Is it wrong that I prefer a stiff Amy to a clueless, overbearing Rory or angry, whirling dervish JAG? I thought she was charming and that her "it's French for eggs in a ramekin" was cute. I didn't get the "elitist" vibe from her that the judges were talking about.
I have a great and unseemly love for Amy. Not just because of the name, either -- she strikes me more than most of them as someone who really is what she says; an ordinary mom-type who picked up some fancy French food knowledge and found that it wasn't that out of reach at all. Which is totally the lesson of every fancy French food knowledge purveyor since Julia Child, damn it, and should be respected, damn it!
I did cringe at her using "fancy-schmancy" at least a dozen times in the episode.
I did not think that the eggs
en cocotte
were particularly "elitist". I agreed with the judges that she complicated the explanation more than she has in recent challenges, but she's also improved consistently enough since the note on bringing home the Gourmet Next Door thing that I can't imagine it'd be an ongoing issue. cf. Jag (JAG?), who
never
managed to absorb the notes he was given, and should've been booted for that alone.
Rory was frenetic in the Rachael Ray demo, but she was so completely in the Rachael zone that I blamed it on the host show. I expected them to spin off into a 5-minute sequence of "OMG! OMG! OMG! GIRLFRIEND! OMG!!"
The Jag (JAG?) resignation was so obviously a case of "you're disqualified, and we'll give you one chance to apologize and 'resign' rather than just hang you out to dry completely" that I laughed and laughed. Of course, I've also been kind of bouncing on the edge of my seat since last week's preview, since it was so clear that it was going to hit the fan.
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Huh. I clearly have way more to say about this silly show than I realized. I should prolly vote.
eta: ChiKat, it turned up a few weeks back (i.e. after filming everything but the finale was done) that JAG had faked his credentials, both military and cooking school. Shit hit fan after selecting the final two, but before this episode aired, so they gave him the boot (err, "accepted his withdrawal from the contest") and brought back the last person they'd eliminated as the other finalist. Craziness!
Is it wrong that I prefer a stiff Amy to a clueless, overbearing Rory or angry, whirling dervish JAG? I thought she was charming and that her "it's French for eggs in a ramekin" was cute. I didn't get the "elitist" vibe from her that the judges were talking about.
If this is wrong, I don't want to be right. Amy had me with the Iron Chef challenge. I can't believe that she wasn't one of the original final two, and I really hope she wins.
I'm just watching the Next Food Network Star episode right now, and I guess I don't care how it happened (except OMG I TOTALLY DO HOW IS AMY NOT TOP TWO PER ANYONE??!?!), but at least Amy's in the top two.
As much as I hate Jen, she stumbled upon a way to make this an interesting nomination cycle.
True fact. Although, I've been saying for years that you should always nominate people in pairs like that! How sad will the producers be if the first three out are one of each of the "knew each other before" pairs?
So, I've just caught up on the last tweo episodes of NFNS, and I too am quite surprised Amy didn't make it into the final two on her own merits.
Also, am I alone in thinking that (aside from his fabricated credentials) that JAG has a little secret? One he's maybe not entirely come to terms with himself yet?
One he's maybe not entirely come to terms with himself yet?
MY PAST IS NOT SOMETHING I NEED TO SHARE ON CAMERA! MY PRIVATE LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT! ALL I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS MY FUTURE...
I couldn't believe that Amy wasn't in the top two w/o the drama either. She totally proved that she has the cooking chops, the food knowledge and the ability to perform under pressure that's needed in last week's IC challenge. After that I was sure that she was the one.
Meanwhile, over at Hell's Kitchen I cannot believe that neither Bonnie nor Josh went home.
Meanwhile, over at Hell's Kitchen I cannot believe that neither Bonnie nor Josh went home.
Eh, Brad was pretty awful too. Actually, Ramsay was spot on - the only one worth a damn tonight was Julia (again). Rock and Jen both basically left their teams twisting in the wind, and the other three were in various degrees of meltdown.
I worry because she doesn't have the food expertise some of the others have, but I'm still gonna bet that if Julia doesn't make it to the final two, it's because somebody (i.e. Rock or Ms. passive/aggressive) sabotaged her.
MY PAST IS NOT SOMETHING I NEED TO SHARE ON CAMERA! MY PRIVATE LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT! ALL I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS MY FUTURE...
Yeah, I must just be crazy. Clearly I'm way off base on this...
ALL I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS MY FUTURE...
WHICH WILL NOT BE IN THE ARMED FORCES. FOR REASONS THAT DON'T NEED TELLING DISCUSSING.
and the ability to perform under pressure that's needed in last week's IC challenge.
This this this this this, so much this.
The whole time I was watching those poor people getting put through that Iron Chef Jr. cruicible, being judged by Bobby and Kat no less, I just kept thinking "that's so cruel!" Not just forcing them to compete in an Iron Chef style cook off, but then forcing them to play Kevin Brauch on top of all that? SO UNFAIR!
And yet, Amy was the only one to ace the whole thing. She should have been there on her own merits, dammit.
