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[LuvCuteBoys]

I don't know about anyone else, but I was actually not impressed by Richard's attitude this episode. Knocking the others and their creativity (or lack there-of in his eyes) in the first challenge and them grimacing when he didn't win the final and others were being chosen to go to the finals before him. Just didn't look like good sportsmanship to me which I felt he's had all the way through until now.

I've been seeing little pieces of that for a couple episodes now. I don't like it.


Did Carla win anything for winning the Quickfire?


I had a feeling they weren't going to send anyone home. They made a big deal about Antonia being able to predict stuff, so after the meal when her mother said to her "I told them to keep you all" I figured that was going to be the way to go.

And I think it was the right thing to do. Picking the best was one thing... sending someone home for being the worst would have been heartbreaking.

I think the Mike/Antonia connection is hilarious!!!! And what a great thing for them to do for the contestants.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

It was really nice to see Tre again. Always and smiling, minding his own business, etc. I wish he was still in.

Save for a few, the All Star men seemed to be a particularly whiney group this season.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Does anyone else not like that they keep making a big deal about being the winner of Top Chef All-Stars? Without having any of the winners present, I'm not sure why they keep making it sound like the winner here will be the best of the best.

Last night a few more chefs mentioned how great it would be to be the top of the All-Stars, but I feel like these are the 2nd tier All-Stars.

I don't know maybe I'm just being crabby today.

 

[Imzadi]

I think the reason he grimaced is because he always panics that his is the worst and he's going home--so when they announced other names first, he figured he was out of the finale

That, and at one challenge or another, he has actually helped every one of the other chefs, in a sense helping them stand to compete against him. As the pressure is mounting, maybe it's finally gotten through to him, that dang! they are still they because of his help, and now they are winning. He was considered the front runner early on. The one to beat. But he hasn't been winning. He needs a win badly.

He showed Antonia how to use the pressure cooker to tenderize the beef tongue and she won that challenge. Carla only knew how to use the liquid nitrogen because Richard taught her in a previous challenge. I know he helped Tiffany with something. Mike stole his recipe for the quickfire.

He isn't as self confident as people make him out to be. Fabio ribbed him one challenge when Richard thought he was in the bottom three, and he turned out to be in the top three. He doesn't have his bro-mate to bounce anxiety off of.

During his own season, when he won once, he shared half of his prize with Stephanie, saying she had a big hand in helping him win. He hasn't proven to be a stingy person with his aid or his winnings.

 

[snykymom]

I like that they did that! I'm not all for changing the rules just for sympathy, but this was a case where they ALL did well and sending somoene home for minutia would have been icky.

I don't know about anyone else, but I was actually not impressed by Richard's attitude this episode. Knocking the others and their creativity (or lack there-of in his eyes) in the first challenge and them grimacing when he didn't win the final and others were being chosen to go to the finals before him. Just didn't look like good sportsmanship to me which I felt he's had all the way through until now.

I think that now, with both Marcel and Dale gone, they have to have a "villain." My take is that it's not Richard that's changed (and he was previously shown as a nice guy); it's the editing. I'm sure that over the course of several hours of tape, every one of them has said something snarky.

Does anyone else not like that they keep making a big deal about being the winner of Top Chef All-Stars? Without having any of the winners present, I'm not sure why they keep making it sound like the winner here will be the best of the best.

Last night a few more chefs mentioned how great it would be to be the top of the All-Stars, but I feel like these are the 2nd tier All-Stars.

I don't know maybe I'm just being crabby today.

I was thinking the same thing. Now, an interesting show would be a "Tournament of Champions" type thing where the winners of the previous seasons compete against each other. Of course, there'd have to be a pretty big incentive for that!

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I do like that what they did, I assume they are going to eliminate 2 next week before the finale.

I think so too.

 

[charming23]

I was not surprised that they let all five go to the finale but I do believe they will eliminate 2 next week.

 

[anniemae]

I don't like how they are all so critical of each other. Richard said somthing about Carla's dish like, "she sliced up some oranges....big deal." Then someone said about Richard, "It's just hot dogs with a bunch of stuff on them." In an earlier episode where Antonia won with a clam dish, someone said, "She won by steaming clams?"

I can understand constructive critisism like saying something is over-seasoned, or cooked too much, but they are all coming off so catty.

 

[Imzadi]

I don't like how they are all so critical of each other. Richard said somthing about Carla's dish like, "she sliced up some oranges....big deal." Then someone said about Richard, "It's just hot dogs with a bunch of stuff on them." In an earlier episode where Antonia won with a clam dish, someone said, "She won by steaming clams?"

I can understand constructive critisism like saying something is over-seasoned, or cooked too much, but they are all coming off so catty.

It could be whoever is off camera is prompting them with the question, "What did you think of so & So's dish? Then editing to get the cattiest ones.

 

[LexiC123]

I wasn't expecting that person to go home. I guess undercooking is a greater sin than over-cooking.

 

[agnes!]

Well, that just sucks, ESPECIALLY because I think that a certain one of the final four doesn't deserve to be there at all...that person never cooks the worst dish but they sure as heck hardly EVER cook the best either. They're the Jamie of the Final Four.

bummer.
agnes!

 

[handinpocket]

I'm ok with who went home. This person made the SAME mistake that sent them home the first time. Do what you are comfortable with, don't go out on a limb.

 

[ppony]

I wasn't expecting that person to go home. I guess undercooking is a greater sin than over-cooking.

Yeah, it really is. Undercooked can make you severely ill, overcooked is just generally unsavory. I'm SAD about her going home. She's my favorite personality on the show, but she as too inconsistant and undercooking pork was going to be a very fatal flaw. Sad.

 

[robinb]

I'm ok with who went home. This person made the SAME mistake that sent them home the first time. Do what you are comfortable with, don't go out on a limb.

I agree. She was my favorite but she should have learned her lesson and cooked from her heart. I am sad to see her go but MAD at her at the same time. She messed herself up and has no one to blame but herself.

Go Richard!

 

[shirleyb]

I guess I'm rooting for Richard now, all the way. My other favorites, Angelo, Fabio, and belatedly tonight's loser, have all gone home.

 

[Imzadi]

Aww $%&#!!!

I'm ok with who went home. This person made the SAME mistake that sent them home the first time. Do what you are comfortable with, don't go out on a limb.

I agree. She was my favorite but she should have learned her lesson and cooked from her heart. I am sad to see her go but MAD at her at the same time. She messed herself up and has no one to blame but herself.

I agree. WHY oh WHY does she keep second guessing herself and changing things? This is her fatal flaw every time she's been in the bottom, as well as losing during her season.

 

[beachlover9395]

Awwh.....

 

[ppony]

I guess I missed it, what exactly did she change? I know she had to fry the apples because the ones she had had gone soggy. That wasn't her original plan but that fire sure screwed things up and spooked them. And I'm sure she didn't mean to undercook. I must have missed what she changed because the basic recipe was the same from pre-fire wasn't it?

 

[Imzadi]

She also changed how she cooked her pork. She never had cooked it that way before. (Famous same words as when she sous vided her dish that sent her home, during her season. She didn't know how the pork would turn out, or that it would undercook so much.

Why oh why does she keep changing what she knows?

I think I said this on this thread before: One of my teachers said, "Attitude monitors talent." Here, again, her lack of confidence in what she does, makes her change things, and for the worst.

 

[ppony]

OHHHH. Missed that. THANKS!