Top Chef! — Page 8

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!

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

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From his Q&A:

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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?!?!?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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