Season two of Top Chef premiered on Wednesday, and already, I've become slightly obsessed with new host PADMA LAKSHMI. Apologies -- her name just seems to beg for caps (at least the PADMA part). Sure, I did miss the awkward chirping of Katie Lee Joel, but how could anyone deny the exotic presence of PADMA and her curious arm scar?
Anyway, I will try my best to write recaps of this show; although, starting on Wednesday nights, I do wind up with a mild traffic jam of writing obligations: Laguna Beach, The Duel, Survivor, and I guess I have that one last episode of Two-A-Days to cover. Point is -- it'll be a little tricky. In the meantime, feel free to discuss the season premiere here in the comments section or in the forums.
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Comments (5)
B-Side - How could you NOT recap a show where one of the wanna-be Top Chef's describes his cuisine as “avant-garde molecular gastronomy.” Ooooh, yummy!
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1 of 5 | Posted by HoneyBunny
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Posted on October 20, 2006 3:03 PM
Hmmm... Maybe PADMA in all caps works so well because bears some resemblance to the initials for LA County Museum of Art (LACMA)? And speaking of her, I'm finding it hard to see the improvement over last season's host. At least she was blatantly monotonous to the point of being amusing.
2 of 5 | Posted by ChickenFriedChicken
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Posted on October 23, 2006 4:02 PM
Is it me, or does one of the contestants remind you of HeatMiser or Lil'Devil?
3 of 5 | Posted by Ubiquitous
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Posted on October 25, 2006 12:16 PM
Lil' Devil definitely, the HeatMiser had some heft.
I like Padma way better than Alexa Ray, I mean Billy Joel's wife. There's something abou the distain in her voice... Katie Lee always looked like she was about to be run down by her husband.
4 of 5 | Posted by RcerXnTrixie
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Posted on October 26, 2006 8:14 PM
Personally, I think PADMA smacks closely of PAMIDA, that bastion of midwestern variety and value that was throwing down against K-Mart before anyone knew what a "Wal-Mart", or $5 monthly Chinese labor was. Must be that "third world" connection.
You'd think, however, they'd be able to find two better eye-candy hostesses than Katie and PADMA. I mean, for chrissakes, what kind of weight do these two carry? I had never heard of Tom or Gail either, but at least their credibility and expertise became clearly evident. The waste of space in the third seat smacks of Parker Posey and Debra Messing in the first two Project Runway finals. (Sans upper-arm gash, of course).
Oh well, I suppose that social-climbing arm candy needs their fifteen minutes of fame too. :)
5 of 5 | Posted by remford
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Posted on October 27, 2006 3:18 AM