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Kappy
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06-29-2002

Friday, August 10, 2007 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
While I didn't care for Howie's interactions this week, I could see where in a normal setting, he would be the grumpy-but-loving bull dog. We have to remember that these people are living and working together 24 hours a day WHILE competing for a prize that could have a huge effect on their career. So rather then help each other resolve issues, some (thinking CJ and Hung here) seem to be using these moments to fan the fuel between others. What better way to get them riled up and possibly eliminated sooner, no?

Mysti
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09-28-2005

Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mysti a private message Print Post    
I wish Howie would wear a hat or bandana when he is working in the kitchen, it makes my stomach turn when I see the sweat dripping off his face probably right onto the food he is preparing.......

Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I wish they would send Howie home. he trash talks anyone he has to in order to save his butt. He has been on the losing team of every single team challenge to the point where nobody wants to be on his team. His cooking isn't that great and they are only keeping him him around for the conflicts on tv.

I think he should have been the one to go this week. He is a bully.

I love the show.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
My BIL is a head chef at a very upscale and trendy restaurant in my city. He thinks Howie, while probably a very good cook, would be horrible to be in a kitchen with.

Spoilers below for tonight's show.

Tre won the Quickfire, which was to build a specialty burger, but there was no immunity. Instead he got to pick his team for the real challenge. The challenge was "Restaurant Wars." They had to create a restaurant, menu, concept, decor.

Team one- CJ, Tre, Brian, Casey.

Team two- Howie, Sarah, Dale, Hung.

Best line of the night so far - Dale, in helping with decor, "Queer Eye's got nothing on my ass!"

Doesn't seem like the judges were very impressed with either. Very fault-finding tonight, but I think CJ's team got slammed harder. I'm guessing they'll lose and I have no idea who will go because they are such a talented group. I hope Tre is safe, but he is "executive chef" for his group and may get blamed.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
ROFL @ Prisoner! I just saw your post to me about "damned time you learned that!"

Okay, I have conceded that Howie is already a success and a top chef in RL. Now you're gonna try to get me to root for Dick in BB, aren't you?

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Speaking of Howie, he was much, much better with the teamwork this time. Good on him!

OMG, one group used scented candles in the decor. Even I know not to do that! I'm not sure which group because I was looking down and missed the caption.

I'd like to know how Padma stays so damned skinny when she enjoys food so much!

Okay, I was right, CJ's team lost. The judges are talking to them now.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Ooooh, the judges are picking apart Howie's team, too. They did not like Howie's risotto and Howie got really defensive. Sarah handled herself well. And this is the team that used the scented candles!

I'm not really sure what is going on here. They called in CJ's team first, but they were told they were not the winning team. Then Howie's team came in and they were picked apart, too and never told they won. Non-elimination? Does Top Chef ever do non-elimination shows?

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
It's sooooo much fun to talk to myself! I wonder if I could get snarky and offend myself?

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Double-post. What a moron.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Hey! Mods! I'm being disparaged!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Okay, I'll behave.

Judges just called back Brian and Dale, both of whom worked out front of their restaurants.

But wait! Oh! I was right! Non-elimination! They will have to run their restaurants one more more time tomorrow night, considering the feedback they received, and will be judged again and someone WILL be eliminated this time.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
lol Hermi ... you are cracking me up! :o)

I thought for sure it was going to be a double elimination ... Dale and Brian. Big surprise! Should be interesting to see if they can make the right corrections.

Vanilla scented candles .... bad move! It was Dales group.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Oh, and CJ, not Tre, won the Quickfire. My fingers were apparently operating independently of of my brain when I posted up there.

Nic!

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I think it's a great idea to have the "do-over" on the restaurants. I wonder if they will send two people home next week?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I think they had floral scented flowers (even worse then vanilla IMHO, b/c it's not a "food" smell).

I was thinking they'd do double elimination, too -- so that NO elimination REALLY surprised me! :-) I hate waiting an entire week for this show! LOL

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Come over to the dark side, Herm...

Don't get me wrong, I abhor a lot of the things Howie and Dick say/do, but trying to extrapolate their behavior in a highly artificial and edited competition environment to the real world is an exercise in futility to me.

(Tre didn't win the quickfire, CJ did -- Tre was one of the bottom two. And Howie was one of the top three again.)

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 4:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
For me it was one of those times when I was hoping not to be surprised. Colicchio had said the elimination needed to be about the food, so when they called Dale & Brian back I figured we were going the non-elim route (especially with the strange way Padma said "Are you okay with this" to the guest judge). But I was so worried that I'd be wrong. And I REALLY would have been irritated if they'd eliminated either one of them for being bad in the front of the house.

