Dale is a kind of a tool, but really not that bad untiil he starts in with his "street" personna. Stephanie, how can you fault her? Too nice maybe?

Lisa was basically just shooting down the ideas of 2 chefs who have consistently been delivering week after week, yet offering nothing until almost completely and single-handedly derailing her team over by Whole Foods. She pulled the bacon/miso thing out of her hat, and that was cool and all, but she is at least as big a jag as Dale. I think Dale is right about her - she's got this black cloud over her head when she's in the kitchen.

Zoi, I've already bummed on, she's gone, that was correct. It seems like she can't be bothered to cook anything decent if she's part of a team and the idea isn't hers.

Yes, Andrew, yes, nice caviar made out of Tapioca. Again. Maybe next week you will make your third novelty item out of gelatin.

Really bummed that Richard doesn't know how to clean a filet. They saw scales in the kitchen and he's just like "Huh, must just be that one." I don't think he's going to be able to beat Stephanie or Dale - he shows some weird lapses in judgement sometimes.

Finally, what was the thinking in hyping that big blowout at the end all week, and then editing it down to about 1 minute and in such a way as you can't tell what was going on? God, that was infuriating. That should have been a prolonged segment.

Oh and Spike? Shut up. Antonia burned you (it's a competition, dummy) because you didn't stand behind your idea. Your idea turned out to have been better, but instead, you followed the lead of somebody who had nothing to gain or lose by the outcome. And hell, who knows what your sorry unseasoned soup would tasted like anyway.

Whoa girlfriend, you tell it!

the fact that the two biggest bitches on the show were on the chopping block this week and somehow NEITHER of them got the ax is a tribute to how horribly frustrating this season has been.

i stand by my assessment that they're a cast of douches and morons.

slowriot wrote:the fact that the two biggest bitches on the show were on the chopping block this week and somehow NEITHER of them got the ax is a tribute to how horribly frustrating this season has been.

Bitchy McCuntface actually offended me with her insinuation that all Polish sausage is the Hillshire Farms stuff that you put in the microwave and eat whilst stoned. Jesus. If I could have somehow tortured/mutilated her through the television screen, I would have. That WHORE...

Not to mention that they had the easiest challenge among any of the teams. "Drunk" and "sausage" pair together wonderfully, regardless of what colour they wound up with. And, fuck! Magenta? Red cabbage or red onions or even the purple cauliflower would have all gone beautifully with a kielbasa and some beer or other form of booze. You people are cooking in FUCKING CHICAGO!!! You can find decent Polish sausage there. Chorizo is not like Polish sausage. That's like saying that beef tenderloin is a substitution for pork tenderloin.

Matthew Taylor wrote:Whoa girlfriend, you tell it!

Damn your eyes, Taylor!

Mandroid 2.0 wrote:Not to mention that they had the easiest challenge among any of the teams. "Drunk" and "sausage" pair together wonderfully, regardless of what colour they wound up with. And, fuck! Magenta? Red cabbage or red onions or even the purple cauliflower would have all gone beautifully with a kielbasa and some beer or other form of booze.

I was surprised at how far off they were from a viable dish. I love to cook. I am not even close to being a good cook. Somehow still I think I could have made a dish that far surpassed their sad attempt. My girlfriend, who rarely cooks, was even frustrated at their stupidity.

Jon

You got it, M2.0!

Man, that coulda been good.

Every word out of that Lisa's mouth is poisonous. I mean what the hell. They HAVE to be doing a hatchet job on her in the editing room to have ONLY footage of her scowling and making idiotic remarks. Where did they find such an unhappy Canadian? And what the hell again to the judges for letting the team that didn't follow the rules of the challenge stay because their dish was better than a team that did follow the rules? They should have been disqualified. Everybody else followed the rules, and at least the other team had a funny set up to explain their dish, which was sort of part of the point, yes? God, I was so sure one of them was going home, 2 of my least favorites on the same team, and they cheated...

That team made me LIKE Spike and Andrew for the first time in the series...

Goodbye Nikki 3 episodes too late.

If there is justice, hat guy is next.

Top Chef Rules:

1. If at any time you're given an opportunity to "get out of the kitchen", go out for a night on the town, do not be fooled: you are going to be cooking. No buts about it. Don't throw a hissy fit if you're all out in your nice clothes and stuff, you're on Top Chef to cook, not to show off your new Gianni Versace shirt that you paid a cool $100.00 for.
2. Sooner or later in the competition, someone will use the phrase "thrown under the bus". Punch this person in the face as soon as possible.
3. If Anthony Bourdain is judging for an episode, there will be no mercy. Have your Last Will and Testament up-to-date before heading into the challenge.
4. Ted Allen loves Bacon. Keep this in mind.
5. The most pretentious cheftestant will make it very far in the competition, be frends with that person, no matter how condescending they will very much be. Catchphrases to watch for include "molecular gastronomist", "sommelier", and "douchebag."
6. Don't taste the sauces with your finger, you unsanitary fuck. Ken from Season One, this is all on you.
7. Don't like kowtowing to Bravo's corporate sponsors? Tough. Whether you like it or not, you're going to preface the fact that you rode in a car with the fact that it's a Toyota Rav4, or that the sauce you used for your barbecue was made by KC Masterpiece, or that you're storing all your food in GladWare or that you're communicating with your teammates using a tMobile phone.

Favorite part of last episode:

After they announced that it was "wedding wars" instead of "restaurant wars" and everyone was complaining about how disappointed they were, they showed a clip of Andrew just buzzing, unable to form words. Classic Andrew speed-induced reaction. I had to rewind it and watch it twice.

Also, how blah was Nikki at the wedding? She could barely stay awake long enough to tell someone what she was serving!

I hope Stephanie wins, though I'm probably biased because I ate once at her restaurant in Chicago before it closed and loved it. She's still easily the least annoying person this season.