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Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
Reminder...Premiere June 16th, 9pm on Bravo.
http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef


Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
Just to get everyone into the mood, here is my most recent experience!!!

I had mentioned in the Top Chef LV thread that I was going to meet Colicchio at an event in my town. I did! I love this guy!

It was set up as a demonstration. He made a braised red snapper with eggplant caviar and spiced roasted lobster with an amazing corn relish. It was about 48 people in attendance and sold out (room is not that big)He walked in a little flustered. He said he had just made it in because he was at the white house earlier. I thought he was joking but he wasn't. I think the story is at the link I placed above; something about chefs getting together to help the school lunches problem in our country. He had done the same demo the night before in northern Florida and he was now doing ours in South Florida.

It took him a bit to get used to the kitchen but once he got going he seemed right at home. In between cooking he would take questions. The fans jumped right in and asked for season spoilers...lol He did not give away much. (I can attempt to put in a spoiler box the little we did get out of him- lmk if anyone cares).

He talked about his new restaurant and answered questions from his home life to the oil spill. He is witty, sharp, fascinating to listen to and loves to talk. He answered each question with a long answer. (can you tell I have a chef crush? lol)I doesn't help that he has the nicest baby blues ever!!! ha ha ha

He would cook up the demo dish and 3 other cooks would cook at the same time as him. SOme of the other stuff was already prepared (it was 48 people to feed).

He said Top Chef only takes 25 days of his life but that everyone thinks that's all he does. Needless to say, every single person there was a fan of the show.

Here are some of my photos:

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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Spoiler box - Spoiler box, PLEASE!!

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Ditto on the spoiler box!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
A spoiler box for that would be great. Also spoiler boxes from anyone who comments.

FYI, All you have to do to create a spoiler box is:

\spoiler{Your spoiler information goes here.}

which looks like

Spoiler
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Your spoiler information goes here.


Thanks! :-)

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
lol great..I just went on the search for how to make the spoiler box and it was right here the entire time. Ok, here we go: (remember I said it was a small amount)

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Tom said that a judge from past seasons would be gone. He later said it would be Toby. He said there would be a school lunch challenge where they have a budget of 1.20 per child to get it done. (Apparently the government current budget is 1.25 he said). Then, when talking about his 10 month old son, someone asked if there would be a baby food challenge. He got instantly red! I mean, all flushed up to his scalp(which I have NEVER seen him do). He pursed his lips, turned his head to the side concealing a smile and he said " I don't know, maybe..." which led us all to believe there would be one.


In addition, this is more behind the scenes stuff than spoilers but I will put in box anyway:

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He said casting is all over the place with no rhyme or reason. That the amount of experience the last cast had was coincidental and not planned at all. He says they hand him the last batch of 25 resumes for him to look over but only then and that he does not get into it until that point. He would not say what kind of experience this group had.

He said the casting of the brothers last season was accidental. Both brothers were in the final 25 by chance and only then they realized they were related. (not sure I believed him...lol)

He said there is a culinary expert who makes sure they will always have what they need whether shopping or in the pantry.

I asked about timing for the quick challenges. I said I always feared the ones last to be tasted would be cold. He said that was never an issue for the quickfires because the amounts are so small. BUT, that it was an issue TC1 and that someone- a woman (sorry he said the name but don't remember)probably thought she lost because her dish sat out for 20 minutes before it was tasted. After that, all elminations are now staggered. That they all are very strict with the timing for them all BUT that they usually go in groups so that everyone's food is tasted as it should be.

He also said that they do a lot of fake starts. Let's say they tell them about a challenge and they say GO!. We see them all run into the pantry to "begin" but that it really does not begin there. They all go back, stand there and get an extensively long detailed explanation of the challenge and what is and is not allowed. Therefore, he says that anytime a contestant complains that "they did not know this or that was allowed" is basically B.S.


Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the spoilers. Very interesting. Looking forward to the start of TC.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
A Nashville area chef was interviewed for the show - thought not necessarily for this edition of it!

Thanks for the spoilers and background info - makes for interesting reading!

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
What a great experience! Nice photos too. Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to the new season.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
How fun! Thank you for sharing your experience. I think Tom is a cutie!

I will miss a lot of the beginning of the new season as I will be traveling, but I bet my sister will DVR the episodes for me.

BTW, thanks for including the spoiler box as I am one of the seeming few who doesn't like to be spoiled. :-)

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I hate spoilers, too, Hermi - and I also thank you for including the spoiler box! :-)

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
No prob :-)

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I watched the first episode on a DVD we received at work

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that yummy french judge Eric Ripert has joined the panel of judges.

The first quick fire is a fun quickfire, the whole group starts by peeling potatoes, the first group to finish move on, first one to finish his potatoes is Kenny Gilbert who has already set the stage with a competitive relationship with Angelo Sosa., next its peeling onions which once again Kenny is first with, then they have to chop a chicken which Kenny is once again the first.. The final leg of the competition is the last four have to cook a dish with the chicken, potato, and onion. Kenny is confident he will win but does he win? Nope, it goes to Angelo.

the main challenge is the four finalists of the quick fire pick who they want to cook against and they have to cook a dish from their national area. in all of this I should mention one cook John Somerville, who just creeps me out. He has that rastafarian hair and I look at him thinking no way would I eat his food.

Dont want to ruin the end and tell all who goes home because what is the fun in that.


Padma looks gorgeous. Great first episode.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
Thanks for sharing, Dandzol!

Thanks for all the spoilers-I like 'em!

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Those stories were wonderful, Danzdol! Thanks for sharing!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 3:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the spoiling, Maris!

Panda
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07-15-2005

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
yes, Maris you are included in the "thanks" from me too!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Bumping this up so everybody will remember that this starts TONIGHT - 8 CDT!!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Since no one's spoiling... there's a live blog HERE. I'm cracking up. Faux-hawk-free season!

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
Not liking Angelo so far, waaaay too cocky. I'm glad the guy who left went, he looked like one of those contestants who was painfully "in over his head". I think I saw Mike Isabella as one of the guest judges or something later on, I really would have preferred not to see him ever again.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Well, the area chef that I knew had interviewed is NOT the one on there! I will certainly have to cheer for the home town guy though!

I am anxious to see the 2010 census results about Nashville's immigrant population! I'm guessing we have topped 20% which gives us an amazing array of ethnic food choices. We are not just fried chicken, catfish, and barbeque any more! Although we have all of those, and they are GOOD!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'm bummed - Michigan finally gets a "cheftestant" and it's a guy who looks like he hasn't seen a comb in his entire 40 years and who, evidently, doesn't know how to go beyond 4 ingredients!

On the up side - LOTS of yummy food coming from Kenny and Angelo, although I agree w/Nerovh - Angelo needs to get over himself already.

Wasn't it wonderful to see Chef Tom's baby blues again - and I hope Eric Ripert is on a LOT! :-) **where's the drool icon?**

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Early rooting for Kenny here. I'm sure there are some others I'll like as we get to know more of them.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Nice to see Eric, Jenn from last season's boss, on the show. He's definite eye candy...and culinary knowledge.

Maybe it's me, but it seems like it's going to be hard to top last season's talent. This season seems like it's more personality driven, but I might be wrong.

It was funny seeing Kevin doing an ad for Kikkoman during the show. I actually stopped my DVR and rewound to watch it...you could tell the director was telling him "smile! smile!"

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 10:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
tish, and he lost so much weight too! btw, note from daughter (who is currently catering at Pebble Beach with some big heavy weight chefs for the US Open), she was watching the first show with all of her Chef teachers and bosses, and they are all rooting for Kenny. Said they've worked or cooked with him and he is AWESOME!