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Krackleburt posted:So is Top Chef on its last leg, or what? I didn't even realize there was a new season until I saw this thread stickied last night. Tuned in to watch and it turns out it doesn't even air till 11pm where I live (Mountain time). Seems like a rough time slot, given that this used to be smack dab in the middle of prime time here. Who is your cable provider? In Denver Comcast changed the Bravo feed from East Coast to West Coast so everything on that channel now starts late for us.
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Wiggly posted:Who is your cable provider? In Denver Comcast changed the Bravo feed from East Coast to West Coast so everything on that channel now starts late for us. Welp, that explains that! Yeah I just barely switched to Comcast when I moved a couple months ago. I was confused why it came on so late, but didn't care enough to do any investigating. Thanks for that piece of info. Anyway I hope hat dude goes home tonight. I don't know who to root for yet, so I guess I'll just root for that guy to do bad in the meantime.
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Oct 29, 2014 23:51
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Oh man, that knockoff version of "Shipping Up To Boston" they played after Stacy's critique was hilarious. Also I swear to god Rebecca just spontaneously generated out of this episode and was not actually in the first two.
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Oct 30, 2014 07:06
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Oct 31, 2014 04:32
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zakharov posted:Gregory = Kristin from 2 seasons ago This episode made me miss Kristin. She kicked some serious rear end! Melissa seems pretty talented, and seems very nice as a person.
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Oct 31, 2014 12:23
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Was it just me or was that fight between Aaron and Keriann while they were planning was just Aaron being a dick and trying to show up Keriann? He really sabotaged that team with his attitude. Also, twice Keriann touched short ribs...first her team was like no way can we cook this in 2 hours or however much time they had and the 2nd time she decides to make them but only has 3 hours and they end up coming out too tough. Did someone hide all the pressure cookers? I mean that's a pretty obvious choice to me and I'm just some scrub who likes to dick around in the kitchen. Short Ribs are one of my favorite foods and it got me real life upset seeing them go to waste!
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Oct 31, 2014 20:31
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So my friend gave me a free week of Blue Apron (service where they send you a box with recipes and all the ingredients to make them) and this week is Mei's congee & caramelized pork from the premiere. Looking forward to making it.
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Oct 31, 2014 21:28
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Mons Hubris posted:Anybody know why (if?) they discontinued Last Chance Kitchen this year?
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Nov 1, 2014 14:55
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I seem to recall it was mentioned that this year they're going to wait a few episodes in and do a big group battle as the first LCK or some such.
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Nov 1, 2014 15:00
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Anyone else have the feed just pause for a second and skip the entire "please pack your knives and go" part? It came back from commercial, then suddenly Padma was asking people to say goodbye.
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Nov 6, 2014 05:19
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You can stop rooting for Aaron now: http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/06/top-chef-contestant-arrested-aaron-grissom-domestic-violence-girlfriend/
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Nov 6, 2014 18:26
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I was about to post that also. gently caress that guy.
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notmandatory posted:Anyone else have the feed just pause for a second and skip the entire "please pack your knives and go" part? It came back from commercial, then suddenly Padma was asking people to say goodbye. Yep. Happened to me on DirecTV.
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Glambags posted:You can stop rooting for Aaron now: http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/06/top-chef-contestant-arrested-aaron-grissom-domestic-violence-girlfriend/ Hah, he seemed like a creep but I was just starting to be able to endure him after last episode, but now he really needs to go as soon as possible.
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gret posted:Yep. Happened to me on DirecTV. Same. Must have been a glitch in their feed. I suppose a benefit to filming the finale while the season airs is that if something really unsavory happens with one of the contestants, they can be pulled from the finale. I bet that if Aaron makes the finals, we will learn that he was kicked out of the competition. Hopefully we don't have to look at him for that long, but the biggest source of drama has a tendency to stick around.
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Glambags posted:You can stop rooting for Aaron now: http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/06/top-chef-contestant-arrested-aaron-grissom-domestic-violence-girlfriend/ Until he's actually found guilty of this I'm still going to root for him.
