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Burkex · 06-19-2008, 04:15 PM

A few thoughts:

-They need to have that guy Anthony Bourdaine as a guest chef more. The 2 times I saw him on the show it was fantastic television.

-I would say my fav season so far was the one with Hung due to the amount of good chefs and strong personalities.

-The fact that Lisa made it to final 3 this year and ALMOST won it all was really bad for the fact that she was in the bottom so many times. IMO she didn't deserve to be final 3.

-Speaking of Lisa her comment to Blaze and Steph when she was in final 3 was just not called for. She is one cold bitch.

- I don't like how some Chefs cry about getting thrown under the bus or called out in at the judges table. It's a game, if I was there I would do whatever it took to stay in the game and win. You got called out and you are pissed off about it? What did you expect when you signed up to play? It is supposed to be a cutthroat competition to become top chef. Stop being a cry baby. I can't imagine some of these people on Survivor.

-Speaking of Survivor...Keith was a Chef and a contestant in the Australian Outback, and he could not cook rice for some reason. He really sucked at it. It was so bad that after Survivor was over he wrote a book: "Yes I Can Cook Rice and So Can You". AND in Top Chef there is the same problem, some of these chefs can't cook rice and they keep failing at it week after week. Lisa was so bad at making rice she claimed someone turned the heat up on her stove. Didn't someone keep making that couscous last season week after week and the judges kept telling them that it was bad, and she made it in the finals too? If you can't cook something then cook something else. And how can't you cook rice? They don't teach rice cooking in Chef school?

-This season you could tell very early on (almost from the beginning) that the best 2 chefs were Blaze and Steph so you knew they would be in the finals, it wasn't much of a surprise. Although one time I think Blaze couldn't de-scale a fish properly.

-The relay race quickfire challenge is my favorite. It is pretty exciting to watch the other contestents react to the current chef that is in the relay. They are all freaking out and cheering on their teammates, it's pretty good tv.

-In the restauraunt wars challenge whoever chooses to be the Host always gets a free ride while the Head chef takes all the blame for the loss, and the head chef also gets the prize for winning. Why not just be the Host and make it to the next round in the game, it's like a free immunity, isn't it? I think they need to re-tweak the Rwars.

- I liked the addition of wedding wars too but the group challenges are okay when there are 2 or 3 of them total but with too many the bad chefs can survive because their team carried them and at the end there are bad chefs still around because they were lucky to get on good teams.

- Finally Padma is so beautiful. How does she eat all that food and keep that figure?

06-19-2008, 04:15 PM	#197 (permalink)
Burkex It's Lord of the Flies time. Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,645 -42 Internets	A few thoughts: -They need to have that guy Anthony Bourdaine as a guest chef more. The 2 times I saw him on the show it was fantastic television. -I would say my fav season so far was the one with Hung due to the amount of good chefs and strong personalities. -The fact that Lisa made it to final 3 this year and ALMOST won it all was really bad for the fact that she was in the bottom so many times. IMO she didn't deserve to be final 3. -Speaking of Lisa her comment to Blaze and Steph when she was in final 3 was just not called for. She is one cold bitch. - I don't like how some Chefs cry about getting thrown under the bus or called out in at the judges table. It's a game, if I was there I would do whatever it took to stay in the game and win. You got called out and you are pissed off about it? What did you expect when you signed up to play? It is supposed to be a cutthroat competition to become top chef. Stop being a cry baby. I can't imagine some of these people on Survivor. -Speaking of Survivor...Keith was a Chef and a contestant in the Australian Outback, and he could not cook rice for some reason. He really sucked at it. It was so bad that after Survivor was over he wrote a book: "Yes I Can Cook Rice and So Can You". AND in Top Chef there is the same problem, some of these chefs can't cook rice and they keep failing at it week after week. Lisa was so bad at making rice she claimed someone turned the heat up on her stove. Didn't someone keep making that couscous last season week after week and the judges kept telling them that it was bad, and she made it in the finals too? If you can't cook something then cook something else. And how can't you cook rice? They don't teach rice cooking in Chef school? -This season you could tell very early on (almost from the beginning) that the best 2 chefs were Blaze and Steph so you knew they would be in the finals, it wasn't much of a surprise. Although one time I think Blaze couldn't de-scale a fish properly. -The relay race quickfire challenge is my favorite. It is pretty exciting to watch the other contestents react to the current chef that is in the relay. They are all freaking out and cheering on their teammates, it's pretty good tv. -In the restauraunt wars challenge whoever chooses to be the Host always gets a free ride while the Head chef takes all the blame for the loss, and the head chef also gets the prize for winning. Why not just be the Host and make it to the next round in the game, it's like a free immunity, isn't it? I think they need to re-tweak the Rwars. - I liked the addition of wedding wars too but the group challenges are okay when there are 2 or 3 of them total but with too many the bad chefs can survive because their team carried them and at the end there are bad chefs still around because they were lucky to get on good teams. - Finally Padma is so beautiful. How does she eat all that food and keep that figure? __________________ "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love." My favorite comment (-1): "Your posts make me want to gouge my own eyes out." Last edited by Burkex : 06-19-2008 at 04:30 PM.