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Archive through September 30, 2007

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Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I am beginning to think that Hung will not win. I thought the most telling comments from the judges were that he was technically perfect but no emotion. That will kill him. You know how chefs are about food, to say one doesnt have emotions, that is the kiss of death as far as I am concerned.

Laneesmom
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05-12-2005

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laneesmom a private message Print Post    
I'm in the minority...but I'd like to see Hung win. I'm hoping it's all a set up for an emotional episode for him next week.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I'm with you Laneesmom. I want Hung to win.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Where is the Casey supporters? I think she is doing a great job and deserves to win.

Dovez
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08-27-2005

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dovez a private message Print Post    
<------casey supporter!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I would be happy with any of the three winning. If I could hire a personal chef, it would be Hung. I don't care if he is arrogant, conceited, supercilious. He WILL NOT be joining me at the dining table! I expect my guests to be pleaant and fun to be with - it doesn't matter if my chef is not!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
ME??? I would pick Dale as my chef because I would be begging him to join me at the dining table. He has a very dry wit and I just love that.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I LIKE Dale and have been hoping he would do well along. He has a delightful personality and is a great saucier. However, a chef that is passionate about cooking doesn't stop cooking for a year and a half in my book -

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
While I'm favoring Casey, I won't be upset at any of the three winning. This was a good season for talent!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 2:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
good point Tnt. Did he ever explain why he stopped cooking? Did something happen in his life?

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 3:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
He said that the restaurant he was working at closed and he'd had a bad break-up. Maybe he didn't mean he completely quit cooking, but just wasn't cooking professionally (maybe he couldn't find a job?)? I don't actually remember exactly what he said. But, I don't know that stopping cooking means he isn't passionate about cooking. Could be that stopping for a year, then re-starting actually made him realize how passionate he is about it. Not that this is the same thing exactly, but I grew up in GA and always hated it...then I moved to Connecticut for a year and realized how much I missed GA. Once I moved back to GA I had a real appreciation for all it has to offer. Again, not really the same thing, but it was the being away from it that made me realize how important it was to me. Perhaps when Dale started cooking again in this competition, he realized what had been missing in his life and is now a passionate chef.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 3:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I can't imagine that a chef of his caliber couldn't find a job! As I said, I really like him - just found an 18 month hiatus strange.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 4:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Here's an interview with Dale:

http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/article/dishing-with-dale/209079/content

Honey51
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10-08-2001

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Honey51 a private message Print Post    
Love Casey and hopes she wins. Dale would be okay too. Hung?

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Depending on the time of the year a chef starts to look for a job, will depend on whether or not there is a job available. As a baker, there are tons of jobs available right now. They need people to be there for the holidays. Conversely, there are very few chef jobs available because the end of summer always creates a slowdown. Right now restaurants are seeing 1/4 the amount of people per week compared to a month ago. This of course doesn't apply to chain restaurants such as The Cheesecake Factory or Red Lobster. They are always looking for another person to fill an open slot after they grind someone to bits under the unavoidable stress and pressure of a high-volume restaurant. With chain restaurants, there is no creativity. You are a cog in a machine and you have to make the food quickly and well with the least amount of waste possible.

His working the front of the house is so very smart. Too many chefs are actually terrified of the front of the house. Waiting on the customer and interacting with them is almost as terrifying for some of my co-workers as giving a speech. Dale will definitely be more successful as he develops a comfort zone with the public. Now that he is a celebrity chef, he will need to know how to handle the public. He has a great personality, and I think he will be amazingly successful.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I pulling for a Dale or Casey win. Hung did seem a lot more "human" and it was touching when he spoke about his mother, but I still don't like his attitude. I don't think all of his food is "all that" either. He thinks he can do no wrong and as far as I'm concerned, I think a Chef always wants to do better, even when they're thought of as one of the best. It takes more than knife skills and technique to make a good dish, Hung baby! LOL

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I guess the main thing that annoys me about Hung is that several times he has made snide remarks about what the judges told him. I find that a little arrogrant. Of course others did the same thing, but he seems to have done it more often and a little more snide than the others.

I would not be disappointed if he won though, because from what I have seen and what the other contestants and the judges have said, he is a very good chef.

I like Dale a lot, I think he is funny and I have to give him credit for making it this far afger being away from the job for a year or more. I would not mind him winning.

But I am pulling for Casey. I really like her. It seems that lately she has come into her own, impressing the judges and her fellow chefs. And then there is the fact that she is a fellow Texan, like that has anything to do with her being a great chef.

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Friday, September 28, 2007 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Prisoner, for the article about Dale. Loved the comments about the judges and the hard time he has with dating. How is that possible? He's such a cutie pie and that sense of humor of his has been one of the highlights of the whole season!

Gldnlvr
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08-03-2007

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gldnlvr a private message Print Post    
I'm all for Casey to win also!! but I also have come to really like Dale in the last few episodes. I admire Hung's skills in the kitchen, but dislike some of his personality traits.

Hope Casey holds it together in the finale . . in the previews, she appears to be having a hard time.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I finally had time to read the interview with Dale. He's so funny! I guess as he stated, his "sense of humor" is only ONE of his moods, Ricky. LOL

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I do not want Casey to win. While none of the final three have been consistent, there are a couple of things that really bother me about her:
1. Has she ever been part of a winning team on a team challenge? I remember her as totally letting the team down on two challenges - the caravan challenge where she was supposedly "managing" the food and did not know they were out of food half the time and then also the challenge where Tre took the fall. She has shown no leadership whatsoever. Plus another time didn't she totally screw up a team challenge where she had immunity?
2. Seeing her chop onions was pathetic. I have better knife skills than that and I cut myself so much I look like Frankenstein! She may not be "classically trained" but puh-leeze! Learn how to cut a fricken onion!

Nothing personal against Casey, she seems nice.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Tom said in his blog the week of the onion cutting, that Casey was so slow b/c her knives weren't sharp.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 5:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Even worse - what chef runs around with unsharpened knives?

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 5:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Casey just doesnt seem to have any personality. I won't mind if she wins, I would prefer it to be either her or my favorite Dale. I don't want Hung to win.

Smartypants
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03-09-2007

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smartypants a private message Print Post    
I just wish Casey would show more confidence in the challenges...she seems confident in her interviews but whenever she wins or is in the top of a challenge she always acts shocked and looks down and kind of shy all of a sudden...

I am routing for her though...but i feel like saying "Casey, you went on top chef because you think you deserve to be top chef, right? Then quit acting so suprised that your at the top!!!)