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Me thinks that Alex, when she was traveling solo to Italy, had a threesome with Adriano. I think that's why he is so confused that now she doesn't want to have one. He clearly knows that she has had threesomes. I think he knows firsthand. She's kind of bait and switching.
Luke and Madeline's storyline is seeming really scripted. Nothing seems believable.
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I actually think Madeleine and Luke are a cute couple. I also feel like a lot of their dialogue is scripted, definitely her interviews, and the storyline in general. That said, I think they both have cute personalities and are a real couple.
Alex though. Man, her boyfriend doesn't try to understand anything. Her experience as a person of color, her religion, monogamy, how people build houses on hills. He's cute, but there is not much depth to him at all. If she wants a real connection, she's screwed.
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The original native americans were not farmers. They were hunters/gatherers. It's definitely not possible to milk a wild bison. They are super dangerous.
I thought it was weird that they mentioned how many federally recognized tribes there were in Wisconsin, but then brought in a chef that was from South Dakota and works in Minneapolis. But whatever.
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What happened to two people maybe going home? Is that no longer happening?
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2 hours ago, seltzer3 said:
Also it seemed like Laura isn't training the staff for the tickets, so the responsibility should have fallen on her.
I don't think Laura understood what Kaleena wanted, as Kaleena was the one that wanted tickets a certain way and wouldn't accept them the way Laura provided, but it didn't seem like she took any time to train Laura how she wanted them.
Never ever have the judges ever nailed the front of house person for not training the staff, or has it ever been brought up. To me, it seems that if the staff mess up, it's still the responsiblity of the FOH to notice it right away and fix it. Note that the judges had to beckon Laura over and TELL HER that their food wasn't arriving and it had been 30 minutes. Sure, it was probably cuz the servers suck, but Laura's correct move would have been to be at that table providing updates and apologies.
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2 hours ago, Lassus said:
As far as the 5 on 4 restaurant wars, something did seem a bit odd there. Especially with the fact that no one really ever brought it up, which seems a prime drama/bitching point that could have been used. I hate conspiracy theories, but it seems somewhat like the contestants were given some direction there.
I think the idea is that the chef that won the last challenge, even though now they aren't safe from elimination, are able to provide a benefit to the team they work with. So having a 5th chef was a lucky gift and wildcard part of the game, but driven because of having to find a way to reward the winning chef from the last EC.
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Having a 5th chef was the prize for the winner of the EC, and the others benefitted. There were clues they would do this, because recall that Charley received immunity just because he was paired with Michelle before (who had immunity).
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I couldn't tell too much what was going on when and where. But some comments.
Laura did a beautiful job. She's very poised and elegant and I think she really killed her role and remained calm. Michelle definitely looked stressed out and uncomfortable as the face of the restaurant. Her avoiding the chefs when they arrived-- really surprised that she was that insecure/intimidated--- not sure. But she should have been psyched to see them, instead of scurrying away. Weird. This was her chance to engage with them, have 1:1 face time with them, show off her personality and connect in a different way. She blew it, IMO.
I don't think Michelle is going win, just based on that. I think Tom is going to definitely remember.
The black chef that was with Gail I think fell in love with Laura. As soon as she approached the table, he had this lovey dovey look in his eyes and had a soft voice and looked like he was in heaven just looking at her. Okay, I'm maybe being dramatic, but he was DEFINITELY into Laura.
Kaleena really showed her arrogance and her faking her leadership was appropriately called out. She was making decisions from the start with the menu, that were poorly conceived, and just being an asshole. She is competitive and hardworking, but she's not very smart. She might be able to fake it at work by projecting herself as dominant and "right" but I'm thrilled the smoke cleared and the judges could see what a jerk and cocky ass she is.
Rant over.
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So, I found out that kielbasa is a type of polish sausage, but kielbasa is a generic term for sausage in Poland. Phew.
https://www.delightedcooking.com/what-is-polish-sausage.htm
I've never heard of someone calling a hotdog a brat. A brat is bratwurst as far as I know.
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3 hours ago, AriAu said:
The challenge was pretty straightforward so they cooked consistently good food. However, I am not sure why this needed to be a team challenge giving immunity to the the winning team-why not the 5 winners of the head to head are safe and the other 5 go to elimination??
They needed a way to use the flags. LOL. Seriously though, having teams made sense for how they voted, and allowed for teamwork in deciding which meat to use, and also provided a handful of sous chefs motivated to help them win.
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21 minutes ago, Ancaster said:
Can someone tell me when seasoned became synonymous with salty?
Yeah, when they talk about something being seasoned they are talking about salt. If it's bland- not enough salt. They will never say anything is well seasoned but too salty. So seasoned = salt. Flavor = all the other seasonings. IMO.
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How apropro that the power bottoms were again together for the sausage race. LOL.
Kristen looked super cute and her jacket was adorable.
