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Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Needmylifeback a private message Print Post    


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
BELLINIS!


Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

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If they pull a find out next week who wins I am going to be pissssssed!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
both worthy of title, but only one can win

tiff - props for your risks and your passion, but your drive and ambition gets in your way, you're working on that

harold - props for your food, but played it safe, everyone loved you but it's not a popularity contest

only one can be top chef - HAROLD YOU ARE THE TOP CHEF!!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yay! Harold!!

Whoo hoo!

Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Needmylifeback a private message Print Post    
All right Harold!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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TIFFANI PACK YOUR KNIVES AND GO


Tiff - it sux to come this far and not win,s he's crying ...

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Thank goodness! I really thought he was the most deserving of the two! And I thought he was consistently the better chef! Plus he's a damned nice guy!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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Tiff is shown the door, the other 4 come in and are partying with Harold

Meggieprice
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07-09-2001

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Yahooo!!!!! I would have been sick if Tifftude won. (Leeann was my pick)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

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Double bellinis for Lady!! Thank you so much!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

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<Costacat purrs and headbutts everyone nighty night>

Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

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And pull your imaginary one out of your back!

Meggieprice
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07-09-2001

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LOL! Need,lol!

Am I awful to relish the thought of seeing Tiff crying?

Meggie givesCosta a last ear rub and heads off for date night...

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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You're very welcome ... 'Night y'all

Meggieprice
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07-09-2001

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Thanks Lady! NowI really look forward to watching.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

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There were tiny split seconds where I felt sorry for Tif but then she'd do something like say 'don't talk to me until we're done' and ayeeee ~ there'd go my pity.

And then the comment to Howard about her back running into his knife . . . um no, Tif, he had nothing to do with that knife whatsoever. You propped it up and walked into all on your own, sweetie.

And then she's crying because she can't travel?! Um, try working full time and saving your money up to travel and pay off bills ~ that's what I and everyone I know has to do!

And how wonderful that Dave's desert was such a hit?!

Wendo
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08-07-2000

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Kappy, Tiffani said a few episodes ago she wanted to travel to Europe in order to learn more about cooking. She wasn't going to go on some vacation. She wanted to continue her cooking education.

After last week, it was apparent Harold was going to win Top Chef. Though he didn't take great risks with his dishes, his cooking is strong and his other skills in the kitchen are consistent (ie: people skills.) Although, I don't know why they all praised his dual beef dish so much; it was a copy of Miguel's beef dish from early in the season.

As far as Tiffani, I think she lost because she took a bit too much risk with her dishes and they weren't successful. And I also think she lost on people skills. She is working on them, but she needs to learn more humility. However, I do think her doing the two treatments of an ingredient was a great idea and I could see that translating to a restaurant. Further, I don't know why there was such a hubbaboo over Dave's dessert contribution when you consider Harold's dual beef dish (that was Miguel's?)

I will add that I thought it was terribly unprofessional for Dave and Stephen to show up late and hungover on cooking day. Further, Dave continuing to drink while cooking seemed rude. I wonder if he would've stood for his own behavior had he been in the finals? For crimeny sakes, get drunk afterward. Lastly, I'm utterly sick of Dave and his attitude towards Tiffani. The man acks like the biggest whiner on earth. Dude, man up and deal with it. How many times did she thank you and Stephen? Countless.

Anyways...congrats to Harold.

Zummat
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01-31-2006

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So happy Harold won!

Couldn't drum up any sympathy for Tiffani and her boohooing at the end.

I think the biggest difference, and for me it is a big difference, between the beef dish and the dessert dish is that Tiffani did not have anything at all to do with the dessert. She didn't plan it or execute it, no involvement whatsoever. Harold may have used the idea of the beef dish Miguel did, but Harold prepared the dish his way. Harold is no slouch, he had a great beef dish in last weeks competition too that was a favorite of the Cirque Du Soleil performers. The dessert however was all Daves from start to finish. Tiffani got caught lying again, plain and simple.

I think the viewer poll speaks volumes.

I sure hope this show returns this fall.

Max
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08-12-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
In the end, Tiffany's arrogance did her in. When she answered the question about who she cooks for, herself or the customer, it had ARROGANT written all over it and you could see that the guy asking the question was thinking that, too, just by his expression.

When she stood there explaining each dish, including the ingredients -- arrogance. Honey, these are top restaurant people. THey can figure out what's in a dish and they'll ask you if they aren't sure. Let them eat, already!

And finally, when she had the audacity to tell the judges that the dessert was hers, not Dave's and, even when they called her on it, to say that she had added her own touches to it (when she never even TOUCHED it or had any input -- at least from what we saw) -- ARROGANT!!! That's when I felt confident that Harold would be declared winner.

Humility is something that Tiffany needs to learn. She said she'd had a hard life. Maybe her arrogance is her shield to keep others from getting too close and hurting her again. It's too bad because she seems to have a lot of talent with food. I hope that she learns to trust others a bit and work on building relationships. And I wish her success.

