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Jag2000
Member
07-01-2009
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 6:11 pm
I googled Angelo's restaurant "XieXie" and it is closed for renovations (maybe he won the money). It has gotten very good reviews. It is owned by him and 2 other men. GO ANGELO! He needs the money to help his Russian girlfriend get a Visa to come to the USA.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 10, 2010 - 7:14 am
Stephanie was featured on a Chicago NBC program (that replaced Bonnie Hunt show) Foodies- or Foodies in Chicago, or Chicago Foodies???? anyway - her restaurant is called The Girl and The Goat (her last name means goat) http://www.stephanieizard.com/ It was a good show all done from her restaurant, I tired to find info on that new show, but its too new!! I could find nothing about it!! Her restaurant was really open concept, and looked fun, its in the "west loop" for any travelers to Chicago
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 7:48 am
Angelo doesn't have the look sick in bed saying he csnnot cook. But just based on Ed in this show, I hope he mysteriously falls into a sinkhole and disappears. ICK.
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Meggieprice
Member
07-09-2001
| Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 11:51 pm
Me too Sea! I would hate to see Ed win as he is so mean spirited about the others. I wanted Tiff, but since she is gone (sigh) I am rooting for Angelo.
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Inkydinkydoo
Member
07-25-2005
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 4:19 am
I'm so glad to find this board! I was so surprised and disappointed when Tiffany left. I didn't know if others felt that way, too, or if was just me. Glad to see I'm not alone.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 10:16 am
One time Dipo, one time! It makes me so angry how the judges always find an excuse to cut the females while keeping guys who made bigger mistakes. Tiffany is a perfect example. She has consistently been very good, and has won many of the challenges/quick fires. I don't believe Tom believes that women should be Top Chefs. I remember when Stephanie was allowed to win, the only female winner....and Tom made some demeaning remark that belittled her win. I find the same bias on "Chopped"....and a female judge there is the worst.....Amanda Frietag. She finds every excuse to get rid of the females. Personally I think she likes being the only female in the room...lol
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Well, I believe the editing monkeys were busy portraying Ed unfavorably, He seems an affable guy but not very good as a communicator and his words are easy to change for drama. I remember last year with the voltaggio brothers, one was liked and one was not, now I liked both of them. After the show aired, Brian said he could not believe his brother was edited to look so bad, when he is really a great guy who helped everyone and never complained. The same with Stephen the year before - many people thought he was mean, but it looked to me like he was teasing people and it was cut to look like he was insulting people, when they had the reunion, you could see how well he got along with everyone. I think I have developed an edit monkey awareness from my addition to reality shows, heh. The VH1 shows are very very scripted, Top Chef and Amazing race are not so much. With the Amazing race, the first one in is the winner, can't change that and with Top Chef the judges always have to justify their choices in blogs afterward filling in the blanks.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 1:30 pm
Ed was Tiff's closest friend in the house, so I can't imagine him being a mean snarky guy. She wasn't into all that immature baloney.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 2:06 pm
I missed this past week ~ Does anyone know who's in the finale?
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 2:41 pm
3 guys Kappy.....Angelo, Ed, and ? Kevin ?, unsure about the last male.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 2:42 pm
LOL Kappy, all I had to do was look at the top of this page and see who was not blacked out yet!
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Jezzedout
Member
09-07-2006
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 6:13 pm
Ed for the win!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 7:13 pm
I was confused at seeing 3 people still lit up, Boberg. Have they ever had 3 people in the finale before? I love it that Kevin and Ed are both there and that both were so strong going into the finale. "Editing Monkey" ~ Love it! You just know that with all of the Angelo is sick business in the preview that he is the one who will win.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 6:24 pm
I'm really not liking Ed's attitude right now. I get that you're the "executive chef" in this situation, but a little respect goes a long way. pffft.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 7:01 pm
Kevin won. I guess I'm OK with that. Not thrilled with Ed's attitude lately, and have never been on Angelo's ego train.
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Meggieprice
Member
07-09-2001
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 9:15 pm
Drat! I wanted ANgelo,well, I really wanted Tiff but I guess I will be ok as long as it wasn't Ed.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 9:34 pm
All right! Kevin won. Good for him as he's really been coming into his own in the last few challenges in my opinion. I'm happy with this win!
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 12:49 am
I don't know the difference between having Mike Voltaggio and Ilian helping you can make a big difference in the winning - who thought up getting those guys as an equal challenge?
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 6:50 am
I don't know the difference between having Mike Voltaggio and Ilian helping you can make a big difference in the winning - who thought up getting those guys as an equal challenge?
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:00 am
I forgot about this finale since I was watching CBS all night! I found out who won when it scrolled across the bottom of my local news this morning! LOL
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 2:19 pm
Even though I was rooting for ED, I am happy with Kevin winning. For some reason, I just did not want Angelo to win. He has annoyed me for some time. Looking forward to the reunion next week. Have they ever said anything about a fan favorite? I have not seen it anywhere. If there is one, I sure hope Tiffany wins.
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Julip
Member
09-28-2005
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 3:17 pm
I loved Kevin's reaction to being named Top Chef! Congrats to him, and I too hope Tiffany wins Fan Favorite, though I never did see anything regarding voting. Maybe it was one of those text-in questions during the commercial break during a past show? I'm usually not paying attention when those are up.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 6:27 pm
As we watched last night, I became more of a Kevin fan. He had much less attitude in the final challenges than he did earlier in the season. Ed and Angelo both needed to put on their "filters" a couple of time before opening their mouths (especially Ed). By the end, DH and I were really rooting for Kevin and loved his reaction. Chef Tom said in his blog that Kevin had the best finale food they've had in ALL the seasons!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 8:38 pm
They are going to announce the Fan Favorite on that late night Andy Cohen show next week. I suffered through the Andy Cohen show tonight thinking it was going to be announced tonight :-((( I like Andy Cohen as a reunion host, but was way disappointed in his show from the opening night. Have tried to watch it a couple times, and my interest only lasts 5 minutes--at best!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 1:40 pm
I just watched and still felt ANYONE but Ed. Just the different comments he made vs those Kevin made about Angelo's predicament being so sick.. I did want Angelo to win, but was happy for Kevin and LOVED his reaction. I'm probably too late to vote. Would hope Tiffany would win fan fav.
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