tc5: petering out ...

... but not forgotten.
final scores among the top chefrivolity peeps noted below.

final scores ... in rank order -

• raviolo = 19.0 (tied for tier 1, 1st place)
• harold's girl = 19.0 (tied for tier 1, 1st place)
• jolli-E = 18.5 (oh, so close!)
• halo-halo = 18.5 (oh, so close)
  
• tbd buzz = 15.5 (the tail of the tier 1 tc5 peeps)
• ha gow = 11.0 (tied for tier 2, 1st place)
  
• carnito! = 11.0 (tied for tier 2, 1st place)
• phở queen = 10.0 (oh, so close!)
• piragua = 8.5 π (the "nudger")
• dean iguana = 6.0π (literally lthe tail of the tier 2 tc5 peeps ... pulling up the rear. is that how the phrase goes?)

fan favorite winners ... cream puff yourself - harold's girl, halo-halo, piragua, raviolo, buzz, dean iguana

tier 1 winners ... a tie for overall top score (at 19 points) between harold's girl (who virtually played from vermont) and raviolo (who played in the BA and maybe occasionally virtually played from kirkwood). STILL trying to figure out the tie breaker for these two.

tier 2 winners ... a tie for overall top score (at 11 points) between ha gow and carnito!, each who played in the BA and may be found arms length distance from each other, at times.

tie breaker for tier 2 winners? ... don't yet have all the specifics, but it will involve rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock (as discussed over here). also, there will be 2 parts:

• part 1 @ lunch (TBD)
• part 2 @ after work happy hour
  (likely @ TWO 'cuz them beers are cheap, cheap, cheap! - and tc5 peeps are cheap, cheap, cheap!)

... and a grand "thanks!" to piragua for the nudge!

halo-halo ...
(which, by the way, this pic is NOT halo-halo.
this ABOVE pic is of the roasted chicken at versailles,
a cuban restaurant in so cal. yum!!!)

(this, however, BELOW pic is halo-halo!)
over and out, for now!

tc5: epi13 results

SPOILER ALERT!!! ... frakkin' bravoTV! you screwed up the conventional point system we have at tcfrivolity. fine. we'll be flexible enough. (heading into epi13, tc5 peeps' scores over here)

OH WAIT!!! ... GAIL IS BACK! YIPPEE!!! (never mind. we're o.k. and will acquiesce to whatever twists and gimmicks you throw our way.)

without going into details ... here are the results:

QF: jeff (yes! you yelled it correctly. jeff!)
W: carla
L1: jeff (it was an all (QF & W) or nothing for jeff)
L2: fabio

yes, a twist - you read correctly ... the man that owns (and has worn) a wonder woman and a cat woman costume shall NOT be part of the blessed three. at least we have a "FINAL 3" to work with for tcfrivolity.

Arrivaderci Fabio
Tonight is the end of "Team Europe." Fabio says his farewells.
(5 min of fabio talking it up)

fabio's bio (from bravoTV)
"... Additionally, Fabio also works as William Shatner's private chef."

oops! - you were saying "jeff?" ... no details here. you'll need to watch epi13 or take a ride along with the upcoming epi13-bhg-ing.

(update ... did some math wrong so dean iguana inched a little & phở queen, who is in a foreign country somewhere)

scoring system revised ... for this episode 13, given the little twist and gimmick -

• 1.0 point = ANYONE who had jeff in their initial final 3, just 'cuz he won the QF among the last three who had packed their crap and went
  
• 1.0 point = W or L
  
• 3.0 points = W and L
  
• zero, zippo, zilch = 1 Final Chef standing
  
• 1.0 points = 2 of your Final Chefs standing
  
• 4.0 points = 3 of your Final Chefs standing
  

new ranking for tc5 peeps ... and we have a new leader! (previous score in parens)

• jolli-E (16.5) = 20.5 (congrats!)
• raviolo (18.0) = 19.0 (still tied! - but now for 2nd)
• harold's girl (18.0) = 19.0 (still tied! - but now for 2nd)
  
• halo-halo (16.5) = 18.5 (oh, so close for 2nd but not close enough)
  
• tbd buzz (14.5) = 15.5 (a bold double-down on stefan but to no avail)
• ha gow (9.0) = 11.0 (still leading the back half of the pack)
• carnito! (9.0) = 11.0 (still leading the back half of the pack)
• piragua (7.5 π)= 8.5 π (a l'il lost momentum but quite the trooper)
• phở queen (7.0) = 10.0 (without even casting a vote, an advance! - and then phở queen got her votes in AND got yet another point!)
• dean iguana (5.0)= 6.0π (dean iguana holding down the fort and pulling up the rear ... is that how the phrase goes?)

that's it for now.
enjoy and feel free to cross-check the math.

