Around the World in 80 Plates – Qu’est-ce que c’est un quenelle?

Recaps

By Foggywood | Saturday, May 19, 2012 | 8:00 pm | 8 Comments
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Posted in: Around the World in 80 Plates, Recaps

The Red team confers and then proceeds to rail on Sai. Nick made the awful quenelle, but John defends him. Interesting that Sai doesn’t go after Nick – she goes after Nicole.

Sure enough, she is voted out. Does anyone else think that was wrong? Not my favorite, but she wasn’t the worst.  She could have a future in kitchen porn!


Yes, my dear, you may have a future – in Thailand XXX

So – for the 2nd week in a row, a chef who made a dish that was complimented and given props has been voted out. Hm.

In the comments last week Derek Hazleton mentioned that the show also reminded him of Survivor. Didn’t really see that – but I do now…

Along those lines – is there ANYONE likable on this show? The key to winning Survivor is the social game. Is anyone here playing the social game? These people kinda seem like jerks – to a larger and lesser degree. Hoping it is just the editing!  What do you guys think?

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8 Comments

  1. 1
    Delia
    Posted May 19, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    You know, I tried to like this show, but with all the running around and random places, I just can’t.

    Cat Cora isn’t very likeable either.

  2. 2
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted May 19, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    I haven’t seen this episode. I love competition shows and I used to be a chef. Now I sell food to other chefs for a living. I have a love/hate relationship with all of these shows, but this is just too much. Are these people really chefs in real life? I mean I can understand being confused about the definition of “quenelle” since it has different meanings in the US and France, but they should be able to identify sheep’s milk cheeses, even if only by process of elimination. There are some very common cheeses that are known to be made with sheep’s milk. Feta, manchego, pecorino, haloumi, robiola, etc. If you use the known charactaristics of those cheeses it shouldn’t be problem to figure out whether the cheese in front of you is made from the same thing. I think the pool of real chefs willing to embarrass themselves is running thin and they are starting to use the dishwashers and busboys to fill the casting gaps.

  3. 3
    skychickie
    Posted May 19, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    So the first episode I watched I was drunk and got really confused. The 2nd not drunk but I fell asleep during the show… I’m thinking I need to find a happy medium.

  4. 4
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 1:26 am

    I’m still on the fence about this show. It seems like it would be more interesting if the people were likable.

    Gollum/Cheven reminds me of an annoying and obnoxious version of Schmidt from New Girl.

  5. 5
    Nameof State
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Nerd Alert: I christened Keven Charbonneau, as in the incompetent husband of Sacajawea that kept screwing up the Lewis and Clark expedition. I called my mom (an L&C fanatic) for clarification on the name and she mentioned he was a chef too. So, I guess it was Kismet.

    Jenna should have been eliminated. She is useless. Her knowledge of French was to say hello and ask if everyone knew English? And…no one else could have done that? And a brownie? Sai is extremely annoying but her dish was the one the locals liked the best. Although how are you a chef and you’ve never poached an egg?

    Avery and Gary rocked it. Chaz was lame this week.

  6. 6
    LAC LAC
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Thank you for the recap, Foggy! Yeah, I am sort on the fence on this show as well. The likability factor on this show is low. The Chaz is annoying me – you did not invent post-its, dude! Stop trying to take credit for everything. Jeanna is likely to be the victim of friendly fire if she was in a war – annoying to the max. I am not convinced that that the two boys on her team have pube hair yet. Kevin the Gollum is deluded and could someone not film up his nose please? Added irritation: he made the Nookie look good this episode. I’m not feeling Tiger mom in training either.

    Avery has a little sexy vibe that could turn into a girl crush if she continues to rock like she did in this episode.

    Where’s my Cat?

  7. 7
    LAC LAC
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:55 am

    Oh, yeah…Gary is sharing likeability billing with Avery right now. Unless he starts that “Project Runway” contestant crying.

  8. 8
    Homer
    Posted May 26, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    Ok, Foggy, I thought last time I read your re-cap you had made up “Cheven” so I was disappointed to find that he named himself! Hahaha. We are catching up on the episodes now. I can’t stand any of the chefs so I pick Chef Curtis for the win! But you got us to watch another show with annoying contestants because I want to keep up with your hilarious re-caps.
    For sure I think Jenna needs to go next. Pretty please?

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