Dear Jenny,
Wow. I really don't care about the current cycle (Can I use that term without paying royalties to Tyra Banks?) of Top Chef. I don't think I have the energy to go through last night's episode; in fact, I'm not 100% sure I was awake for it.
What is wrong with this show? Something seems to be missing and I can't quite place my finger on it. I think it's personalities. I don't care about any of these people and it turns out that learning about food is just not enough. Maybe it's just been too damned long since the last season (*cough* cycle) of Project Runway and a girl can't live on ceviche alone. I need fashion, God damn it.
Fine. So there was a Quick Fire with an Argentinian guest judge. She would say something completely reasonable, but because of her accent, Padma would laugh like she had just dissed Midnight's Children. Johnny or Poppy or Jerry or whichever of those bros is not Howie won, but I honestly can't remember what he made. It was probably a trio of something or other.
The Elimination Challenge required the chefs to cook something Latin for the cast of a Telemundo production called Madame Chocolate (funny!). The bros made some really good dishes; their distaff equivalents, sudden best friends Casey (aka "Bird Nest") and Lia (um . . . ), plus cocky, knifey Hung and Sara N. (one of my favorites) made some really shitty dishes. In the end, Lia went home, because her polenta was both mushy and ethnically inaccurate, and also because she is boring, even more boring than Bird Nest.
Did I miss something?
Love,
-- Pete
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