I'm a Blais lover too. I don't know what exactly it is about him but I've liked him from that first season, quirks, neuroses, hurl-faces and all. I'd almost gotten over him but then he had to go and pop up on "Duels" vs Marcel of all people. When he sees Marcel and says, "I see it's the battle of good vs evil", well, he had me again. He's baaaaaaack. I was delighted to see him.
I like Joy.
I like the Mexican-Japanese kosher taco truck guy.
I hate the sour puss faced guy who was so hautily dismissive of the woman chef who'd won some obscure cooking title.