supercillious, self-satisfied bastard, isn’t he? Has there ever been a challenge where he didn’t think his precious little dish was the best? I like how he wanted to shopping team to buy wine during the Boys and Girls Club challenge. It had to be explained to him that they couldn’t give wine to children. My favorite moment of the show was when Candice told him he was a douchebag.
I kind of liked Candice but it was clear that she just didn’t have the experience. Still, she was [del]hot[/del] likeable and tried hard.
I don’t really like Tiffani. She’s kind of arrogant and pushy and I didn’t like her attitude towards cooking for children or her snottiness about “compromising” herself to please the customers.
Miguel seems like the opposite of Tiffani in that respect. He seems to try really hard to please the customers, has a lot of fun with them and doesn’t seem like a food snob. He’s also done pretty well with his dishes execept for the one cold meatloaf. Oh…and I liked his little exchange with Stephen about TV dinners. (“I’ve never eaten a TV dinner.” “I’m sorry you never experienced that”).
I don’t think Andrea is really going to last too long with the health food schtick. She had one good night but she’s a one-trick pony.
My picks for frontrunners would be Lee Ann and Harold. Both have consistently been in the top three, won immunities and avoided disasters. Both also get along with the other contestants.
Did anyone see the previews for next week when one of the judges was riping somebody about a burrito? (“It’s a f…ing burrito! You put the stuff inside and you roll it up!”) I have to wonder who would try to get overly precious with a burrito and I’m coming up with Stephen.
Stephen reminds me of Fabian Basabe from “Filthy Rich Cattle Drive”.
Same condescending attitude!
Not only that - but they were from Oakland. A tamale is not exotic food in Oakland. I also wanted Miguel to punch him during that exchange, as I couldn’t reach.
Tiffani is still annoying, but nowhere near as bad as she was last week. I was glad to see Dave do better, but I wish LeAnne had too (I still like her and Miguel for the end.) BTW, that was Miguel in the cooking school commercial, right?
Yeah, it was really clever when Paula Deen did it on her show a while ago.
I missed that episode of Top Chef, so who “came up with” the Krispy Kreme bread pudding?
Stephen is a smug bastard, isn’t he? He always has this look on his face like he’s not really listening to anything anyone else is saying and is probably telling himself how wonderful he is. He literally always has his nose up in the air.
Tiffini and Miguel both made it. Tiffini was first but Miguel was prompted by seeing her doughnuts.
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I like LeeAnne too, but if she stays too quiet, that might cost her in the long run. She needs to generate a level of excitement equal to her food.
I think Miguel might have made the top three also if his meatloaf had reached the right temp. Reviewing the plates, his looked the most appetizing IMHO.
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I still can’t stand Tiffani or that smugly smug Stephen.
Harold is wearing thin, too, with his “I’m not enthused about this challenge” schtick.
But I like the show, mostly. Horrible host.