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What was the rest of the show about?
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Let's face it. Besides pimping the car this was an exercise in thinning the herd. What a big, fat, bloated herd it is. When faced with foraging from the neighborhood pantries and producing "the best block party food ever" our little sheep produce nothing more exciting than Upscale Block Party (Blue Team) and Classic Americana (Red Team).
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Both teams fell far short of what we'd like to see these chefs produce. Crusty, dry mac and cheese, soft Paella, flaccid corn dogs, soggy Waldorf salad and pasta salad with no pop. Where's the imagination, the creativity, the pushing of the culinary envelope? Hell, where's the damn common sense that says frying something only to let it sit in a hot box for two hours generally doesn't work? What's wrong with your palate when you let that pasta salad taste worse than what you could buy in a grocery store? Tom and the rest of the judges were right to bring the hammer down on the Muttonheaded Herd. Let's just hope it won't take too many more episodes of watching Tom teach Culinary Classics 101.
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7 comments:
It would be wise to have some catering experience for these competitions. At the very least sit down with a caterer before you
go. These aren't *new* challenges.
You forgot the gratuitous shots of the KC Masterpiece sauce and the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing - both sponsors.
It's been driving me crazy that these "professional chefs" who presumeable went to culinary school and/or work in the industry don't know the basics; how to make mayo, that mayo serves as a preservative, fried food wilts when held over. Geez, I'm a typical home cook and I've known these things since scratch!
I saw the KC Masterpiece and Ranch Dressing shots (Props to the Fatassed Snack Master Challenge of Season 1)but they were simply blinks of the eye compared to the long sweet shots of SUVs hauling ass down the road. Long Live the Pimp.
Kudos to the gals for recognizing the show's best moment. Clueless boy's reaction to Tom's Mayo comment.
I guess Top Chef will always be a dichotomy. Tacky and obviously planned "drama moments" for the hoi polloi to blog about.
And subtle little REAL moments that only the discerning notice.
Bravo has NO shame when it comes to pimpin' products. Their V.P of Product Placement should be named 'Huggy Bear' or 'Mac Daddy' or something similarly pimptastic.
Click here for DavidDust's Top Chef recap.
:)
As a native San Franciscan... I have to say I'm bummed one of my four city dwellers got booted. I've eaten Erik's food. It's really good. But he just did not step up to the Top Chef plate sadly.
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