“Top Chef” — Sunny Delights
Only two episodes in and this season of Top Chef has been marred with controversy. I, for one, plan on writing a strongly worded letter (lit only with natural light) to the executives at Bravo, letting them know that these fooleries (of the Tom variety) will not go unnoticed. Nosireebob, they will be noticed. I will even take notes on these occasional notices as a reminder to myself and my note-taking brethren.
Here’s how it went down (if you have yet to watch Wednesday’s Top Chef you might want to go do that now as I’m about to reveal who was kicked off — of course if you planned on watching the show later its unclear why you would have decided to start reading this column in the first place. Maybe you’re the type of person that hates surprises. Maybe you have a heart condition that prevents you from experiencing light-to-mild levels of suspense. Maybe you’re lost and were actually looking for an online retailer specializing in restaurant supplies. Who knows) after the jump…
Last week Clay was dumped for having produced inedible food, while Howie was allowed to stay despite having not completed the challenge (he was suppose to prepare two dishes, he only plated one in the allotted time). This week Sandee was given the ol’ heave-ho for not following the rules (she poached when she was suppose to have bar-b-qued) while Howie was allowed to stay despite producing overly dry pork. Howie is the luckiest (and sweatiest) sum-bitch on the planet.
An injustice on the grandest scale? Of course! Bad for the credibility of Top Chef? Not so much. I had written down early in the episode that Sandee was at a serious qualification disadvantage seeing as how she’d only been cooking for some three years and had seemingly fallen ass-backward into the position of head chef at her restaurant. It was only a matter of time before she was going to be tossed. Should it have been this week? Probably not.
The good news was during the last five minutes of the episode we got our first real chef vs. chef dust-up when the evil Joey tried to start a fight with the wholly inconsequential and frequently sweaty Howie — only to have Howie jump right back down his throat and give Joey the beat down he so richly deserves. It was awesome. Maybe Howie will continue to stay on the show despite the fact that he clearly doesn’t know what he’s doing so that he can get into more word-fights with Joey.
God I hate Joey. That bandanna makes him look like John Rambos gay cousin.
Speaking of quirky appearances, I didn’t really notice this last week, but CJ appears to be nine feet tall. When he was on location cooking at the bar-b-que he could barely reach the table to slice his onions.
So Sandee, who has a mohawk and was seen doing martial arts Danielson-style on the patio, is out. She seemed like a cool cat and had a rad look, but hey, the cooking just wasn’t there.
I still say the competition is Tre and Hung’s to lose despite Tre being in this week’s bottom four (mind the salt!).
Joey can eat it.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:22 pm
This is the best show ever! I now hate Joey! What an idiot. I still like Howie. Is it me or does the Hung/Tre friendship remind you of Harold/Lee Ann in Season 1? I like two good chefs kicking ass and taking names together…literally.