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Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Monday, January 22, 2007 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
Sadly, the contestants for Season 2 were "lacking" in my opinion. If there is a season 3, I hope they cast a better lot.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 22, 2007 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yeah, that's it Tex! He handled it well on the show. But couldn't resist during an interview. I think that's what I tried to say, but you said so much more eloquently! :-)

And Rehtse, I think I agree with you there. Why is that the first season of almost EVERY reality show is the best? Is it because the contestants don't know what to expect, and it's more "pure competition" for whatever the prize (chef, designer, apprentice, survivor)? Truly, though, there weren't any real "oh gawd this person has gotta win" folks this season! <sigh>

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Monday, January 22, 2007 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
Interesting observation, Costacat. I felt that way about Project Runway, Big Brother, Real World, hm, pretty much all of reality tv is like that!

Crazydog
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12-11-2006

Monday, January 22, 2007 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crazydog a private message Print Post    
Just jumping in here for my first post :-) I'm a fan of Marcel, I admit, and I can also see kinda why some people don't like him. But I'm certainly not perfect, and I have said things about other people. I'm human. I can certainly forgive Marcel for one or two small digs at the people that gave him crap for weeks. I'm not as forgiving for the continued digs Ilan and Betty gave Marcel during Top Chef (and after). Just my :-)

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
I like Marcel out of the remaining ones.

I would say that if in fact I had to live thru what he did, my interview would have been very very snarky, mean and etc. I would have let them all have it. BAM :-)

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I dont like Marcel, but if they did the stuff to me that was done to Marcel, I would be trashtalking them every opportunity I got.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
LOL, Maris!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm with several of you on season 1 of many shows being more "pure". Sometimes they even tape a second season before the first one airs so we get TWO pure seasons.. but then increasingly they resort to "strategy" and elimination based on a jury or on only keeping the weak. It really is too bad.

Luckily they keep bringing us new shows and once in awhile one of the new shows is great, at least for a season or two.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
Is this show coming back for a third season? If so, will they please get rid of Padhma (sp)? I can't stand her!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oh geez, I wish they would! I don't like her as a host of this show, and I think she detracts more than adds. I think even some of the chefs competing are less than enthralled (a couple have made comments on her apparel in the kitchen).

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Do you find it a little harder to judge the people on this show as objectively as you do other talent based shows? Everyone keeps saying it is about the food, but we can't taste the food. We can see it and see how they prepare it, but we have to rely on the judgement of others for the taste.

On American Idol, for instance, we can make our own judgement on their talent. We may not be music experts, but we can at least hear the talent. On Top Chef, we can't judge the most important aspect of the competition.

Just a thought. I wondered if anyone else felt this lack.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I know what you mean, Allie. We really have to trust the judges. I think that's why the host bothers me so much, I don't trust her to make decisions for me.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I am so disappointed in the casting of this season. Season 1 had such diverse, mature, professional talent. It saddens me that one of these 4 left will win this thing when LeeAnn and Tiffany, among others, didn't win season 1. I'd bragged so much about this show being so much better than Hell's Kitchen and then we get this cast ... sigh ...

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
Ditto to what Texannie and Ladytex each said.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
gosh, LT you are right about LeeAnn and Tiffany!! I bet they are dying right now!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Well, LeAnn is working on this season, behind the scenes (helping the chefs interpret the rules of a competiton, and so on), so I'm thinking she actually got herself a pretty sweet deal.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Allie, I said that exact same thing last season. It makes it harder when we have to rely on the judges taste and not our own.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
For the most part, I like the cast this season. I'm rooting for Sam to win tonight.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
So, who of the final four was told to pack their knives and go?

Dfng
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfng a private message Print Post    
well, count me in for not watching the finale. I could care less who wins with the final two. Sam got robbed.

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
I was surprised to See Sam go. I have watched the show and read all the comments and I really thought he would make it to the finale.

Klankfor
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02-07-2006

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Klankfor a private message Print Post    
I agree -- no finale for me! Sam seemed to be the strongest chef and had the best leadership skills throughout. I can't believe they wouldn't weigh the entire competition. Wild!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Costa -- Elia and Sam were sent home -- it's Marcel and Ilan in the finale. My first thought -- talk about a b*tch fest! Bleh.

I really wish Elia hadn't said ANYTHING about Marcel, though -- and I think Ilan really encouraged her to do so. He wanted the info out there, but wasn't willing to say anything. Why Elia would pick tonight, after keeping the silent this whole time, is beyond me. It certainly didn't make her look like a "top chef," but it bugged me that Ilan came out of it smelling like a rose.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Elan totally ticked me off..he so pushed Elia and then didn't back her up!
Did anyone else notice that Tom and Gail seem really over Padma?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
'Top Chef''s Ilan Quits His Job At Casa Mono (Because??)
In the proud Gawker tradition of alarmist fake-seeming reality show spoiling, we bring you the news, via Snack, that Top Chef contestant Ilan Hall has left his position at Mario Batali's Spanish joint, Casa Mono. Snack wonders whether this means that Hall has bagged the show's $100,000 grand prize (while the first part of the finale airs this week, it was taped in November) while Eater LA posits the theory that Hall has quit to avoid humiliation when it's revealed that he "did something more horrible than Cliff." We hate spoilers (uh, sorry!) and we're rooting for Sam, so we're kind of hoping that it's the latter. What, or who, did Ilan do that's more horrible than Cliff? Only time -- or, you know, food blogs -- will tell.

Top Chef Says "I Quit!" [Snack]


http://gawker.com/news/top-chef/top-chefs-ilan-quits-his-job-at-casa-mono-because-231215.php