Comments on: Top Chef Exit Interview: Episode 6

By: Knitguy

Knitguy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:38:58 +0000

Alicia, I also use Google Reader and what I end up doing is reading via the “All items” tab (well it’s not a tab but I think you know what I mean) which I have set to “show newest first”. Generally speaking the Endless Simmer blog doesn’t come up first (though of course it could happen – I just happen to read a lot of blogs so the odds aren’t exceedingly high) and when I see it it’s pretty easy to quickly scroll below it (thus not reading any of the contents). Also, it does seem that the Top Chef exit interviews are generally on Thursdays (the day after the episode airs) so you could also just avoid Endless Simmer on those days when it is seemingly predicable that an exit interview will be posted.

By: alicia

alicia — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:33:35 +0000

The way it works in google reader, I can only see that Endless Simmer has a new post, not the title, until I select my Endless Simmer feed. By the time I click, it pulls up the entire post, where I can clearly see you quoting Ron. I really love most of the posts on this blog and get excited when a new one shows up on my google reader, so without knowing that it is the exit interview, I’m most likely going to click on it.

By: Knitguy

Knitguy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:25:47 +0000

BS don’t worry about the formatting for RSS readers. I personally like it when entire posts are shown in my RSS reader and it’s pretty easy to just skip over your post if I haven’t seen the episode.

With that out of the way, Ron seems to have really taken this badly. It seems pretty clear that his rice and seafood were overcooked (and it doesn’t take a fine palate to figure that out) and he knows he’s not good at making deconstructed dishes. Gail wouldn’t have been able to save him with overcooked food and an ill prepared dish.

By: Britannia

Britannia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:03:05 +0000

Despite Ron’s clear delusion in thinking that Gail has the only real voice on judge’s table I have to admire his honesty. Don’t cheftestant’s have continuing interaction with the show and producers until the season has run its course, is he not alienating any future possibilities with the show?

I was fortunate enough to eat Michael Voltaggio’s deconstructed Caesar salad when I dined at The Bazaar a few months back, my egg actually exploded which was great- I’m guessing last night was just bad luck.

By: BS

BS — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:10:20 +0000

lol. yes, they are real.

By: BD

BD — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:08:12 +0000

BS – Are these real exit interviews? I’ve been reading them for a while and always assumed they were spoofs – what’s the deal? BD

By: BS

BS — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0000

Alicia, I don’t get it. We took the photos out so that you wouldn’t have to see who lost. Can’t you just not read the posts when the headline is “exit interview?”

By: alicia

alicia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:37:12 +0000

AGAIN! I used to love this site, but seriously, once again you’ve managed to ruin the surprise by not properly formatting the post for those of us who use RSS feeds.

By: top chef fan

top chef fan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:52 +0000

I think Ron rocks! This exit interview cracked me up!

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:21:45 +0000

Wow. Usually these exit interviews make me like an eliminated contestant more, but this one is making me even happier that Ron is gone. He sounds delusional. He got eliminated because Gail wasn’t there? I don’t think so. You don’t have to work for Food & Wine magazine to be able to tell when fish is overcooked and the texture of rice is off… and besides, she’s been on the panel when he appeared before the Judge’s Table in the losing group before. And he’s going on a diet because another contestant called him fat? What, he hadn’t noticed before that? Maybe he hadn’t, considering the way he was straining the seams of his chef’s jacket….