Top Chef Masters Recap: Let’s get ready to Sauuuuuuuuteeeeeeeeee!

Top Chef

By MisRed | Friday, September 7, 2012 | 6:00 am | 20 Comments
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Takashi Manero

Last week, Art sashayed out the door and back to the land of Biscuits, Oprah and Lady Gaga’s collapsing cake.  Unfortunately, we are still left with his annoying BFF, Lorena.  There are five Chefs remaining, well, six if you count Patty’s mole.  Patricia, Lorrrrrrrrrrrrrena, Takashi, Chris and Kerry.  Putting it out there, this should come down to Patty / Chris / Takashi… let’s see if it does.  Although Kerry has been growing on me, especially with his great facial expressions.

I worked the fourth meal and am exhausted

We open with Lorena explaining that she is exhausted.  Apparently, she was working “fourth meal” last night at The Bell.  Run for the border, Lorena, RUN.  I really have developed a distaste for Lorena.  I don’t trust someone who is always so happy.  It’s not natural.  Plus, I don’t like her picking on Patty, saying that she’s the one who will “put Patricia in her place” and does it with a smile on her face.  Creeps me out.  As far as I can tell these two are in the same “place.”   Also, Lorena misses her wicked step-sister Art.

Hi Guys!  Yes, I’m still gorgeous.

Hottie Stone welcomes the Chefs to the kitchen and asks if they are “used to others doing their prep work?”  Lorena nods.  Chris says he regularly butchers whole animals at his restaurant so prep is no problem for him.  

For their Quick Fire Challenge the Chefs will need to separate 18 eggs, grate 2 pounds of parmesan down to the rind, and break down a whole filet into 5 steaks, portion size 7.5 oz to 8.5 oz.  

Using these ingredients

There is a catch, they will not have the use of scales.  If any part of your prep is incorrect, you can be disqualified.  The first 2 Chefs to complete this mise en place will then use their mise en place to create a spectacular dish in 15 minutes.  The winner will receive $5,000 for their charity and immunity from elimination in the Elimination Challenge.

Lorena is nervous because she doesn’t do mise en place regularly.  (Chef side note, prep work and mise en place is the best way to keep your skills sharp.)

The Quick Fire begins, and Chris works at lightspeed.  He is the first to request check.  

Check?!

All chefs stop working while Hottie inspects Chris’s work.  Eggs are good, Cheese is good. Curtis starts to weigh the steaks and… there is one underweight.  Unless Chris can come up with another filet, he is disqualified.  Unfortunately, Chris has no meat left so he takes the DQ.  Patty notes that he moves like lightening, but “speed without precision isn’t much good.”  True, but normally you have a scale and there isn’t a hot Australian breathing down your neck.

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20 Comments

  1. 1
    TalldrinkofH2O
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 6:16 am

    After Lorena won her round, I switched channels. Anyone other than SHE going home is a travesty. I think that Super Creep Oseland is trying to throw the competition to her.

  2. 2
    Another World
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 6:33 am

    Ugg- I was so disappointed with the outcome. I wanted Lorena to get the boot. The more I see her, the more I dislike her. Her “positive”attitude is so aggressively negative and those Taco Bell commercials during the show don’t help to make her likeable.

    MisRed, I love the chef side notes! And the recaps are entertaining, as always. :)

  3. 3
    lindaw205
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 7:18 am

    I was so mad when it came down to Patricia and Takashi because I didn’t want either to go home. I, too, wanted Lorena to get the boot. I want a do-over.

  4. 4
    lindaw205
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 7:32 am

    I wonder what the other chefs think about Lorena hawking for Taco Bell. She destroyed her credibility before the competition ever started in my way of thinking. I want her to get a tummy ache from eating too much cilantro so they can bring Takashi back.

    And I thought the dishes that they made looked and sounded yummy (Pat and Takashi, that is).

  5. 5
    JimmyT JimmyT
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 7:39 am

    I also hated that Lorena got to stay. She is so incredibly fake, with all her exaggerated mannerism and attempts at appearing funny and cute. She is a total attention whore with even bigger stealth douchiness that Art….she drives me up the wall.

    I’m sad that Takashi left, but I’m hoping that Patty will have another chance to take Lorena down.

  6. 6
    Stumblebum
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Guys – I agree with all of you who aren’t fans of Lorena!!! She’s just too in your face with all her happiness and exhuberance. It just comes off as incredibly phony. Not only did she stay, she won. I wanted her to get the boot as well and hated to see Takashi go. He seems like a sweet and genuine guy, as well as an excellent chef. I’m rooting for Patricia. PLEASE don’t let Lorena win it all!

