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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 5:16 am
I was glad to see Carla barely survive, she truly needs to step up her game.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 5:16 am
Lexie, I loved that too! LOL I don't blame Carla for 2nd guessing herself about the protein. I can hear the comments now 'not all people are vegetarian Carla; you need to think about your customers'. I think there was alot more editing at judges table than normal; alot of things just didn't flow right...like how Padma came in and asked for the chefs of each dish but then in the room the judges knew who cooked what, and the losing chefs were asked for by name. several other comments just seemed out of place too. i know they have to build suspense, but i would love to see more of the judges reasoning for keeping one over the other.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 10:35 am
Carla calling for Gayle was quite a chuckle. I enjoy Carla and hope she stays around.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 11:01 am
The show is at the point, now, when you don't want any of them to leave. Well, maybe Arianne
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 11:42 am
Grooch, I totally agree with your comment "The show is at the point, now, when you don't want any of them to leave." I was thinking that myself; each one of the remaining chefs is definitely a strong player and capable of the win.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Lexie, your scallops comment made me laugh. And also Seamonkey's "happy scallopy outcome". 
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Jodie75
Member
08-26-2004
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 7:54 pm
I know the new judge is highly respected, but it bugged me how every one of his comments had to be a windy, "witty" remark. Maybe it's why Tom C. seemed a bit annoyed. I remember after one of the new judge's first long-winded cutdowns, there was a pause and then Tom said, "Well, how do you follow up with that?" I like Carla, too. She is really nice and I love how kind and affectionate she is with everyone. And she's also funny in her interviews. (What do you call it when they're commenting alone to the camera?)
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 4:47 am
Jodie, I call it the "confessional," but I don't know if that's the correct term. I have said since the beginning that Carla seems to be the nicest one out of all of them. She seems to get along with everyone. If they have a Fan Favorite this year, she's getting my votes.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 12:28 pm
carla also seems to accept when she knows she did something wrong with her dish. I like Fabio too.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 1:49 pm
Exactly Panda. Carla knows when something has gone wrong with a dish, unlike some of them that will fight and defend their bad dishes to the judges.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 3:28 pm
Perhaps caterers learn to listen to their customers, and chefs learn to tell people what they should like!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 3:39 pm
i think that's exactly it. Caterers cooks what the client asks for. Chefs, while certainly cannot cook bad food, usually decide what's on the menu.
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 4:17 pm
I had the tv on while I was working, and a repeat of the "Today" show episode was on. I've decided I don't ever want Ariane to win again because she kept saying "Thank Yooooouuuuuu" in the most annoying voice I've ever heard lol.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 7:07 pm
I think it was Tom who posted on his blog and said the new guy started out rather flippantly w/his remarks, but once he realized how serious Tom, Padna and other dude were, he got down to real business, too. Gail loved Carla's call-out, and she had a fun take on the show for her blog. Can I admit that if Tom and anyone else were arguing about food, I'd always eat what Tom recommended? LOL Does that mean I have a chef-crush? 
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 7:24 pm
Did I miss something? How come Gayle is no longer there?
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 7:35 pm
Gail got married partway through filming the show, so she took some time off. At least I think that's what happened lol. Teach, I have a bit of a chef-crush myself on Tom. I don't know why, but I think I would always take Tom's opinion over whoever disagreed with him!
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 8:09 pm
I think I am having chef-jealousy over Teach and Nerovh hitting on my chef-dinnercompanionfantasy.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 8:52 pm
LOL I love him, too! 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, January 09, 2009 - 9:13 pm
Calm down, ladies -- as soon as he's done cooking for me (and giving me a few private lessons in the kitchen), I'll be sure he has directions to your houses. 
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 10:06 am
fennel....they all use it and it figures heavily in the Top Chef Cookbook that I got for Christmas. So I bought some (not the fresh kind, the seedy kind). I was surprised at the slight licorice flavor. It wasn't as strong as anise, but it was certainly there. This gives me a whole different take on some of the recipes! Yes, Gail took time off to get married.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 12:43 pm
You should try fresh Fennel in the stew/soup. Very different from dried ones. I think I read that the Brit judge thought he was hired to crack jokes as he critiques the food. Tom seemed to make it sound like a misunderstanding only. Tom was not offended by Young. I wish Jamie had shown us how she could win w/o scallops. Even though I'd be eating all of her "failures". Fabio reminds me of so many of our Italian relatives it's no joke. I'll like him to win but than I'll have to suffer my husband and his cousins ...
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 2:08 pm
Thank you for your answers regarding Gayle, Nerovh & Schoolmarm.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 4:37 am
Carla was not a favorite of mine at the beginning, but now I really like her because of her humor. I was hoping that she would stay. I was really hoping that Melissa would go, because my inner anal-retentive kept wanting to brush her stringy hair!! Also, it was pretty clear that Gene was going nowhere since he just seemed to be on a completely different page than the judges - if they can't benefit from the judges critiques, there is really no reason to stay. Of the remaining, I like Carla, Fabio, Jeff and Stephan the best. Jamie actively annoys me.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 8:26 am
VERY OT here, but has anyone else seen promos for "Chopped" starting tomorrow night on the Food Channel? This is NOT in my TV Guide, so can someone help?
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 8:41 am
TNT, Chopped starts Tue. at 9 PM, rerun on Wed at 12 AM and Sat. at 2 PM. 
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