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1. Ok as for the new episode, Eugene and the blonde chick went home. Not that surprising. Eugene brought an element of cool to the show, much more so than the Bronx guy, but yeah he just never hit the mark on the cooking.

2. The new judge wasn't as bad as I thought he would be. Thankfully he wasn't another Simon becuase I thought that's what they were going for which of course would force Kool Keith to release another diss record:
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1. Melissa was never that good...or bad. She was just kinda there. She was "Top Chef" Braden Walker. I had no idea what the hell she was good at until Jeff was like "She's good with latin flavors" and I was like "So that's her gimmick." I forgot that three minutes later.

I wouldv'e sent home her and Carla. At least Eugene dared to experiment.

2. I like him. I agree with Tom that these guys aren't trying to be awesome, just kinda "Well, maybe everyone else will suck." Hopefully he lights a fire under them.

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- New cooking show? I have no idea what "Chef Academy" will be like, but I'll probably give it a shot. Unless it looks terrible.

- For the first 15 minutes I didn't know if I was watching "Top Chef" or an extended ad for Diet Dr. Pepper.

- LOL at Stefan talking to the guest judge all happy and cut to Fabio stabbing him with his eyes.

- Jamie does like to do scallops doesn't she?

- LOL at Jeff watching the TV while peeking out from around a corner. It's a guy criticizing your food, not "Halloween".

- On Jeff's dish:
Other Chefs: This isn't that good.
Tom: It's alright.
Toby: BEST THING I'VE HAD TONIGHT!

- Carla: I don't try to wow you with pizzaz, I try to wow you with flavor, and in that regard, I failed.

So there's nothing redeeming about your dish?

- Next week Hung and what appears to be the "fishtank catching challenge". Also LOL at Jamie and Stefan arguing and cutting to Stefan all calm and happy: "I'm still not changing it."
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Hung is awesome. lol At some point they should have like a battle of all the Top Chef winners to choose a grand-champion.

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Hung is awesome. lol At some point they should have like a battle of all the Top Chef winners to choose a grand-champion.
I've been secretly hoping for a "Best Of Top Chef/Second Chance" season for some time now.

Let's see what the hell happens when we get the best ones.
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Yeah, so I noticed the lamb team won the online poll for "who best honored the ingredients" when everyone on the show said they sucked ass. It's not going to take me much to make a logical jump here, but I'm going to say it's becuase Ariane is the fan favorite like the previous two seasons' goody-two shoes golden girls. Boy am I fucking glad she got axed this early. :lmao: Really I was laughing my ass off. Thank god there won't be a repeat of last yer or the year before. And maybe there will be enough episodes left that some else like Fabio gets fan favorite. Anyways, good stuff. XD
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Note, I'm stilling loling at this decision. A lot of people the Top Chef blogs are bitching about it and un-ironcially they are all females. XD Really she tenderized fresh lamb like it was an old, crappy cut of meat. She deserved to get sent home. Instead they are using conpspiracy theories like they wanted to keep Hosea and Leia together to create more sexual tension. It's just lame.
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I know Hosea claimed to be good at it, and they bitched at him for not volunteering, but it's not like Ariane stood up for herself (also odds of her winning...slim to none).

"Hey Ariane, you wanna prep the meat?"
"Sure."

Although Leah's "Eh, who cares" attitude at the end irked me some.

Either way: Restaurant FUCKING Wars next week. These always bring it.
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LOL now yahoo.com did an article about whether or not it was fair she was canned. Seriously, fuck this bitch. She's not better than anyone else. If you screw up on this show, you get sent home. End of story. But people want them to be soft on their favorite chef. And they absolutely hate it when "the villain" wins. Like Hung won and there were 70 page threads of people who just signed up on the message board saying they would never watch the show again because it was unfair. XD

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I've been to the Bravo forums ONCE. People were complaining that the X-Mas special was filmed in June.

That was enough for me to realize those people were not ready to discuss TV.
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Radhika is gone nows. And oh lord, the fans are not happy. Ariane's gonna win fan favorite for some lame martyr bullshit. Seriously, they are still harping on that.

