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[snykymom]

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

Right - overcooking may not taste as good, but undercooking, especially pork, renders the dish inedible. And it wasn't just the undercooking, but the uneven cooking - some had meat that was perfect, others had meat that was raw. A chef should at least be consistent.

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!

On The Next Iron Chef, one of the chefs said, "The only challenge I have to win is the last one." He competed in the final against a guy who had taken challenge after challenge. His name is Michael Forgione, and he, not the other one, is now an Iron Chef.

Same goes with that "certain one of the final four." All she has to do is win the last challenge.

 

[cristit14]

I am so bummed Carla went home. I had a feeling as soon as she said she was making the pork a different way that it would be her. Antonia is who I am rooting for now. I just don't like Richard, he bugs me for some reason. I liked Tiffany on her season, but I don't like her much this season. Mike I like sometimes, but most of the time he bugs me too.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I really liked Carla and I was sad to see her go. I think she just battles a lack of confidence that gets her in the end.

I like all of them, but I'm rooting for Richard & Antonia.

 

[momrek06]

I am soooo upset Carla went home and over under cooked rice … She is going to beat herself up for that forever …

I like her so much, she is so much fun and so entertaining.


Well I am on TEAM Richard!!

 

[Music City Mama]

I am soooo upset Carla went home and over under cooked rice … She is going to beat herself up for that forever …

I like her so much, she is so much fun and so entertaining.


Well I am on TEAM Richard!!

I think the under cooked riced was in the quickfire -- she went home for undercooked pork in the challenge. Love her, but she probably did deserve to go of all of them. I REALLY hope Mike doesn't win. I just don't care for him. And even though I loved Tiffany during her season, she's not doing it for me this season. I think Richard or Antonia should win. Richard does have a cockiness that rubs me the wrong way a little, but he's always helpful to his fellow contestants (with equipment/technique), so he can't be too bad.

 

[momrek06]

I think the under cooked riced was in the quickfire -- she went home for undercooked pork in the challenge. Love her, but she probably did deserve to go of all of them. I REALLY hope Mike doesn't win. I just don't care for him. And even though I loved Tiffany during her season, she's not doing it for me this season. I think Richard or Antonia should win. Richard does have a cockiness that rubs me the wrong way a little, but he's always helpful to his fellow contestants (with equipment/technique), so he can't be too bad.

Oh, ya, thats right … But I cannot believe that both the quickfire and the challenge her ultimate demise was because the food was 'undercooked' … she is so good as a Chef and to have that happened, I agree, she had to go. Tiffany, I feel the same way, she was awesome in her season and I liked her at the beginning of this season, but the last 5 epi's or so … she has been hanging on by a thread.
I also like Richard, he was so angry about Mike stealing his recipe a few epi's ago and basically said nothing about it while we all know Mike had looked in Richard's recipe book right before that quickfire …

That freakin' grease fire last night was scary as heck. Even putting a pan on it did nothing … ugh. And I could not believe the Chefs hanging around it and Carla attempting to turn off the fryer while the flames are raging above her head …

 

[Jennasis]

So sad for Carla (shoulda been Tiffany who has been useless all season).

Did anyone else think Richard looked like David Cook??

 

[TwingleMum]

I really like Richard but I can't watch him lately without thinking of Charlie Sheen. He is looking like him ~wild disshevled hair , thin, talking to himself, a little manic. If he says "DUH Winning" its all over. In fact my DH is calling him Richard Sheen.

 

[Imzadi]

I really like Richard but I can't watch him lately without thinking of Charlie Sheen. He is looking like him ~wild disshevled hair , thin, talking to himself, a little manic. If he says "DUH Winning" its all over. In fact my DH is calling him Richard Sheen.

Yes, it's like Mike stealing his recipe has sent Richard over the edge.

What was with him last nite, trying to psych out Antonia? If he hadn't taught her how to use the pressure cooker a few weeks ago, when she WON when she cooked beef tongue, that is usually cooked really tough in the time she had, she could have been eliminated then.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

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?

