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Top Chef Season 9
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Liner Notes
Short North
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Please pack your knives....! :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
Andrew Hall
Dennison Place (The Circles)
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I am now excited about this new season. Not only is there a chef from a very nice place in Louisville, but two chefs from Moto are going to be as well. Super nice guys and should bring some real fun to the program.
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Posted 1 year ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Solid first episode. Simple enough challenges that are free from gimmicks to really weed people out quickly. I'm liking this sort of "speed elimination" thing so far to get it down to the Top 16.
It's always hard to judge based only on visuals when each contestant at this point is only getting 2 minutes of screen time each, but it sounds like there is some solid competition. Not quite sure who to root for yet...
I thought it was hilarious that there was a little bit of time spent setting up Mr. Smug to be this year's villain character and then Tom sent him home for butchering his butchering. Why the hell would you volunteer to do that if you have no idea what you're doing. The guy's "I do anything I put my mind to" comment was hilarious in contrast with such an epic fail. It's like he fell on his face at the start of the marathon because he doesn't know how to tie his shoes. ;)
Looking forward to next week!
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Liner Notes
Short North
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I didn't really like the format this time. Especially since we have to essentially watch the same episode next week. It was really funny to see Tom send that snotty nosed brat home on the spot though. Top Chef needs more of that attitude from the judges. My favorite so far is Keith Rhodes. He has a really calm demeanor that reminds me of Kevin Gillespie from Season 6. And his Chicken Fried Rabbit looked awesome!
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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I'm really enjoying this season - moreso than last. Something about the vibe or format... or the particular contestants... not sure.
I also really liked Keith Rhodes, for the same reasons - calm, smart, cool... but yeah. Frozen shrimp was bad enough. Flour tortillas? Come on.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Andrew Hall
Dennison Place (The Circles)
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I want the straight-edge chick to win.
Alec says that if Edward Lee gets corn, he will kill everyone. He is correct that the corn dish we had at 610 Magnolia is one of the best things we've had all year.
While frozen shrimp and flour tortillas are clearly a dumb choices, I do get annoyed at the judges dissing inexpensive items like tilapia when the budget is set pretty low and the show chose where they had to shop. Ditto with stuff like not making tortillas. If they pick events where the audience is going to have particular expectations, they can't fault the chefs for picking what is worth the labor and what is not.
A.
Posted 1 year ago # -
buckeye54
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A pretty interesting season so far. I like most of the contestants but am probably rooting for edward,chris j., grayson, and chris c. I really cannot stand heather and sarah. On a sidenote, chris c is originally from ohio and has friends who live in columbus. I've met him a couple of times and seems like a nice guy.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Enjoying the season so far. Pretty solid lineup of chefs. Better than the past season or two. We caught up on two older episodes last night (still not fully caught up though).
The dinner party challenge was probably the most annoying episode of the season though. The dinner party hosts were painted as stereotypical rich snobs and the added commentary from the "starving artist" chefs just added to that. I'm sure that was all editing-room drama added for effect, but I thought it was pretty unnecessary. Plus, I thought it was ridiculous that the people they chose to do this whole dinner party thing with had such limited restrictions on what they liked and didn't like. I sort of laughed to myself and thought it was more of a "conservative" dinner party rather than "progressive".
The steak challenge was a great episode, but is really bringing out the drama between some of the shows characters in annoying ways. I looks as if they're painting Heather as a villain for her bullying of Beverly, but Beverly is also being painted as the slow crying woman who only cooks Asian food. Less drama, more cooking. Good for Tylor for keeping the fault of the steaks on himself even if he should have been throwing Lindsay under the bus for making the stupid decision to fire the steaks way too early.
Right now I'm rooting for Edward, Paul and Nyesha, but I'm sure my opinion could change before the finale. ;)
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Ok. We watched the next episode. Heather is definitely the villain right now. Total dick move of her to retroactively drag Beverly through the mud for things during a previous challenge. Yeesh.
Good seeing Ty and Edward win the challenge. Sad to see Nyesha go home. I kind of liked that the chefs had to also help judge by choosing the three losing dishes. A nice twist on things.
Anyone else still watching this season? Or did everyone get bored? ;)
Posted 1 year ago # -
patient_zero
Falafel District
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Heather's antics really seemed to irritate Tom and Padma, were very hurtful to a very mild Beverly, and exposed her personality flaws to the rest of the cheftestants. This could lead to her undoing.
http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-9/videos/heather-crosses-the-line
The previous episode with the Texas debutantes made me ill. A few of the house hosts seemed nice, the rest over the top in their own ways, but very annoying. I remember some of the judges rolling their eyes at the comments.
I'm more impressed with Chris C, and would love to see an Ohio native take it all. But as the number of cheftestants decrease, some of the other chefs are rising to the top, so he will have to be on top of his game.
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joev
Merion Village
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Yep, the "real housewives of Dallas" challenge made me hate Texas even more that I already do. I'm liking this season, though last week's challenge seemed to throw in too many twists. Double elimination. Teams cooking one dish together. Contestants decided who goes to judge's table. The dude who makes grape leaf cigars and sweet potato fences is terrible.
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Andrew Hall
Dennison Place (The Circles)
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joev The dude who makes grape leaf cigars and sweet potato fences is terrible.
The labor and precision of the coooking at Moto doesn't translate to what it required on Top Chef and that is his mistake. I can tell you from personal experience that the cigar (collard greens around Cuban-style roast pork with spices as the 'ash.') is absolutely delicious. The sweet potato fence is a gimmicky in presentation, but at Moto is seasoned differently as you move along the line and is also really good. Moto is certainly not a restaurant for everyone and Homaru (the chef behind it) is on a totally different plane with an agenda beyond just culinary artistry.
My favorite part of this season is Hugh Acheson's commentary on the Bravo TC blog. The guy is hilarious and smart. He also (quite rightly) lays down a smack as to how talking about "Asian" as a cuisine is completely small-minded and ignorant.
I don't like this season very much because a lot of little things bug me and they are things that make the show too far off from where good restaurant cooking is heading. For example - a brussel sprout dish in the middle of July? And winning?
A.
Posted 1 year ago # -
joev
Merion Village
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Andrew Hall said:
The labor and precision of the coooking at Moto doesn't translate to what it required on Top Chef and that is his mistake. I can tell you from personal experience that the cigar (collard greens around Cuban-style roast pork with spices as the 'ash.') is absolutely delicious. The sweet potato fence is a gimmicky in presentation, but at Moto is seasoned differently as you move along the line and is also really good. Moto is certainly not a restaurant for everyone and Homaru (the chef behind it) is on a totally different plane with an agenda beyond just culinary artistry.I guess that makes this even worse for me. If he's trying to shove the exact dishes he makes at the restaurant into these challenges, that's not really being creative at all. I totally trust that Moto is a great restaurant/experience, but he seems to be more focused on the gimmick than the challenge. Plus, his haircut is fairly horrendous ;)
Posted 1 year ago # -
Andrew Hall
Dennison Place (The Circles)
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joev said:
I guess that makes this even worse for me. If he's trying to shove the exact dishes he makes at the restaurant into these challenges, that's not really being creative at all. I totally trust that Moto is a great restaurant/experience, but he seems to be more focused on the gimmick than the challenge. Plus, his haircut is fairly horrendous ;)I agree. It is more obvious in his case since the dishes are so distinctive, but I hate it when any of them say, "I make this dish in my restaurant."
He is/was growing his hair out for Locks of Love. Not that it makes it any less goofy-looking, but the thought is pretty cool.
A.
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