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There is no way Ariane should have been out, with the likes of Eugene, Carla and Leah left. She would have been great at the front of the house too!!!


Did I miss something?

Either way, best thing last night was EASILY random Howie appearance. I mark'd.
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Radhika was really cute, but way too much of an introvert. She kinda doomed herself by choosing to be front of the house.

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Either way, best thing last night was EASILY random Howie appearance. I mark'd.

His and Stephanie's acting was terrible in that commercial.

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Ariane's gonna win fan favorite for some lame martyr bullshit. Seriously, they are still harping on that.

Collichio also mentioned the "huge reaction" on his blog. Really these fans annoy me. They all seem to be house-wives or something who chose the one who is "most like me." Really, there should be no fan-favorite. The losers don't deserve to have money thrown at them to appease these stupid people and their shallow reasoning.

Leah reminds me why some girls need to be sent to the north pole for cognitive dissonance. Gee wiz you're all over the guy the night before and then the next day you're all cryiy, sabotage your team, and want sympathy because this is supposedly the "first time" you ever cheated on a boyfriend. Does anyone really believe that horse hockey?

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1. His and Stephanie's acting was terrible in that commercial.

2. They all seem to be house-wives or something who chose the one who is "most like me." Really, there should be no fan-favorite. The losers don't deserve to have money thrown at them to appease these stupid people and their shallow reasoning.
1. Howie's acting > Kelly Kelly's acting.

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Also, a solid amount of bitching is from people I assume are 40-50 year old women in a weird show of solidarity and rage. Something about how Ariane must have shown them that they can "do something with their lives" or some other lame inspirational pap.


Someone's gonna kill me for that. Don't care.
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And Jeff's gone. Felt he was top 4-5 worthy, but hey, Fabio and Stephan > Jeff so I happy.

I haven't checked, but I fully expect bitching that this was filmed in like, August WAY before the Super Bowl.

Oh, and I have ZERO memory of Camille. What the hell did she do of note? I agree with Tom that "All Stars" might be a stretch with some of them, but for all intents and purposes, maybe people like Marcel and Brian were busy or something.
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Unlike most of the people at the TC forum I'm sure I actually felt bad for Steffan after he lost. He looked pretty sad, proving that he really is a perfectionist. LOL though at Andrew's impersonation of him. :lmao:

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Yeah, Jamie losing sucks. She was definitely my favorite. She was also the best chef after Steffan. She shouldn't have served that cellary though. I guess Fabio will be my new favorite, but he'll probably get fucked over the next episode I'm sure now.

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I say that Top Chef and their producers should be ashamed of themselves. Lea, or however you spell her damn name has no business in the top 10. The only reason she is still on the show is because of her pathetic clinging to Hosea and visa versa. Both of them are now on the show, simply for the "sexy" ratings. Lea couldnt turn milk into cream. And Hosea is to busy thinking with his weiner to do any real cooking. Jamie is 10 times the chef lea and hosea are. SHAME ON YOU BRAVO AND PRODUCERS!


Translation: I miss Ariane.

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I can't believe Jamie being sent home for celery! Didn't they say her fish was good? The only thing I like celery in, is salad and cornbread dressing. Never by itself unless it is RAW.
Leah should have gone...she is a quitter. Did you see her slinging her utensils around and having a hissy fit? I think Eric Ripert had the hots for Leah.


Good ol' conspiracy theories.

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I'm done watching. I really don't believe tonights episode.

Stefan had the easiest with the least amount of components and wins WITH a sauce that is too thick. Carla had a perfectly cooked fish and even figured out and made perfect the sauce. It was stated as one thing on the menu but she knew from letting the sauce cool and set that it was to be made a different way, did it perfectly and didn't win. She was clearly the winner. Anyone can cook lobster....please. She had one of the hardest fish to cook besides Jamie.

