Season 20: Episode Live Chat

[rhofmovalley]

Tom licked his finger and then continued preparing the dish with the same finger. Gross!

[Emmeline]

17 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

Really impressed by Victoire, she can speak seven languages. The biscuit challenge was fun. Ali is back. Tom might have a target  on his back now. He sounded so smug and he didn’t care that he did not follow the rules of the challenge. Not a good attitude. 

I was thinking that I’d never seen a contestant on Top Chef intentionally eat something they know will give them a reaction.  It’s crazy she did it but it must have been worth it to her.

[FormerMod-a1]

I'm going to be sad for any one of these 3 to go home.  Yes, I know they have a chance with Last Chance Kitchen, but you know what I mean. :) 

[Straycat80]

I didn’t want any of these chefs to go home. But I’m glad Begona gets to stay, she’s one of my favorites. 

[FormerMod-a1]

Is the phone call home still a harbinger of doom?  I hope not. 

[Bastet]

I would watch a documentary about Victoire.

[Emmeline]

I couldn’t imagine what Mead would taste like.  So, I looked it up and I still have no idea.  Apparently it’s a new trend.

[BlackberryJam]

One of my many exes made his own mead. Hated it. :) Honeyed beer?

Edited April 7, 2023 by BlackberryJam

[FormerMod-a1]

Mead is good.  The Renaissance Festival here has had a mead tent or two for years now.  And tomorrow I am going to a meadery (like a distillery or brewery, but for mead) after work. 

ETA: it's not honeyed beer, it's honey wine

[Bastet]

4 minutes ago, aquarian1 said:

The Renaissance Festival here has had a mead tent

Yeah, that's where I first had it -- at a renaissance festival about 25 years ago.  It's too sweet for me to enjoy more than a glass.

Edited April 7, 2023 by Bastet

[FormerMod-a1]

Some are sweet, but they have come a long way - they aren't all that sweet.  Although they are all sweeter than most wine, definitely sweeter than red wines :-P .  

[Bastet]

Just now, aquarian1 said:

Although they are all sweet than most wine, definitely sweeter than red wines :-P .  

Yep, and I'm a dry red wine gal.

[CrazyInAlabama]

35 minutes ago, aquarian1 said:

Is the phone call home still a harbinger of doom?  I hope not. 

I think the producers finally caught on to that, and started featuring calls home with cheftestants who aren't going home.   

Begona with the cookie that was stuck was so cute, and her dish looked wonderful.   

Watching the cheftestants cooperate so well at the grocery store was so nice.  

I love the VRBO house and kitchen.   However that many chefs sharing one kitchen may get awkward.   How sad about Gabri's dad.     

Edited April 7, 2023 by CrazyInAlabama

[BlackberryJam]

I’m ridiculously happy that Tom’s hair is safe this week.

[bosawks]

3 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Watching the cheftestants cooperate so well at the grocery store was so nice.  

Loved the group cheer!

[Bastet]

I want this meal!

[FormerMod-a1]

Me, too.  I want to eat all that food!

[tljgator]

Just now, Bastet said:

I want this meal!

seriously -- it all looks amazing (I wish we could get smell-o-vision, lol)

[CrazyInAlabama]

I love the family style meal with the wonderful dishes, but also the wonderful, touching stories. 

So, Tom (I guess Tom?) goofs with the cake, but he has immunity.    This is going to be such a painful loss of any of the chefs.  

Good for Amar!  And kudos to Victoire and Ali also. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by CrazyInAlabama

[bosawks]

It is going to be so very painful to lose someone after this meal.

[Bastet]

"You're a really good eater" to Padma and her "Thank you, I'm uniquely qualified to do my job" was fantastic.

[FlyingEgret]

Why do their plates look so clean when serving new dishes?  I guess they could be getting fresh ones from unseen helpers, but I prefer to think they are licking them clean 😋 

[bosawks]

I’ve never had white borsch and I feel my life will be incomplete until I do.

[Quilt Fairy]

6 minutes ago, FlyingEgret said:

Why do their plates look so clean when serving new dishes?  I guess they could be getting fresh ones from unseen helpers, but I prefer to think they are licking them clean 😋 

I noticed the clean plates, too, and I think for at least the judges it's important that they keep all the components of each dish separate from the food eaten before and after.  