And yes, it was rude of Steven and Dave to get drunk the night before the big event and it was rude of them to keep drinking all through the process. As professional as Dave wants to think he is, that was uncalled for.

However. . . WOO HOO!! HAROLD WON!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

Next up, Hell's Kitchen!! :-)

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

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I agree that what bothered me about Tiffani's dessert was that she tried to take full credit for it. Her statement that she told Dave exactly what she wanted and he simply executed it...I couldn't see Harold doing something like that (although, I supposed you could consider the statement true to a degree...she told him she wanted desserts and he executed the desserts! Who needs to be bogged down with pesky details like his having chosen the desserts to do and having used his own recipes?). Throughout the competition Harold has been the guy who was always willing to take the blame for something he had a part in (forgetting the jicama, using cake mix), but not someone to grab another person's glory. If Miguel's role in the beef dish had been the same as Dave's role in the desserts, I believe Harold would have given him full credit.

Didn't understand the knife in the back comment, either. It wasn't Harold's fault her team didn't like her.

The drinking was unprofessional, but it was a bit funny when Dave said that the drinking was the only way he could get through working with Tiff.

Oh, and also, another WOO HOO that Harold won!!

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

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I am so pleased... all my favorites won this year
Dani on A Top Model
Harold on Top Chef
& Taylor on AI
and an amazing finale of LOST.

Its going to be a good summer :-)

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

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For the comment about Tiff traveling for work and not leisure: I, personally, LOVE Europe. I have been to Europe for "work", but let me tell you, I always squeeze a lot of "leisure" into my trips. I am sure Tiff was going to do a lot of "leisure" as well. As far as crying over her bills, who the heck told her to get herself in debt??? Since she is not formally trained, her debt might all be reckless credit card debt. Maybe she should chill on her lousy attitude, develop a little humility if she wants to be successful.

Just bidding my time until BB starts again!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

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an excerpt from Tom's blog...

I want to pause for a moment and point something out: In preparing her ambitious dual menus, Tiffani was handicapped by a nerve-wracking hurdle — namely two drunk sous-chefs. Dave and Stephen straggled in late after a long night of partying, still drunk! We're not talking about a boost-the-nerves airplane bottle of gin (hell, we've all been there). These two were plastered. Dave told us he was taking the high road by giving Tiffani his all, but his actions proved otherwise. Stephen had raised condescension to a new level throughout the competition when faced with amateurs and here he was, acting less professional than any of them. Amazingly, Dave left a full wineglass on the line, a taboo that even a rank beginner is taught to avoid: A broken glass would have meant every last bit of mis-en-place had to be tossed and the night would have been over. Dave took issue with Tiffani's curt request that he move the glass. Why? Because of her tone? Given what she had at stake, I think it was justified. Tiffani soldiered through this handicap, but it couldn't have been easy working without the backing of a solid team..........

Come dessert, Harold and Tiffani were in a dead heat. Harold found a way to work around his own acknowledged shortcomings in pastry, and opted for an elegant pairing of carefully chosen cheeses and a delicious fig tart. Tiffani's two desserts were sumptuous and flavorful. Frankly, this one was to close to call.

So why did Harold win?

Not because we credited Dave with Tiffani's desserts. Regardless of what Dave says about the panna cotta recipe being his, the finishes on both of Tiffani's desserts were consistent with her detailed and polished style. Tiffani clearly built on her coworker's original idea, but I think that is perfectly acceptable in this arena. (Harold acknowledged that he did the same, but neither Lee Anne nor Miguel made a big deal out of it.) A team is a team, and “ownership” of any one recipe under these circumstances is silly — it boils down to interpretation and execution, along with the leadership to pull it all together....

At the end of the day, Harold won because here was the moment that Gail, Katie and I were asked to take the overall competition into consideration, starting at day one, and to weigh it against the evening's outcome. And overall, Harold had consistently embodied the qualities of a top chef. Over the weeks of competition, Harold pulled off round after round of arduous, high-stakes (and occasionally ridiculous) tasks, and managed to make friends in the process. He demonstrated creativity and spontaneity, and never lost his cool. At times I wish Harold hadn't played it so safe, but as he matures I think he'll find the confidence to take more risks. Tiffani showed talent and even growth, but Harold was also able to inspire a team, and at the end of the day a successful kitchen is a team. Harold truly is a Top Chef. .....

I'm grateful to viewers of this show who tuned in week after week and gave us their input (some of which was hilarious) on the boards. I'll never be Tim Gunn, but Bravo and I are working out the whole mentor/judge issue.

http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/Episodes/Episode_12/Blogs/tom8.shtml

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

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Thank you, Texannie, for posting the blog. It really put the polish on a great show, and I definitely would have missed out, had you not been kind enough to share it.