Top Chef

SigKapSweetie · #1 10-18-2006, 12:03 PM

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Sooo much better than Project Runway

Blasphemer!

Seriously, Top Chef is good. I love the classic recaps of the first season on televisionwithoutpity.com - they're hilarious! I can't look at Katie Lee anymore without thinking 'Katie Leebot'. They replaced her this year as host; the new host is Padma Lakshmi, Salman Rushdie's wife.

AlexMack · #2 10-18-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Blasphemer!

Seriously, Top Chef is good. I love the classic recaps of the first season on televisionwithoutpity.com - they're hilarious! I can't look at Katie Lee anymore without thinking 'Katie Leebot'. They replaced her this year as host; the new host is Padma Lakshmi, Salman Rushdie's wife.

I need to start going to that website

I can't get into Project Runway the way I can Top Chef. I just have a thing for cooking shows I guess

epchick · #3 10-18-2006, 03:43 PM

I soo wish LeAnne (that's her name, right?) would have won. Her or Dave! I loved Dave.

And Katie Lee Joel was annoying. I didn't really mind her being the host, but I wish she had been more lively. She seriously talked monotone...like a robot! lol

SigKapSweetie · #4 10-18-2006, 10:55 PM

What moron decided to premiere Top Chef at 11 PM on a Wednesday? Those of us in the real world are sleeping by then!

AlexMack · #5 10-19-2006, 12:41 AM

Okay, I predict that Betty will win this season and Marcel will be the new Steven. Also I'm so glad Harold was a guest judge

<3 Harold!

OrchidAlum · #6 10-19-2006, 10:03 AM

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Okay, I predict that Betty will win this season and Marcel will be the new Steven. Also I'm so glad Harold was a guest judge

<3 Harold!

Marcel is definitely the new Steven. He even wore a shirt and tie under his Top Chef coat!

AlexMack · #7 10-19-2006, 10:25 AM

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Marcel is definitely the new Steven. He even wore a shirt and tie under his Top Chef coat!

Even his hair was similar. At least he's not a pretentious sommilier. That would have taken it for me. Did I spell sommilier right? Sommelier? I think that looks better.

SoCalGirl · #8 10-19-2006, 10:05 AM

Bravo needs better fact checkers for their website. For Frank it lists, "Today, he is the executive chef at Heat, an Asian Fusion restaurant in the Gaslight district of San Diego." It's the GasLAMP! Yes, a lamp is a light but it's not the same word!

ThetaPrincess24 · #9 12-07-2006, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Blasphemer!

Seriously, Top Chef is good. I love the classic recaps of the first season on televisionwithoutpity.com - they're hilarious! I can't look at Katie Lee anymore without thinking 'Katie Leebot'. They replaced her this year as host; the new host is Padma Lakshmi, Salman Rushdie's wife.

I didnt know she Katie was replaced. IT has her listed on our Theta national website that she is anchor!

AlexMack · #10 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 · #11 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 · #12 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 · #13 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 · #14 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?