NEXT TASK ...
scoring system for next epi14, the finale?!

tc5: epi12 - results

simply put ...
here are the scores to date for top chefrivolity
(last week's over here)

points to date ... for comparison, last week's scores in parens and given that those who selected (dean iguana was shedding some skin and didn't make it to the keyboard) all chose leah as their "L" chef, most everyone got that extra point for epi13 to be skankless.

• raviolo (14.0) = 18.0
  
• harold's girl (14.0) = 18.0 (still tied!)
  
• jolli-E (12.5) = 16.5 (remains 2nd to the tied 1st place tc5 peeps)
• halo-halo (9.0) = 16.5 (crazy catch-up with an additional 7.5 points; feel free to check the math)
  
• tbd buzz (10.5) = 14.5 (slipped back into 3rd place, yet still bold with the epi12 picks of double-down-stefan)
• ha gow (8.0) = 9.0 (leading the back half of the pack)
• carnito! (8.0) = 9.0 (leading the back half of the pack)
• piragua (4.0)= 7.5 π (an UBER impressive come from behind by picking the W/L combo!)
• phở queen (6.0) = 7.0 (oops)
• dean iguana = 5.0 (dean iguana was shedding some skin and didn't make it to the keyboard)

deconstructing ... some observations about scores to date and the front & back half of the pack of tc5 peeps.

• tied for first (18.0) - raviolo & harold's girl have the same final picks (fabio, hosea, stefan) and fan favorite (fabio). whoever inches ahead will be all about the next episode - presuming their picks differ
• tied for second (16.5) - jolli-E & halo-halo do NOT have the exact same final picks. they share stefan & carla; jolli-E adds hosea while halo-halo rounds out with fabio. likewise, fan favorite differs with jolli-E cheering on jamie and halo-halo choosing fabio.
• chance to pass? (14.5) - tbd buzz has the same picks remaining as those in first, so there may be some inching toward second but it's likely inching
• back o' pack leaders (9.0) - ha gow & carnito! have the same remaining final picks (carla, stefan) and same fan favorite (cougar ariane). like those in the lead of the pack, whoever inches ahead will be all about the next episode - presuming their picks differ
• remaining 3 (7.5 π, 7.0, 5.0) - it's a toss-up. it's all about the final pick and next epi choices.

bhg later tonight.
at least i've got a rainy 3-day weekend
to rely on some "extra" time to hunker down.

tc5: epi11 - results

SPOILER ALERT ...

for episode 11 of top chef
- shorter & sweet.

tcfrivolity peeps ... here are the results
WITH the math

points to date ... points after episode 10 are posted over here. for how many points you have, here is the point system:

• QF, W, or L ONLY = 1.0 point
• QF, W, and L = 4.5 points
• W and L = 3.0 points
• Final Chefs, all three STILL standing = 3.0 points
  
• Final Chefs, only two standing = 1.0 point
  (the thought behind this - it's not like you figured out the top 3 but you may as well get something for two standing.)

you VOTE for the math for jolli-E ... i realize there is not an explicit set of points for a scenario that SHOULD have one, so i am going to leave it up to the masses to VOTE for the number of points.

