Top Chef tonight! Who will pack their knives and go?

[bicentennial_baby]

Tonight's Quickfire involves a Gourmet Burger Challenge for Red Robin restaurant. The name of the guest judge is escaping me at the moment...

:hi:

So, who will be asked to pack their knives and go?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. pleasebehung pleasebehung pleasebehung pleasebehung

Though I only want him to go under the condition that his loss is catastrophic and utterly humiliating.

He's had some humiliating moments so far, but he hasn't learned yet why they were humiliating to him - he's still blaming tasters and judges.

I can't stand that pompous asshat.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Yeah, his complete lack of accountability is irritating...

I would love to see him have a catastrophic and humiliating loss :D

Then again, I'd like to see Howie stop sweating into the food too. :puke:

[libnnc]

47. Howie sweating into the food....why hasn't anyone brought that up?

I have to close my eyes when they show him working. It's beyond gross! And it happens EVERY WEEK!

[Shine]

13. Yeah, Hung is pretty arrogant, I agree. But it's Howie I want to see leave first

I really am disgusted by his behaviour. What an asshole.

[bullwinkle428]

3. A gourmet burger?? My MONKEY could make a gourmet burger!!!

How DARE they continue to insult me with these ridiculous excuses for challenges!!!

[Richardo]

5. Tonight's the restaurant challenge - many opportunities to screw the pooch

...by ANYBODY.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I expect we may get a monkey reference tonight...

:D

[Richardo]

4. Sar-A! Sar-A! Sar-A! Sar-A!

I hope it's Sara.

[bicentennial_baby]

I never would have guessed!

;)

I'd be happy to see her go too. :)

[LynneSin]

9. Sar-A so lucked out last week

She should have gone home 2 weeks ago instead of Joey. Sara just doesn't do anything signficant and it's been consistant like that week after week. Only reason she got to stay was because she lucked out on getting on a good team

[Richardo]

15. You could see her smirk at Judges Table - she knew she was safe

x(

[MissMillie]

7. Restaurant Wars!!!!

I guarantee that the person who gets thrown off will be on the same team as Howie.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. I bet that you are correct!

he's team poison...and he's sweaty. x(

[LynneSin]

11. Who would want to take that sure bet

And who wants to eat food that Howie sweated all over

[ceile]

10. Hung, Hung, Hung

Can't stand that twerp.
Should be good regardless of who goes-I love the restaurant challenge.

[Shine]

12. Howie REALLY annoys me. Can't wait to see him leave.

what an obnoxious prick he is. :thumbsdown:

There were many times I thought he should've been asked to leave, but I suppose the producers/judges keep him on b/c he makes "good tv", being so controversial.

:eyes: That's bullshit, as far as I'm concerned. The guy can cook decently, but he has shown himself to be a complete asshole whenever he needs to work with other people....which is what's required to be a TOP CHEF.

[bicentennial_baby]

14. He's also too pork-centric. And sweaty.

:hi:

[Richardo]

16. I'm not sure you mentioned 'sweaty' before.

:D

[bicentennial_baby]

21. See the graphic below!

:D

[Richardo]

22. I did - high-larious

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

24. I like this one too:

[Shine]

18. Yeah, the sweatiness factor is gross. At least Dale wears a bandana.

THAT'S the way to do it.

I haven't noticed the "pork-centric" thing yet. I'll watch for that.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Here's a graphic for all the Howie "fans"!!

[Shine]

19. LOL!!!!

:rofl:

too funny!! :thumbsup:

[trackfan]

25. That is funny.

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

29. OMG, I love your Howie graphics!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Here's how I want to see it go down tonight: Hung and Howie on the same team (are they? do we know how the teams break down yet?). They fail miserably, and Howie throws Hung under the bus. Hung goes home, but Howie will go down next week, in all his sweaty glory. And smirky Sara won't be far behind.

[bicentennial_baby]

31. I haven't seen a good preview of the restaurant challenge...

My hope is that, much like previous seasons, it is a total bloodbath :D



:hi:

[Richardo]

20. On the opposite side - who's the BEST so far?

I think CJ - he's versatile, he thinks ahead, can articulate his vision and is a team player.

And he cooks well.

He's the most Top Chef-y.


Runners up for me are:

Tre - I think he's got the talent for sure.
Dale - surprising of late, but not sure of leadership ability.

Also-rans:
Casey - hasn't shown us much, except with her green top last week. :D
Brian - one trick pony with the seafood.

[bicentennial_baby]

23. I agree CJ...and Dale isn't too bad either.

I like Tre, but I want to see more from him.

