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Nynana
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05-31-2005

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nynana a private message Print Post    
I'm a Casey fan, wouldn't mind if Dale won either but am not for Hung. I just don't care for how arrogant he is and rude, always rude to the other Chefs, since day 1.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Top Chef 3 concludes live tonight, followed by Bravo’s debut of Better Half
Top Chef 3 concludes tonight with a live finale from Chicago, the setting for the fourth season, which recently started production. Three actually talented chefs remain: Casey Thompson, Dale Levitski, and Hung Huynh. For the first time, the show will have a non-heterosexual male winner (Casey is female, Dale is gay, and Hung is bisexual).
Top Chef 3 has managed to recover from its ridiculous second season. While there hasn’t been an absence of drama, cooking has remained the focus, not ridiculous frat house hazing. While Hung is often annoying—the editors delight in juxtaposing his cocky grandstanding against his failures—he’s also talented, and he’s nowhere near as arrogant as last season’s finalists. Although the quickfire challenges were often an excuse to promote a paid sponsor’s brand, they were innovative and made good television, like when the chefs had to cook airline food on an actual plane. And Padma Lakshmi remains one of the best competitive reality show hosts. (Still, there’s plenty of material for Amuse- to use to hysterically harass the show.)
The finale will be 75 minutes long, keeping viewers around for the debut of Bravo’s Better Half, a series that watches “the spouses/mates of two trained professionals square-off in competition” after being trained in that profession by their partners. It’s hosted by Susie Essman, best known for screaming obscenities on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

from realityblurred...

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Go DALE!!!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Damn, damn, damn.

Dale was robbed...

Wahmmy
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07-24-2005

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wahmmy a private message Print Post    
I think so too

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
R.O.B.B.E.D ... but he's still so cute & he'll do well!

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
who won?

Wahmmy
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07-24-2005

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wahmmy a private message Print Post    
But, to be fair, Hung was the most consistent. Technically perfect but kind of dead

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Hung won.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
It was so obvious from the show itself that Casey was out. Between altitude and stress, she choked in the clinch. For once, the previews got it right.

Of the 4 dishes, Hung won two courses, and Dale won two. I was so rooting for Dale, but had a strong suspicion it was going the other way. Tom C. couldn't stomach one of Dale's 4 dishes (too much, too strong), and that rated more than Hung's safe uninspired dessert. I think Tom C. really swayed it. One of the judges was championing Dale's adventerous spirit, but Tom C. was going with safety. Interesting, since he did keep making faces when Hung was presenting his original menu.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
By the way, next week they have another reunion show and present fan favorite. I am thinking Tre for fan favorite???

PS I notice that the colored photos above are actually in the right order for first, second, third: is that just a coincidence?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I wouldn't be surprised if Dale gets the fan favorite -- he's been around longer than Tre and really been a riot to watch the past few episodes. :-) GO DALE!

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Was tonight's decision based on the last challenge alone, or throughout the competition? Don't know why I care, but I do...lol If based on just the last meal, I agree that Dale was robbed.
Too bad Casey wasn't able to bring it. Out of all the chefs, I'd eat at her restaurant.

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Idolworship a private message Print Post    
The finalists are in alphabetical order, Beth:-)

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 11:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Over and over they showed that Hung only cares about himself.

He started talking about soul when Casey got such High Praise, but the truth is ....he has no heart, so his food can have no heart.

The difference between a handmade quilt and a machine made, factory produced...... that factory one will have fewer mistakes. But I think that the handmade one is made with love.

Even if the person who made it does not know who it is for, she puts herself into it, her thoughts, her hopes, her dreams.

Dale puts hopes and dreams into food.

Hung can cut chicken like a machine.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 3:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Of Dale's four dishes, they said two were perfect. Of Hung's, one was perfect, the chocolate cake was boring, and the other two needed work.

Hung's keeper dish was a sous-vide duck breast -- but he had just shown the week or two before that same technique on chicken. Dale's, on the other hand, was th Colorado rack of lamb that he cooked in duck fat -- having never done that before! He adjusted to the altitude, by using an entirely different technique. He took a risk, which is what top chefs do, while Hung, as always, played it safe with what he's already done.

Dale's one dish that Tom couldn't stomach suffered from altitude sickness (the inability to get a hard boil going). I bet that dish would rock if he had a chance to do it again at sea level.

Marameko
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07-15-2002

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 4:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marameko a private message Print Post    
I am disappointed that Hung won, but I also hope that they show brings wonderful opportunites to Dale and Casey.

As a fan fav my # 1 choice is Dale, # 2 Casey and finally Tre.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 5:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know if you can still vote for fan favorite, or is that closed? If open, I would cast some votes for Dale.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
When I went in to make the recording 75 minutes instead of 60, I must have screwed up something! I would have been better off with 60 minutes of something, rather than 90 minutes of nothing!

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
minority here, but I was a little happy Hung won..I don't know why....I don't care if he had heart or not. I just liked that everyone didn't like him. So weird.
I liked Dale, too! I would have been glad if he won too!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I think Hung was very talented and very passionate. I never would have seen him as lacking heart.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I think Hung was very passionate about his food and way of cooking!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
To me he never let go with his cooking or took the big risk.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I was happy that Hung won. I still think that Season 1 could cook the pants off Season 2 & 3 combined!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I was happy Hung won too. Liked them all, but thought Hung was just a little more "Top Chef" than the others.