Top Chef Season 4, Zoo Food: Let's Dish!
..Okay, Sports Fans! Last night was the second episode of Top Chef, Season 4. What did you think about the Quickfire Challenge? The Elimination Challenge? Now that we've seen a little more from each of the contestants, have any of your opinions changed about them? Did the right chef pack her knives and go? Who do you love? Who do you hate? Who do you love to hate? My enquiring mind wants to know!
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If you missed the episode, here is a brief recap to get you up to speed, courtesy of Television Without Pity.
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Let's dish!
Comments
/semi-rant
I liked the quickfire challenge - I just love seeing other farmer's markets and what chefs pick from them. I was impressed with the curly-haired guy (can't remember their names yet!) was able to pull it together even though he left something behind.
I LOVE this show!
Dale is hot, so is Spike. I predict those two and either Mark or Andrew as final three.
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I think that the judges were on target with their choices. The moment I saw that glacier thing, I had a feeling that Andrew would take it. I also thought his squid dish looked great. I still think he is an obnoxious whiner, but he was better this week.
Those mushrooms really did look like turds! Mushrooms always look ugly, even when delicious. That's just the way they are. If I wanted to impress someone, I would never serve mushrooms on their own - especially stuffed with more turd colored food! That said, I'm glad Nikki didn't go. I like her and I really loved her lasagna last week.
I kind of liked Valerie too. Even though she was a milquetoast, she seemed sweet. Why do the assholes always go so much farther? Anyway, I wonder if she would have been allowed to cook the blini tableside if she wanted to, since the judges made such an issue of it.
What did you all think of Wiley Dufresne? I thought he was a constructive judge. He seemed genuinely interested in giving good feedback, instead of grandstanding like many other guest judges have.
Did you see the look on Richard's face when Wiley chose his dish as one of the worst? Priceless!
I'm not making any predictions yet. It's too soon to tell, but I like Mark (the Aussie), Stephanie, Spike and Dale (the new Hung). It will be interesting to see how things "unfold".
Andrew annoys me but at the same time he's funny to watch. No clear favorites so far but I loved Mark's quinoa anchovy nigiri, I'm going to have to try to make it at home. :)
rachel dratch! that's it. i couldn't put my finger on it.
"Why do the assholes always go so much farther?" haha...tv, baby, tv...
and wiley dufresne as a guest judge was actually pretty good. i have to agree, he wasn't as obnoxious as some of the others can be and more about the contestants than about himself.
ok, sorry to hog the comments. :-P
The young lady who lost would have a hard time getting even an animal to eat those rubbery blinis topped with unappetizing vegetable matter.
Those mushrooms weren't fit for my cat, Mr. Wiggles.
That was not really Wiley Dufresne, by the way. It was Walter Becker from Steely Dan. Dufresne would have been much more harsh in his critique of many of the dishes.
My wife is a nurse who prepares meals for shut-ins and would certainly appreciate those mitts.
My grandparents have hoped on board the foodie show band wagon and now when my grandma cooks a meal that my grandpa doesn't like, he tells her to "pack her knives and go!"
I have been anxiously watching the mail every day now....
Charles Treuter,
Columbia, Maryland