ProudMary

I just re-watched the final minute of LCK. This is Tom's actual quote: "Kevin, you have one more chef to beat before you get the opportunity to get back into the competition." Sounds like, one more actual LCK challenge and then perhaps something like a sudden-death quickfire in the main competition? Just a guess.

How the hell could Lee Anne, who worked behind the scenes at Top Chef for several seasons and was WELL aware of past oven shenanigans, NOT double-check the settings on the oven??? Mental error, indeed. I knew Lee Anne was gone as soon as the camera shot lingered on the oven's settings panel. Well, at least here the zip lining and tree climbing was purely recreational. The cheftestants didn't have to climb trees to obtain ingredients or zip-line to find potential cooking sites. I'm looking at you, Top Chef Texas!

Well, if Bravo does what they should and fires Kathryn, leaving Madison, Danni (as friend of) and maybe, Eliza as the only female cast members, Austen, Shep and Craig would pretty much have their own show anyway! 😅

Perhaps this could go in the media thread, but some viewers might prefer to be surprised when Patton Oswalt returns in Season 7, so I'm putting it here in the spoiler thread. https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2496108/agents-of-shield-is-bringing-back-fan-favorite-as-new-character-for-final-season

Lee Anne wanted to make another flavor of ice cream, but Gregory insisted that it had to be rum raisin.

I hope Bravo fires her. It would mean the end of the series but let's face it: This show's been done for a while. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/krystieyandoli/bravo-southern-charm-kathryn-dennis-monkey-emoji?__twitter_impression=true From the article: "Bravo’s “Southern Charm” Star Kathryn Dennis Apologized After People Called Her Racist For DM'ing A Monkey Emoji To A Black Woman Kathryn Dennis DM'd the emoji to Charleston activist and radio host Mika Gadsden when defending a local business owner who is organizing a Trump parade."

That was the point of my post. I was going to add, "So, I think he's doing just fine. 😉 " but thought it would be overkill. Guess I was wrong. 😞

When you bring up Presumed Innocent, my mind goes immediately to John Spencer. I have to admit I don't even remember Bradley Whitford being in the movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it. Oops! 😶 Great, now forgotten film. Brian Dennehy was great in everything he did. Also, what is this Season 5 you speak of? 🤔

Kwame Onwuachi is up for his second consecutive James Beard award this year, albeit in the writing division, for his book, Notes From A Young Black Chef. In 2019, he won the award for Rising Culinary Star.

I've begun a re-watch of the first season; I'm through episodes 1 & 2. A few comments upon re-watching: Stefano deserves sympathy from no one. It was adolescent Stefano who physically assaulted young Lila (she, around 9 years old; Stefano probably about 13) out on the street for--in his mind--making his little brother Alfonso look foolish by answering correctly when the boys were brought into the girls' classroom at school for the contest. He repeatedly slapped her in the face and also threw both Lenu and Lila to the ground when Lenu attempted to stop him from harming Lila. Adult Stefano's violent behavior is just a continuation of what he had already exhibited towards Lila as a teenager. Also, just as a reminder: It was Enzo who hit young Lila in the head with a rock! So much for these men who "love" her. Lastly, it was Elena whom Nino told he wanted to marry when he grew up, not Lila. He also asked her to be his girlfriend at the same time on the stairs in their (shared) apartment building. While she said nothing to him in response, she walked back into her apartment with a huge smile on her face. IMO, adult Nino in S3, will once again break Elena's heart as he uses her as a conduit to see if there's a way he can safely re-connect with Lila. I'm afraid that Elena will throw away what she has with Pietro. I hope I'm wrong.

This RW was different in that the judges viewed the restaurants as belonging to Gregory and Kevin. They weren't only the Executive Chefs. Each restaurant was theirs. Open Table was the sponsor for an overall $40,000 prize to the winning RW team. Stephanie won $10,000. All four chefs had a lot to be happy about with that victory!

I think this year's RW was viewed a bit differently by the judges because Kevin and Gregory weren't just the Executive Chefs this time. The restaurants belonged to them. They were viewed more as Chef/Proprietors than as just one of the team members, who took on the EC role. I do think Kevin made an error in judgment by not going out to present the restaurant's signature dish to the judges.

Well, there are Vietnamese restaurants with the name Pho King. Of course, they may just have another reason for naming the restaurant after their signature dish. 😉

There absolutely had been a post in the spoiler thread indicating that not only was Gregory's team the losing team but that Gregory himself was PYKAG'd. The second the episode ended, I headed for the spoiler thread to make a comment and that post was gone.

I'd guess they didn't name an individual winner because the $40,000 prize for winning RW was being given to the winning team per Padma's original instructions.

I have never been so anxious during LCK! Kevin Gillespie is my very favorite chef over all 17 Top Chef seasons. I absolutely want him back in the main competition. The main competition is almost going to take a back seat for me until I know if KG is back in or not! Nini's dish seemed to have very layered flavors. and looked very tasty. I was really worried there especially when Tom said that Kevin's corn wasn't warm enough. I exhaled mightily when Tom gave the win to Kevin.

Yes, this episode is supersized.

Neither restaurant has the judges seated yet? Odd.

I can understand Gregory wanting Malarkey for FOH, but the fantasy baseball player in me was yelling, "Dude, he'll still be available in the second round!" You go for an ace in Round 1.

I watched The Queen at War last night on PBS. Short (<60 mins.) documentary on how living and serving during WWII shaped Queen Elizabeth II's future life and reign. Worth a watch. I'm sure it'll be re-broadcast on PBS. It's also available to stream on the PBS website linked below. https://www.pbs.org/show/queen-war/

I liked the double service RW because no one got to hide. Every member of the team had to be either the Executive Chef or the FOH GM. It was the fairest RW across all the seasons, IMO. I loved Isaac getting the win. He's one of my all-time favorite cheftestants and the only one whose restaurant I've dined at. (Off topic: Isaac was nominated for a James Beard Award today!) Getting rid of Manbun was the icing on the cake!

Not Michele; Marcello, whom Lila had repeatedly and even violently rejected multiple times. Had those shoes been on the feet of anyone but Marcello Solara, Lila and Stefano's marriage might have had a chance, but he really did betray her right from the start.

RE: YS, S03, Ep. 21: If that's truly the way Sheldon was able to begin attending college in East Texas, you'd think that adult Sheldon would have a much more favorable retrospective opinion of his father than anything we were ever shown on TBBT. George was pretty much the main reason he was able to go! Mary might very well have kept him home until he was of legal age to make his own choice!

I didn't interpret it that Mary ran to Sheldon because she'd lost interest in Missy. Missy was raising questions about the fight that Mary and George had had the previous night that made Mary uncomfortable. Without using the word divorce, Missy was asking if her parents could work through this or not. Mary didn't have the answer to that question. When Sheldon got home, she took the opportunity to dodge Missy's question, by running to Sheldon and George. Missy's expression there was fear that her Mom and Dad might break up over her brother, the "freak" as she had called him earlier in the episode.

Now I'm curious to see the team selection process for RW next week. It can't be gym class style, because there's no way a back-and-forth selection ends up with Kevin getting the three strongest chefs still standing and Gregory the three weakest. It must be a knife draw.