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JohnCrichton posted:Until he's actually found guilty of this I'm still going to root for him. 
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"I think he's really gonna use his personality to wage a mental war on the other chefs." -Aaron 
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notmandatory posted:Same. Must have been a glitch in their feed. Eh. If they DQed every chef with a criminal record/history of arrest, this show would have an even bigger dearth of talent. He's a firecracker and all, but his food doesn't seem to horribly suck (short of last week's quickfire). And as far as the allegation goes, yeah, I'll wait for the guilty verdict on that one. All it says is her knee was "injured," which could mean anything. They'd had a "heated argument," which could mean anything. I'm not saying people who beat up their loved ones aren't poo poo heads. I'm just saying, well, that's TMZ that got linked, there.
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Last Chance Kitchen is going to start right after the 8th episode, airing December 10: http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-12/blogs/team-top-chef/last-chance-kitchen-is-coming And I hope Aaron gets eliminated sooner rather than later. Last year, right in the middle of the Paula Deen shitstorm, she was a guest judge on Masterchef. They ended up running the episode as normal (it's not like they could have edited her out), but I think they removed her from all the promo spots beforehand. It was weird watching the contestants squeal about how much they love her.
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Propaganda Machine posted:Eh. If they DQed every chef with a criminal record/history of arrest, this show would have an even bigger dearth of talent. Well, (allegedly) injuring your spouse is regarded differently from minor drug offenses and even DUI (assuming they've gone sober), which are the sort of things I'd expect most chefs to have an issue with. It's not like they'd knowingly cast a convicted pedophile or something. That said, I have to imagine show producers are giddy with having him be an rear end in a top hat on the show/getting the rear end in a top hat edit, assuming he doesn't make it to the top 3. Unless of course they've put in a nice 'redemption arc' for him... I haven't had a chance to watch tonight's episode yet, so the above might all be moot; I don't see him having more than 2-3 more episodes tops as it is.
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:Well, (allegedly) injuring your spouse is regarded differently from minor drug offenses and even DUI (assuming they've gone sober), which are the sort of things I'd expect most chefs to have an issue with. It's not like they'd knowingly cast a convicted pedophile or something. Right. I don't really think that we're so hard up for good chefs willing to compete on TC that we really need to pretend that removing people like (allegedly) Aaron and Morgan (From Just Desserts - he also massively tripped my douchebag detector during the show, and then this happened) will really make the show suffer. Smoking or drinking or petty drug offenses or even DUI, sure, that would eliminate a large number of the chefs, but I actually think they already DO have rules in place to weed out people with history of violent assault for legal reasons. As much as producers love drama, they're not trying to actually have the legal mess of contestants beating the poo poo out of each other. Plus the fallout if it turns out they crown a winner and something like this came out after the fact... even if they couldn't have known, Bravo would take the heat - and in the case of a really severe scandal (like that I Love Money contestant actually murdering his gf and then killing himself) it can easily end the show entirely. Anyhow, for real RE: Aaron, I hope he can have the self-awareness necessary to see how obnoxious he was on TV and put that together with his (alleged) assaulting of his wife and maybe have a wake-up call and get some therapy... ...but I'm sure happy I don't have to look at him every week anymore! I'm pretty firmly entrenched on Teams Gregory and/or Mei now, but I was still relieved that Melissa didn't bite it just yet. Also really coming around to Adam and Doug. Everyone else, meh. I did find myself rooting for Katsuji just to piss off Aaron, but now that Aaron's gone, I guess I don't care anymore.
