Comments on: Top Chef Recap: Episode 9 – The Ides of April http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/08/28/top-chef-recap-episode-9-the-ides-of-april/ - recipes, restaurants, food travel and everything edible Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gansiehttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/08/28/top-chef-recap-episode-9-the-ides-of-april/comment-page-1/#comment-518 gansie Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:21:48 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/08/28/top-chef-recap-episode-9-the-ides-of-april/#comment-518 I'm ready for Sara to leave, as well as Howie - their voices totally grate on me. This is wrong, but CJ is just too tall for the kitchen. More unjustified comments to come. I’m ready for Sara to leave, as well as Howie – their voices totally grate on me. This is wrong, but CJ is just too tall for the kitchen. More unjustified comments to come.

]]> By: JoeHoyahttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/08/28/top-chef-recap-episode-9-the-ides-of-april/comment-page-1/#comment-511 JoeHoya Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:12:34 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/08/28/top-chef-recap-episode-9-the-ides-of-april/#comment-511 Caught the re-run last night. I hate to say it, but as much as I wanted to see Tre stick around (I had him picked for Top 3), he was definitely the right one to kick off last night. He sold the bread pudding as a no-brainer and then completely punted it. And the description of the salmon dish alone made me cringe at the thought of any kind of pesto being involved - no way would a chef miss the fact that it sucked once he gave it a taste. Casey's onion dicing skills were atrocious, but I really don't think Steven's wine expertise could have saved their side from going to elimination. So now I'm left with Brian and Dale as my two remaining Top 3 choices. And I'm grudgingly promoting Casey to the third spot, because she seems bulletproof despite a relative lack of depth. Caught the re-run last night. I hate to say it, but as much as I wanted to see Tre stick around (I had him picked for Top 3), he was definitely the right one to kick off last night. He sold the bread pudding as a no-brainer and then completely punted it. And the description of the salmon dish alone made me cringe at the thought of any kind of pesto being involved – no way would a chef miss the fact that it sucked once he gave it a taste.

Casey’s onion dicing skills were atrocious, but I really don’t think Steven’s wine expertise could have saved their side from going to elimination.

So now I’m left with Brian and Dale as my two remaining Top 3 choices. And I’m grudgingly promoting Casey to the third spot, because she seems bulletproof despite a relative lack of depth.

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