I'm wondering, too. All of the judges had suggestions for making Mark's dish better--but Tom basically said Stephanie's was completely hopeless and beyond salvaging.

So'nuff! Want to try some 'shine? It's deeelish!

Tom called it Offputting!!!! LMAO. How is anything that is offputting not booted out right away!

No, we have them here in NYC, too.

I like how he said that in practically the same breath as his statement about Antonia....

LMAO!

No kidding, rtlily!!

It's stretch the protein and let it not be exotic or expensive!!

And throw in some inexpensive vegetables, which can be challenging!!

Now, we're going to go to the rutabaga, beet, turnip . . . and then they'll decide to use that to fuel an automobile.

Then we're fuc!ed!!!!

Oh man I posted a whole thing
to you JIM NYC..I lost it.

You did nothing wrong...It happened to Maludi too...And I think LD....It happens.
Just be you and don't worry... You could always be .......third try.

Woooooohoooooooo....I' m so happy you are back

Have you seen some of the stuff around here????...Please...You did nothing wrong. PLUS they can track ISP's and ban you forever methinks... PLUS
They would have warned you I'm pretty sure.

Got cookies?????

I said it in the chat we had. A brazillian fejuada would have been money!

high fives NiCi and passes another double.... It was rather creative editing, no? They show the one who is PYKAG'd double dipping, but not the other... is it to kindle some attraction to Richard from the viewers?

And for those of you who missed it......I am Jim in NYC. My account and all my posts were deleted, no reason given, but if I had to guess, I'm thinking it's because of my frequent uses of "get-arounds"--using an exclamation point instead of an I, for example--for words that make the Bravo Board Censors wring their hands.

Fair enough. It's part of the Terms Of Use I clicked when I signed up. If this account disappears, too, it's been fun knowing all of you. If it stays, I look forward to many discussions in future.

Anything will do at this point...

All I can say is its a good thing were not having a Troll attack this week like we did last,
Cause I am in the mood to go a huntin!
And I'd have me some big ole troll heads stuffed and mounted over my fireplace tonight!

I loves me some Maker's. Loves me some Jamey's too... 'Nother?

Yeah, and Velveeta is way waterdownable with either water or milk powder . . . or, if you're lucky . . . real 2%.

Oh!Thank God! I was hoping it was you! Welcome back! Now... have a drink... and get them ratings up, baby

Incidentally, I think we have a Top Chef first tonight. The three worst Quickfires were also the three on the chopping block.

Oh jeez, me & Jameson are TIGHT!
Yes, puleezz!

Well I'm sure they're going to ax me next.

Yes, he was caught once, but did it again tonight. Not sure he was caught tonight.

Yeah... She looked like that during the QF... complete with "angry lips".

From her bio it's easy to see Stephanie is a seafood chef. In order to succeed she needs to listen more to her siren of the sea in order to stand out and move ahead.

How is everybody this fine evening? I can barely breath.

Oh, quit it!! Everybody knows coming into this situation that they're going to be away from their family.

Manuel missed his twins, and he got a PYKAG.

Frankly, I wouldn't mind some time away from mine . . . three, and they're all 21 months apart in age.

LMAO!

Bag that push up bra MH

Right! Completely hopeless, horrible flavors, PYKAG. Worst dish goes. It's all about the food. Oh, someone help me please! I can't reach my drink thru the BS!

Antonia is the most conventionally attractive woman competing this season. She'll get more "face time" if only for that. Why didn't she win a prize?

Stephanie has done better overall than Mark, but I don't have to taste chicken in peanut butter sauce over mushy overcooked couscous to know that it was foul.

So some weeks the guidelines matter and some weeks the best tasting dish matters, depending on which chef the judges prefer overall. I guess this is to prevent someone like Nikki from winning by being lucky?

Well, it's just a stone's throw and 2 hours of traffic on the Parkway...

Alright, I think I'm out. My accounting test calls & I'm workin at 6:30 in the morning...
Have a good night all!
Thanks for the drinks Parts!!

Peace.

I'm a chicken without a head.

OK Secondtry(shhhhhh)
I may have been wrong if they did all that.
BUT methinks that the other guy musta'
reported you...I mean REALLY!!!
I mean WHAT??????

Got a bottle of 12 year old reserve I picked up in Dublin. It's like silk! Try putting some in a pumpkin pie. They love each other!

Note, It's all a joke at this point. I don't care if Mark used $100 dollars worth of Kobe beef, you can't let the peanutbutter nightmare slide and not lose all credibility on this show.

These last two weeks have torpedoed this shows legitimacy and it's going down with all hands. lol.

Absolutely incredible observation, rtlily!! WTG.

I thought they'd feel oppressed (rather than feeling OPRAHed) or burdened, but every one of them embraced the challenge!!

Good for them . . . embracing the challenge . . . finally!! (speaking back to the improv challenge)

You've got that right, but for this challenge it might have been difficult, especially when trying to buy seafood at WholeFoods.

Dang nabbit, now I have that song stuck in my head! Thank god I have it on my ipod.

I 100% agree. Aside from the judging and the result this was one of my favorite shows. All the chefs were super cool with their kids. Way different than Shrek's opinion of them in season 1.

You're welcome, bre! Good luck with the Acct test! Got mine next week.

You ARE a Taurus
They are trying to trick you.
They don't want to give away the ending.
If they didn't do that...No surprise.

Run away from the WAJ dear
Ruuuuuuuun!

Well my friends,

thanks for putting up with my bad attitude tonight (please forgive my foisting it upon you!) and thanks for the drinks Partsgirl!

Best just to get some sleep and start afresh tomorrow...

See you on the Boards then!

Night!

Good point. Just goes to show you should never mud wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

I can't believe I just read what you said just way too immediately after he said that!! (I'm watching it for the second time.)

What incredible karma.

Well, then, I guess we get little . . . smokers???!!!

Sorrrryyyyyy! Have another double

Awww! Didn't notice any bad attitude, NiCi! Well... get some sleep... see you tomorrow, dear!

Are you doing Accounting too?!

How are you coping with the cast? Is it decorated yet?
Are you going to get a tattoo to disguise any scar?
Inquiring minds want to Know!

Not me and to quote Gomer, Gooooooooooooooolly!!

I, actually, was thinking Andrew was going home tonight.

I knew it would be a male. Balance . . . hey, what's that got to do with food!!

Yes indeed! I'm starting over after 15 years. I'm enjoying the heck out of it. How about you?

What is with that Nikki hair bouffant style of the '50s???

I've seen it wayyyyyyyyy too much!!

So is anyone else shocked that they Jobbed Mark off the show?

I mean how can you possibly justify keeping gross food that can't be salvaged?

I said this at 9:11 AM today and I'm sorry for Mark that the show is this transparent:

$10 at WholeFoods in Chicago will get you a breath mint!!