Amir is doing WELL with his Finish sponsorship. Where there is Finish, there is Amir. That said, connecting the quickfire to dishwashing detergent as an inspiration was extremely brave in just how willing Kristin and the others were in looking shameless. And they aren't getting paid for their endorsements but sort of forced to.
I'm very curious how well Laura will work with everyone. They made a point to air her interview where she talked about how her dad made her get her own place and be completely independent when she was 16-- that's going to mess you up and affect how you relate to people as an adult. I'm sure that was very scary.
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On 4/29/2024 at 5:59 PM, surfgirl said:
Isn't there a personal chit chat thread in this area? I didn't see one, perhaps someone can create one so folks can chat together there and the discussion won't get lost in the episode chatter?
You can hover over someone's username and select "ignore" to filter any users you would like to mute. It just hides their posts and/or mentions from your view. It's VERY useful.
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4 hours ago, dleighg said:
I could have sworn I saw he had a restaurant in Chicago. My bad.
So Matty is on the show, The Bear, which is SET in Chicago. So the restaurant show that he is affiliated with is in Chicago, however, he is from Canada. Apparently, he is responsible for cooking or creating a lot of the dishes that you see on the show. It's also shot in Chicago so he was probably in the area when they were filming TC episode.
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From what I have gathered, chaos cooking came from people at home, making weird shit, posting on instagram, and then having it go viral. That is where the Bear I think comes into play, because they reference instagram all the time on the show. The weird stuff was people wanting to cook, but having what they had to work with, and ending up with some pretty outlandish things.
I don't think chaos cooking was going to work at all with the chefs all getting to pick their ingredients. Here is a dense fairly disjoined attempt to explain it from a "fine dining" or "let's make choas cuisine and sell it for a bunch of money!" article:https://www.eater.com/23331987/restaurant-dining-trends-chaos-cooking-fusion-cuisine
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16 hours ago, Madding crowd said:
I’m still happy the show is in my home state but the editing seems wonky this season. Every episode my husband and I notice something a bit off; this time it was that they didn’t introduce the two extra judges at the elimination challenge. Now there are times when they are cooking for a big table and don’t introduce everyone but this was a small group.
They didn’t do a good job of explaining the challenge but just like every other competition show I watch from project runway to Inkmaster to Drag Race: if it tastes or looks great it doesn’t matter that much if you meet the challenge.
There are a lot of interviews and people discussing Top Chef in Wisconsin-- unlike some of the bigger cities, having TC in town is a highly visible and reported event. In any case, one chef described being contacted by the show or a rep from the show asking if he wanted to be in a TC episode. He said OF COURSE! He showed up where and when they told him. He had no idea what he was supposed to do or what he would be doing. He ended up filling a seat at the judges table for dining. So I think some of the people at the chef's table are literally fillers or "extras" the show keeps on hand to plug into the show where needed.
Here is a how-do on chaos cooking. It's actually the kind of cooking I do! https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-chaos-cooking_l_64a2e42de4b0dcb22c46c163
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I read an interview with Kaleena where she talks about how she "very recently" learned that she could be an effective chef without being abusive and screaming and yelling at people in the kitchen. She seems like the type of person who has to try really hard to be nice. I feel like she has lots of slip ups at work regarding her new enlightenment.
I think with chaos, the food needed to look like chaos. I would have thought Dan did the best job with everything. Danny's dish looked really really cool.
I think this is one of those challenges that would have worked better with a partner.
Soo is definitely going to elevate this for everyone. He also seems a good deal older than the other chefs.
For chaos, I am thinking those McDonald hacks-- a spin on that. So making a Big Mac like sandwich with a chicken pattie and fish patty and serving it upside down on a huge skewer like a fair food. Putting onion rings and a crab cake in there. Pouring the sauce on the outside or served in hanging bird feeder type thing where people have to dip or press their food into this hanging vessle. Something that looks really funky.
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Wow, what a weird episode with weird storylines. I don't buy Kobe and Emily's storyline of her not be accepted by Kobe's friends because she is too bossy. This show is all about showcasing problems, so they needed one. They seem acting to me, and Kobe keeps laughing embarrassingly through each scene. Emily also often has a smirk on her face.
Sophie and Rob are like little kids that got married. That tarantula is going to get more love and action from Rob than Sophie ever will. But that they don't have sex makes a lot of sense why the aren't living together. If you can't get along and fight constantly, AND there is no make up sex to make it worth it, why stick around? Just to fight and go to bed alone each day? No thanks. Not that regular make up sex makes up for a bad relationship-- they would be lasting a little bit longer if they sexually into each other. Manual and Ashley, and the Muslim/CA couple fight just as much but are sexually VERY active. And they keep each other pretty much within eyeshot at all times.
Liz and Ed both have drinking problems. Guarantee they were both drunk, fought, Ed left, called off the wedding hammered, and now can't go back and make it right so he is stuck finding some reason. All for the best.