Tom was making so many comments about having immunity that I was afraid he was jinxing himself: "Tom, normally if you have immunity you can't get sent home, but today we're changing that...."

[bosawks]

Oof, that was a rough one.

[Bastet]

I've already forgotten who this guy competing against Begoña is.  Dale, right?

[Lamb18]

8 minutes ago, Bastet said:

I've already forgotten who this guy competing against Begoña is.  Dale, right?

Yes.

One hour was not enough time for Dale and Begona. Neither tower looked that great.

Dancing Queens commercial--I wonder if Maneet will be on it. She is the Dancing Spice Queen after all (Tournament of Champions reference).

[Bastet]

2 minutes ago, Lamb18 said:

Neither tower looked that great.

I agree; I wasn't excited by anything either of them made.

[ProudMary]

To Victoire: "Two chefs in this car are cooking with walnuts."

What is wrong with these people? 😠

 

Who did they say spent $160 of their $200 at the gourmet market? Tom?

[Bastet]

7 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

Who did they say spent $160 of their $200 at the gourmet market? Tom?

I'm not sure.  He spent a lot of money at Whole Foods, so if he did it at Fortnum & Mason, too, that's interesting.

[blixie]

I swear to Christ Gabri is the Black Hammer of this season whenever he's on your team you go down. Prayer circle for Tom who didn't season his food. Oy.

[catrice2]

Well Sarah was the one complaining that she brought regional black walnuts in her kit so I guess she decided to go ahead

[Emmeline]

37 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

Who did they say spent $160 of their $200 at the gourmet market? Tom?

Yes it was Tom.  How were the other chef’s okay with that?  I guess we are going to hear about it now that they are the losing team.

Edited April 14, 2023 by Emmeline

[bosawks]

I am already mad that they didn’t title this episode “Tits Out”!

[Bastet]

This dude's menu is seriously a bunch of emojis?  Oh dear.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I'm watching the last few minutes of the picnic episode, and I think they should have skipped a cook off between Sylwia and Tom, and knifed Tom off.  He not only failed in his dish, but took 80% of his team's money to do it.  

I really like the guest judge for the Quick Fire, but I don't understand how the chefs will do a dish for some of the emojis.   I love Amar's attitude, and Gabri's.       I'm very worried for Victoire, since she seems totally lost.   

I love seeing the passing scenery when they're in the cars.   

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by CrazyInAlabama

[Straycat80]

I missed the last two weeks because I was on vacation in London (so awesome)! Just watched the end of last week episode. So who went home? Tom or Sylvia? 
Emoji’s? Really? 

[catrice2]

A couple of people are getting the, "I'm going home edit."   I love Gabri 

 

[CrazyInAlabama]

Sylwia went to LCK, and Tom survived again.   

I really hope Sylwia ends up back in the competiton. 

Interesting concept for the elimination challenge, and it should be interesting to see the execution of the dishes.  

Edited April 21, 2023 by CrazyInAlabama

[catrice2]

Random, but does anyone get the commercial with Greg Gourdet and want the enchiladas that he makes to clean the pan? 

She looks lost a lot.  I wonder how long it takes her to translate what they say in her brain into what she needs to do?   

I can't take this quick fire seriously.   How many molds did Budda bring in his kit?

 

 

[bosawks]

I feel like I’m going to spend this whole episode yelling at my tv, “But where are the potatoes!”, as I mourn the loss of Sylvia.

[Bastet]

I love Ali saying he can't possibly know every emoji, there are a lot out there.

[bosawks]

As a chef if you lose the emoji challenge is that really a loss?

[Straycat80]

I want to try that plantain dish! 

[bosawks]

Oof, this challenge sounds hard.

[Bastet]

This guest chef is too much for me.

[bosawks]

Dale is winning or going home.

[Emmeline]

16 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

I missed the last two weeks because I was on vacation in London (so awesome)! Just watched the end of last week episode. So who went home? Tom or Sylvia? 
Emoji’s? Really? 

It was Sylvia, they had to make sandwiches for the quick fire.  I’m still not sure what she made in the main challenge.  You were very lucky to have been in the UK.  I love it there.

Edited April 21, 2023 by Emmeline

[catrice2]

Charbel is winning today. 

 

[MerBearHou]

I love Amar’s personality.

I bet Tom was a much more considerate shopper this time around.  And on a go-forth basis.