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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

tc5: epi3 - results

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SPOILER ... for episode 3 of top chef(rivolity) and NO MORE practice pick bullsh**.

BUT FIRST - the best quote of the show ... (spoken during team cougar's dessert roundtable)
"ya know, it's not even the taste - it's just the consistency. it's one of those things you put in your mouth and you don't know if you should chew or swallow."
(also with the closing sentiment of "no more barfaits!")
(oh sigh ... okie-dokie ... shakin' it off. let's move on.)

tcfrivolity epi3
results & bragging rights ... despite the freakin' fact that tcfrivolity's point system doesn't work for this epi3 ... AND i told the tcfrivolity peeps i would NOT do "crazy scoring" (DAMMIT! 'y'know i'd be giving people 0.50 point for those who picked a winner that's a member of team sexypants) ... bragging rights go to ... CARNITO! (and only carnito!)

epi3 QFchallenge - Roll With The Punches ... Padma throws the chefs for a loop in this Quickfire Challenge (first make a dish inspired by the recipe on THE page - based on the number on the knife you chose - from the top chef cookbook - WAIT! STOP! STOP, DAMMIT! make a soup, instead, from your recipe)
  • QF winner bracket: jamie | leah | daniel |
  • QF loser bracket: no one called out (but not-so-hot-feedback for ... ariane (overcooked) | richard (really needs acid) | melissa (blurred the line, here, and not necessarily in a good way) | fabio (flavor a little flat) |
epi3 elimination challenge - Difficult To Downright Awful ... As if the elimination isn't challenging enough, the chefs must battle Mother Nature. (o.k. - whatever with the challenge description. cook a thanksgiving-ish meal for the foo fighters and their 60+ entourage (which includes some vegetarians). mother nature? some rain ... wah-wah-whatever. there are tarps/tents.)

split into two teams - cougars and team sexypants - someone from the losing team will get booted, but there is no winner named. (sh**! this has totally messed up our scoring system for this epi3.)
  • cougars ... (aka - the unchosen people) | alex | ariane | carla | danny | (eu)gene | jeff | richard |
  • sexy pants ... | fabio | hosea | jamie | leah | melissa | radhika | stefan |
and the outcome ...
  • elim TEAM SEXY PANTS shout outs: no one called out for the thumbs up. (thanks for messing up the points for this epi3!)
  • elim TEAM COUGAR someone's-a-packing knives: jeff | richard | daniel |
epi3 "stats" - teeny image to the right showing who won and who ALMOST won.

blog hunting & gathering soon!
can't wait!!!

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

How the heck did you get the results already? It's still playing here in Sacto. Does the Bay Area have a different time zone?

Wed Nov 26, 10:54:00 PM PST  
Blogger shirlnutkin said...

upside for early results = dish network. it first airs 10pm (eastern), so my my bravo comes on at 7pm pacific.

downside for early results = dish. unlike comcast where i would be able to look at missed episodes (fo' free) of say ... entourage (which i **HEART**) ... not a feature for the package i have with dish.

going forward ... i'll post results AFTER 11 PM (pacific) or on thursday.

Thu Nov 27, 07:55:00 AM PST  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh I don't care if you post early, shirl. I just thought it was funny to see it there while Team Rainborg was being depleted once again. Besides, that's what the spoiler alert is for.

I can't believe Ariane didn't melt into a big puddle of low self-esteem goo.

Thu Nov 27, 08:22:00 AM PST  
Blogger shirlnutkin said...

ah yes! i forgot about the "spoiler" alert i had.

let's see ... too much richard talking during the episode (sign #1). conspiracy theory change - keep the african-american gal and whittle team rainbow (sign #2). use of subtitles for stephan's dumb comments that are dumb so why bother with the sub-title effort(sign #3). have AWESOME quotes (sign #4). allow us to witness ariane's slow goo-disappearance off the show (sign #4). ...

dunno where these signs point to, BUT i'm liking this season.

CAN.NOT.WAIT until david's recap!!! (i wrote him a note telling him that, because this epi3 was ripe with recap-ruckus. i am sure to pee my pants when i read his recap! that foo fighter's quote alone was painful, yet entertaining, for me and my saharan desert love life)

Thu Nov 27, 08:37:00 AM PST  

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