Top Chef Masters Season 4, Ep 6 RECAP Thai One On

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By MisRed | Saturday, September 1, 2012 | 11:09 am | 10 Comments
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Dita’s favorites:
Kerry.  It was sexy and it made Dita feel she would have the energy to go all night.  

I shook her all night long 

Kerry is like… stick a fork in me.  I’m done.

<Gulp>

Takasi.  “It felt good sliding down my throat.”  I don’t think I even need to add anything to that.

The winner is:  TAKASHI!!!!  


Did she make the “O” Face?  ”OH!OH! Get it? OH! OH!”

He has won $5,000 for Red Cross Disaster Relief Japan, that brings his total to $20k!!! And he has immunity from elimination.
He is thrilled and so cute.  I love him.

The Elmination Challenge
Curtis explains that Las Vegas is the foodie capital of the US (not sure I agree, but ok), and there is a restaurant in Las Vegas that every chef will flock to for its Northern Thai Flavors.  The restaurant is “Lotus of Siam.”  The Elimination Challenge is to put their master spin on a traditional Thai dish.

When are we having a #3 Value Meal Challenge?

Patricia lived in Thailand for 2 years, so the Chefs are assuming she has an advantage.

Oh, and they will be opening their own Thai restaurant in the TCM Kitchen.  They will have to work as 1 team to accomplish this.  Each chef will be responsible for 1 dish and they will be responsible for all aspects of service including greeting and serving.  (I thought they meant they had to be WAITERS too, but they just need to supervise the wait staff.)

Kerry says, it takes months for a restaurant to develop a  personality and it’s impossible to do it in one day.

This challenge is crazy

For some extra inspiration, the Chefs will be having lunch at Lotus of Siam and will be eating the amazing cuisine of Chef / Owner Saipin Chutima.

On the way to lunch, Patty, Takashi and Chris are in one car and they discuss that they are all line cooks and know they will be FINE.  Art and Lorena, they aren’t so sure about.  

Haven’t they seen Lorena cooking at Taco Bell- why are they nervous?!?!?  She can slap together a double-decker-Dorito shell taco in 45 seconds.  Art… well, he’s been kissing Oprah’s ass for years, so he must have some skills.

(On a serious Chef side-note- they are right and their concerns are valid.  Being a restaurant Chef is hugely different than being a private chef or a caterer.  Timing is something that Chefs work on a LOT in school and hone while working the line in restaurants.  Line cooks are a team, all working together to time the meal properly so that all elements come together at the same time.  Also… there is not a lot of talking in a restaurant kitchen.  The yelling you see on some shows, it just isn’t reality.  There is the chef or expeditor calling orders and really, that’s it. If you are talking, you aren’t listening.)

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10 Comments

  1. 1
    aliens.rock
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 11:37 am

    I don’t understand how Kerry f.. ed up Pta’s duck, if she actually had EXTRA time to cook it. I thought that the problem was that she served it raw?

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    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    @aliens.rock Patrica’s duck was already done when Kerry said he needed 5 more minutes. So she had to recook new pieces because her dish ended sitting to long, and ran out of time.

    I loved how flustered Dita had Curtis and the other guys. I wished I could ooze sexuality without even trying like that.

    I’m not sad to see Art leave I liked him, but I like Patricia so much more. Has a woman won Top Chef Masters yet? I can’t remember any women winning or getting to the finals, I remember a few getting close.

  3. 3
    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    I actually felt bad for Patricia, I really think she wasn’t TRYING to throw anyone under the bus. She basically served raw duck, knowing she was sacrificing her dish for Kerry’s. IMHO, that is something only a true professional chef, who is confident in her abilities, would do. I feel like she felt pretty bad that Kerry was expediting (and hadn’t had the best time of it) – so kinda felt like she should do whatever she could to make it easier for him on his dish.

    Wish she had put up good duck – but glad she didn’t go home for it! I LOVE Patricia and Chris!

  4. 4
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    I think Patricia may have been better off serving her overdone duck, presumably the skin was crisp and rendered on that one. I was surprised that Art went home, though not entirely displeased. I would have been ok with Lorena going too. Something about her just really grates on me.

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    TalldrinkofH2O
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Whenever Oseland is on the screen, I just want to scream, “Thumbsucker! Thumbsucker!” Am I the only one??? His teeth give him away. There is just something super-creepy about him. The Mr. Rogers vest only adds to the feeling that maybe he’s Chester the Molester of his neighborhood. Those poor guys at the pool party in the last episode probably couldn’t wait to get home and shower.

    So happy Patricia got to stay. I think that it’s great that she called out Lorena for hogging up all the burners and leaving a mess everywhere. As MisRed noted, a HUGE part of cooking is keeping things clean, and a true chef would keep cleaning things as he/she goes and not leave it around (which also begs why the heck Kerry was using that blender last week with the top off. WTF???)

    The great thing about this show is that it puts the folks in unusual circumstances to see how they roll/cope, and different ones fall by the wayside. At least at this level, most are professional enough to own up to their mistakes as Kerry did with Patricia and her duck (and unlike Lorena who acted all peeved when called out for making a mess.)

  6. 6
    Detinha
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    Lmao@ the raw duck quacking pic!!

    So long, Art! Hollywood was starving without ya!

  7. 7
    lindaw205
    Posted September 2, 2012 at 4:10 am

    I was laughing at Stone Cold Fox during the quickfire because he truly was flustered and embarrassed. I kept thinking damn, I wonder what’s going through his mind for him to be so uncomfortable.

    I’m glad Patricia didn’t go home, too, and thought her dish would have been quite tasty if cooked properly. That’s one good thing about TCM, at least they (mostly) remain professional and own up to their mistakes. Well, except Lorena. And that douche Ludo from another season who, as I recall, blamed everyone but himself.

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    lindaw205
    Posted September 2, 2012 at 4:11 am

    Oh, and excellent recap as always, MisRed. I enjoy getting an insiders perspective on things.

  9. 9
    Lalaluvr
    Posted September 5, 2012 at 10:21 am

    MisRed thanks for the LMAO moments, of which I had several reading your recap. Every time I look at Patricia, I am reminded of the Austin Powers scene thanks to you. I swear, I can’t even look at her talking head shots anymore.

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    kloewent
    Posted September 6, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    I remember that ludo guy, the greasy, arrogant french one! He opens up restaurants for one night or something. He was just on an extremely stupid test on Hell’s Kitchen. I thought maybe he owed Gordon money or something.

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