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Fabio is lucky he didn't go home last night. His days are numbered, IMO. In the past 4-5 episodes, he hasn't had a single "really good" dish. Hosea, Stefan and Jeff are in a different tier from the rest of the contestants. There will have to be a major screw-up for one of them to get canned before the final . . . of course, next week is restaurant wars . . . the traditional week for big screw-ups. Butterscotch scallops, anyone?
Me too. I know she can't win, but I like her.
Jamie when she can't cook seafood she goes to a soup whether or not it's seasonal. Still hanging in. Rad - indian Gone, and deserved it. One trick pony who ran out of gas.
This is what ruined numerous reality shows like survivor, TAR, and others. I'm afraid it has begun in earnest here. The incentive for winning the weekly prizes is just not high enough early on to bring out anything great.
Maybe they shouldn't have said what the winner of the Quick Fire would have won this week. Seemed like several were content to lose it.
I don't see how Stefan manages to lose this. They've had other winners with questionable personalities (I'm looking at you, Hung), and he is just far superior to the others. I wish Leah had been gone last night, but Radhika was going to be out soon enough anyway. They ended up with the two worst leaders possible on Restaurant Wars. Next week's show looks great...
[Fabio]Acid and cheese! Mamma mia! You have an Italian restaurante![/Fabio]
Yep. I actually prefer Stefan's outward douchiness.
Maybe it's because the others played the QF smart but I think it's just dumb luck that the two contestants least equipped to lead won the leadership responsibilities for Restaurant Wars. Both Radikha and Leah were clueless in the role, especially Radikha who can only blame herself for putting her in a position to fail. The episode would have been a lot different if Stefan, Jamie or Jeff were the team leads.
I know it is edited for maximum effect, but I loved the shots of Radhika (in that awful dress) leafing through pages of reservations as everything fell apart around her
I do too, she grates on me so much. I've been to the restaurant she currently works at a number of times, but told my wife last night I'm now boycotting it on principle. The principle being I hate her.
If either didn't want to lead the smart thing to do was to pick stefan or jeff to take over and plan the menu. Both of them leaving stefan for last when having him on either team would have swung it one way or the other was just dumb.
At least she recognized in the exit interview that she should have played the leadership card and forced Jeff to work front of the house. And she seemed to take the whole TC thing as a learning experience. I have faith that Radhika will be successful in one form or another.I know it is edited for maximum effect, but I loved the shots of Radhika (in that awful dress) leafing through pages of reservations as everything fell apart around her
Real Nero moment there
I agree with this, if I was picking teams in kickball or something, I wouldn't hesitate to take the big bully kid who could wallop the ball rather than some friend of mine.You play to win the game.
Yeah, but to be honest, I don't know you don't realize that before the episodeAwful, awful, awfulAt least she recognized in the exit interview that she should have played the leadership card and forced Jeff to work front of the house. And she seemed to take the whole TC thing as a learning experience. I have faith that Radhika will be successful in one form or another.I know it is edited for maximum effect, but I loved the shots of Radhika (in that awful dress) leafing through pages of reservations as everything fell apart around her
Real Nero moment there
The glitches are exacerbated by the time constraints. Trying to prep and freeze (or defrost and braise) a dish for a dinner service wouldn't be a problem if you had all day. Squeezing it into 1-3 hrs. reduces margin for error.Other factors include having a bunch of people opening freezers or ovens and the fact the episodes were filmed during the heat of summer in New York.
Big factor.Dumping an ###load of hot stuff into a freezer and then expecting it to just pull all those btus out is asking for trouble. Stefan realized this and brought ice into the equation. Carla just said #### it.
Even so, both teams had the same handicap. Carla failed epically with it, while Stefan adapted and shined.
In Carla's defense, she did NOT just say #### it.She DID smile. And sent her disaster out with love.WITH LOVE!
That was ####### awesomeDid you see the look on Colicchio's face?
His dessert was not frozen though and ice certainly isn't going to get something hard.
Classic. Now, tomorrow in NYC - TOP DRUNK!Is Claud going to make it?
His dessert wasn't soup either, like Carla's. If she knew the freezer wasn't working, she should have done something else, not just thrown up her hands. She'll probably the next to go.
He may be sitting this one out
All his jokes have the quality of being thought up well beforehand. Like "Hmmm.. I need a good joke about the entire meal I'll be served at restaurant wars. How about a young/old Elvis analogy? Oh that's rich, I'll have to remember to use that at Judges' Table"
How much (1) do they miss Gail (gale?) and (2) are they kicking themselves for this wet napkin of a Brit? For the "new judge" to get SO little facetime, and when he gets it the "humor" is just awful, you know the guy is bringing nothing to the show. Where did they find this turd?
He did. And they've never sent a front of the house person home before that I can remember, so being in the kitchen is usually more dangerous. Unless you have no personality and no people or management skills, apparently.
#### move possibly, but if it gets him to the next round, it works.The counter argument of course is that he must know he'd be good at the front of the house -- and knowing this, wouldn't he want to play to his strength and finagle into that position? Could also have helped the team as a whole this way...I wonder if it was false bravado saying "if I get sent home I want it to be b/c of my cooking" and he was really trying to get Radhika eliminated... seems too prescient to me.
Radhika just picked her friends, until Jeff and Stefan were left. She should have realized she needed a host and picked Fabio first. If she were smart she would have realized Hosea was the first pick of the other team and she would still get her 2 girlfriends. I agree this isn't the quickfire to win if you want to play it safe, but if you do win the quickfire and are captain and hit a homerun with your restaraunt then you can pretty much gaurantee yourself financial backing, so if you don't think you can win it all you may as well take a chance.
Though i agree Stefan is the hands down favorite, i'll take 2 units on Jeff at 9/1.
I wish they would do something like giving "points" to the QF winners, and letting them bank those points to use at their discretion for advantages. let's say each week there's an immunity card, a technical advantage card, and an ingredient advantage card. you can choose to use points for 1 of those cards, or keep your points in the bank. and if more than 1 contestant wants a particular advantage, then they have to bid points on them.
