Comments on: Top Chef Run Down

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:32:00 +0000

At this point, I’m pretty confident in saying that you underestimated Carla as well

By: Lon

Lon — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:11:00 +0000

Em – In pure numbers you’re right. However, in a more subjective examination, I think my guesses for the women were pretty good. As one example, Ariane, who is still on, was in the bottom twice out of the gate, and in the last episode she won for… cooking lamb correctly! I don’t exactly consider the ability to cook meat to the right temperature a sufficient skill to qualify as “top chef”. Plus, Jess and I were disappointed that no one mentioned that it was Radhika who made the marinade.

I will say that Radhika seems to be the one woman who I particularly underestimated, but I really think she’s hiding in the weeds right now. She’ll be eliminated soon enough.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:51:00 +0000

I just was looking back at this (it’s amazing the things I come up with to procrastinate when I should be working on final papers), and I just wanted to point out that you seem to have overestimated the men and underestimated the women, who generally seem to be holding up pretty well, for now at least.

By: Jessica@Foodmayhem

Jessica@Foodmayhem — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:22:00 +0000

Haha Bill, I doubt it. We can’t do a casserole prize anyway because we have a large number of readers outside of NY.

By: Bill G

Bill G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:52:00 +0000

are they giving out a casserole?

By: Jessica@Foodmayhem

Jessica@Foodmayhem — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:53:00 +0000

Bill, last2left.com has beaten us to it (see Harland’s comment).

By: Bill G

Bill G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:45:00 +0000

I propose you have a contest for readers to name the three finalists for the show. The reader who wins gets a casserole or some such from Jess.

By: Jessica@Foodmayhem

Jessica@Foodmayhem — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:13:00 +0000

Taste Memory, I agree, I'm sure things are also misinterpreted too and shown in the wrong context to make for more exciting TV.

Manger La Ville, you know all these great SF spots, makes me want to go again!

Harland, thanks for the heads up...we'll definitely take a look at it.

By: Harland Crom

Harland Crom — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:49:00 +0000

This is going to be a great season, even with Stefan as an early favorite to win it all. Anyone playing the Last 2 game?

http://www.last2left.com/whatsinplay/top-chef-5

By: Manger La Ville

Manger La Ville — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:39:00 +0000

I like your post on Padma, I too can’t tell if it jealousy or she really is dull ( I think a bit of both.) I think Absinthe in SF is a pretty good restaurant, so I wish the best for Jaimie.