Dear Jenny,
Just when I was about to give up on Top Chef, we had our best episode all season and now I'm afraid I might have to stick it out. This sucks.
So why was this episode good? It was not because of the guest judge or the Quick Fire. Those were both kind of lame. Oh, the Quick Fire was funny, just because of the usual self-delusional contestant behavior from Hung. He created an ice cream topping of about 15 different wrong things, including cauliflower foam and then, after being told that it was too much and too disgusting, said something like, "Oh, they didn't get it."
The Elimination Challenge was good, though. Yeah, I don't usually go for those fake-out ones, but the late-night thing seemed like a legitimate test of something related to being a chef or owning a restaurant, including the having to cook in your sluttiest clothes.
The Judges' Table was excellent. Now it's been a couple days and I can't remember the exact turns of phrase used by everyone, but I think they went something like this, "You're an asshole." "You're an asshole." "You're an asshole." "More and more and more and more, you're an asshole." Sort of a foregone conclusion that Sara Nguyen was going home, and that's too bad because I like her. The attempts to build suspense about that were, as usual, lame.
What did you think? Do you want to talk at all about what the chefs wore to go clubbing? Are you as over jersey as I am?
Love,
-- Pete
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