Do we have enough interest in this season for a weekly topic?
Anywho, I’m disappointed the girls lost, you because I was hoping not-brother Mike would shut-up then. And the whole thing about not being about to pronounce Preeti was just annoying.
And speaking of Mike, I hope one of the brothers will get kicked off soon (although they’re both pretty good.) Mainly because I can’t tell them apart, and I’m tired of them cutting to a shot of the other brother when ever something happens.
Kevin once again has a good showing, he’s definitely final four material. Jesse needs to show strong in the next episode for me to have any faith in her. There’s a lot of contestants who had trouble at first and then lasted til the end, but three poor showings in a row is pretty bad.
I’m sad to see Eve go. I’ve eaten at her restaurant in Ann Arbor and found her food to be quite delicious. I think she just didn’t adjust very well to the pressures of the show, and this lead to her making some bad decisions in the kitchen.
Jesse needs to go, just for the random, ugly facial piercings. I really like Kevin and hope he does well for himself.
Eve had a deer in the headlights kind of look to her.
I’m not thrilled that so much importance is placed on the quickfire- immunity AND $15K? What’s the point of winning the elimination challenges- just to avoid being kicked off? That doesn’t seem like enough of a reward for a big win.
I still think that winning the quickfire should give you an advantage in the elimination and winning the elimination gives you immunity for the next episode.
Jessie’s lip rings look like she has some spittle or food hanging out of her mouth and it is not appetizing to think that someone cooking for me looks like they’re going to drop a wad of crud from their mouth into the food.
It does seem ridiculous that an elimination win only gets you one more week on the show. Quickfire win rewards should be some sort of advantage in the elimination or a nice prize, like some fancy knives, but large amounts of cash should be given out to elimination winners.
Actually, every elimination win does get some sort of prize, they just don’t always announce it, especially when it’s just a cookbook or something. But they do get prizes and they get bigger and better as the competition goes on.
Quickfire rewards are usually just immunity but sometimes also advantages for the elimination. The whole high stakes thing is new and I think, just a Vegas thing.
I, too, don’t like Jesse’s piercings. But more, I don’t think she’s mentally tough enough to handle the competition. She’s been before the judges twice, and her body language just screams “don’t be mean to me!”
Whichever woman was bitching because gays couldn’t be married has to remember she’s in the service industry. people are going to want to celebrate their weddings and anniversaries adn don’t care about her political leanings.
At this piont there are still too many competitors to tell them apart.
It was Androgenous White Girl. I lost any sympathy for her then, not because she’s gay but because it seemed contrived, like a bid for more camera time. As you said, it’s not like she’d never run into people getting married or celebrating anniversaries in the food service industry, let alone Top Chef which always has one wedding related challenge every season. What would she do in her restaurant, refuse to serve married/engaged hetero couples until she can marry her partner?
I’m gay and married, (One of the 18,000 “interim” marriages) and I was getting ready to punch her in the face for all of her whining. You’re in the kitchen to cook. You’re in this particular kitchen to cook and try to win a contest. Please pack your politics and leave them at home.
If you want to turn away a catering gig at your own restaurant, that’s your business. If you want to lecture every married couple that walks into your restaurant for dinner, go right ahead. Just don’t be surprised when they leave.
There does seem to be a lot of dead money(hehe it’s in Vegas you see) in the competition.They seem to have gotten a very week class of Women this go around. Other than the one who called herself bitchy(and after two weeks I am starting to agree) they are just not showing much. I would not be surprised if 6 or 7 of the first 8 to go are chicks.
The brothers and Kevin seem take an early, fairly wide, lead. With the chick and maybe a couple of other guys in the mix. I was a bit surprised to see the French guy stumble already, because they usually get strong foreigners so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him recover are make it back near the top.
I agree completely on the early leaders and those who will soon be at the craps table yelling “Baby needs a new souffle pan.”
I wonder if the early losers get to visit the casino or if they’re stuck in the loser’s suite so no one sees them.
Oh and the French guy has shown me nothing but that goofy scarf.
I usually don’t care much about plating, but Jessie’s dishes do not look appetizing when she puts them down.
My current bet on the final three: Kevin, Jen, Michael the brother.
I thought it was interesting that Jen revealed more than she meant to talking about the guy/girl split. First she said it didn’t matter, the chefs are all just as good, but the fact that she was angry about it revealed that she thinks (probably rightly) that the women, as a group, are not as strong as the men. She’s the one really shining star among the women right now, and she knows it.
Eve had to go. I’m guessing she’s a great chef and a nice person, but she didn’t do well in this format, and she had negative charisma on screen. **Dark2Phoenix **noted that many contestants seem to get cut by cooking shrimp badly, and after having a shrimp failure last week, she went right back and cooked it again. In his words, “Let me really prove to you I can’t cook this!”
Ashley: I agree that it’s a travesty that gays can’t marry most places in the US. I’ve toyed with the idea of not calling myself “married” but rather in a civil union, because I don’t want anything to do with an institution that is mired in religious bigotry. Nevertheless: SHUT UP. One mention that it’s poignant to work on wedding stuff due to the issue would have been fine. Going on and on, and acting like every couple who gets married is mounting a personal attack on you makes you look like a whiny jerk.
I don’t mind Jesse’s lip piercings too much. I just THANK OG that I didn’t realize the throat tattoo lady had stretched out earlobes while I was watching - I guess my eye was drawn to the ink, and I just assumed she had big hoop earrings in. Looking at that would make me want to lose my lunch. shudder Very glad she was eliminated.
I realized while watching that Eve looks like Dinah Shore.
Hate the lip piercings. What I hate more is the entire opening sequence showing people in their chef whites touching and playing with their hair. Gross! Hair and cooking should be kept far, far apart.
I agree that Ashley’s comments (while I agreed with them) got repetitive. BUT, it was the producers of the show who decided to take those x minutes out of however many y hours of footage they had and show them.
I STRONGLY agree, by the way, that there should be more of a prize for winning the elimination challenge. Or if there is one, we should know what it is. As presented to us, it seems there’s absolutely no reason to go balls out rather than just playing it safe, since all you need to do is not lose.
Anyone want to toss around ideas for what would make fun or neat challenges? I’d love to see something where the cooks are in teams of 3 or 4. One goes into the kitchen, is given a set of ingredients and some restrictions, and starts cooking. After half an hour, the next chef comes in and they have 1 minute to explain what’s going on, then the first chef leaves and the second takes over, etc. Relay cooking. It would make for very exciting TV, and it would also be interesting to see what the best decisions are for dishes that other chefs have to be able to step right into the middle of.
After watching Top Chef Masters, I would love to see them do Restaurant Wars when there’s only four chefs left. They each have to be executive chef and the workers could either be contestants from this season or seasons past. That way there’s no playing it safe.
The weird thing about her complaining was that Top Chef has even done a same-sex marriage for one of the wedding challenges during a previous season. So it’s not like the show is somehow against same-sex marriage.
It was almost as if she was saying “Until we have marriage equality, we shouldn’t celebrate anyone’s marriage.” That’s just crazy.