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Lori
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04-18-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mitch asked the caterer which foods were the most requested and popular and went with those. Kim wanted "comfort foods" and thus ended up with crap.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
but she chose the ones from THEIR menu. It's not like she gave them her recipes and they couldn't cook it.

Lori
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04-18-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
True, but a caterer has to have a huge recipe base to fit every taste. Mitch asked for the most requested items on the theory they would be good. Kim wanted "comfort foods" and I believe one of the suggestions was a macaroni appetizer (Ugh!).

Lori
Member

04-18-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Actually I think the whole last challenge premise failed. I think they should have given them one week to accomplish their coming out parties. The condition would be NO HELP...do it all yourself - planning, decorating and cooking. Now that would have been a challenge.

Lori
Member

04-18-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In addition, I would have had the two parties in two entirely different locations. That way when the food was bad at one party you wouldn't be able to walk ten feet away to be fed. You would be stuck with what you have, good or bad, in that one location. I think lines can be blurred very easily with two parties in the same room. The overall impressions would be different. Does this make sense?

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Caterers have to have a menu that will work for a variety of different situations - the types of food that will hold up on a buffet are different than the types of food you can serve on a more immediate basis at a sit down dinner and both are different from the cocktail-type party that Mitch and Kimberly were throwing. Some things you must keep hot and walking them around on trays don't work. A real stylist knows this and selects accordingly.

Lilfair
Member

07-09-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This sucked niether of the last two would I give another second of my time.

A pox on em all....just kidding....kinda sorta.

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes Lori, I think that it would have made sense to have the parties divided rather than allow people to easily mingle between the two.

Texannie, the reason her appetizers were mushy was because they were warmed appetizers that were being served on cold trays. The heat from the appetizer against the cold condenses the moisture and the appetizer gets mushy. The appetizers she was serving were the type meant to be served from a warming tray. That was something she should have caught.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Works for me :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
why did the have all the voted offs there? I think they were supposed to vote for the winner but after hearing they would all vote for Mitch they decided that the judges would vote instead.

This whole show reaks of manipulation.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
did anyone notice that the only one who went running to hug kimberly at the end was dawn? all the rest of the voted-offs went running to mitch. that says it all.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought Mitch served some warm ones too???????


Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mitch served the warmed appetizers on a plate that was covered with a cotton napkin which would have absorbed some of the moisture - plus - he just made better choices as far as things that would hold up.

Kimberly just seems to be so inexperienced. A lot of things about entertaining you just have to have been through and messed up at least once to have learned. I am an engineer and my profession is about as far as you can get from this type of thing, but in high school my best friend and I worked as waitresses at parties for the local country club, and then I was in charge of Fellowship for a fairly large church and had to do things like plan a sit down dinner for 150, have Family Fun nights, receptions after concerts, etc. You learn about a lot of this kind of thing just from listening to the collective wisdom of a lot of people and just going out and trying it. I bet Kimberly does not even know the correct way to cut a decorated cake! (Pre-cut with dental floss, go straight down, pull out one end. That way you do not mess up the decorations.)

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I watched the ending of this show this a.m., and came here to mention that Kimberly was the one who made the horribly mushy apple pie and spent hours decoupaging the WRONG table. And someone beat me to it.

I think Bobby Flay also fell down on the job. If he's such a food hottie (in his mind), he should've judged Kimberly for her LACK of food in the finale.

I truly do think this was "fixed." And I think Candace had a LOT more than just one vote in the matter. I think she railroaded the others several times. I'm glad David actually thought back over all the other challenges and realized that Kimberly was, well, essentially non-effective.

Finally, a couple of other things...

1. Didya notice that Mitch's stage had stage lighting? When he presented his mag cover, it was well lit, as was he. Kimberly presented in ambient room lighting.

2. I liked how Mitch kept much of the inner part of his party open. Kimberly's groupings all over cause jumbles of people in the middle of a room (traffic jams).

3. Had Kimberly tasted her appetizers (and discovered they were mushy or otherwise inedible) she could've done something... Had them assembled differently, cooked less, something...

4. I don't think Kimberly had an original thought in her head. Simple but elegant. Isn't that what "Real Simple" is all about?

And to those of you who think she was picked because of her ability to be "molded" I think you are spot on!

This show had such potential. And instead turned into a popularity contest. Even with the judges!

Cricket
Member

08-05-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was very disgusted how this show seemed to be rigged. First, Kimberly is gone and then she comes back. Darlene gets the boot and Kimberly gets to stay on.

They wanted a pretty face for TV, pure and simple.

I felt like I wasted my time watching. Kimberly was the worst of the whole lot, but she looked good on TV? Sheesh, give the viewers a little more credit.

Csnog
Member

07-18-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What does CBS think we could learn from Kimberly?

Would you buy a magazine about her design work or cook something she showed on the early show?

Not me.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone know of who to write to express our distaste? I don't know if writing to CBS is right, or to the producers of the show. Or maybe both? Who produced this thing anyway?

Lori
Member

04-18-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The real question is: What are they going to mold Kimberly into? There are plenty of Martha clones on the market. I'm still shaking my head.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh yeah... forgot to mention...

I think the judges on this show should be producers or editors for the TV show and/or magazine the winner will be involved with. (You know, similar to that swimsuit model show?) They are the ones who need to pick someone who can do the job. Not these three "stylists" who obviously had very personal opinions on who they liked or disliked.

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If you want to express your feelings, go to www.cbs.com and click on "feedback." I have already given them an earful.

If you would like to go to the next level, make a complaint to the FCC. There are laws against fixing game shows. And this one, in my opinion, has a definite feeling of "fixed".

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The URL for complaints to the FCC is:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
it would be hard to prove that Kim's topiary wasn't the best! LOL...they could easily wiggle out of a complaint.

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They could find out if they intended all along to bring contestants back or if it was something they decided after some contestants were eliminated.

They could also find out if the judging was conducted the way that they said they were going to do it at the beginning.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
true! but I honestly think they prolly did paperwork to cover their ass

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure I will buy Kimberly's magazine, but would ya'll have really bought Mitch's magazine?????? He was GREAT tv, but I frankly don't care about either one of them past this tv show! LOL