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****OFFICIAL**** TOP CHEF THREAD (1 Viewer)

having spent a decent amount of time in colorado and dining around denver, one of my favorite restaurant groups is from chef jennifer jankowski (rioja, euclid hall, bistro vendome, panzano).  One of the contestants has worked with her..pulling for her.

 
GregR said:
Just going from one episode, seems like maybe a pretty good crowd this time.  Both in terms of cooking skills, and personalities.  Most seasons have one or two people I'm relieved when they get eliminated so I don't have to watch them anymore.  No one jumped out at me this time.

The nervous girl almost had a little bit of a Jennifer Lawrence thing going on, both looks and how she sounded. 
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I agree with every word of this post.  Was coming here to make the j law comparison.

 
Definitely liking the personalities so far, the Pakistani girl seems pretty cool :oldunsure:   :wub: :oldunsure:  

 
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Kraft... said:
Definitely liking the personalities so far, the Pakistani girl seems pretty cool :oldunsure:   :wub: :oldunsure:  
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I think she's my stealth pick to win it all.

Seemed like they got the right two people, and two of the weaker chefs most likely, with the first two eliminations. 

After the first episode I had thought Tu was going to be one of the stronger chefs. After this episode I'm not sure if he just had a bad challenge, or maybe he's at the opposite end of the scale from where I thought.

 
If this was posted already I missed it.

An episode of Top Chef this season was shot with John Besh in the episode.  As you may know, Besh has been caught up in the sexual harassment reveals as two dozen women have issued complaints against him.

Bravo is going to air the episode and just edit Besh out.   

It will be interesting to see how this is done.

 
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on a related note:

Turns out the show had a second Mayday situation: The premiere originally featured Melissa Perfit, of San Francisco’s Bar Crudo, saying this during one of her confession-cam soliloquies: “I like to sexually harass the guys a little bit. Like, they do it to me, I’m giving it right back to them.” Colicchio says that if you watch the episode now, “you won’t see that,” adding that the line was filmed back in May, and that he imagines Perfit’s joke “would not have been made if it were today.”

 
Spending a lazy Sat morning catching up on LCK and speaking of catching up, hard living appears to be doing exactly that to Jen

 
After a great challenge last week this week really felt flat. Maybe it was the medical stuff but even the Chefs seemed lethargic. Really felt for Chris, he struggled quite a bit in elimination. They kept showing him during judges table, I thought he was going to fall on his sword for Brother or something they showed him so much. 

 
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Walking Boot said:
Kinda glad Tanya left, because her attitude was crap. F her. Talking back to the judges then throwing out a "get woke" like there's some kind of racial oppression keeping her from winning the show is :bs:  
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don't mind her leaving, but am wondering what the reality was surrounding cooperation for both her and claudette. i do not think claudette was completely innocent.  production crew presented us with their resistance to help each other.  not sure how selective they were with how other teams worked together, or moments if/when those two actually did work well together.

 
I too wonder if the selection of scenes put together by the production team left us with an accurate depiction on those two.

If it was accurate, I wonder at their reactions to seeing the broadcast.  Does Tanya recognize her negative attitude pretty much the entire way through that challenge? Does Claudette hear Bruce's comments about how she wasn't tasting things when that's her job as exec chef, and take them to heart and maybe improve as a person going forward?

Hope so.  That has to be so freaking humbling to have your shortcomings showcased like that.  Though, a lot of people can't put their own egos aside and would just blame the production crew and say the crew made them look bad. So wouldn't be shocking if it doesn't lead to any self growth.  Either way, I don't envy them even if it was their own doing.

 
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I had no interest in Tanya's food, but I liked her as a person until the week she was gone so was willing to cut her a break given she was dealing with supreme ##### Claudette.  Happy to see Claudette gone super gone the next week.

Is there a favorite right now?  Seems like wins have been pretty evenly distributed.  Other than the young girl with the great knife skills (who is terrific but just not there yet), everyone seems like they could take it.