Wasn't she originally going to do pork medallions?

On The Next Iron Chef, one of the chefs said, "The only challenge I have to win is the last one." He competed in the final against a guy who had taken challenge after challenge. His name is Michael Forgione, and he, not the other one, is now an Iron Chef.

Same goes with that "certain one of the final four." All she has to do is win the last challenge.

Exactly.

I like Tiffany. I really liked her last season and she hasn't been as good this season, but I like her. I'm cheering for Antonia though.

Richard is on my last nerve. His "I hate everything I make" routine comes across as incredibly insincere. Someone asked him (Carla, maybe?) about it, too. If you hate everything you make and always think it's bad, what in the world would possess you to go on this show not once, but twice?? And you want to win the money to open a restaurant? With what? Food that you hate??

It's doesn't come off as self-deprecating. It comes across as knowing that he's good and wanting others to acknowledge it.

I didn't watch his original season and I really liked him at the beginning. But the last four or so episodes have kind of turned me off on him. He seemed earlier on to have a strong sense of integrity and now he just seems... whiny.

 

[happygirl]

I wish it would have been Mike that would have left, I love Carla now I'm hoping for either Antonia or Richard

 

[Minnie]

I bet the grease fire gave Carla too much time to rethink her dish and she ended up not being herself which always causes her problems.

Richard seems very hard on himself and that is what is showing. Hope he snaps out of it or he'll be going home next.

Tiffany has been blah all season and doesn't deserve her slot IMO.

Antonia seems to be on a winning path which stinks. She reminds me of the "mean girls" and hope somehow they get over her and send her packing next

That leaves recipe stealing, smarmy Mike..... I was okay with him until that point - that action should have made him ineligible IMO.

My fave is gone so considering the options I'm pulling for Richard.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

Hey Fabio fans... he is in a print ad for Bertolli olive oil. Page 15 of the new FN magazine. He isn't looking up (which is a darn shame!) but I knew it was him right away

 

[handinpocket]

Breathing a huge sigh of relief!!!

 

[ppony]

Richard saying he hates everything he does being an artist trait is SOOOOOOO resonating w/ me. It's so true! I've painted SOOOO many horses over the years and only ONE have I kept. And even at that, I sold it initially and bought it back. I do it, and get it out! He seems MUCH more tortured than he should be though. I hope he learns to chill or he'll give himself an ulcer. I've learned to relax and be more loose. it's made a wolrd of difference in my attitude. My family prefers the non-wound-up me.

I'm really liking Antonia so much. The boys seem like scrapping bucks now.

 

[ppony]

Hey Fabio fans... he is in a print ad for Bertolli olive oil. Page 15 of the new FN magazine. He isn't looking up (which is a darn shame!) but I knew it was him right away

MMMMMMM. But yeah, LOVE the dark eyes!! LOVE!

 

[robinb]

I'm really liking Antonia so much. The boys seem like scrapping bucks now.

*snork* But which one of them has the most testosterone? I'm glad that Tiffany went home as she was my least favorite from a cooking standpoint.

I like (in order):
Richard
Antonia
Mikey

I really don't hate any of them at this point. I wasn't wild about Mikey before, but his trash talk seems more humorous now. I think that Antonia has been making some really nice dishes and I always liked Richard ... even in his artistic funk.

Does it look like they brought back the "last supper" challenge? I still make Fabio's cippolini onions from that episode in his season. They are to die for!

 

[Cee]

I really laughed at last night's episode when Richard said into the camera, "I don't want to see Mike Isabella topless....and you don't either!"

 

[happygirl]

I really wanted Mike to go last night.

I know Richard can cook circle around Antiona and Mike, I think Richard is feeling the pressure and allowing it to get to him.

 

[Imzadi]

I really wanted Mike to go last night.

I know Richard can cook circle around Antiona and Mike, I think Richard is feeling the pressure and allowing it to get to him.

Yes, he looks like he's headed for a Charlie Sheen-type meltdown.