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Top Chef Masters

Jun 19, 2009 09:41

Wednesday night I finally remembered it was on and watched Top Chef Masters. Both the repeat of last week and the new episode. I loved it. I was just so pleasantly surprised by the program. I really did not have high expectations for it at all. There’s a camaraderie and professionalism between these chefs that you don’t get from the regular ( Read more... )

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aurora_novarum June 19 2009, 14:53:36 UTC

I miss Padma too...and that sentence surprises me to write. I didn't really have much of an opinion on her one way or the other. I find she has a bit of a draggy influence, as does the lame "drawn out" you get X stars, you get x stars..."you must pack your knives and...hang out in the back room." Just tell the winner people and show more footage of the chefs interacting! Those parts of the show are fantastic ( ... )

belsum June 20 2009, 01:23:53 UTC

Oh I totally know what you mean about Seacrest. He's such an amazing whatever-it-is. There really are very few that can compare.

Those girl scouts were awesome. And I loved the chefs snarking on them!

I'd say it's like Top Chef times Chopped - but I do love me some Iron Chef! Who all has been on that show so far? I watch too much cooking tv; it's all blending together. [/still misses classic Iron Chef]

cygnia June 19 2009, 15:58:15 UTC

I definitely hope that they take some of the elements from TCM to regular TC. I like that "star" bonus the QF offers. And it's so refreshing to see chefs NOT try to throw each other under the bus (it's why I'm digging "Chopped" over on the Food Network as well). I'm really getting tired of the drama and trainwrecks.

And I too would like to see the girl scouts return to be QF critics. :)

aurora_novarum June 19 2009, 18:00:41 UTC

I love Chopped! I was even watching the reruns before the new season started (but poor Ted drove me nuts at first because dude was noticably reading teleprompters like a robot), and I love Ted.

cygnia June 19 2009, 20:52:37 UTC

I'm hoping this season they give Ted the opportunity to playfully snark a bit more. :)

belsum June 20 2009, 01:26:00 UTC

I wasn't sure about Chopped at first but it's definitely grown on me. Maybe as Ted has gotten more comfortable like aurora points out?

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belsum June 20 2009, 01:30:06 UTC

Oh Katie Lee. TOTES a robot. No, this broad is a different kind of robot. More like the Lucy Liu-bot on Futurama or something. You need to watch it and tell me what you think!

Padma is such a stoner!! OMG I never thought of it like that but you're so right. And you can tell she loves food genuinely, and isn't just trying to start a cookbook career.