BTW, I *love* Kevin's mother. She seems like she would be fun to have a drink with.
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
le nubian - Dec 09, 2009 5:47:56 pm PST #12326 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Dec 09, 2009 6:00:55 pm PST #12327 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
AUGH!!! I'm glad Kevin had his mom there to tell him he done good.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 09, 2009 6:01:46 pm PST #12328 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Well, WAH. I mean, it's not Hosea/Ilan win, he deserves it, but I realllllllly wanted Kevin to win.
Amy - Dec 09, 2009 6:04:19 pm PST #12329 of 23273
Because books.
Me, too, Nora.
But I do think Michael is a really talented chef.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2009 6:06:51 pm PST #12330 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, WAH. I mean, it's not Hosea/Ilan win, he deserves it, but I realllllllly wanted Kevin to win.
Yeah, absolutely.
I also loved Kevin's mother -- she is the model for many drag queens, apparently -- and thought he got BY FAR the short end of the knife draw. It was nice to hear the brothers saying nice things about Jesse and Ashley, at least, because I think they both came off as sucky on the show.
le nubian - Dec 09, 2009 6:10:19 pm PST #12331 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I wish that Kevin could have chosen his chefs among those standing. Even if you are choosing 3rd you wouldn't get ass choices like he got from the knife draw.
Amy - Dec 09, 2009 6:11:51 pm PST #12332 of 23273
Because books.
The knife draw was sucky. I don't remember them not being able to choose before.
The whole thing seemed rushed tonight somehow, too, but maybe that's just me. I did love that their moms were there. They both seemed awesome.
Jessica - Dec 09, 2009 6:17:40 pm PST #12333 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The whole thing seemed rushed tonight somehow, too, but maybe that's just me.
It was totally rushed. We barely saw any cooking!
Poor Kevin. It was his to lose, but Michael had a better night.
sumi - Dec 09, 2009 6:39:36 pm PST #12334 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I wish that they had expanded this episode by 15 minutes.
I have friends who ate at Michael's restaurant last month. NOw they know they've had dinner at a Top Chef's restaurant. (They really enjoyed it. They had the tasting menu and were having fun trying to decide what each course was going to be based on the sommelier's description of how the wine paired with the dish.)
Frankenbuddha - Dec 09, 2009 7:05:29 pm PST #12335 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, FUCK! I knew Kevin didn't have it from the comments that were made, but I really thought Michael had tanked two of his, while Bryan had gotten all of his (even if a couple were on the safe/bland side).
While Kevin got sucky sous chefs, I'm not sure they were to blame for the choice of just having pork belly on that dish. That was the one where Kevin could have shined (since it was a chef's choice option), so I knew him not nailing that one spelled his doom.
That said, I would love to get back to Atlanta someday and eat at his place.
And, yeah, Michael winning wasn't an abomination; he's talented, I just think he's a pretentious douchnozzle. That's not necessarily unheard of with good-to-great chefs.