• 2.5
• 3.0
• other (and if choosing this, please explain cleverly your proposed points.)
  

deadline for voting ... friday, 9:00 PM (pacific)

next week for epi12 ... with 5 (five) cheftestants left, this season is almost over.

tc5: epi10 - results

SPOILER ALERT ...

for episode 10 of top chef
- short & sweet.

tcfrivolity peeps ... here are the results.

points to date ... with the point system in this post, the tcfrivolity peeps' lead positions remain the same, however, there is a new rank order as follows -

• raviolo = 13.0
• harold's girl = 12.0
• tbd buzz = 9.5
• jolli-E = 8.5 (amazing move up)
  
• halo-halo = 7.0
• ha gow = 7.0
• carnito! = 7.0
  
• phở queen = 6.0
• dean iguana = 5.0
  
• piragua = 4.5 π

next week for epi11 ... with 6 (seven) cheftestants left, this season is almost over.

blog hunting & gathering later!
(for both epi9 & epi10)

tc5: epi9 - results

SPOILER ALERT ... o.k. hobag hosea and lay-me leah. (not that creative but descriptive enough) blah-blah-blah-yawn-blah-blah. a bunch of uninteresting & whiny stuff. dumb toby quotes. very annoyed tom (i was bummed about that.) at least i got to hear fabio say monkey butt.

(hee-hee ... monkey butt - wassup with that pink/red-faced monkey?)

tcfrivolity peeps ...
here are the results.

scoring for epi9 ... simple math

QF1 + QF2 = 3 points
QF1 or QF2 only = 1 point
W + L = 3 points.
W or L only = 1 point
zero-zero-zero-zero(!!!) picks showed = π (aka pi)

congrats! ... given the results for the tcfrivolity peeps, the lead positions remain the same, however there is a new rank order as follows:

• raviolo = 10.0
• harold's girl = 9.0
• tbd buzz = 6.5 (moved up)
• carnito! = 6.0
• halo-halo = 6.0
• ha gow = 6.0 (moved up)
• jolli-E = 5.5 (moved up)
• phở queen = 5.0 (moved down)
• dean iguana = 4.0 (moved up)
  
• piragua = 3.5 π (moved down)

practice picks ... were just that - PRACTICE. no one picked radhika to be in the final 3 (oh! surprise?!) here's how the combo of picks went among the 10 tcrfrivolity peeps -

• jamie | jeff | stefan ... chosen by
  
  • harold's girl
  • piragua
  • phở queen
  • ha gow
    
• carla | jamie | stefan ... chosen by
  
  • halo-halo
  • carnito!
    
• fabio | jamie | stefan ... chosen by
  
  • raviolo
  • dean iguana
    
• hosea | jamie | stefan ... chosen by
  
  • jolli-E
    
• hosea | jeff | stefan ... chosen by
  
  • tbd buzz
    

next week for epi10 ... with 7 (seven) cheftestants left, it's time! included with your QF / W / L, you will need to select your FINAL 3. scoring system will be included in the epi10 reminder.

bhg later during the weekend.
congrats!!!

tc5: epi9 reminder, epi8 results & dean iguana poll results

did dean iguana get a point? ... with the preliminary results at the poll (over here)... tally is
yes = 6
no = 6
eh = 1
(where "eh" is another term for "flip a coin" with heads = 1 point and tails = 0 point)

COIN TOSSED ... RESULT?

TAILS - 3 (three) times in a row.

total points for dean iguana after epi8 = 2.0 points (still)

and as if life were even more boo-hoo for the iguana world, f**k you penguin has THIS to say ... iguanas are living in the past

NOW ... on to top chefrivolity epi9 reminder ... via episode 8 results (and here is epi8 bhg-ing). current scores heading into epi9 ...

• raviolo = 9.0
  
• harold's girl = 8.0
• tbd buzz = 5.5
  
• carnito! = 5.0
  
• halo-halo = 5.0
  
• ha gow = 4.0
• phở queen = 4.0
• jolli-E = 3.5
  
• piragua = 3.5
  
• dean iguana = 2.0

for epi9 tcfrivolity picks ... in addition to the regular QF-W-L picks, include PRACTICE PICKS for the FINAL 3 cheftestants. AGAIN, these are P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E. below are final epi8 results heading into epi9.

for your epi9 picks ... send your picks in by the regular wednesday (tomorrow!) deadline ...

update on wed ~ 6 pm (PST)

• QF1:
• QF2:
• W:
• L:
• Practice Pick Chef 1:
• Practice Pick Chef 2:
• Practice Pick Chef 3:

scoring for epi9 ... scoring will BE ONLY for QF-W-L (regular point system).

the PRACTICE PICKS is for your own ego.

there will be NO POINTS awarded - NOT EVEN PRACTICE PICK points. however, the results will include who was/was not spot on in the final 3 picks. (for episode 10 selections, you MUST NAME your final 3, and we'll post the scoring system in the epi10 blog posts.)

wanna see preview video clips? ... visit the minx over here!

select wisely
and play nicely!!!