I think it is cool that they are letting them do another night with their restaurants to try to fix the problems. As Howie was saying, on your first night in a restaurant, you actually expect to have a bit of a disaster. So, it's nice that nobody gets eliminated and gets another night to do it right.

They have done a non-elimination once before. In Season 2, on the whole "Did Betty Cheat" ep, they chose not to send anyone home, but ended up doing a double-elimination the next week. If they didn't have a non-elim pre-planned, then I'd think we'd have to see a double-elim at some point this season, too.

And that whole guest blogger thing was irritating. At the judges table we heard more about what she wrote than what the judges felt. I want to hear what Colicchio has to say (and Ted or Gail), not what some blogger says (nothing against bloggers, but I don't know the woman, I don't read her blog, I don't watch the show for her). A little from the blogger, more from the judges. And for a little while there, it looked like Colicchio couldn't get a word in edgewise!

Oh, and I haven't said this in a while, but: Man, CJ is TALL!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
why are black tables ok in a restaurant and not black table cloths??? thought that comment was odd!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I don't know, Texannie. I wondered that, too!

Prisoner, I agree about the exercise in futility, but it doesn't stop me from opening my yap and yammering on!

I liked the guest blogger comments because I felt it gave them a feel for what the general public might say after dining at their restaurant and in the end, the public counts for a heckuva lot in making or breaking a restaurant, but I see your point about it resulting in them (and therefore us) getting less feedback from the judges.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I am glad it was non elimination since I missed the show :-), so I don't feel I missed much.

I dislike Howie not because he is obnoxious, which he is, but because he always blames everyone else for his mistakes and failures. I would like to see the judges call him on it.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I think Hung is just as guilty of blaming others or at least letting others take the blame and staying quiet such as when Dale took all the blame for the scented candles even though Hung was half to blame. How many times has Hung done that now? And to watch him smile as Howie argued with the chefs was annoying because how many times has Hung basically told the judges they were wrong when they didn't like something he made?

Howie is annoying but at least honest and up front. With Hung, I would be worried about how many knives were being silently put in my back as I worked with him.

The fact is, I still don't have a favorite. Certain ones I like more but can't say that I'm rooting for them like in past seasons. I do think some, like Sara and Brian, are just barely flying by under the radar and will be gone sooner then others.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I like Hung, LOL. I must like the sneaky ones as opposed to the upfront ones. Maybe it means I'm sneaky myself.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
lol @ I can contest that Hermi can be sneaky. lol! :o)))

Myself, not a big fan of Hung. But I do like black table clothes and don't understand why that was an issue. I hope Tre gets it back together ... I'd like to see him win. And someone needs to give Howie a bandana to catch all that sweat on his face .... gross. I wouldn't want him hovering over my food.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Whoops -- gotta' apologize. According to the Top Chef blogs, the candles WERE vanilla! Sorry for the mistake.

I like all of them at this point -- Dale cracks me up, CJ and Casey seem like sweet people, Howie is fun BECAUSE of his bulldog style, Brian gives it all he's got, Sara took a risk in the restaurant wars by being exec. chef -- even Hung wasn't as cocky in this episode. I'd really rather NOT see Hung win, but just about anyone else could, and I'd be ok w/it.

As for the "secret blogger" - WOW! She had not one good thing to say about the food at Restaurant April. Her blog seemed more critical than the judges' comments that we saw!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
from realityblurred.com

Madonna’s brother appeared on Top Chef 3
Last night’s episode of Top Chef 3 had an uncredited guest appearance by Madonna’s younger brother.
Christopher Ciccone was the diner in the “Garage” teams’ restaurant who made bitchy comments, Towleroad noticed. The site suggests he “should appear as a judge on every episode, because, like Simon Cowell, Ciccone does not mince his words when it comes to judging what’s put before him.”
Among other things, he told Dale that lamb “wasn’t cooked properly. I thought it tasted like metal.” He also said, “if that’s a vegetable medley, I’m a monkey.” And, of course, he ripped their stupid decision to place scented candles on the tables, which also irritated judge Ted Allen.
Despite being on screen for only a few seconds, Ciccone was at least as entertaining than the undercover food blogger (The Strong Buzz’s Andrea Strong, who Gawker suggests “was just mean” but was “the sole arbiter of taste at the judge’s table”) that the producers had comment about the food; perhaps they should have used him, too.

An Unidentified Christopher Ciccone Spices Up Top Chef [Towleroad]
Why Is Andrea Strong Such A Hater? [Gawker]
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