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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:17 pm
I make an east African peanut soup that is awesome!!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:24 pm
Yum. I LOVE peanut soup.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 1:53 pm
My grandfather use to make a cashew, potato, paprika, cayenne soup that was creamy. I remember liking it. He served it with a glass of ice cold buttermilk yum on butter milk. Oh, now I remember...Kevin said to Eli that his dish was one that had to be made several times to work the kins out. Was that the condescending remark?
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 3:16 pm
I didn't take Kevin's tone as condescending at all. He was probably right about Eli's dish being one that you would have to work on a while to get right, and I din't think he was implying anything bad in what he said or the way he said it.
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Sportygirl
Member
06-14-2005
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 4:41 pm
I didn't mind Robin as long as she didn't talk too much. I agree with Panda that she is her own worst enemy. Again she made something that she hadn't made before and it backfired on her. She comes up with some good ideas but either doesn't plan well or doesn't really know how to pull them off because she is almost always running out of time like with her blintzes for breakfast. I thought for sure with them comments that were made that Eli was a goner like Mike the week before.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 5:20 pm
I think Eli was very close to going home. But Robin, again, admitted that she had made mistakes, was in over her head, etc. How can she be "Top Chef" if she is continually feeling (and acting and cooking) like everyone else is a better chef. I too hope that Jen pulls out of her tailspin. Still on the Kevin and Jen bandwagon.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 6:23 pm
I think Robin is probably a very nice person, but there is no way under the sun she could run a commercial kitchen. As a Top Chef you have to make "correct" decisions at top speed all night long. That require a HUGE dose of self-confidence which she for sure does not have -
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 6:40 pm
I realize that Robin was never going to win but I do hate that she was continually disrespected by the some of the other Chefs. As a Chihuly fan it was fun to see Robin's "inspiration from" the Belagio.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 6:58 pm
Marameko, I agree with you. I think most, not all, treated her very badly. Mike is absolutely the rudest person I have seen in a while. He may be a good cook, but I sure would hate to see him win.
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Maryg
Member
07-20-2009
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 8:15 pm
I have worked in restaurant kitchens (in one case as sous chef for a top restaurant in Philadelphia and at the same restaurant as the head chef for sunday brunch: I won't go on). I love watching Top Chef! In my opinion, rudeness is not an issue. The deal is put the food out. The kitchen staff need to put the food out. If you don't, you create a rift with the wait staff, because they lose tips. There is a degree to which "nice" doesn't fit in the kitchen. It has to go out right and importantly, in a timely way. Mike could win this because he has the food and the (somewhat unfortunate) management style. I would like to see Jenn win it because of her management style in the air force base challenge, but she has been unable to produce the food the last few episodes.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 8:36 pm
I think Robin went over Eli because, although his soup tasted bad, he had taken a huge risk. Robin did something that "every chef" knows how to do (sounded extremely fundamental) and screwed it up. Add that to the lack of the sugar which wrecked her 'concept' -and away she went. I agree - Eli and Mike V can go next.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 5:04 am
Marameko - Nashville has a HUGE Chihuly exhibition being installed at Cheekwood Fine Art Center and Botanical Gardens that will be here for about six months. Come join us - I have been a Jen fan right along, and I think she is still battling a bug of some kind which is killing her performance.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 8:32 am
I hope Jen is still sick. Cuz I hate to think that she's just given up. She seemed so defeated in this last episode. Even when she was in the Excalibur, she seemed to be forcing it. Poor Robin. She really was lucky she lasted this long. What the heck was Eli thinking? Peanut and caramel apple soup? What a way to ruin some favorite foods. Then popcorn and that pink fluffy thing? Seriously eesh. I disagree that Robin went home because she screwed up on something every chef should know. I think she went home because it was time for her to go. She's been in the bottom more times than any other chef, and at this stage in the game, you either are starting to look like a star or it's time to adios. I still do not like Michael or Brian at all. I hope neither of the Voltagio's win. I really would love it if Kevin and Jen were in the F2, but I fear for Jen's ability to make it that far.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:09 am
