Put that in your Glad family of products.
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I haven’t posted about anything because I have a bunch of excuses. But after watching the Top Chef finale, I feel I have to. I think the characters from this season were great. They were charming and weird and stubborn and did stupid shit and were peculiar looking. Like me! One of the best parts of the finale for me was having Richard Blais back. I read his blog on Bravo and think he is the cat’s pajamas. The food was what it was. Every finale Tom says cook us the best meal of your life. I’m sorry, raw fish is not on my list of things I want to have in the best meal of my life. Now I’m also not a trained chef and I really like Chef Boyardee. so take what you want from that. Stefan is a great villain, but watching him comfort a crying Carla melted my frozen heart. A little. Maybe when he grew in body weight, his heart got bigger as well. Like no one else saw how chub he got when they came back for the finale.
Why do they keep bringing back Rocco? Yuck. And his comment about how he is tired of eating foie gras, dude, not all of us are having it thrown at us for every meal. Is there a goose fairy granting food wishes all the time? Toby Young was back and I don’t think anyone cared. If they bring him back next season I am starting a petition, or writing some really nasty shit on the web. Listening to him has become painful. Gail was busting out the married cleavage and it was nice to have her back for the two part finale.
I feel like I should talk more about the food. Looking back it was Hosea’s challenge to win. He is a seafood chef and so much of the finale was based around those ingredients and cuisine of New Orleans. The surprise twist worked in his favour and he really did cook some really nice food. He payed homage to the region which I found really thoughtful. Carla, sigh. I wish she could have executed everything better, but she seemed to have accomplished the most that she could. She was a breath of fresh air in the world of reality tv. I miss her already. Stefan was… Stefan. He cooked well and was arrogant. Done and done.
I feel the show has lost it’s luster for me. The super product placement and Padma’s presence was enough nonsense to stifle a rhino. I hope the next season brings the laughs and skill. Farewell Top Chef, but hopefully farewell Toby and crappy cameos.
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Tags: Carla, cooking, Gail Simmons, Hosea, Padma Lak, Richard Blais, Rocco, seafood, Stefan, Toby Young, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef, tv
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By LiLu, February 27, 2009 @ 11:03 AM
I desperately want your kitteh.
And I really hope Carla opens a restaurant here in DC! You’ll have to come visit
By OxenCox, February 27, 2009 @ 11:28 AM
Not my kitten. Flickr’s kitten. But I love a fat cat. Fat cats make me giggle. I would rather have a fat dog though.
By k8, February 27, 2009 @ 12:04 PM
My cats do the same thing.
By emma, March 1, 2009 @ 8:14 PM
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately given the fact that they keep bringing Rocco back, I no longer watch Top Chef, so I can’t comment on that. But I will say that cat is cute enough to eat. I wonder how the chefs would prepare it.
By justjp, March 2, 2009 @ 9:21 AM
“Is there a goose fairy granting food wishes all the time?”
If there is I have been missing out. It’s probably that damn penguin screwing things up for me again. Damn you penguin!
By OxenCox, March 2, 2009 @ 4:33 PM
Emma- I kind of don’t blame you for not watching. Haven’t eaten cat, but I did eat a lot of Chinese in New York so you never know?
justjp- Don’t blame the penguin cause you dropped the ball on the fois gras fairy. Ha!