Life After Top Chef Recap: Life Kicks You In The Aspen

Recaps

By CynTV | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | 12:00 pm | 6 Comments
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Greetings, my sweet Gaasmi-ites! Yes, I just made up a word. Flip is letting me, CynTV, recap Life After Top Chef. It only took a small monetary payment, a pint of my blood and a gift card from PinkBerry! I am a tad intimidated, seeing as J-Mo did such an hilarious job writing Top Chef, but I’m gonna go for it. What is J-Mo doing, anyway?

Tyra’s got NOTHIN on you, J-Mo.

Can you guess what Life After Top Chef is about? Can you?? It’s about (follow me) the everyday life of Top Chef participants Richard & Spike from Season 4, Jen from Season 6, and Fabio from Season 10. Now, I was assigned this at Episode 3, so I will do a quickie on episodes 1 and 2. From my early expert analysis, it looks like one of the chefs has their shit together (Fabio), one doesn’t (Jen), one is being pulled in two directions and is close to screwing up both (Richard), and one should be happy his family does the heavy work while he goofs off (Spike).

Picture the Four Musketeers with spatulas.

Fabio won Season 10 fan favorite, and he is taking full advantage. In addition to his two successful restaurants, Fabio has endorsement deals, is writing a cookbook and developing a product line. He also holds weekly cooking classes with his business partner and childhood friend, Jacopo, where 30 or so swoony, giggly women fawn all over the two Italian heartthrobs. Jacopo is a “mixologist”. Fancy word for bartender. I love an upgraded reference. It’s like “townhome”. It’s a row house, people. And Fabs can work the crowd. He’s accepting presents, kissing and smooching women. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few phone numbers scribbled on the tablecloths. It’s that Libran charm, dammit.

Fabio’s filthy with it. 

Two wild and crazy guys!!!

Spike was born into a family of restaurateurs  and opened two eateries after Spike’s appearance on Top Chef. Their enterprises are very successful, but I can’t see how Spike had anything to do with it. The Mendelsohns have a very nice, neat office with 3 desks. The problem is, there are four people in the family. Spike sits in a chair and lamely participates in a meeting, and complains that no one listens to him. I wonder why?? He says he competed in Top Chef to become famous. I’m not saying he’s not talented but the boy’s more interested in having fun. His description of himself is pretty telling:

I’m my sister’s bitch.

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In the immortal words of No Doubt: I'm just a girl. I'm just a girl in the world. Hopefully. There's nothing I like better than mixing a fine cosmo, putting my feet up and laughing my ass off reading a Tvgasm recap. The reality is that the cosmo is actually a grape Kool Aid - but the rest of it is true!!

6 Comments

  1. 1
    gretchenbarney
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    Welcome CynTv! I’m so glad you are recapping this show. I adore Fabio, Richard, and Jenn but I have never thought much of Spike’s talents. This show has done nothing to change that. I have eaten at Flip Burger and it was very good. Very exciting to see the giant tank of … – going blank, whatever it was that he poured on everything to instantly freeze it. And fries with homemade mayo. Nothing wrong with that.

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    Adelefig
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 2:56 am

    I cannot stand Jen! She has never demonstrated she is that talented of a chef, Most of the time she has a surly, bi#chy attitude and when she talks her mouth does something weird that bugs me…. whew…I have wanted to say that since All Stars when she flipped out at her elimination and embarrassed her former employer Eric Ripert! Wonder if her personality is why all her investors pulled out? Richard’s wife seems like she is barely tolerating him….I don’t give that marriage much longer….sad…

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 9:26 am

    @Adelefig – I can’t stand the way she moves her mouth either. It’s like her jaw is permanently partially wired shut. Maybe that’s what makes her a pissy cranky witch.

    I have no interest in watching the show because I didn’t particularly care for any of these people (yes, even Fabio), but I’ll read the recaps because most times the recaps are about 75% better than the show anyway. =)

    I feel partially responsible for all of these new reality shows – I love my trashy reality TV so much, it just encourages these networks to grasp at anything they can claim would be a great reality show. So to the people that love reality and can’t get enough, you’re welcome. To the people that are believing that this whole “reality TV” thing is wearing a little thin, I’m sorry. And for the record, I’m on the “This is starting to get a little ridiculous” side. =)

  4. 4
    CynTV CynTV
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Thnk you for the welcome, Gretchen! I was a little paranoid that no one was reading my recap. But then I made myself a martini and felt much better. I have no doubt Flip Burger is good, but you can find a good burger in lots of places. Listen – my daughter introduced me last night to Chipotle Mexican, which is a very good, high priced Taco Bell. Adelefig – I know what you mean about her mouth – she has kind of a weird lisp thing going on. And I did see her temper tantrum. If I have someone as well- respected as Eric Ripert on my side, I’m not going to piss him off, you know? And what the hell is she making? Octopus? Olive oil sponge cake? Thanks for the compliment, ChickenLips. And we’re being saturated with reality TV for sure, but if we didn’t have that, we wouldn’t be doing much at Tvgasm!

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    zerocool
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Spike annoys me so much. The fact that he and Marcel are going to be on The Next Iron Chef competition is ridiculous. I figure they need some filler chefs to be eliminated first before the qualified chefs start to go. Because I have a soft spot in my heart for the little monkey (Marcel) I hope Spike goes home first.

    I was surprised to see how well together Fabio seems to be, and how bitchy Richard’s wife is. As for Jen, hope she gets her shit together and opens something.

    Thanks for recapping the show!

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    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted November 2, 2012 at 8:05 am

    I love Fabio and Richard – always have. I think Richard doesn’t see how incredible he is, when he won Top Chef All Stars, it was truly like he knew he COULD win, but never thought he WOULD win. It’s an endearing mix of humility and sweetness. I just adore him.

    Fabio – ah, Fabio. He makes me laugh and just enjoy the TV. I love him and Carla. :D

    Jen annoys me. Yes, you can cook – stop being such a jerk.

    Spike? He’s funny at times, but without the charm of Fabio. I don’t dislike him, but I could do without.

    Should have had Carla on the show!

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