Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Top Chef: All-Stars - Marcel is STILL a tool

Yes, Marcel is still MARCEL. Tonight's episode starts with Marcel bitching because he didn't win the last challenge. Dale Talde, who did win, showed a remarkable amount of restraint in not taking Marcel out behind the woodshed and thrashing him. A new Dale?!

The cheftestants go out to Montauk and must catch as many fish as they can in a five hour period and then serve 200 people in a team challenge. No one wants Marcel on their team. Dale seems to be a fish whisperer and has a catch within a few minutes. Team Blais/Fabio/Marcel have nothing after three hours but things turn around and the teams have time to make endearingly inappropriate comments about 'rods.'

Then off to a beautiful farmer's market. Blais and Fabio have bonded over fishing and have started a bromance. The cheftestants muse that Jamie is the weakest link. Well, duh. Weakest link AND biggest bitcher.

Inexplicably, Blais and Fabio have let Marcel talk them into making a single dish. Little by little the bromance fades and Blais starts to browbeat Fabio.

Jamie is convinced her dish rocks, but judges were not too thrilled. I'm crossing my fingers it's time for her to go.

And the winner of a trip to Amsterdam is Carla! HOOTY!

Marcel is his usual ungracious self when Carla comes back to the stew room and is excited about her win. Go figure, Blais, Fabio and Marcel catch hell for making only one dish. All the components didn't quite come together. Antonia got hosed out of a win because Tiffani and Jamie made very weak dishes. Jamie decided to flavor her dish with watered down cucumbers. I wish I were making that up. Marcel, in a shocking twist, added FOAM to his dish. The judges are not happy.

And the two chefs who must pack their knives are Tiffani and Jamie. I'm sorry about Tiffani but I'm glad to see Jamie go home - she was easily three weeks past her expiration date on this show.

Next week: RESTAURANT WARS!

1 comment:

  1. Always was a tool, always will be. Dude, it's reality teevee, you didn't win an Oscar

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