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I was thinking of compression to be to flatten or narrow down, constrict, so in that way, Kaleena's crust was very very apropos, as that shit was condensed as anything could be. I could never come close to pulling this off, but since FLW was into natural beauty and letting the wood/material's natural beauty come through, maybe use a very pretty protein and a light or clear sauce/dressing, or maybe a lime/lemon sauce or a blend of things that you need to squeeze (contract). A ceviche could fit that bill nicely. I thought Manny's flower shaped pasta was super lame and someone else used cutouts shaped like stars or something really lame.
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4 hours ago, rhofmovalley said:
I thought it was a fairly easy concept (I thought of hard/crispy vs soft), but it seems it went over the heads of nearly all of them. Or they understood but their execution was way off.
Michaelin judge tried to give Kaleena credit for her hard and soft pie-thing-shit-show and Tom reminded her right away that THAT was an accident. LOL.
It was a very hard challenge. They needed to make something "fancy" and precise and beautiful yet simple (Michaelin star chef at the table with Buddha!) and also that would taste great, and they needed to work well together and have dishes that made sense to pair, both flavor, taste, texture, and keeping with the theme. It was very very hard IMO.
IMO, from being the nerdy girl trying to fit in with the cool girl in middle school, the Kaleena and Alisha relationship was painful. From the get go, Kaleena kept her back turned to Alisha as much as possible, made very little eye contact, and tried to always be keeping a distance and seemed to be embarrassed about working with her. Alisha sensed that distance and dislike, and tried to compensate by being very complimentary, agreeing with everything she said, being extra supportive, always patting her back, and was pretty much her shadow, which just pissed off Kaleena more. In the interview, when Alisha said, "Sorry, I touched your foot" jokingly, Kaleena's aggressive and frankly mean comment, was very telling of how she really wanted her space and wanted to establish social dominance and dislike to everyone.
I just think Kaleena is such a mean girl, and I don't really like her "I'm too good" attitude. But even if they got along great and made a good dish, they were the weakest people there without immunity. Sort of far second is the Kevin and Manny pairing, who I thought did a great job getting along. Also Laura and Savannah will likely be the next two to head out.
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They brought out the fancy snobby guest judges for this architecture Wright challenge. They got Joe Schmo for the champagne beer challenge with everything made with Miller High Lite. LOL.
I was really surprised how no one knew how/who to pair up with for the elimination challenge, and how pissed off Kaleena seemed to be with Alisha. Alisha asked her to pair up, and Kaleena said yes, but was scanning hard core the scene to see who was pairing up with who. Not surprised it was a disaster. Alisha was kiss ass up to very end. It's like when you try really hard to get the popular kid to like you and you get in, and then end up in detention and grounded.
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I don't remember if it was phrased as an advantage (it wasn't an advantage), but they needed someone to start the picking.
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Here is a study guide.
Easy to remember/have story arc:
Michelle: Pit Master, happy, super white teeth, wins
Manny: Mexican, really large man, overbite, likely to win if he can make Mexican food in the challenge; screwed if he can't
Kevin: Top Chef France, accent, cute, pastries
Charly: Haitian, sweet and thoughtful, can't season for shit
Dan: From Wisconsin, Kennedy's Disease, oldest contestant.
Rasika: Cheerful, looks like an Indian Peter Pan, yoga and running, great with flavors, wins
Amanda: Queer bi-racial black Daria
Kaleena: Loves cheese, thinks she can win, kind of full of herself
Alisha, Laura, and Savannah all resemble each other, and none have done anything super great or outrageous that they have highlighted in editing. Laura- super serious, very conservative appearance and professional attitude. Savannah-- also very serious, few facial expressions, started the WIN CONSIN chant (I think), talks about how she makes Japanese food, and Alisha is the hardest to remember. She has something in front of her head, like a colorful scarf or bow, much of the time and wears glasses.
Danny: Dominican and PR, runs with Rasika, people pleaser
Valentine, David, and Kenny --> They Gone
No math
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14 hours ago, Rai said:
Getting closer to remembering which young female chef is who, but still not 100 percent. Sorry, gals. I'm part of the problem!
There will be a test!
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I'm glad Kaleena is getting some camera and interview time, and super glad she likes cheese, because she was sort of bougie about some of the other challenges. Rasika is cool in general, but there is something about her big smile giggle and wide eyes that she does so often makes her seem a little TOO jolly, almost cartoonish. I also didn't understand her loud "OOOOHs" when they were describing the elimination challenge. It wasn't a magic show.
Maybe I'm just a miserable person, but she is just a little too happy.
Dan seems like he might be prone to pouting if he isn't getting his way.
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S4.All Episodes: 90 Day Fiance: Love in Paradise
in 90 Day Fiancé: Other Spinoffs & Specials
Basically, Luke gave Madeline 10,000 to get her nails and eyelashes done, because I think Madeline is probably the only regular customer at that salon.
Shawn is way too old for Aliyah. Not because of societal rules about age gaps and dating, but he just seems to struggle to keep up with her. They have totally different energies.