"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."-Unknown
Top Chef fans have been anxiously waiting to hear the beautiful Padma Lakshmi issue her next round of commands to "pack your knives and go" all fall. Luckily, Top Chef season five is officially here, with the premiere episode airing Wednesday night on Bravo. The gals of PR just happen to be the ultimate Top Chef junkies and tuned in for the first episode, in what looks to be an exciting and dramatic season.
The episode initiated the contestants into the grueling series with a quick-fire challenge consisting of some pretty frantic apple peeling, where one chef was sent home on apple skills alone. As a lover of all exotic foods, I adored the elimination challenge, which had contestants pitted against each other in the creation of a dish of a specific cuisine. We are keeping our fingers crossed for Radhika Desai, a Chicago native, who recently sat down with Metromix to discuss the show in Totally Rad! Unfortunately, a lackluster showing in the quick-fire apple nightmare means that she is going to have to step it up in future episodes. It is still early, but arrogant Stefan looks like he may have the skills to back up the attitude. Finally, we were perplexed by Carla (who seems to be slightly crazy). When she mentioned that she lets the "spirits guide her", I knew we were in for an exciting season. Stay tuned to Top Chef season five and let us know who you think is slated to be the next Top Chef winner.
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-RW
Yeah, I'm glad that the young kid got the boot. He had no inspiration. True, the lesbo looking chick didn't cook the meat enough, but you can't cure lack of inspiration in a chef. See ya son! Go get some skills and come back for season 6.
Posted by: SoFlyy310 | November 13, 2008 at 06:00 PM
Whatevs...the "lesbo" girl you referring to supposedly has 20 years of cooking experience. How do you not know how to cook meat after 20 years of cooking?!?!? She's a fraud or something. Give the kid a chance -- he's young and can pick things up quickly.
Posted by: starryeyed04 | November 13, 2008 at 06:02 PM