Top Chef!- Page 8

[JACXR71]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:26pm

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who did not find Marisa attractive. When she was said "I use sex to my advantage," I was like, are you kidding? Plus she has elf ears! Hate her.

I like Betty too. I think Ilan might be a secret passive-agressivist. But I guess time will tell. Can't wait for next week!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:29pm

Wow...Ilan is straight. I wouldnt have called that one.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:51pm

I wished Ilan was gay, but I had my doubts from the beginning.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:52pm

Where'd you see that, doodle? On his bio on the Bravo website, his dream job is Michael Jackson's personal chef...

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:54pm

From his Q&A:

Who was your favorite Chef from Season 1 of Top Chef, and why? Gail Simmons. She's foxy

[JACXR71]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:56pm

Hmm. Do straight men say foxy?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:57pm

If there was one around, we could ask...
Fat chance here.

[mominator]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:23am

So glad that Betty won last night. Also glad that Emily is gone.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:29am

I like Betty, but this show just bores me, especially since we can't taste the food. The hostess of the show is just so bland.

[mominator]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 8:40am

She is a bit of a bore (but waybetter than the new Mrs. Billy Joel)
We can all go to TGIFriday's and try the winning dish.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 9:54am

I was a little annoyed at Bravo - during the "this season on Top Chef" promo after the first episode, they showed scenes involving both Frank and Mike, so I knew Emily was going to be the one to go.

There were some priceless comments last night, though.
Josie, to old black woman: "I know YOU know what cobbler is!"
Emily, on the quickfire challege: "The last thing you need if you have a fat ass is ice cream."

I'm glad Betty won, too, but I do think that whole spat with Marcel was unnecessary, and I'm hoping for her sake it was the producers' doing.

Updated On: 11/2/06 at 09:54 AM

[mominator]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 10:09am

Bacon in ice cream? That was just gross. Glad Cliff won that challenge. Heknew the audience would want sweet stuff in the ice cream. The Ginger Snap one looked good though

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 10:39am

LOVE Eyebrowless Emily's quote!

But it was ACTUALLY "With her four teeth and that fat ass, the LAST thing she needs is sugar!"

Love. It. Honey. I was sad to see her go, if only because I can just IMAGINE the sort of gems we'd have out of her mouth in coming episodes

Marcel is a tired, predictable Stephen Aspirino wannabe who obviously watched every episode of last season at least thrice to make sure he got all the Stephenisms down. Yawn...next!

Betty is my favorite, and I want her to be my Mommy SO BAD.

Laura Bennett and Betty need their own talk show. Can you IMAGINE?!?!?

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 10:58am

Hmmm...that's where I differ. There was NO need for Emily to be so bitchy. That woman did nothing to deserve her vileness.

So far, I'm loving Betty and Cliff.

Marisa and Sam have got to stop thinking about how HOT they are; really.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:01am

Eek - I butchered the Emily quote. So funny, though. True, there was no reason for her to be so bitchy, but damn if it wasn't hilarious.

Marcel's way too immature to be Stephen, which is why his cockiness doesn't bother me so much.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:18am

Oh, honey, don't be such a mincing prisspot pearl-clutcher. Miss Emily was hot, she was tired, she was sweaty (and she has no eyebrows, so you KNOW that nastiness was trickling down into her eyeballs), she had to spend the afternoon dealing with children who were being given free ice cream (and we ALL know what kids are like when you give them free ice cream), and then this big vile heifertiti has the nerve to tell her that her FREE ICE CREAM isn't sweet enough?

Hello, Hippoletta, when you drink four 2-liters of Coke a day and eat Mallomars for breakfast, NOTHING that would be homemade from scratch by a professional cook would be sweet enough for your ass.

Shooze. It. Was. Funny.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:22am

Oh, Marcel is nowhere near the awesomeness of Stephen. Not nearly as hot either. I said the same thing first episode, though. As soon as he tried to show other people his knives when they were meeting each other in the beginning of Episode 1 I was like "Okay, this season's Stephen."

Stephen was cool, though. Marcel...not so much.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:08pm

TWOP had an interesting take on Emily's departure, and I must say I found myself agreeing just a little bit...

"So, you know how Top Chef has that whole boilerplate that says, "[w]inning and elimination decisions were made by the judges in consultation with producers"? Yeah, well, consult this. Emily of Nob Hill restaurant in Vegas is knife'd tonight for what amounts to over-salting her TGI Friday's food. However, Michael -- the tobacco-dipping, Animal Houseian Flounder -- is allowed to stay for his chewy, overcooked, unimaginative steak sandwich mess on a plate. EVENTHOUGH all the judges have issues with his slack-ass attitude. EVENTHOUGH, unlike Emily in the very first Quickfire, he hasn't really done that well in the last few episodes.

You know what I think? I think Emily was far too quiet a cheftestant, not scandalous enough, didn't have a cheesecake calendar, and therefore Bravo decided she wasn't "good TV.""

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:42pm

Emily being axed is the same issue as Allison being sent home before Vincent on Prject Runway. It's ratings kids. After all, Michael is in all the promos for next week causing more problems. I think the biggest liability of being cast on a reality show is if you are an earnest person who keeps their head down and does the work. If you aren't colorful, you aren't kept around. It's the same as the Marisa thing. I think she should have gone home before Otto, but she's a nut case, so they keep her. I mean a pastry/dessert chef who can't make a simple dessert and whose ice cream is in the bottom 3. She should be gone. But she's nuts, so she'll stick around.

As for a host, I don't understand why they just don't make Gail the host. She ooozes personality and she is adorable. I love Gail and wish there was more of her. I also was a bit surprised that Padme was in "cootchie-cutter" shorts during the quick fire challenge. Nina Garcia would have felt that was vulgar.

Updated On: 11/2/06 at 12:42 PM

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:46pm

And the denim!! SO matchy-matchy!



I question her taste level.

Updated On: 11/2/06 at 01:46 PM

[blueroses]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:51pm

Bettyboy, I agree! I love Gail. She's sassy and funny and knows her stuff. Padma is attractive, and definitely better than Lobotomy Lee Joel, but she doesn't add anything to the mix.

"I also was a bit surprised that Padme was in "cootchie-cutter" shorts during the quick fire challenge. Nina Garcia would have felt that was vulgar."

Totally. However, I prefer the term used by that arrogant guest-judge/magazine assistant when referring to Emmet's ice-skating dress last season:

"You're showing entirely too much tootie."
Updated On: 11/2/06 at 01:51 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:55pm

"You're showing entirely too much tootie."

Blueroses, I totally forgot that quote. That is the line to end all lines. And yes, Padme could be accused of that. Maybe we should start a petition to make Gail the host. I want to party with Gail. She's divine.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:58pm

I saw that outfit last night and my first reaction was WTF is she wearing! This is Top Chef not Top Hooker.

Updated On: 11/2/06 at 02:58 PM

[JACXR71]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 3:15pm

Haha, Dottie, I think that line may be the "This is Top Chef not Top Sommelier" of Season 2.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/2/06 at 3:31pm

OMG, Jacx, I totally forgot about that line, but then again, I tend to block out whatever Tom C. has to say.