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Old 07-28-10, 03:11 PM
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Bump for tonight's episode:

"Power Lunch"

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The chefs prepare bite-size fare, then create a power lunch at an upscale eatery. Taste testers include chef Art Smith; politicos Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.); and journalists Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Savannah Guthrie.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Mystery of the stolen Pee Puree.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Isn't this shit filmed? Could they not tell us whether the Incredible Pea Puree was stolen or not? Fuck.

Kelly and Tiffany are the only chefs that aren't irritating to me - this is a really unlikeable bunch. Kenny's "alpha male" and "beast in the kitchen" bullshit is really getting old.

I dunno. Maybe it's because last season was so good, but I'm not finding the challenges or the chefs interesting this season.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Yeah, these people really suck, yet I do enjoy the show... Which says more about the show I think. Ill still watch every episode eventhough I don't like anyone on the show.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Stephen's my man! He reminds me of a kid on the baseball team I coach who thinks he's the greatest player ever yet has only one hit all season and can't catch the ball. You keep tooting your own horn there buddy and don't let the facts get in the way!

And Ed reminds me of a stoner who blurts out odd phrases out of the blue that make everyone back away slowly -- "And then I hit it with some celery spuma, man!"
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
Isn't this shit filmed? Could they not tell us whether the Incredible Pea Puree was stolen or not? Fuck.

Kelly and Tiffany are the only chefs that aren't irritating to me - this is a really unlikeable bunch. Kenny's "alpha male" and "beast in the kitchen" bullshit is really getting old.

I dunno. Maybe it's because last season was so good, but I'm not finding the challenges or the chefs interesting this season.
They must have film if it was made, or obvious proof he didn't make it. That AND the fact that it was what won him the challenge specifically makes me think the whole bit of drama was staged.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Yeah, I can't imagine anyone "stole" anyone else's pea puree. It's just a bunch of editing and stupidity. Compared to last season, this one is so boring they have to throw in a bunch of random drama to keep the viewers interested.

I can't believe cold sore - I mean Amanda- is still there. She's sucked the entire season.

Angelo, despite having issues, must be a really good cook if he scraps his dish like 5 minutes before he needs to plate up and still manages to win.

Alex is gross. I wouldn't want to eat his food.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Yeah this season sucks. All the chefs are boring ass motherfuckers and the challenges are either ridiculous or tedious. I don't know if it's DC or what, but they need to sit down and figure out something different for season eight.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Every time they show super creepy Alex on screen, I can only think of one thing:
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Yeah this season sucks. All the chefs are boring ass motherfuckers and the challenges are either ridiculous or tedious. I don't know if it's DC or what, but they need to sit down and figure out something different for season eight.
I think that's part of the problem. Cooking for politicians? Ugh. Cooking for Mika and Joe? Double ugh. I'm not very familiar with DC, but I'm sure there are much more interesting culinary areas of the city outside of the Capitol.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

My friends and I are from the DC area and we agree that there is a lot of untapped potential for cooking. It's like they're wasting their time in DC. When are they going to go behind the counter at Ben's Chili Bowl? Do something in Georgetown?
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

If you read Tom's blog, the judges didn't know what was going on with the pea puree behind the scenes, and didn't actually know until the episode aired b/c Ed didn't bring it up. There was no footage available that gave a clear answer.

Having watched this episode, I'm still not entirely certain what qualifications my douchy congressman had to be the sole judge on a high stakes quickfire.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

I'm still not entirely certain what qualifications my douchy congressman had to be the sole judge on a high stakes quickfire.
They had said he was the youngest member of the house so I assume that's who they tried to find no matter who it turned out to be.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by nemein
They had said he was the youngest member of the house so I assume that's who they tried to find no matter who it turned out to be.
Oh, he's making the rounds trying to up his profile. I imagine that's how he got involved.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by Thrush
Yeah it looked pretty obvious they had previously decided to vote Kenny as the worst no matter how the dishes tasted.
Finally caught up with this, I think it was STUPID to put Kenny up. From a team standpoint knowing how good Kenny is, whoever went up against Kenny was going home.

If they had picked Amanda, they may have had a chance of keeping Temesha around.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

This season reminds of the worst parts of season 2 and season 5. Boring food, unappealing contestants, and immense egotism. Oh well. I guess they're starting to alternate stellar chefs (like season 4 and 6) with amateurish cooks. It can definitely make for more interesting challenges, but not when they put lame personalities against each other.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Guess noone cared about last week's episode.

Anyways new episode tonight:

"Restaurant Wars"

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The chefs battle in a culinary relay race---while blindfolded. Then it's time for the time-honored "Restaurant Wars" challenge, in which the chefs are divided into teams and run an eatery. Guest judges include Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) and food critic Frank Bruni.


to the female guest judge this week. Seriously?
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Restaurant Wars! I didn't realize it was that time yet.

Originally Posted by DJariya
Guess noone cared about last week's episode.
Well, there was nothing as exciting as Pea Puree Gate.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

I hate Alex.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Ffs!
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by lordwow
I hate Alex.
I hate Alex as well, but it was weak to try to save your own skin by trying to get a member of the winning team booted off. I don't know why Bravo decided to edit this season to make it appear that it was going to be a Kenny vs. Angelo showdown when Kenny only lasted half way. Kenny made some good dishes, but he was also in the bottom on more than one occasion. Based on the judge's comments, his two dishes sucked ass tonight and he deserved to pack his knives although I really thought that they were going to spare him and boot off Amanda.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by Original Desmond
Say what you like about this show. Each week the genuinely weakest chef generally goes home

They don't keep personalities in for ratings etc

I would say Top Chef has the most integrity of any reality show i watch. None of this bringing eliminated contestants back bullshit etc
whoops.
Spoiler:
Bye Kenny ... he was hit or miss but honestly if they had to pick someone they should have picked Amanda to go home tonight
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Originally Posted by Sweet Baby James
Based on the judge's comments, his two dishes sucked ass tonight and he deserved to pack his knives although I really thought that they were going to spare him and boot off Amanda.
I was surprised. Yeah his dishes were bad, but they did point out he ran a smooth kitchen. Amanda, on the other hand, only did one dish and badly. I thought for sure it was going to be her.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

The Beast is gone.
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Re: Top Chef: D.C. -- Season 7 Thread -- Premieres 06/16/10

Yeah, definitely thought Amanda was going home. Sucks that Kenny is gone.

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