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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 6:12 pm
RATS! Just watched and so close to losing Spike AND his hat.. Arrgh.. Agree about Richard's haircut! Oy LOL I couldn't agree with you more, Sea!!!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 8:44 pm
Anyone watching tonight? Had to go way down to find this thread!!! I missed the first 1/2, but caught the 2nd half. The part with Jennifer getting so angry and kicking the chair was right at the end, after her life partner Zoi was eliminated. Came down to team with Zoi, Spike, and Antonio. Antonio had immunity and couldn't be kicked out, so was close between Spike and Zoi. Dale got really mad when Lisa won the main challenge (and a prize) for cooking BACON, as he said with disbelief (even though the guest judge said she won because she used a technique he had never seen before).
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 8:51 pm
Antonia wouldn't even admit she cost the team anything. Too many drama queens.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 9:57 pm
I watched. I just am not quite liking this cast of chefs as much yet. I like Antonia but she disappointed me in the elimination challenge. She said everything tasted great to her but seasoning is so key and basic. She, with the best palate, should know that and be able to taste when something is not up to par. Lisa's behavior during the challenge annoyed me immensely but when they finally figured out their dish, she pulled through and that counts for a lot. I had the mistaken impression from previous weeks that Richard might be the one to beat but not after tonight. Wrong technique for salmon and leaving scales on is unforgivable. He ruined the fish and had the guest judge nearly choking on fish scales. I think he should have gone home but he wasn't on the same team as Zoi. Spike and Andrew always annoy me. They don't even need to speak. And everyone on that show who has a pseudo fauxhawk needs to either go home or fix their hair. That applies to women, too. Hear that, Jen? 
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:12 pm
"Spike and Andrew always annoy me. They don't even need to speak." LOL ~ so true! And what's with all the dirty hair? It seemed like not one of them has shampooed in awhile. Normally I don't notice things like that but I'm not finding much else to notice so far about this crew. So many, as has been said above, are drama queens that I'm finding it hard to get excited this season. I actually turned it off tonight 1/2-way throught and I have never, I repeat NEVER done that with Top Chef before. I like Stephanie and Mark as people but have yet to see any one cook really stand out as a CHEF.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 6:31 am
This is the weakest cast to date. Antonia should have stepped aside once her team declined her choice of the dish but she didn't. As soon as Zio said she loved her dish and the seasoning I knew she was gone. People if you dish is being slammed don't say you tasted it and though it was deslish!
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 6:38 am
Lol, Andrew and Spike always annoy me as well on every single show. In my head, I call them "The Beards". As in "Boy I hope one of The Beards goes home tonight." I'm glad Zoi went home. She has been in the bottom a few times now, and I just don't like her atitude. She always seemed to have a beligerent look on her face that put me off, as well.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 6:57 am
No favorites this season, though I notice Dale has a temper.
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 8:52 am
I am glad Zoi is gone but does this mean we have to put up with Jen being a pain complaining how Spike made it through and not Zoi. Spike didn't make the same mistakes as Zoi. I have to admit after seeing Lisa's attitude through the whole thing I wouldn't have wanted her to have the trip either.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 11, 2008 - 3:28 pm
Lisa did seem like she'd be hard to work with, so it was a bit painful that she won, but they judge the product.. Oh my, Spike came up with a REALLY butt-ugly hat.. that straw angular cap thing.. I was SO hoping he'd be going home. The Water team lucked out that two other teams were worse.. sounded like they screwed up the duck.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, April 11, 2008 - 6:05 pm
Oh gracious, I messed up on recording the show, so I will go along with whatever those who saw it think! Does anyone know when/if a rerun will be happening?
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Friday, April 11, 2008 - 6:20 pm
Sea it was air..water did get called on the carpet for the scales...you know they have to be such a border line when they don't get called in at all
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, April 11, 2008 - 7:33 pm
tnt, bravo might have the episode on line and it's rerun often check brovo's guide.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 1:03 am
They re-run a bunch. Well one dish was tasteless, one had fish scales, another group didn't score the duck skin, another served a drink that apparently the chefs are "so over". Air, of course.. ducks flying and all..
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 3:19 am
Antonia is now my least favorite! I rewatched the ep and she did say: she wouldn't do any soup and judge Ming Tsai said a nice soup for 80 was an ultimate test in Europe.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 6:29 am
Why is Antonia getting blamed for them not doing soup? Sure, she did say she thought it was a bad idea and ok, Ming proved her wrong, but she didn't FORBID the group from doing it. If they had thought it was such a good idea, they should have over-ruled her. She had immunity, they didn't.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 2:15 pm
I finally watched this episode. It was UGLY.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 4:03 pm
Wasn't it last season where they went out and really looked for excellent chefs? I seem to remember Tom saying that they asked some of the more prominent and better chefs in the country for their recommendations. I've not watched this week's ep yet, but from what I'm reading (and what I've seen so far), I think they must've run outta the most qualified last season? So far, I've not really been super impressed with any of these folks.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 3:27 pm
Antonia first said that she wouldn't make soup, but THEN she said, if they were determined to make soup, they would make a f-ing great soup! They should have stuck to their guns! I have tried to think of a time when I have had tough salmon - none! It is definitely NOT a food that needs to be sous vied (sp?)for tenderness or moistness. And who, for goodness sakes, doesn't know to score duck breasts? It was amazing to see the most initially disfunctional team finally get it together and turn out the winning dish! I still love the Kiwi guy, but don't see him standing up to the pressure or turning out amazing dishes!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 4:22 pm
I finally watched this episode and I have to say... I would never sous-vide salmon. So, mushy salmon and fish scales, but the Earth team is the loser? I'd rather have a meal that needs seasoning (because you can always add it at the table) that something that sounded pretty inedible. I think the judges were gunning for the team that was the losing team no matter what.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 4:47 pm
Actually, the way I remember it, when the team said they wanted to do soup, Antonia said they had a $500 budget so why bother just doing a soup.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, April 14, 2008 - 8:02 am
Antonia DID disagree about making soup at first. But she did finally say something to the effect of "if you want to do soup then OK we'll do soup." But I think by that time the other team members were so busy talking over each other that they missed her statement.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, April 14, 2008 - 6:41 pm
Right, Costa - that is what I got from my taped version as well. If they had thought that soup was the way to go, then they could have carried the day! And while I like butternut squash soup, maybe an under-the-earth ingredient might have been more fun for the soup? I love to play with food, so maybe I am too far out there -
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Monday, April 14, 2008 - 7:56 pm
Tnt, when they said Butternut squash soup, I thought about a stew-like thingwith all different roots. It sounds simple, but if Antonia is supposed to have those great palate, they ought to be able to do something earthy. I don't season my mushromms too much either. I do use lots of olive oil and garlic on them. But I do have to douse them with a whole lot of Rice wine instead of other cooking wines to cook them down. One more thing, I would have been a little bitter about Lisa being the sole winner also.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 14, 2008 - 9:48 pm
When I heard Earth I thought of truffles...
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