  7. 7
    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 10:34 am

    I cannot STAND Lorena – and was hoping that I missed something in the last 3 minutes – and they pulled a Project Runway and everyone stayed. I don’t know what happened after Lorena’s hand was raised (and she beat Chris), because Hubby – who doesn’t even really LIKE this show, but watches it with me, was so pissed that she beat Chris that he shut off the tv and threw our remote across the room.

    Seriously, if you can make my Hubby dislike you that much (and yes, the Taco Bell commercials are NOT helping you, Lorena), then you’ve got talent. We were hoping for a Patrica, Chris, Takashi final 3, Kerry isn’t my favorite, but I can deal with him. :( CHRIS OR PATRICIA (and her mole) FOR THE WIN!

    (But mostly Chris. He’s a classy rock star in the kitchen.)

  8. 8
    Bobbi
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    I don’t know why I watch these shows sometimes to me they are totally fixed

  9. 9
    ANTM Fan
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    I also wanted Lorena to go home. Takashi’s food looks amazing and he’s such a classy guy. At least he’s already won a ton of money (20K) for his charity.

  10. 10
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted September 7, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    I guess I’m rooting for Patricia now. Takashi was my favorite and my pick to win. I love Japanese people they’re just so wonderfully weird. I was hoping Lorena or Kerry would go home. Lorena for obvious reasons. And there’s just something about Kerry that bugs me. I’m not sure what it is.

  11. 11
    Detinha
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 9:40 am

    Noooo! How.could.they?

  12. 12
    Bobbi
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 9:43 am

    Aren’t there 3 left now?

  13. 13
    MummyButterfly
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 10:45 am

    @Bobbie (RE:#12) – 4 left: Chris (YAY!), Patricia (YAY!), Lorena (BOO!) and Kerry (WHO?)

  14. 14
    Bobbi
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 10:49 am

    Patricia lost to Lorena in the last round this week and went bye bye

  15. 15
    MummyButterfly
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 10:55 am

    No, Patricia lost to Lorena and then competed against Takashi (who lost to Chris) – Takashi went bye bye. Patricia (and her mole) are still here! :D

  16. 16
    MummyButterfly
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 10:59 am

    That :D was for Patricia still being here. A Big Old :( for Takashi leaving…

  17. 17
    Bobbi
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Sorry you’re right…..

  18. 18
    Leto
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    Nooooooooo Takashi San :(
    And like basically everyone here, I can’t stand Lorena. I can’t understand how she won a bacon challenge if they couldn’t taste the bacon in her dish. But hey, I never understood (and propably never will) the rules of elimination in food shows.

    Also, I found Chris very nice now that Art is gone, no one left to boss around ^^. So I guess now that Takashi is gone, I’m rooting for Chris or Patricia. Even Kerry. But please, not Lorena, she scares the shit out of me.

  19. 19
    Bobbi
    Posted September 8, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Chris all the way….I’ve seen him with Aaron Sanchez they were great together and Chris is a good chef…..

  20. 20
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted September 9, 2012 at 4:45 am

    What in the entire fuck happened?
    It’s bad enough that my beloved pocket monster had to go home, but the fact that Kerry and fucking loudmouth Lorena were the ones to send him there is just too much bear.
    I freaking don’t like Kerry. I agree with @sagittariuskim that there is just something about him that is a turn off, but it’s not really possible to articulate what it is.

    And Lorena.
    This bitch.
    Can’t clean up after herself, can’t employ simple problem-solving skills, works for Taco Bell, always has to be the loudest one in the room, desperately trying to embody the feisty latina stereotype even though no one likes it, can’t even make hot chocolate without putting cilantro into that shit, one way monkey Lorena. Beat Takashi. Not only did she beat Takashi, but she beat everyone else too.
    What in the entire whole fuck though.

    I wonder if Taco Bell is paying Bravo to keep her on, because I fail to see how a chowder with a sprinkle of bacon can beat a balanced and clean dish with a big ass hunk of perfectly cooked bacon. When bacon is supposed to be the star.
    And I know Curtis knows how annoying she is! He sat with her on a panel for that dumb restaurant show and had to listen to her screech about passion day in and day out. He knows!
    I am so mad at this whole thing right now.

    Chris needs to win the whole shebang and that’s all I have to say on the matter.

    And MisRed, I love that you caught Craig from TC:JD in the audience. Just the sight of him makes me burst into laughter. If I were him, I’d never show up to any Top Chef anything ever again. God, he was so awful. I hope he’s better now.

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