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I know this sounds weird in the wake of this news, but I think Aaron is probably a mostly alright guy who just has a hosed up past that gets the better of him on occasion. I think when his cooking ability catches up to his mind for food, he'd be really good on a show like this. Right now, he's just immature and insecure about his upbringing/level of education. e: also, last night showed off more of the flip-flop judging that sometimes pisses me off about this show. They always poo poo on people for changing their food to fit the team/partner and then Adam shoves it right up their rear end and they seemed a bit annoyed by it. They do that crap when it comes to "taking chances" too. They preach being innovative but they'll treat being slightly off on a huge risk dish just the same as being slightly off on something basic, when it's really not. Truther Vandross fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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I've been making dumplings since I was 7 and well if I lose my family is going to be so disappointed *loses to guy from new york* 
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sportsgenius86 posted:I know this sounds weird in the wake of this news, but I think Aaron is probably a mostly alright guy who just has a hosed up past that gets the better of him on occasion. I think when his cooking ability catches up to his mind for food, he'd be really good on a show like this. Tom's rant a few seasons ago about how he just wanted a plain hamburger when a plain hamburger would get you kicked off the show is the biggest example of that I can think of. You're not alone in finding that irritating.
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Gregory sure seems head and shoulders above the competition. May is the closest and he's beaten her head to head three(?) times already. Given that, he'll probably get kicked out in some dumb team competition and come back through LCK.
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Dear Gregory, STAY AWAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHEF ROLE ON RESTAURANT WARS!
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Really enjoying this season so far, the producers have stepped up their game in making good challenges that aren't gimmicky and a good showcase of food and technique. Only thing that still annoys me is the quick preview right before a commercial break which pretty much spoils the final round stuff, wife and I have taken to closing our ears and yelling loudly at each other when it starts. Thank god they didn't import the idiotic bullet-time-slow-mo-camera from Duels. Goodbye A-A-Ron, maybe you can now go to college and join a fraternity and find your true calling.
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lifts cats over head posted:Dear Gregory, STAY AWAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHEF ROLE ON RESTAURANT WARS! You know he won't.
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Anyone watch Blais' new show, Hungry Games? http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/hungry-games/hungry-games-videos.html Ever wonder why ice cream is so deliciously addictive, or why it makes our brain freeze when we eat it too quickly? Or why a menu item can sound so irresistibly good that you just have to order it? Chef Richard Blais reveals how you taste, choose, and crave favorite foods on new series Hungry Games. In each of the six half-hour episodes, fun hidden camera experiments and man-on-the-street taste tests will reveal surprising facts about the inner-workings of the brain that will change the way you think about food. Sounds kind of interesting but something ripped off from Alton Brown.
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I'm already getting too much Blais on Top Chef.
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spronk posted:Anyone watch Blais' new show, Hungry Games? It's ok to have on in the background. I don't know that it really suits Blais that much. He's really just fronting the show. It's things like 'if we give people unsweetened smoked salmon mousse and say it's ice cream everyone hates it, but if we call it dip and smear it on crackers everyone likes it, how crazy is that?!' Or 'diner cooks have this one weird trick that helps them remember more orders!' It's not really very Alton Brown-y. Closest thing is that short lived Food Detectives show that Ted Allen hosted for a while. I hope Blais actually finds something that fits instead of getting shoehorned into stuff, I just can't think that Food Network really has much for him these days that would suit his talents, but to be honest I'm not sure that he's really cut out to be a TV chef beyond competing on or judging competition shows.
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Kid New York only speaks in declarative soundbytes that he thinks someone is expecting him to say, a story editor's dream. If him and the Boston Queen can go the cast will be reasonably likeable.
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Anyone know when new eps usually appear on Amazon? Up until today, they were always there for the next day. I don't see last night's ep, though.
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Winning dish had Ancho Chilies as an ingredient. Sure chilies are from "The Americas"; but cultivated in New England and/or brought from England/ Netherlands? That's like saying Coconut Milk belongs to the traditions of Northern Chinese cuisine. And yes, I am OCD about historical foodways.
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Vicodiva posted:Winning dish had Ancho Chilies as an ingredient. Sure chilies are from "The Americas"; but cultivated in New England and/or brought from England/ Netherlands? That's like saying Coconut Milk belongs to the traditions of Northern Chinese cuisine. And yes, I am OCD about historical foodways. I wondered about the same loving thing. How in the hell were ancho chilies allowed?
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Front of the house and you made a dessert. Yea that wasn't obvious or anything.
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