TC5: epi8 - prelim results

SPOILER ALERT (for top chef episode 8) ... of the 10 tcfrivolity peeps, 6 peeps scored one point each. CONGRATS! and using math, 4 completely missed the mark. (oh well!) the prelim results are below ...

as of this post, the poll is still open for ... whether dean iguana gets a bonus point. final results, including whether dean iguana has an extra point (and still the low score), will be posted with epi8 bhg (on the weekend?). tcfrivolity peeps' prelim scores in rank order & some chef stats ...

• raviolo = 9.0
  
• harold's girl = 8.0
• tbd buzz = 5.5
  
• carnito! = 5.0
  
• halo-halo = 5.0
  
• ha gow = 4.0
• phở queen = 4.0
• jolli-E = 3.5
  
• piragua = 3.5
  
• dean iguana = 2.0 (+1, pending results of the poll)

and now it's down to 8 cheftestants, with harold's girl (east coast) hot on the heels of raviolo (west coast).

it's a race for that yet-to-be-selected
$1.50 + CA tax (USD) non-recyclable prize!

tc5: epi7 - final results

not a spoiler for most ... and because i'm presuming the virtual players ACTUALLY read the blog and i enjoy posting this sh**, i'm posting without the spoiler warning. THAT and EVERYONE is on the board, thanks to the 2 losers who were booted off (errr ... packed their knives ...

so this post includes ... results of tcfrivolity picks (final scores after epi7), a l'il blurb about current ranks, stats of cheftestants, and the crawl to high score. i'll post bhg separately!

everyone is on board.
and the order from high to low scores as follows:

• raviolo = 8.0 ... raviolo had faith that team rainbow would continue to represent (at least until epi8) and that scallopgate would NOT rear it's ugly head. (head on the scallop?)
• harold's girl = 7.0 ... who, in pr5air, was happy there were bonus points and YET ... crazy scoring did NOT need to happen for her epi7 picks. just as raviolo, she had her faith in scallop chick ... as did she have faith that tatt man & bangs chick would be asked to pack their knives
• tbd buzz = 4.5 ... it's NEVER TOO LATE!!! (well, maybe it is now.) an impressive score, given buzz joined AFTER epi5. (and buzz ... feel free to pick an icon or i'll need to use the one from pr5air - no want to do.)
  
• carnito! = 4.0 ... with another 3 points, after being the 1st tcfrivolity peep to score back in epi3, carnito! (as with most everyone else) picked the losing pair. of course, it's my understanding that carnito! was yelling "shennanigans!!!" about QF LOSER picks, but that's not my fault if carnito! doesn't read (can cooked-pigs read?) the (annoying reminder) e-mails and watch the video where radhika talked about her immunity. HOLA CARNITO?!?!?!
  
• halo-halo = 4.0 ... that's me. i picked the winner. that was the art of it all. i didn't pick tatt man 'cuz i was hoping bravo would continue with some dumb drama in future episodes that would involve some reference to tatts or asians or height or shaved heads. no such luck. (but bangs did get asked to pack it up.)
  
• phở queen = 4.0 ... after being the ONLY ONE who chose the winner in epi6, phở queen picked up another 2 points because she, too, knew bangs had to go. also, she chose wisely for one of the 3 QF lower scoring who were a-tad-bit-shat-on-by-judges cheftestants.
• jolli-E = 3.5 ... from zero to 3.5, again, one who selected the losing pair and the ONLY ONE who chose scallopgate-jamie as a QF low scorer. get busy, you jolli-E.
  
• piragua = 3.5 ... also from zero to 3.5, earning this by choosing the losing pair and ariane motherhood as one of the QF low scorers. for someone that doesn't watch the show, pretty good stuff, maynard.
  
