Ha ha. I wonder if they did that deliberately?
Dale’s elimination was a shock. He’s won so many challenges. I really thought it was going to be Carla. Mike cannot get off my screen fast enough. He’s a childish jerk.
have to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him. 
Then it’s well past time for you to start rooting for Mike I.
I was shocked nobody did a gumbo. it would have been pushed due to time limits, but still could have been possible, and with better results than some of what was served.
As for Dale - good talent, but I won’t miss his smugness of late.
Richard’s continued overuse of liquid nitrogen is getting as tiresome as Marcel’s foam
At least it’s not just liquid nitrogen for liquid nitrogen sake. For example, in this episode, he used to to solidify the mayo so he could fry it. A lot of his stuff you could imagine a recipe saying “stick in the freezer overnight.” But he doesn’t have the time for that so he uses the nitrogen.
So sad to see often brilliant cooks like Dale and Angelo go, while mediocrity like Mike and Tiffany continue on. I’m guessing nothing will happen since the formula is what it is (and the ever-present thread of elimination hangs over everyone, increasing the drama), but I would like it if there was some consideration given to those chefs who have performed well throughout the competition.
All Stars has pretty much proven the best or most creative chefs don’t necessarily win. It takes a special personality to pull together a menu in 15 minutes and execute it reasonably well in only a few hours. That skill set really doesn’t apply in the real restaurant world. TC chefs also need the grit of a Survivor contestant. A lot of luck helps too. 
I recall speculating about the Top 5 in All Stars. Richard is the only chef left from my preseason list. We’ve seen powerful chefs that dominated their seasons fall on their faces in All Stars. It has been bittersweet.
Really sorry to see Dale go. I thought he was likely to contend right up to the end.
I can’t believe I live in a world where Paula Deen is popular. She is like nails on a chalkboard to me. It was very hard to watch the quickfire with that voice/accent constantly assaulting me. I just don’t understand what people like about her at all. Well, her hair is pretty kick ass, but I hate that style of food and if I ever have to hear her speak again, it will be too soon.
Does anyone else see what I see in Angelo–a snake who sabotages everyone he’s allowed to get near? It was obvious on his first season on the show, but so far this season I’ve seen him sabotage both Spike and Dale, but nobody’s talked about it. Frankly, I thought it was pretty sweet that Dale sabotaged him last episode… told him his soup needed more salt… maybe not intentional, but still, Angelo’s well-meaning “help” has invariably gotten the recipient eliminated. It was so sweet to see it happen to him.
Also, where’s the Russian fiancee now Angelo? Huh?
Sorry to see Dale go, but I can’t say I was surprised. It is refreshing to see the bottom three saying “I know I screwed up and here’s where” and it’s obvious the judges are hating to see anyone go home.
Dale definitely grew as a person between his two appearances. I was happy to see him go home in his season, but this time I wouldn’t have minded having him stick around.
I cannot abide Paula Deen, and deep fried mayo sounds beyond disgusting.
I can’t believe nobody has combined the two somehow. Once someone perfects the “frozen foam of ceviche” the show will have jumped the shark.
I don’t agree at all. Richard uses liquid nitrogen and other molecular cuisine techniques when they make sense - as enalzi pointed out, he just did it to quick freeze the mayo, nothing you couldn’t do in the freezer if you had enough time. Marcel, on the other hand, is a one-trick pony with the foam, and uses it even when the dish doesn’t call for it.
These new techniques are good, in their place, and when done well. But they don’t make up for general technique or skill. From what I’ve seen of Richard, he’s got both, and it shows.
It was Mike Isabela that told Angelo his soup was missing something, not Dale. And what, exactly did Angelo do to Dale this episode? Marcel did far more to send Beaumont to the bottom three than anything I saw from Angelo.
Okay, my bad about the soup. A week ago is… a long time for my brain right now.
About Dale in this episode, Angelo was there. That’s all it takes.
I’d agree.
Jimmy Fallon’s knock on Richard’s dish was it didn’t involve liquid nitrogen or new techniques (though it was apparently still pretty tasty), and now other people don’t like other dishes because they do use liquid nitrogen.
Sounds like the guy can’t get a break, either way. Might as well keep doing the normal chef thing - making stuff that tastes good.
A) Antonia and Mike: Cousins? Best. Season. Ever.
B) Totally called the judge’s decision.
C) Not cool with the psych-outs Padma.
D) Cool with the bikini Padma.
E) Won’t spoil anything, but I’m excited for next week’s (Quickfire?) challenge. I had a feeling they might do something like that.
I saw the judges decision coming too.
This episode was one of the best I can ever recall. I couldn’t stop grinning and tearing up at the same time. Bringing in the families seemed to focus the chefs more than I 've ever seen. They did the same thing in Season 6’s final. Except, in All Stars it was more powerful because the chefs had been away from family for a couple months.
I’m not sure the judges did themselves any favors. All they’ve done is delay a tough decision they still have to make. Somehow they have to pick a single winner. Never the less, it’s pretty cool that all five get to visit Bermuda.
Padma certainly rocks that bikini doesn’t she. 
Hard to believe she had a baby less than one year ago.
Excellent episode. Antonia won something! Yay! She and Mike are related? Love it!
Bahamas, I think.
Great episode, really had me at the edge of my seat (although I kinda thought it would end up being the five) and I really couldn’t decide between Tiffany and Carla who should go home. Tiffany probably because she’s had some bad ECs lately but Carla was the only one they had slightly negative comments about (i.e. the veggies).
For a minute, I thought Richard was going to lose it and I thought he was going home just based on the fact that everyone else had very personal stories to tell while his was just “nice”, “perfect”, “right” but didn’t feel like a story of himself like the others. And that was just mean of them to tell him to pack his knifes. He looked like he might pull a Seth (from the Just Desserts series) and end up going home in an ambulance.
Still, great show and glad to see Top Chef hasn’t jumped the shark yet. Must…learn…to…make…osso…bucco…