Hosea is a head chef in a seafood restaurant and blew his dish. His fish wasn't cooked right. He didn't let it set before cutting. He didn't make the slices thick enough. He over breaded the fish and way over seasoned it as well as over cooked it. The judges even stated his dish was the least like the original dish. Leah had under cooked AND overcooked her fish. Her sauce was bad AND made WRONG. She didn't pay attention to the dish, nor knew what she was doing AND had help. Plus she QUIT TWICE during the quickfire. Jamie also had one of the hardest fish to cook. Couple of the judges stated that if you took away the salty celery that her dish would have been good. Calicio even said that minus the cerlery that the fish was cooked perfectly and she was sent home???? Give me a break. This one should have been Carla the winner and Hosea or Leah (perferably Leah for quitting and not doing any of her dish right) home. Jamie's fish was good, judges stated that fact. Hosea and Leah's fish were NOT done right nor their sauces again stated by the judges. Jamie has been consistantly in the top 3 during quickfires or elimination challenges. Even gues judges have stated that they love her food, love to watch her cook and love her passion. So what she was a little discouraged with what she had to cook. She never quit nor gave up like Leah and her fish was PERFECT according to the judges unlike Leah's who quit more than once and fish sucked.

I'm no longer watching this season nor will I watch again. Every season the judges make stupid decisions and get rid of one chef for something mundane while keeping a chef that had no business being there. Now that Project Runway is off Bravo, Bravo has lost a viewer. No since in watching a show with bias judging.

My last task on Bravo is to vote JAMIE as FAN FAVORITE. She was robbed and unfairly judged tonight.

Having salty cerley but perfect fish is not a reason to go home. You can remove the damn celerly and still enjoy the PERFECT FISH. With Leah's you would have had NOTHING to eat as the fish, the sauce and the dish in general was bad.

Bye Bye Top Chef, Bye Bye Bravo.


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^That happens every time something happens they don't like. Just wait for humongous bitch fest that will occur after Stefan wins even though he's obviously the best chef on the show.

I hope this means Jamie will get fan favorite, but I still wouldn't past the brain dead soccer-moms who watch this show to give it to Ariane. XD
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I like the people bitching that Stefan had the easiest dish.

Well, no shit. If you had to choose between extremely simple and "What the christ is this fish and sauce I have never made it before", the smart thing to do is to go with what you know.

I mean, mad respect to Carla, but it wasn't as close as Stefan's

I secretly hope that /b/ fucks up the voting and Patrick wins. The bitching will be epic.

Really, I just want anyone but Ariane for some lame soccer mom inpirational bullshit.
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Is anyone really saddened by the loss of Leah? Anyone?

Personally, I like the Hosea's desire to destroy Stephan the best thing going right now. It's as if Hosea could be making a sandwich and Stephan walks by with a "Hi" and Hosea smashes the jar of mustard in seething rage.

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Yeah, Hosea is a bit annoying to me. Glad his gal-pal is gone too. Gonna say I'm backing Fabio all the way now. Quote of the week: Fabio - "Mama Mia!" :lmao:

Am I the only one who noticed serious fan-service this episode? First it was low camera angle as Leah bent down to show us her melons. Later it was Padma looking like she had a case of the THO. Not that I'm complaining or anything. XD

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Each episode will hold two challenges for the chefs. The first is a twist on the classic Quickfire Challenge which tests their basic abilities and the second is a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The food will be tasted and evaluated by the judges and a wide range of tasters for whom the challenge is aimed, whether it is patrons at a five-star restaurant or a room full of hungry kids — the food has to appeal to the diner as well as the critics if the chef is to survive.


So it's basically the exact same thing as Top Chef? WTF? lol
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So we got at least one episode left (two if you count the inevitable reunion special), and for fun, who do you think's gonna win this year?

Logic states Stefan will do it cause he won the first challenge, and I'd love to see him do it because the Bravo Forums will explode. Hosea is probably my least favorite, but well, those forums will explode in some "ARIANNE!" rage, so for LULZ, I choose him.

Carla wouldn't make me mad, but eh, just not rooting for her. She already pretty much got the prize value + in her Toyota Camry Wagon Venza.

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