Quickfire---walk in the door--Mom what's for dinner and when will it be ready??? Jeeze, can I put my purse down??

I really hope they give them plenty of time with the kids. It's usually such a mad dash that I envision all kinds of disasters.

Sorry dude, this won't fly. Bottom line is that we're all VIEWERS, not foodies, not professional chefs, not home cooks. First and foremost we all watch the TV SHOW. No matter how much you wax poetic on the insular aspects of your industry (as if no other industry deals with obstacles and problems delivering service) this is a TV show. If we were discussing the judging aspects of the BBC program about competing for a restaurant, these arguments would be more germane however it's Top Chef. The program that gave us the Vending Machine Challenges, the Convenience Store Challenges, the Making Food only from in a Microwave Challenge. Do you really think they are having all these catering challenges because they think it's the best test of top chef or is it easier to film the large herd of people they cast on the show? Could it also be so they could have many opportunities to pimp the many show sponsors? Sounds like bowing to the production aspects of the TV Show as opposed to the Finding The Best Top Chef aspects?

QUOTE(Radyms13 @ April 29, 2008 - 01:37 PM) Oohhh yea---and just think what this kid will grow up like! Ayyyye!!!!

Yes I am an old fart.





I just choked on my water!!!

Emily. Ironically, she was eliminated in the same episode in which she said that.

I think we can also credit her with planting the idea that Sam is hot, since in the same episode, she says that all the pre-teen girls "figured out he looks like Austin Kutcher".

Right?

Well, they did show a moment with one kid getting cut, so you just know this won't turn out well.

*spew part deux*

Are you trying to kill me????

Is anyone going to see Kitchen Nightmares tonight? I'm asking because last week someone had an accident in the kitchen that I had. The exact same way.
I even recalled what I was cooking!

Is anyone going to see Kitchen Nightmares tonight? I'm asking because last week someone had an accident in the kitchen that I had. The exact same way.
I even recalled what I was cooking!

It's Spike's kid that gets cut---what does that tell you???

This can only mean trouble...

Which is why I get so irked when I hear Tom and Padma on promo tours touting the "quality" of judges and chefs they get for the show and how the show's pedigree is so much more refined than their competition. FEH! If's a freakin' TV show. It only happened because The Magic Elves had a hit with Project Runway and they did what all good production teams should do, copy and expand.

How many of you would watch this show if they replaced Tom with someone else?

I do the dance!

Well come to think of it Spike and Andrew were on the same team last week........think Spike's head would fit in that helmet???

Before we get too deep into the "eight hour judging" discussion, may I put forth that the actual talking about the food take much less time? What I think they are really talking about is the "setup and filming of Judges Table" takes quite a while. I would bet that the judges get to sit in a place set aside for them while cameras are positioned, mics are set and tested and all the other hullabuloo that goes on with producing. Oh and powdering Tom's head. Making the chefs sit while all this is happening is just a device to produce conflict and drama. You know, reality tv stuff that has nothing to do with the best or worst dish.

Which is why I get so irked when I hear Tom and Padma on promo tours touting the "quality" of judges and chefs they get for the show and how the show's pedigree is so much more refined than their competition. FEH! If's a freakin' TV show. It only happened because The Magic Elves had a hit with Project Runway and they did what all good production teams should do, copy and expand.

How many of you would watch this show if they replaced Tom with someone else?

Oh and Kani make sure you don't forget the Q&A with production.
LOL
Tom: "Ok what I want to know is, can we keep the two on the team that completely ignored the rules of the challenge?"

Production: "Absolutely, because by refusing to abide by the rules they at least were aware the rules exsisted and that makes it ok. BTW We want the other lebanese chef gone. Their useless without a matching pair."

Tom:"Will do and make sure the glad people send the check to me for making them fishish the meal at the house. Also send the pool guy back to my place. The Michelob people were delivering around back and someone dropped a couple of cases and got glass in the pool."

I'll be watching. Nothing worse than a grease burn. Had a few bad ones myself. She still wants to cook and I don't see how she'll be able to pull it off.

Exactly!!! Where the heck did you see me???

I'll be watching. Nothing worse than a grease burn. Had a few bad ones myself. She still wants to cook and I don't see how she'll be able to pull it off.

I got pushed and slipped on a line cloth that fell on the floor and cracked a rib on the corner of the grill. Slightly less fun than the other time I fell and braced myself by putting my hands on the grill directly. Good times.

A grease burn?
Lil 'ole grease burn?

Got plenty of those, but the kind she got there last week was beyond a grease burn.
Maybe editing had something to do with the pain I felt LOL!!!

Which is why I get so irked when I hear Tom and Padma on promo tours touting the "quality" of judges and chefs they get for the show and how the show's pedigree is so much more refined than their competition. FEH! If's a freakin' TV show. It only happened because The Magic Elves had a hit with Project Runway and they did what all good production teams should do, copy and expand.

How many of you would watch this show if they replaced Tom with someone else?

I thought somebody drove the Toyota SUV into the pool? My bad.

Well I think you are giving Spike waaayyy too much credit! He loves them dumbass hats.

Remember... the hat is a symbol of his greatness!!

Oh I didn't mean a lil ole grease burn....what happens when hot oil hits the skin is different than a steam burn. Had oil from a deep fat fryer spilled down the front of me. Still bear the scars.

Oh ok well it fits then---there are a whole lot greater hats out there than the ones he wears!!!

Nice. I firmly believe that if I don't die in bed surrounded by grand-nephews, grand-nieces, and assorted cousins, I'm going to die due to someone else's stupidity.

OMG you have battle scars!!! I get that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach just reading it.

You got some steam burns too!! Dang!!

I get some steam when I take something out of the oven and it's still tightly wrapped in Foil Wrap and I can tell you (I don't have to tell you) it is some hot!

So to the "grease burn" I can also add steam burns but without scars.
Any other kind of burns out there?

Contact burns like WAJ's hands on the grill. Grease, oil clings to the skin and fries it. Much harder to cool off even in ice water.

Well then I'll stop because that's just some of the kitchen related calamities I have endured.

lol

WOW so I just made my 3000th post and Bravo sent me this...



How thoughtful of them.

You've got that right...
Seems like he's following the ridiculous trend of young hollywood divas.

Show of hands, haven't people been annoyed all along by the scrubby K-Fed look on an aspiring chef? It is sooooo NOT stylin'. Perhaps cornrows.