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TexasLady:

--- Quote from: apskip on June 10, 2009, 06:44:15 AM ---I have discovered some advance commentary on tonight's premier episode. The chefs are Hubert Keller, Tim Love, Christopher Lee and Michael Schlow. The focus is on desserts for the Quickfire. The elimination challenge is in a college room. They have access to microwave, hot plate and toaster oven and have 60 minutes to cook a 3 course meal. I would call this zany, but why not test the adaptability of these great chefs? My prediction is that the great Hubert Keller will advance to the next round.

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Wow.. difficult but not impossible tasks. This will be fun to watch!

ZBC Company:
IT AKWARD NO BLACK

apskip:

--- Quote from: zachary busch on June 10, 2009, 04:01:29 PM ---IT AKWARD NO BLACK

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Zachary Busch, that's the way the cookie crumbles, as we say in the U.S. There is no quota on this show. There are great African-American chefs in the U.S.  Great African-American chefs exist but they have not received sufficient national acclaim to be on this show. The only one I have seen on regular Top Chef as a Guest Judge is Marcus Samuelsson.

apskip:
I discovered form DirecTV that my note on airtime tonight was off (this was fixed in a post above) but it is 10pm to 11pm EDT for the premier episode.

apskip:
Was it worth the wait of months? The answer is yes. I found Top Chef Masters to be more entertaining than even the regular Top Chef due to the ease of the chefs competing. These are experienced chefs at the top of their game, so they don't have to sweat too hard. They have faced and overcome stiffer challenges. That does not allow them to be relaxed, but they are clearly at ease.

Tonight's Quickfire used 4 girl scouts as judges of desserts. They were not shy about their commentary. Their scores (maximum 5 stars) were Michael 2.5 Tim 3.5 Chris 3.5 Hubert 5. All carried those points into the final tabulation, so Hubert had a 1.5 point lead over Tim and Chris. The elimination challenge 3 courses were prepared in a dorm room with a microsave, hot plate and toaster oven. There was no refrigeration or freezing, although Hubert did rig up the shower to act like a refrigerator and also oven depending on whether running cold or hot water aroudn the bowl with his mac and cheese. Michael stated for all 4 of them that he had newly developed respect for the regular Top Chef competitors who get these unusual and diffcult challenges.

The judging was by the average score of 4 college students who sampled all dishes. Gael Greene(New York City restaruant critic for 40 years), Jay Rayner(food critic for the London Observer) and James Oseland(editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine). They each gave a score to the competitors. Here are the results:

Michael 13.5
Tiim 14.5
Chris 19
Hubert 20.5

In essence, Tim and Hubert tied for top food, but Hubert won due to his Quickfire performance.

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