so the 4th season of top chef has gotten underway, and i have been lucky enough to find the time to sneak in the 1st 3 episodes of the show in between lectures, reading articles, researching for papers, and toasting banana bread. im totally stoked for the new season but have some complaints i would like to lodge as well as some other observations from a top chef aficionado.
1st thing in the 1st show that i freaking loved to hate was the appearance and general fluffing of rocco dispirito. to me it seems like that guy is still working off his debt to nbc for the wasted millions of dollars that was the train wreck called 'the restaurant'. hes a clown and needs to go back to slanging pre-packaged bertolli frozen pasta dinners. hack.
2nd thing is this season seems to be pretty san fransisco heavy in terms of contestants. i think like 6 of them hail from sf. i know there is a lot going on in that town in terms of hip culinary sheet, but it seems that top chef gets stuck on a city for each season. in season one there was a heavy emphasis on california - la especially. season 2 had some serious new york representation as well as tons of people from vegas, and season three featured quite a few folks from the host city, miami. so what city is next?
3rd i think the talent pool is not what last season or season 2 produced. looks to me like they are drowning the talent in favor for more drama. save the drama for tnt and get us some peeps who can throw down in the kitchen.
4th after the rocco fluffing i like the fact that top chef then brings in top chefs like wylie dufresne (episode 2), rick bayliss (episode 3), and from the looks of the previews they have arguably the best chef in america, daniel boulud (episode 4) to act as judges. these are the guys who have made food what it is in america today.
5th i cant wait to see some lesbian domestic dispute happen over an over cooked piece of fish, or a sauce that is over seasoned, or any thing else that might land our love birds at the judges table. gone are the days when just an eccentric dave saying, 'youre not my bitch bitch'.
im a couple of episodes behind so no spoilers please! hope you all enjoy the show too and that it gets you to a whole foods to grab some tasty ingredients and get home to throwdown on your own quickfire
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