Well, WAH. I mean, it's not Hosea/Ilan win, he deserves it, but I realllllllly wanted Kevin to win.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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]
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)
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.
Strix - Dec 09, 2009 7:13:31 pm PST #12336 of 23273
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
He had me at "chicken skin." BF and I looked at each other in perfect foodie lust harmony when he said that. We are united in our love of the chicken skin.
My nonexistent uterus wants to have Kevin's crispy, crispy babies.
I am sad he didn't win; I thought he was just the most delicious-looking food all season. I thought he did have a crap night, and his sous chef choices were sucktastic.
brenda m - Dec 09, 2009 7:18:46 pm PST #12337 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He had a crap night, and really, that's what it came down to. In a sense I think it was his to lose, but they all came in pretty solid so it was make or break. Whiffing the pork belly was kind of shocking from him, and I don't think he could have ocme back from that barring other big surprises.