Costacat, I'm with you in hoping that Kevin and Jen can make it to final 2. Brother Mike acts like he suffers from grandiosity. He may be a fine cook but he puts himself out there as being the absolute king chef, and evidently he's not, at least according to the judges. His personality comes across as a sore loser and a bit of a cry baby, he's too old for that. Kevin has beat out Mike several times and each time Mike had a poor attitude and bad mouthed Kevin's dish. The times Mike beat out Kevin he took it like a man and moved on. No whining from Kevin. Like in any industry you'll find great working environments and some not so great places. I's guess anywhere Mike works would be one of the more inpleasant places. Kevin shows such a love of life, food and people I'd guess he'd be a pleasure to work with.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:25 am
I saw Padma on 30 Rock last night and she looked gorgeous! It did seem funny to hear her on a show and not talk about food! lol
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 12:58 pm
Thank you for the info Titnananfan ! Sounds wonderful. I went to a Chihuly exhibit at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh almost 2 years ago which was my introduction. Fortunately the kept some of the work and it was great to see Phipps on tv when President and Mrs.Obama hosted a dinner there during the recent G20 summit in Pittsburgh. < Go STEELERS ! >
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 3:59 pm
That sounds like a wonderful exhibit, TNT.. remember walking around the Bellagio?? I'm on the Kevin train to the end and hope Jen is the caboose on a short short train 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 6:26 pm
The lobby ceiling at the Bellagio is one of my fav things in Vegas! That and meeting up w/TVCHer's, of course! I am also a Kevin fan and wish that Jen were able to sparkle a bit more at the moment. I just get the feeling that she is physically ailing which makes her come across as lackluster. While it may be possible to recover from an illness with NO rest and LOTS of stress, that would certainly seem like an uphill battle to me!!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:13 pm
We have seen the mob mentality almost every season on Top Chef. Someone does something that annoys the rest and everyone gangs up on them. It seems they are happy to let it be someone else that is the goat as long as it is not them. That way they can ignore their own annoying traits. I agree that Robin is not the chef the rest of them are. But I don't think Eli is either. Think how many times he has also been in the bottom three, and how many times we have heard the excuse from him about his concept was good, but he was just not able to execute it as well as he would like. I really wanted him to go before Robin. His disparaging remarks about her work seemed really arrogant considering his own lack of accomplishment on the show. I am pulling for Kevin because he has been consistantly good enough to win a lot of challenges, and he is a really nice person to boot. His comment to Eli seemed to me probably a response to Eli talking about what went wrong with his dish. It just makes sense in that context. It does not seem the kind of thing Keven would say for no reason.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:59 pm
I was happy to see Kevin as the one to win. I was also satisfied to see Eli leave.
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Pinkij
Member
05-02-2008
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 8:22 pm
Really glad Robin to go last week, because I don't think this weeks challenge was not for her thing. Way over her head.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 8:23 pm
Yeah Kevin. I'm so glad Jen got her mojo back for the quick fire.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 8:32 pm
This seems like it's far and above the finest final four we have ever seen on this show. And it was good to see them behaving like the chefs on Top Chef: Masters, too: they have established a real camaraderie that's totally enjoyable to watch. Jen helping Mike in the kitchen, no sense of snarkiness, etc. In the previews for next week, it looks like they have taken a significant break from the original taping in Vegas. Kevin's hair was much longer, Jen looked rejuvenated, and the brothers are still engaging in sibling rivalry.
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:17 pm
I much prefer Bryan over Michael. The difference in their atitudes is what sums up their personalities for me. Michael is constantly putting down Kevin's simpler style as "something he would cook on his day off", whereas Bryan says, "Kevin has a simpler style of cooking, but there's nothing wrong with simple if it's done well." Also, the fact that Bryan was perfectly willing to help Kevin by giving him advice on how to cook the lamb made me like him more. Even Bryan admitted he had his doubts about whether Michael would have told Kevin anything. I wonder if some of Bryan's seeming uptight has anything to do with growing up with somebody like Michael. I'm glad Eli went home. He was my least favorite of the ones that were left. I would love, love, love to see Mike V. get the boot next and not got to the finale.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:45 pm
I've always liked Bryan and feel his younger brother is jealous of him and has a very negative attitude. I'd like to see Jen/Bryan in the F2, but it will most likely be Kevin and Bryan (I hope.) I don't want to see Michael in the F3 and thought he might be sent home tonight the way they talked about his food.
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