 
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krista4 said:
I had no interest in Tanya's food, but I liked her as a person until the week she was gone so was willing to cut her a break given she was dealing with supreme ##### Claudette.  Happy to see Claudette gone super gone the next week.

Is there a favorite right now?  Seems like wins have been pretty evenly distributed.  Other than the young girl with the great knife skills (who is terrific but just not there yet), everyone seems like they could take it.
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Carrie's to lose.

 
Chris, Carrie, Bruce are my final 3. I'd be fine with any of them winning but ultimately pulling for Chris. 

Bummed to see Fatima go, read that she is fighting Cancer in real life  :sadbanana:  

 
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Fatima was my stealth pick early on though I thought a couple of the other chefs might be stronger.  Really I think anyone could take it though agree that Adrianne is probably on the bottom.

So speaking of Fatima... apparently she has cancer and there was news today that she had successful surgery. Still has chemotherapy to go well but it sounds like the prognosis for her is good. 

 
krista4 said:
I had no interest in Tanya's food, but I liked her as a person until the week she was gone so was willing to cut her a break given she was dealing with supreme ##### Claudette.  Happy to see Claudette gone super gone the next week.

Is there a favorite right now?  Seems like wins have been pretty evenly distributed.  Other than the young girl with the great knife skills (who is terrific but just not there yet), everyone seems like they could take it.
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I get the Claudette hate, but it's been a while since a contestant piqued my interest in their food as much as she did this season.

 
Seemed like a good decision on this latest elimination.  He was probably the one person left who hasn't seemed to grow as a chef at all.  He was his best when he was making his same old thing in his safety zone, but the judges got tired of that.

Interesting path this season has taken. It seemed like the chefs started out so strong, then they had their rough stretch recently here where they weren't turning out as good of food. I'm still not quite sure who I want to win.  I'd like Fatima to make it back from Last Chance Kitchen (haven't watched yet so I have no idea if she is still alive, don't tell me!), though I'd be happy with Carrie or Adrianne.  The Moustache might be the most competent chef in technical skills, but I'm more impressed with the growth from the two women so would rather see one of them take it.  I also like Chris, it would be a feel good story if he wins.

 
GregR said:
Seemed like a good decision on this latest elimination.  He was probably the one person left who hasn't seemed to grow as a chef at all.  He was his best when he was making his same old thing in his safety zone, but the judges got tired of that.

Interesting path this season has taken. It seemed like the chefs started out so strong, then they had their rough stretch recently here where they weren't turning out as good of food. I'm still not quite sure who I want to win.  I'd like Fatima to make it back from Last Chance Kitchen (haven't watched yet so I have no idea if she is still alive, don't tell me!), though I'd be happy with Carrie or Adrianne.  The Moustache might be the most competent chef in technical skills, but I'm more impressed with the growth from the two women so would rather see one of them take it.  I also like Chris, it would be a feel good story if he wins.
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I'm rooting for Chris, or Fatima if she gets back into it. But I don't really dislike any of the remaining contestants.

 
This was a really weird episode to watch because of the editing out of Johnny Iuzzini* from judging the quick fire.

Padma's voice over's, her green screens, the extreme closeups in the hotel room, the two plates being carried up, the contestant eyes going back and forth in the hotel room looking at two different people etc etc.

I was not effected when they edited out Besh from the Olympics episode but this one must have been much harder to pull off.

edit to add:   *It was assumed to be Iuzzini, Bravo has not confirmed what happened.

 
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Huh.  I thought about the two plates - makes sense.  Wonder what happened. (Just googled it, now I get it).

i feel like the overall skill level this season just isn't up to par with older seasons, or maybe it's a reflection of culinary trends towards simpler foods, but a Blais or Voltaggio would cook circles around these folks.

 
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NewlyRetired said:
This was a really weird episode to watch because of the editing out of Johnny Iuzzini* from judging the quick fire.

