Bourdain is a great writer, but ... he's not at the level of chefs they have on the show. Les Halles (where he no longer works) is largely identical to about two dozen other brasseries in town.
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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bon bon - Jul 18, 2007 7:53:46 am PDT #858 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
lisah - Jul 18, 2007 7:54:52 am PDT #859 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
I don't see Bourdain as an Iron Chef kind of chef though. He's more of a food/restaurant life explorer.
ETA or what bon bon said.
sumi - Jul 18, 2007 8:01:48 am PDT #860 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Yahoo Preview of tonight's Top Chef - it is essentially the first two minutes of the quickfire.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 18, 2007 8:15:01 am PDT #861 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, Bourdain doing anything with the Food Network at this point strikes me as HIGHLY unlikely.
lisah - Jul 18, 2007 8:17:24 am PDT #862 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Also, Bourdain doing anything with the Food Network at this point strikes me as HIGHLY unlikely.
oh yeah, it's not gonna happen.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2007 9:47:24 am PDT #863 of 23273
brillig
OK, Bourdain might lose, but they'd be bleeping him forever, and he'd be snarky at Alton, and Flay would cower before someone with a bigger, better ego than his . . .
Jessica - Jul 18, 2007 9:50:25 am PDT #864 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I say scratch the cooking part of the competition and just make it a Flay/Bourdain drinking game. Or maybe pit him against Morimoto and make them each try to cook something so weird the other one won't eat it.
Finally saw the most recent TNFNS, and so glad I knew ahead of time that JAG got kicked out in favor of Amy! I guess if it had been between Rory and JAG I just wouldn't have voted at all. They both annoy the crap out of me. Go Amy! Choose Amy!
lisah - Jul 18, 2007 10:01:02 am PDT #865 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
I say scratch the cooking part of the competition and just make it a Flay/Bourdain drinking game. Or maybe pit him against Morimoto and make them each try to cook something so weird the other one won't eat it.
I like!
sumi - Jul 18, 2007 10:09:04 am PDT #866 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Next Iron Chef America!
Vortex - Jul 18, 2007 10:17:55 am PDT #867 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I just had a passing thought that Bourdain needs to guest on Iron Chef America, preferably against Flay. That would be fun, especially because Flay loses frequently.
Oh my God, this would be so awesome I couldn't stand it. I think that Flay is a decent chef, but he's a stone cold asshole. It would be a tremendous entertainment value.