Top Chef

AlexMack · #1 01-25-2007, 11:48 PM

Okay, what's everyone thinking? I'm pissed about Marcel.

OTW, they're in Ha'waii and had to make traditional luau food like poi and I can't remember what else. Did you see the episode?

If Marcel wins, I'll never watch Top Chef again. At least I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that he's ruined his career.

macallan25 · #2 01-25-2007, 11:51 PM

I honestly think Ilan is going to win. Marcel would have been eliminated episode before last if Cliff hadn't put him in a head lock and tried to shave his head.

Marcel is a piece of shit and should be thrown off a mountain.

AlexMack · #3 01-25-2007, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

I honestly think Ilan is going to win. Marcel would have been eliminated episode before last if Cliff hadn't put him in a head lock and tried to shave his head.

Marcel is a piece of shit and should be thrown off a mountain.

I almost peed myself laughing when I heard he made tomato foam. WTF dude? He needs his head shaved, that hairstyle is the worst I have ever seen apart from a mullet.

Drolefille · #4 01-26-2007, 01:46 AM

I feel bad for the little shit. And from reading the judges' blogs on Bravo's site, Cliff was the worst dish and would almost certainly have gone home anyway.

WTF was up with the whole "he cheated" thing though? Seriously? They couldn't actually articulate any instance where he "chited" (I did love Elia's accent).

While I'm not sure Marcel or Ilan belong there, Ilan is so Marcel-obsessed I'd be surprised if he manages to cook without screaming "BUT YOU'RE A VIRGIN VIRGIN VIRGIN AHAHAHAHAHAHA" the whole time.

PeppyGPhiB · #5 01-26-2007, 02:21 AM

This is my first comment on this show on here, so forgive the long post as i address a number of things...

I've never found Marcel to be that annoying. He's a little patronizing, but not nearly as bad as Stephen was last season. Marcel actually reads my mind a lot of the time with his comments, like last night when Elia and Ilan were saying, "Some people...cheat," or to that effect. Lately, Ilan bugs me waaaay more than Marcel. I thought it was really crummy the way Ilan convinced Elia and Sam to throw Marcel under the bus before the Judge's Table, brought it up, then let Elia take all the pressure for making the accusations, which were BS anyway. Sam and Ilan have actually been just as patronizing, just aimed at Marcel, which seems to be accepted by everyone.

I'm sad Sam is gone, because I thought he was the best cook there. Still, Marcel and Ilan have been pretty consistantly good throughout, so I can accept them as the final two. In the beginning of the season, i was guessing Sam and Ilan as the final two...on this show it's pretty easy to see which chefs have real skill and which just have a few good dishes up their sleeve.

I thought last season was way better. I can't stand shows that use heavy product placement, even though i'm a PR person! Gourmet cooking with Kraft Mayonaise? It was actually kindof bad for Kraft because they kept saying that mayo isn't an ingredient commonly used in gourmet cuisine, and all the chefs were complaining about it. I'm sure Kraft loved that!

I also can't stand the way Padma talks. At least I could understand what Katie Joel was saying. Padma sounds like she has food stuffed in her cheeks when she talks. Can't they teach the hosts to open their mouth more when they talk?

macallan25 · #6 01-26-2007, 02:26 AM

It wasn't so much that he cheated as it was his conduct in the kitchen: not helping anyone, moving other people's things around, etc. etc. He is extremely unprofessional.

Frankly.....I don't think any of his food is appealing..........and he uses foam on EVERYTHING he cooks, literally.

Drolefille · #7 01-26-2007, 02:36 AM

The whole foam thing is overblown, he did maybe 5 in the whole show. Yeah, it's quite a bit, but it's not with every dish like some were claiming. Not even close.

I think his conduct only reflects how he was treated over the course of the show. Things that were done by Marcel were treated like "OMG END OF THE WORLD RUDENESS" but if Sam had said it, no big deal.

I also blame editing a LOT for us not really knowing what really went on. 2 things from the judges blogs were that on the night of the whole Cliff grabbing Marcel thing that Elia had not yet shaved her head. There's a clear shot of her laughing on the floor with her hair intact while Marcel walks by. Also, Marcel didn't tell anyone about the incident, or the fact that he slept in the bathroom all night. Production/judges didn't find out until much later and not from him.

There's nothing he's done that's deserved the level of shit they've thrown his way. Neither of their dishes thrill me on a regular basis but this show hasn't been about food for a while now.

PeppyGPhiB · #8 01-26-2007, 03:02 AM

Yes, he uses foam a lot, but that's his signature. Most chefs have a signature technique or dish. Ilan's two dishes in the challenge last night were spanish, and many of his have been mediterranean throughout the show, and you could argue he does it because it's what he's used to...as they pointed out, he works in a Spanish restaurant.

I don't find him to be that unprofessional in the kitchen. I didn't see him move the pot last night, so maybe he did do that, but we've seen practically whole teams of people doing unprofessional things to him the whole season.

This is a cooking competition, so if it was me in his shoes and i was asked to stop preparing/cooking my high-maintenance course so I can help with other people's, I'd also say no. I'd say it nicely, but i didn't think Marcel was rude about that either a couple weeks ago on the "romantic dinner for couples" episode. In contrast, Ilan took up all but one burner on the stove preparing his dish, which was also selfish.