I'd have much rather gotten rid of Spike than Andrew, but I'm not sad to see either one go.

Yeah, I was really hoping for Spike to be out of there, but hey, Andrew leaving is almost as good.

Honestly, they could have eliminated all three of them tonight and saved us from two more weeks of assholery. It's not like either Spike or Lisa is getting into the finals.

And FINALLY next week the chefs get to cook some goddamn RESTAURANT FOOD! No more Top Caterer!

I still think this season's cast is the whiniest and most generally unpleasant of the bunch. I know S2 was bad, but that seemed to be contained to a few super-annoying contestants who unfortunately dominated the airtime. This season, though, I feel that there are so many sadsacks. Spike, Lisa. I never warmed up to Andrew. I think Dale is a talented chef, but he certainly veers close to the obnoxious line every now and again.

But in happier news, Sam is still all kinds of yummy!

And FINALLY next week the chefs get to cook some goddamn RESTAURANT FOOD! No more Top Caterer!

Preach it! Dear doG, even when they've had a chance to cook a proper meal (the improv challenge) they still had to cart it somewhere. I really want to know what they were thinking this year with all these move-the-food challenges. At least real caterers get some decent prep time.

And sadly, Andrew has kind of grown on me.

Yeah, I was sort of fond of Crazy Andy, too. Although admittedly, it was the bad crazy tonight. I much prefer him when he's running around in a football helmet or jumping for joy because gnomes have stolen the blender.

I really think we're looking at Stephanie, Richard and Dale in the finals. If they do a four person, it's a bit of a jump ball. Antonia's attitude isn't half bad, really, but I don't know if she's got it in her to stay much longer.

Spike's an idiot, who's distracting himself with his little games, to the point where he's sabotaging himself as much as anyone. And Lisa's hit it a couple times, but her attitude's lousy, and that just gets in her way. Her social skills are as bad as Dale's, only more passive aggressive.

And she probably did fuck up the rice all on her own. I remember Season One, when Tiffani made the same complaint, and later the producers came out and said something like, "There's cameras filming every inch of the kitchen, and if someone had sabotaged someone, we'd show it. Because that's good TV." She just doesn't take responsibility for anything.

Serial, cereal, surreal:

Gail said something interesting on her blog:

Having seen three other seasons of chefs get to this stage in the competition, it is easy for me to spot that moment when they become so run-down and frustrated that they give up trying to defend their food and instead begin looking for other people to blame.

I will miss Andrew. yes, he was kind of annoying, but I think that he was a genuine guy. I do think less of him for being friends with Spike, though. And Spike has bacne, ew!

Oh my JESUS GOD, I want to smack Whitney SO MUCH. So VERY VERY MUCH. Girl, you are a SIZE TEN. You are like, five foot nine and a SIZE TEN. That is NOT FAT. That is probably not fat at most heights, but especially not when you're tall. Your belly is FLAT. We saw that in your pictures. Don't try and tell me how horrible your life has been with the girls telling you backhandedly how you don't look "that fat" and how you've always felt different, and yadda yadda. EAT ME, AND THEN MAYBE YOU'LL BE A BIT HEAVY, BIOTCH.

Hrmph.

I accept that she is a plus sized model. Certainly. I accept that she could feel fat next to the other models. But to talk about the whole "all my life" shit? No.

And many of the other plus size girls they've had on ANTM actually were, y'know, shopping in the plus sized stores. IJS. Whitney's not.

As Tyra said at one point during the judging tonight "but when she walks down the street, people aren't thinking plus size"

yeah, I'd like to see them put my ass on the show. I'll show you plus sized!

TC: Any of them good have gone and I would have been happy, but StephanieLisa complaining about someone not following the rules is just too much from someone that wouldn't use her main required ingrediant just a few weeks ago.

More importantly, what did Sam do to his hair?

ETA: Oops, I meant Lisa!

Top Chef: OMG, Sam is so hot! I miss Sam.

What? Content? Oh, right.

Hey...here's the rice fuckup I've been waiting for this season and every season. LEARN TO COOK RICE, PEOPLES! Okay, brown rice is marginally harder than white rice, but still.

Totally shitty of Lisa during the Judging Table of Doom. No reason for it, and Andrew was right to be pissed. Although, also, he needs to do the challenge. Whatev.

I agree that this is the whiniest season. It's so bad I feel like I'm getting ripped off with less judging table discussion in order to get all the stew room drama. I do not care about your drama, peoples, I care about your food.

Which is why Dale is growing on me. It's starting to look like he really has talent, and that at least some of the assholery did have to do with the other people involved. He does have a temper and should learn to keep that in check.

Oh, and srsly on the Top Caterer thing. I am so sick of those stupid coolers. I guess I should count my blessings. At least they're not "5-day wheeled coolers by Coleman, with Super Insulating Technology." or somesuch.

Anyway, yay Restaurant Wars.

Oh, and I stopped watching ANTM (the screaming, the screaming!) but this:

EAT ME, AND THEN MAYBE YOU'LL BE A BIT HEAVY, BIOTCH.