• ha gow = 3.0 ... although ha gow was ONE OF TWO (the other being phở queen) who scored in epi2's practice picks, ha gow raced into epi7 with zero and garnered 3.0 points, selecting the losing pair. unlike carnito!, ha gow refrained from "shennanigan-itis" - the condition of whining about how one got scammed off of points, but in fact, it was a result of not reading one's e-mails.
  
• dean iguana = 2.0 ... it's tough being a lazy iguana on a stick, as well as a devoted top chefrivolity watcher - twice in one night, i understand. your picks were bold and your sentiment of bravo reuniting team rainbow is more than charming. however, it's time to put your wiley skills to work as an iguana (whatever those skills are) and step it up before carnito! decides l'il reptiles are tasty-treats.
  

so the race to a $1.50 (USD) + tax (CA) prize (although not more than $5.00 (USD)) is on.

• 9 cheftestants left and a handful of episodes
  
• 7 tcfrivolity peeps at 4.0 or less points
• the remaining 3 peeps greater than 4.0 points

will finish up bhg-ing soon & post later.
gotta start my weekend for real!
(and i still gotta watch episode 7
AFTER bhg-ing!!!)

tc5: epi7 - preliminary results ...

for the tcfrivolity peeps...
because i didn't get to watch the episode.

what say you?!

(we need to know
who were in the 'LOWER' quickfire positions)

... UPDATE (and table to be updated in later post) per dean iguana (... and previously raviolo - but without the monikers) on QF-sitting-in-the-corner and were all quick-fried ...

• Prima Facie Carla,
  
• The Ariane Motherhood, and
  
• Scallopian Tube Jamie

which means additional points for epi7 go to:

• piragua (QF L + both losers) therefore ... even though the point system didn't have this combo included, it's fair to say ... 1 point for QF L & 2.5 points for one elim challenge looser = 3.5 points for piragua
  
• pho queen (QF L + one L) therefore ... even though the point system didn't have this combo included, it's fair to say ...1 point for QF L & 1 point for one elim challenge loser = 2 points for pho queen
  
• jolli-E (QF L + both losers) therefore ... just like piragua, = 3.5 points for jolli-E

official tcfrivolity results to be posted later tonight.

(i'm going bhg-ing for epi7 because it's what we do and
just to make sure that dean iguana
wasn't eating some hallucinagenic insect
when he sent the QF LOWER-TIER-THREE)

tc5: epi6 - results, simply put

SPOILER ... for epi6 of top chef's 11 cheftestants whining (well ... some were happy campers, but still)

AND for me - a tcfrivolity episode of WTF?! i wanted me a loser!!! at least the previews for epi7 were a l'il entertaining. gail is taking a break (so noted here by amuse-biatch), so there is another guest judge dude.

in any case - we have a tcfrivolity peep that has 2 points!


boasting rights go to ... phở queen - now with 2 points. others with 1 point, still - halo-halo ... raviolo ... dean iguana ... and carnito! and a few little quick stats (without details of epi4 & epi5 stats) over to the right.

next? epi6 bhg-ing!

tc5: hybrid post - epi6 picks via epi5-results (sprinkled with epi4&5 bhg)

hybrid post = following includes bhg for episodes 4 & 5 and the picks for this week's epi6 via results from episode 5. first things first - epi5 results going into epi6.

epi6 picks by tcfrivolity peeps ...

for last week's episode 5 ... of top chef(rivolity) following episode 4 results from last week.
going into epi6, once again, dean iguana is out in front of the pack with his selections for this week:

• QF: A Dutch Boy and His Dike Jamie
• W: Whip It Out in 5 Minutes Jeff
• L: Ariane Motherhood

epi6 challenges ... as follows:

• epi6 QF challenge: One Pot Wonder ... The chefs are limited to only one pot for this Quickfire Challenge.
• epi6 LIM challenge: Holiday Caterers ... The chefs become caterers for a great holiday party.

now back to epi5 & a random quote ...

..."i'm so embarrassed. i have a great palate, but i just lost my mind and i couldn't think of anything, so i just said that." [and by that, she meant chili powder.]

tcfrivolity epi5 results & bragging rights ... totally goes to 3 more tc5 peeps ... halo-halo, raviolo, dean iguana. all 3 are now tied with carnito! 11 cheftestants remain, and we head into episode 6 this week.

