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Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm sorry Tre left. He was my favorite. I haven't seen the whole episode. I was so tired last night, that I started to fall asleep on my couch, so I finally just went to bed. I'll try to catch a repeat.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 7:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Collichio's words on why it was Tre and not CJ:

"One of the things we looked at were all the dishes he was responsible for. So we felt the salmon dish was not great universally -- conceptually it was a bad dish. I thought the scallop was good, not great. That beef dish that we'd commented on the day before and said we didn't care for it? He didn't change it! Crusting a filet mignon, as Anthony Bourdain pointed out, is very 80s and not very inventive. He did the same dish exactly the second time around. He was running the kitchen with no intensity, it was very lackadaisical. I never got a sense that they were really pushing it, and they weren't cooking as if their chance of staying in the competition depended on it. I think Tre was responsible for setting that tone."

(SO glad to see Collichio back on the blogs, even if it was just in an interview with Andy.)

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Okay ~ you guys convinced me but still . . . .

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I was sorry to see Tre go but agree that he was the right choice. The other team members got yelled at for "not having his back", but I felt it was more that they had such respect for him that they questioned their own judgement in questioning him.

I also thought that Tom C.'s being back in the kitchen should have given them a clue that he was really looking at the leadership of the teams. It was like the judges had a lot of questions from the first night as to WHY things were going wrong, and wanted to see for themselves if people were not cooperating or if it was just bad leadership. Team April mistook lack of conflict for good leadership, which is not the same thing at all.

I hate when they say things like "everyone" does tuna tartare and that an encrusted filet mignon is "so 80s". What if you like tuna tartare? Maybe an encrusted steak just tastes good? I'm more about good food than caring about what food trends are and oh my heavens if I accidentally served something that has recently become passe.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I fell asleep too and am very upset that Tre is gone. I fell asleep right around the time I heard Tre talk about doing filet mignon and I thought to myself bad bad choice. They didnt like it the last time he didnt filet mignon.

I think the producers want a Howie, hung finale. ugh.

Roxibalboa
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08-15-2004

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxibalboa a private message Print Post    
funny how Colichio points out Tre was too laid back in the kitchen because from Tre's comment and actions I took that to be what he did becuz Colichio was in the kitchen watching them. Tre seemed to be trying to come across as together and not freaking out, nice and calm good chef and in the end it backfired and was part of why he was cut.

Darclyte
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07-11-2005

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darclyte a private message Print Post    
I also hated to see Tre go, but the food apparently was terrible, as were the choices. That's all on Tre. Casey's food also wasn't up to par, and CJ's management was questioned. But, ultimately, the menu was Tre's and he had to approve of what went out onto the floor, so that gave Casey and CJ safety. Had the food been fine, it probably would have been Brian as he did the least, and therefore did the least to help them win. I'm really sad to see Tre go as I thought he was the best overall chef there (and now for the first time the first challenge winner will not win Top Chef) but he really had nobody to blame but himself. The food, from the menu, to the preparations, to the taste were all on him, and it sounded like it flopped even worse than the first night. BTW, I loved Dale's comment about the decorator being an @$$ and that his being Madonna's brother didn't help him. Classic.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Again I say that Tre is the one I would hire, but he didn't stand up under the competition pressure OR he didn't hear the judges' comments on the first night's service. If they don't like it, DON'T serve it again!

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Friday, August 24, 2007 - 1:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
Well, you won't catch me eating salmon marinated in beet juice with pesto and all other things - I swear some people looked like they had to orally expel that food or it would kill them. It is one thing to serve something that is unappealing, or boring, but not something that does not go together. I don't understand why the chef is not tasting the food and not sending out what is not acceptable. Would you really eat in a restaurant where the food was experimental and never tested?

Tre failed in so many ways
1) he accepted responsibility, yet did not respect his staff enough to delegate the work.
2) He said he would prepare the bread pudding because he could prepare it in his sleep, yet at the judges table he said he was not familiar with bread pudding?!?! I think he threw off CJ with that comment
3) Tre did not listen when he was told they did not like the beef dish, thought he could save it by doing the potatos correctly - not


I think those are some pretty big failings.

When Sara told Howie to cook his food again, I wondered if they had bought extra so they could toss some food and if the other team may have not done that with the overcooked fish or the badly designed salmon.


Casey was not a complete failure, her carrot and ginger soup was received very well.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 24, 2007 - 6:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i thought the only thing the judges didn't like about the beef dish was that the potatoes were oversmoked too. they have raved about his beef dishes in the past. i can see how he thought that by correcting the oversmoked part would fix it.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
hmmm

Is it just me or is this not on this coming week? Doing my weekly DVR set up and it doesn't have a new episode on Wed that I can tell?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I just saw a commercial that said the Four Stars All-Star episode is on Wed. at 10. Guess that means there isn't a new episode. :-( That's my only complaint w/this show -- KEEP THE EPISODES COMING!

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Yeah I just saw that too, it isn't coming back for two weeks I think UGH

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i think it's a repeat.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023820/

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Maris thinks they want a Howie/Hung finale.

I'm betting on a Howie/CJ finale with Casey and Hung in 3rd/4th place.

Anyone else have guesses?

Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I think the final three will be howie, hung, Dale. Also, did any of you notice a little electricity going between Dale and Ted Allen?????? I think Dale likes him :-)

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I think Dale has liked a few of the guest judges.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I would like to see Casey, CJ, and Dale in the final three - notice that they are in alpha order, not to imply any preference. They are the three that I would like to cook with/have cook for me.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
He seemed to have that special rapport with Ted Allen, "I cooked that!!!, gentle touch on the shoulder....just sayin"

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 6:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure who I would want in the finale. Tre was definitely a contender, but with him out, I'm just not sure. They have ALL been uneven in their performance, so I think it could be a real crapshoot.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Now that Tre is gone, I'm not sure who I want in the finale. Like Maris, I think the producers are gearing up for a Hung/Howie final 2. Not the best choice in my opinion. But it will make "good tv" and that's the bottom line when it comes to these reality shows.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I agree, Alison, they have all been uneven.

I don't really care right now who is in the final. I enjoy most of the people left for one reason or another. It would be hard for me to pick a favorite now.

New episode tonight, right?

Northshore
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08-10-2005

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Northshore a private message Print Post    
Last weeks promo of tonights show was a rerun of the All Star episode.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Oh nooooooooo.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
that stinks. I dont know why they do that.