# Top Chef 9/9 \[OPEN SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577 "2009-09-10T17:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/41 "2009-09-14T18:25:24Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > How do you know this? :dubious: [http://www.tvgasm.com/newsgasm/news/top-chef/top-chef-party-is-spoiled.php](http://www.tvgasm.com/newsgasm/news/top-chef/top-chef-party-is-spoiled.php) > **[News | VH1](https://www.vh1.com/news)** ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/42 "2009-09-14T18:27:58Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > How do you know this? :dubious: Google “padma” and “pothead.” An anonymous source came out a year or so ago and said she was smoking pot on set. Obviously, it’s just a rumor, but a pretty odd one to start without any basis in reality. ETA: Beaten to it; nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/43 "2009-09-14T19:40:43Z")
Whether Padma was high or not (and I kind of hope she was), I’m shocked (shocked!) that anyone thought Kelly Choi was anything better than absolutely horrible. Masters was fantastic, but she almost made it unwatchable. She almost reached Gail Simmons levels of unlikability. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/44 "2009-09-14T19:44:11Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I’ve seen them bust contestants on Chopped (Food Network) for it as well. Yeah, the same guy who wanted to keep using his bleeding hand to hand-form tuna patties. :eek: They called him out on it and he did it again the next round; he seemed like he honestly didn’t realize he did it when they confronted him the next time. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/45 "2009-09-14T19:48:07Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > You might want to look a little more carefully. Maybe it has happened UTR once or twice\*, but more often they taste and then dispose of the spoon instead of putting it back into the food. This is something any judge on any cooking show would make a note of (in one season of _Top Chef_, the first person kicked off that season was kicked off for that exact reason). Ah, OK. I must not have seen that. Good to know, I always just thought it was something chefs did since they always show them tasting their soups & sauces. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/46 "2009-09-14T21:26:25Z")
A lot of kitchen have big spoon holders so you can take a taste then toss the spoon in the sink. It honestly doesn’t bother me that much to see someone taste with the same spoon more than once. That miniscule amount of germs isn’t going to phase me. Some ethnic foods have a group of people dipping out of a communal pot. Of course, I’m Catholic - we all drink from the same chalices during Communion. 😃 StG ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577/47 "2009-09-14T21:40:09Z")
But…but the token wipe with the cloth makes all the difference. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-9-9-open-spoilers/509577.md?page=2)