• epi5 QFchallenge - a "final four" kind of quickfire challenge of Name That Ingredient ... A well-tuned palette is the most crucial tool a chef can possess.
  QF winner: hosea
  
  
• epi5 elimination challenge - gail (and her funbags) is getting married, and the cheftestants have a challenge - A Bridal Shower - where the chefs must create a four-course meal for a bridal shower.
  epi5 elim challenge winner: ariane ... and epi5 buh-bye loser: danny
  

now a little blog hunting & gathering ... these are the places i poach for tcfrivolity fodder. results for epi3 over here. i'm catching up on bhg-ing with the bgbgbgbhg ... so here we go! first of all, it was buh-bye daniel, danny ... dude with weird-beard-shaved-thing.

for this epi4 & 5 bhg-ing ... i've gotta double up and will just pull links from each of the bgbgbgbhg recaps. and remember, when you visit the folks where bhg-ing is poaching, go post a l'il comment or two! (lots of work, snark, and creativity go into entertaining the tcfrivolity crew!) ...

• david dust doesn't disappoint ...
  
• epi4's express recap over here - go! and laugh!
  
• epi5's recap over here
  
• amuse-biatch's clips & blips and photoessays! i've missed so much since i went a bit underground. cherchez la femme for the boys' chicas is a new little installment. and there is still the staple of photoessays. it's a quick and fun jaunt!
• cliffieland's recaps ... with yet again a pool of brilliant(!!!) monikers for the cheftestants
  
• epi4's recap of a/k/a monikers over here
  
• epi5's recap over here (with "secret superpowers" monikers ... clever, clever!)
  
• blogging top chef has a little epi4 good-bad-ugly going on ... and a little more good-bad-ugly epi5
  
• eric3000 has quite an epi4 recap and epi5 recap -- clever, clever dialogue! (where are the damn strippers? - hee-hee)
  
• minxeats closes out bgbgbgbhg with her trademark comicstrip blurbs & minx commentaries from our cheftestants in her epi4 recap and epi5 recap.
  

happy epi6 & good picks!

tc5: mehpi4 - results

SPOILER ... for episode 4 of top chef(rivolity) following episode 3 results from last week.

and before i continue ... don't forget to take a break with dean iguana. and let me just say that i will be SOOOO glad to do my bhg-ing with the bgbgbgS ...! i kinda found epi4 not too entertaining. meh. and why was epi4 not as fun for me? ... it's kinda because - uhm - well, maybe you can figure it out...

and one more thing - a crazy carla's epi4 quote ...

"i’m thinking , i - i cannot be on the bottom. i just can’t. psychologically, i don’t think i can take it. honestly, i can’t take being on the bottom."

tcfrivolity epi4 results & bragging rights ... totally goes to (. . . d.r.u.m. . . . r.o.l.l. . .) not a soul. 12 cheftestants remain. carnito! has one point from epi3. and we head into episode 5 next week.


epi4 QFchallenge - it's time for breakfast with rocco ... Rocco DiSpirito joins Padma and the chefs for breakfast. (why does rocco bug me? WHY am i bugged by rocco?! rocco f**kin' bugs me!!!)

• QF winner bracket: stefan (fancy, shmancy egg tool-thingymajig) | leah | jamie (close 2nd to leah) |
  
  
• QF loser bracket: daniel (and his corn flakes) | fabio (woulda, coulda been more savory) |

epi4 elimination challenge - live tv! ... The chefs must show how they would want to introduce themselves to millions of viewers! (cheftestants judged on presentation + quality of your dish ... and the hosts of the today show will be judging and selecting the winner ... and ARGH!!! i AM STILL bugged by ROCCO!!!)

• elim challenge's t.v. opportunity cheftestants: jeff | fabio | ariane |
  
  
• elim challenge's inedible food preparers (and cheftestants who prefer to show their ankles): melissa (habaner-who?) | alex (the undessert-meister) | jamie (stands-with-folded-arms-in-front-of-raw-egg) |

epi4 "stats" ... teeny image to the right showing who won and who ALMOST won.

tc5: epi3 - results

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!!!