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[Imzadi]

I don't understand why the show couldn't have created a situation where ALL the chefs had to present a dish. They should have continued to game #2, until everyone competed.

Was Tre on the other team? Or was he on Jamie's team? Since he had immunity, he shouldn't have even competed, since there wasn't going to be enough points for everyone who could have gone home, to have competed.

Tonight was so unfair to the chef who went home.

 

[ppony]

Jaimie has her head stuck in the ground...can't avoid cooking on a COOKING show. Ugh.

No kidding! And I can't respect her AT ALL for not stepping up. She was deliberate about not serving her food. Slimey.

Tonight was so unfair to the chef who went home.

Agreed.

I just love Carla. She really manned up like Dale said.

I'm slow. I JUST noticed. There are/were 2 Tiffanys, 2 Dales and Antonio and Antonia. What are the chances.

 

[RUDisney]

Carla was right. When you chop off half of your fingernail, there's nothing to stitch. (Personal experience... and all that... )

 

[TheDisneyGirl]

Disappointed in tonight's choice of whom they let go. So not right!

The whole episode though was great to watch. All the way through exciting and fun. I loved the tennis match idea but it really wasnt fair that a certain someone didn't have to present/cook. How awesome was it that Blais called her out on it though? I love him for a reason! LOL GO BLAIS!!

 

[nikkistevej]

Jaimie has her head stuck in the ground...can't avoid cooking on a COOKING show. Ugh.

She is sure gonna try though.

 

[nikkistevej]

disappointed in tonight's choice of whom they let go. So not right!

The whole episode though was great to watch. All the way through exciting and fun. I loved the tennis match idea but it really wasnt fair that a certain someone didn't have to present/cook. How awesome was it that blais called her out on it though? I love him for a reason! Lol go blais!!

ita!!!!!

 

[Imzadi]

I'm slow. I JUST noticed. There are/were 2 Tiffanys, 2 Dales and Antonio and Antonia. What are the chances.

What is worse os that my hypothyroidism makes me have brain fog at times. I had a real brain fart last nite. When they yelled for black Tiffany to go up, I thought, "We just saw her go." Then I remembered, no, it was the redheaded Tiffani who had already competed.

I just love Carla. She really manned up like Dale said.

Carla was right. When you chop off half of your fingernail, there's nothing to stitch. (Personal experience... and all that... )

Yes, she stayed and she ended up WINNING! Atta girl!

She is sure gonna try though.

That only proves that even SHE knows she's not good enough to compete against the rest of them.

She knows it, too. She gets this purposely blank look on her face. But, it doesn't hide the guilt in her eyes. She knows she's been dodging out of competing.


JAMIE, YOUR DAYS ON THE SHOW ARE LIMITED. You can run, but you can't hide.

 

[RadioFanatic]

Jaimie has her head stuck in the ground...can't avoid cooking on a COOKING show. Ugh.

Why not? She has managed to do it twice now. Maybe she will be the first to win without really cooking?

And the audacity of her to be offended by what Blais said? I would have told her I was offended about her refusing to do her part for the team.

AND I can't believe those who were the losers didn't throw her under the bus more - I sure would have!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I can't respect her AT ALL for not stepping up.

And for the second time!

I JUST noticed. There are/were 2 Tiffanys, 2 Dales and Antonio and Antonia. What are the chances.

Wow, didn't notice that!

 

[keetmommy]

Can someone tell me who got voted off?? I fell asleep 10 minutes before it was over and my dvr didn't record!

 

[Imzadi]

AND I can't believe those who were the losers didn't throw her under the bus more - I sure would have!

What could they say? It was actually a mistake on the producers part. They should have scheduled this particular competition when they were down to less chefs. This way, everyone would have had to compete. Or they should have done a best out of two games, to get every chef in.

Were there chefs on the other team that didn't go either? Were they singling out Jamie?

What I can't understand is why she was still allowed to keep cooking her beans? What happened to the countdown timer, where everyone had to be done at a certain time? Hands up! THAT is what gave her the excuse that she wasn't ready. That wasn't fair to the other chefs who had to compete. They should have been able to stall & keep working on their dishes, too.

 

[Imzadi]

Can someone tell me who got voted off?? I fell asleep 10 minutes before it was over and my dvr didn't record!

Spike.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

What could they say? It was actually a mistake on the producers part. They should have scheduled this particular competition when they were down to less chefs. This way, everyone would have had to compete. Or they should have done a best out of two games, to get every chef in.

Was there chefs on the other team that didn't go either? Were they singling out Jamie?

What I can't understand is why she was still allowed to keep cooking her beans? What happened to the countdown timer, where everyone had to be done at a certain time? Hands up! THAT is what gave her the excuse that she wasn't ready. That wasn't fair to the other chefs who had to compete. They should have been able to stall & keep working on their dishes, too.

Yes, Mike Isabella on the winning team didn't have to present his dish either. It was a shame, too, since he was ineligible to win the "best dish" prize. Of course, he said his dish wasn't great anyway.