Padma's voice over's, her green screens, the extreme closeups in the hotel room, the two plates being carried up, the contestant eyes going back and forth in the hotel room looking at two different people etc etc.

I was not effected when they edited out Besh from the Olympics episode but this one must have been much harder to pull off.

edit to add:   *It was assumed to be Iuzzini, Bravo has not confirmed what happened.
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I didn't notice anything strange :shrug:

Who is this Johnny guy and what happened?

 
Wingnut said:
I didn't notice anything strange :shrug:

Who is this Johnny guy and what happened?
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The entire part with the quick fire challenge was a complete mess production wise.  They did the best they could I guess considering.

Johnny Iuzzini was a lead judge on Top Chef: Just Desserts for a couple of seasons.

He was the guest judge on the most recent episode of Top Chef for the dessert quick fire.

He was accused of sexual harassment a little while ago.

ABC stopped airing the Great American Bake Off as he was a lead judge, Food TV edited him out of an Iron Chef episode and Bravo did the same for Top Chef.

 
Good episode, :lol:  at Joe's Matrix outfit comment about that judge, spot on! Happy to hear there was good food all around, at this stage that's how it should be. Bummed to see Chris go I was pulling for him. Rooting for Carrie now, seems like she would be cool to hang out with, although you could say that for everyone thats left. 

 
yeah, there aren't any chefs to root against at this point. sucks for Chris to get eliminated on a dish that everybody seemed to love.

they announced next season would be in Kentucky. seems like an odd choice to me, but I guess they are running out of options at season 16.

 
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I forget the context, but I chuckled at non-mustache Joe's line about something that finished with "...and Wylie Dufresne looking at me like I'm some kind of ###hole...."

 
Evilgrin 72 said:
I forget the context, but I chuckled at non-mustache Joe's line about something that finished with "...and Wylie Dufresne looking at me like I'm some kind of ###hole...."
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Think that was if his pork chop wasn't cooked enough he wouldn't be able to put it on the plate, Joe was great last night, cool dude. 

 
Actually got my pompous chefs mixed up. Wylie seems like he could possibly be ok. British altitude guy was who I was thinking of. Guy really came off like the biggest jag that show's ever seen and that's say a lot after 16 seasons.

 
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Epic Problem said:
Actually got my pompous chefs mixed up. Wylie seems like he could possibly be ok. British altitude guy was who I was thinking of. Guy really came off like the biggest jag that show's ever seen and that's say a lot after 16 seasons.
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weird. he seemed very nice and complimentary of all the chefs to me.

 
Just rewatched. He wasn't as bad as I thought he was when I watched it last night. I think the emotionless, soft talking must have been what rubbed me the wrong way.

 
Carrie is a legit badass, her last dish notwithstanding  (even though the only negative thing said about it was that it wasn't cohesive...they all said it was delicious).

She loses her protein and still wins the challenge? With a toast? AGAIN?! First with "fancy toast", and now this...this chick is money. Unflappable. Im rooting for her the rest of the way. Super down to earth and no ego (which may have hurt her a bit...I think had she went with the Wellington she would have nailed it and got another win).

Plus she had aspirations of being a competitive skier, so she's athletic...not exactly hot but attractive in a strange way...I bet she's fun to hang with. And 420 friendly no doubt.

 
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Wingnut said:
Carrie is a legit badass, her last dish notwithstanding  (even though the only negative thing said about it was that it wasn't cohesive...they all said it was delicious).

She loses her protein and still wins the challenge? With a toast? AGAIN?! First with "fancy toast", and now this...this chick is money. Unflappable. Im rooting for her the rest of the way. Super down to earth and no ego (which may have hurt her a bit...I think had she went with the Wellington she would have nailed it and got another win).

Plus she had aspirations of being a competitive skier, so she's athletic...not exactly hot but attractive in a strange way...I bet she's fun to hang with. And 420 friendly no doubt.
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She's Mormon, so maybe not. 

 
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