[jpgray]

26. CJ and Tre are my faves.

If I had Tre as a personal chef, I'd weigh 600 pounds. If I had CJ, he'd probably just want to get high and play volleyball with us all the time. :P

[bicentennial_baby]

27. ...

[jpgray]

28. It was fun to watch his good-natured attitude nearly crumble under Howie's despotism

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

30. Same here.

Plus, I have a major thing for tall guys....and CJ is very, VERY tall. :7

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[bicentennial_baby]

36. Baked? Sauteed?

:rofl:

[underpants]

33. Oh BLECH! the Red Robin Burger challenge?????

:puke:

[bicentennial_baby]

34. C'mon, it's a "Gourmet" burger challenge...

:rofl:

Is that where you had your unfortunate dining experience? :hi:

[underpants]

38. That's it

Thanks for remembering.

I'll look to see if I can find that thread.

[bicentennial_baby]

40. Twas a great story!

:D

[underpants]

41. I no longer fear hell.... (LINK)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=6732571

[bicentennial_baby]

43. A waitress without flair!

:cry:

[Shakespeare]

35. I know. I'm getting VERY tired of the crap product placement.

Enough with the franchise, mass-produced garbage. It's totally counter to everything the competition is supposed to be about.

[bicentennial_baby]

37. This reply is brought to you by the Glad family of products...

I agree.

:P

[Richardo]

39. Wait I just got back from the Tresomme hair salon and can't hear you over the Kenmore dishwasher

What'cha talking about?

[underpants]

42. (sets Diet Dr.Pepper down beside box of Dunkin Donuts)

And to think all the money that has been lost over the years by the french bread consortium by NOT BRAND LABELING IT!!!!

[Magrittes Pipe]

45. Red Robin = Best Chain Hamburger in the World.

Naysayers may eat my taint. ;)

[underpants]

46. ;-)

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

44. Lightning hit our Dish receiver LAST WED of all days!

I haven't had T. V. since then. It fried most of our electronics, which we have been scrambling to replace. Dish won't be up until tomorrow. :cry: :cry:

Once I find reruns, no one will be able to move me from my spot until I have caught up! I haven't even gone to the Bravo website just because I don't want to know what I've missed.

Have fun without me tonight, but by the weekend I hope to be up to speed!

[bicentennial_baby]

48. We're in the thick of Restaurant Wars... *semi-spoilers*

So we have teams consisting of: Dale, Howie, Sara, and Hung...Brian, Casey, Tre, and CJ. What shall transpire, I do not know. It looks bad though..

[The Straight Story]

49. Arrrgh two and a half more hours before it comes on here

been watching the marathon today though :)

[bicentennial_baby]

50. That was a great marathon!!

But, i'll make sure to put 'spoiler' in any following post heading :)

[The Straight Story]

51. I will still read it :) (nt)

[philosophie_en_rose]

52. Schweaty Howie annoys me most, but Sara M is probably the lesser chef.

Howie has a talent with the pig, but Sara really hasn't done very much.

As long as Malarkey and Tre stick around, I'll be happy. Hung, Casey, C.J., and Dale are okay. Sara and Howie are red shirts.

[bicentennial_baby]

53. And the winner and loser for tonight is.... *Spoiler!!*

No losers!!! Both restaurants open again next time!! :woohoo:

[Ekirh]

54. SPOILER response

ROUND TWO FIGHT

For a moment I so thought one of those two were going home.. whew

[bicentennial_baby]

55. next week looks ugly though!!

:bounce:

[Ekirh]

56. Well then . . .

May the ugliness commence. . .

and by god... I will enjoy it :)

[jpgray]

57. I'm thrilled with the outcome (spoilers)

Neither team got to show off their best, and I definitely don't think Brian would have deserved to go, as he seemed to have less than zero help out there, and some flustering is to be expected with someone totally new to hosting/managing. I'm curious as to how professional the server teams were for each group--lack of knives, dusty plates, etc. are in large part their responsibility.

[bicentennial_baby]

58. I agree..on both counts.

I remember a challenge from Season 1 where Stephen had an incredible staff that just *made* the service.

I'll be interested to see next week's endeavour. :hi:

[jpgray]

59. Plus nobody had the chance to point out the big save

Where Brian saved Casey from the food-embalming scent of vanilla candles. :D It was interesting that CJ and Brian specifically avoided the two things that rankled in the other team's presentation--the overuse of black and the scented candles.

[Ekirh]

60. Damn Burger Challange. .

I want a big juicy burger now . . .

I may have to go find me one tommorrow afternoon. Not Red Robins specifically (Don't have an opinion the place) Just . . BURGER!!!! :)