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Top Chef Season 3
apskip:
Thank you for bringing a very interesting article to our attention. I guess that the time Tom Colicchio has spent becoming a TV star has not been covered by someone in the Craft kitchen while Ramsay's kitchen must have real depth.
apskip:
They had the Top Chef3 Reunion show last night. It was not as cheesy as most reality TV reunion shows, but it was way below the content of a regular episode. The great suspense of the evening, hyped up by the announcer, was for who was going to win a $10,000 prize as Fan's Favorite. Now anyone with half a brain knew it was going to be Casey, so they carefully had that presentation at the end of the show so they didn't lose any audience. The one creative part of the show was a vignette on the one love affair caught on camera - between Howie and Joey. This was cute. The rest of it was all routine schlock.
Congratulations to Casey! I wish you had cooked well enough to have won the big title.
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Top Chef held a Holiday Special competition in Chicago, the site of TopChef4. The show opened with the introduction of contestants:
Season 1 - Stephen, Tiffani
Season 2 - Marcel, Betty, Josie
Season 3 - Tre, CJ, Sandee
In the Quickfire the chefs were greeted by Padma and a mystery Santa, who turned out to be noted restauranteur/chef Eric Ripert. The chefs had to create a dish from one gifted ingredient, which was chosen through a game of "Dirty Santa" where each succeeding picker had the chocie of any previous gift or any remaining one under the tree. Ultimately CJ won the Quickfire, which gave him a limited advantage in the Elimination Challenge. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs had to create a a three-course meal. Every course would be judged head-to-head, with two chefs eliminated each round. Because CJ won the Quickfire, he could get a free pass in any of the courses, except the last. The advisory judges were Ripert and 4 notable U.S. chefs who appeared on one of the first 3 Top Chefs. The final judges were Tom, Padma, Gail, and Ted. The first round saw the elimination of Stephen and Sandee. The second round eliminated Betty and Josie, although Marcel was very close to going. The third round took out Marcel and CJ. Tiffani and Tre are left trying decide which to congratulate, but that Tom Colicchio twist was about to hit. It was one more surprise course using anything left in the kitchen, including leftovers not served previously, in 30 minutes.
Tiffani wisely snapped up Stephen for her team and also added Josie and Sandee because she thought they were for her. Stephen's unserved lamb dish plus puff pastry was the basis of their final dish. Tre was more constrained, as he did not have any protein to access. Betty's unserved dessert did give him the basis for a dessert and he gave it his all with Betty, CJ and Marcel. It sounded like a very close decision, but the votes from the advisory judges sounded decisive in favor of Tiffani. She won the $20,000 which was going to her Los Angeles restaurant startup. Tre won redemption plus a pile of books, no doubt including Padma's.
marigold:
--- Quote from: apskip on December 18, 2007, 02:29:37 PM ---Top Chef held a Holiday Special competition in Chicago, the site of TopChef4. The show opened with the introduction of contestants:
Season 1 - Stephen, Tiffani
Season 2 - Marcel, Betty, Josie
Season 3 - Tre, CJ, Sandee
In the Quickfire the chefs were greeted by Padma and a mystery Santa, who turned out to be noted restauranteur/chef Eric Ripert. The chefs had to create a dish from one gifted ingredient, which was chosen through a game of "Dirty Santa" where each succeeding picker had the chocie of any previous gift or any remaining one under the tree. Ultimately CJ won the Quickfire, which gave him a limited advantage in the Elimination Challenge. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs had to create a a three-course meal. Every course would be judged head-to-head, with two chefs eliminated each round. Because CJ won the Quickfire, he could get a free pass in any of the courses, except the last. The advisory judges were Ripert and 4 notable U.S. chefs who appeared on one of the first 3 Top Chefs. The final judges were Tom, Padma, Gail, and Ted. The first round saw the elimination of Stephen and Sandee. The second round eliminated Betty and Josie, although Marcel was very close to going. The third round took out Marcel and CJ. Tiffani and Tre are left trying decide which to congratulate, but that Tom Colicchio twist was about to hit. It was one more surprise course using anything left in the kitchen, including leftovers not served previously, in 30 minutes.
Tiffani wisely snapped up Stephen for her team and also added Josie and Sandee because she thought they were for her. Stephen's unserved lamb dish plus puff pastry was the basis of their final dish. Tre was more constrained, as he did not have any protein to access. Betty's unserved dessert did give him the basis for a dessert and he gave it his all with Betty, CJ and Marcel. It sounded like a very close decision, but the votes from the advisory judges sounded decisive in favor of Tiffani. She won the $20,000 which was going to her Los Angeles restaurant startup. Tre won redemption plus a pile of books, no doubt including Padma's.
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I can't get enough of Top Chef and was lucky enough to watch the Holiday Special competition that just re-aired tonight.
It was a great idea bringing them back for this one time competition.
I certainly hope they do something like this again.
Luckily I stopped reading after your first paragraph apskip, left me surprised for the twist at the end.
Loved it!!
BballKates:
Anyone know anything about a fourth season?
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