 

[keetmommy]

Spike.

Thanks, bummer it should have be Jamie....

 

[Toad_Passenger]

As to the Jamie situation, it's really the producers'/judges' faults, and not Jamie's that she is still in the competition. They could easily have booted her when she got her stitches, but, IIRC, Padma was the one to let her slide. Last night, again, the rules in place allowed her to get through.

This is really one of those times, though, when the phrase, "hate the game, not the player," truly applies.

As a Jamie fan, I can't defend the fact that she made what, presumably, was a terrible bean dish, but her team knew the rules going into the competition. Crying after the fact was just sour grapes.

 

[RadioFanatic]

What could they say? It was actually a mistake on the producers part. They should have scheduled this particular competition when they were down to less chefs. This way, everyone would have had to compete. Or they should have done a best out of two games, to get every chef in.

Were there chefs on the other team that didn't go either? Were they singling out Jamie?

What I can't understand is why she was still allowed to keep cooking her beans? What happened to the countdown timer, where everyone had to be done at a certain time? Hands up! THAT is what gave her the excuse that she wasn't ready. That wasn't fair to the other chefs who had to compete. They should have been able to stall & keep working on their dishes, too.

I would have said she was supposed to go first bc by consensus she had the worse food but she absolutely refused to, which is true. When she refuses, how, as another contestant, can you force her to go?

 

[Imzadi]

As to the Jamie situation, it's really the producers'/judges' faults, and not Jamie's that she is still in the competition. They could easily have booted her when she got her stitches, but, IIRC, Padma was the one to let her slide. Last night, again, the rules in place allowed her to get through.

This is really one of those times, though, when the phrase, "hate the game, not the player," truly applies.

As a Jamie fan, I can't defend the fact that she made what, presumably, was a terrible bean dish, but her team knew the rules going into the competition. Crying after the fact was just sour grapes.

Sorry, I don't agree with this. I do agree that the producers screwed up. But, I think people should take into account a person's character in this competition as well.

It is in times of extreme pressure where you find out what a person is made of, what his/her character is.

Had it been Richard, Carla, Tiffany or Tre, they would have stood by what they made, knowing they made a bad dish and took the heat.

Jamie is pond scum when it comes to ethics & character. Two BETTER chefs went home while she didn't play. Each time, when the opportunity presented itself, she willingly maneuver that for herself.

Do you think if Richard Blais was in a jewelry store and saw a diamond necklace laying out on the counter that a clerk had forgotten to put away and was no where in sight, that he would take the opportunity presented him and pocket it? No. That's why HE called Jamie out on her B.S. Jamie in essence stole the necklace from two better chefs.

I don't know how she looks herself in the mirror. I guess pond scum can do that.

 

[Imzadi]

I would have said she was supposed to go first bc by consensus she had the worse food but she absolutely refused to, which is true. When she refuses, how, as another contestant, can you force her to go?

This is why the producers also needed to enforce the "Time's Up" rule. Everyone's dish should have been ready at the same time, and they should have just shoved it at her or walked the plate over for her and plopped it down, then walked away, for her to take the heat.

She didn't stand by her own dish (with some sense of integrity to her team,) by refusing to go. She KNOWS she had the worse dish, by consensus.

 

[RUDisney]

This is why the producers also needed to enforce the "Time's Up" rule. Everyone's dish should have been ready at the same time, and they should have just shoved it at her or walked the plate over for her and plopped it down, then walked away, for her to take the heat.

She didn't stand by her own dish (with some sense of integrity to her team,) by refusing to go. She KNOWS she had the worse dish, by consensus.

I agree that times up means that time is up. However, we don't know how much time it took to present the meals to the judges. If the last person to go served a cold dish, the judges would have come down on that chef. They need to be able to keep their dishes hot without abiding by the times up rule.

However, now that I think of it, weren't many of the chefs cooking to order from what was prepped so the food was freshly made?

Jamie made a bad choice in cooking those dried beans. She made the right choice (for herself) to not serve them. Her tactics are getting old.

 

[Manhattan Princess]

I still consider Jamie one of the best chefs there. Sure, she let the rules work to her advantage, but in a team challenge, if the team doesn't force the issue, I just don't put the sole blame on her. A true Top Chef would force the issue instead of just bowing down. And we will never really know if Jamie's dish was the worst -- in the past she has been hard on her own food. And complaining about things afterwards just made a couple of the chefs look petty. Spike blamed everyone, but himself, for what was a bad dish. Someone from the other team didn't compete and got a free pass, yet I haven't heard a lot of mention of that. As Tom C. himself said: "But the rest of the team should have said to her, “Jamie, that was the decision. You’re going out.” And when we called for them to say whose dish was up first, they should simply have called back, “Jamie’s.” End of story. She would have had to abide by the group’s decision … and perhaps the results would have been different. But the team didn’t do that, and they have to reconcile themselves to their role in that."