Tom is surprised that some loser got all the way to the finals? Uh... doesn't that happen EVERY SEASON?!?
Season 1: Dave (though I adore him!) was kept while the kick-ass asian wasshername girl who ended up joining the show was let go. Oh, was it Leanne? She was awesome.
Season 2: Well both people in the finals were losers really. Sam was robbed!
Season 3: As funny as Dale was, he was a total loser in the kitchen. I think CJ went home too early, but Hung was the best chef imo.
Season 4: Lisa? Friggin LISA got to the top three? Give me a break!! Her food was crap all season!

Anyway, great recap, Flip, as always. That last bit scares me a bit though. It sounds like you aren't coming back. Don't leave us!!! I'm going to go to my happy place and assume you are just wishing us a happy holiday season. I wish you the same and look forward to reading the next recap. Oh yes and one last thing... please bring Tricia to more events. She sounds fun. :p

I have a few things to say:
1. Flipit, you are absolutely HILARIOUS! I swear, I laugh so hard each time I read your recaps! Thank you for that!

2. I agree with Snootchy...Daddy Tom is crazy if this is the only time he's surprised by who is in the finals! I mean, c'mon, ILAN WON!?! Really, how can anything surprise him after that?

3. I'm also sick of the Euro crap, but I've noticed it's more Fabio who keeps bringing it up. But besides all his Eurotalk, I actually think he seems like a nice guy in general. He is kind of funny (when he was joking about how crazy it was that HE was appointed to describe the meals, when his English sucks...lol) and endearing (when he tried to defend his dish last week and was told they loved it).

Either way, I think the Euros are going to stick around for a while. Fabio is one of the frontrunners in my eyes.

4. I agree, Taylor needs to be a new judge! Loved his commentary!

5. The fact that Top Chef contenders were screwing up mashed potatoes and smores is pretty sad. My Thanksgiving dinner was more involved than what they put together! I haven't been really blown away by any of the meals so far. They seem so basic. And too many of them seem to be concentrating on deserts. I don't know, I just haven't seen anything yet that makes me go "WOW! Now that's a top chef!" The food all seems so amature (for the most part)

6. Prettyboy Jeff never smiles. He always looks like he's going to hit something or burst into tears.

hahahah Flip-it, when Prettyboy's place of employement flashed I at first thought it DID say Club Dildo, which I agree, WOULD be so fitting for him.

And I too concur with Snootchy, every season has (and likely always will) have someone who skates to the finals over someone else who should have made it. And speaking of Lisa, her crappy food matched her crappy personality.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Yay for Tricia sticking up for AMERICA! Tell them Europeans where to go (back to Europee-a!). Hope she didn't barf on that vintage red-velvet outfit of hers, puke never comes out of velvet (just ask Elvis next time you're playing ouija board).

Flipit, I completely agree with you, Team Rainbow has become Team Sucknuts and is now officially disbanded with poor HoneyBear's departure. Jamie seems to be allowing the Evil SuckAss Spirit of Fleasa "Bloggers Can't Afford To Eat Chinese Food" Fernandes to possess her soul. Don't make me hate you, girl... I still have plenty of Lisa hatred left over from last season, it's marinated and aged quite well, I'd be happy to unload it on you if you don't stop being a not-nice-person.

Poor HoneyBear... no more face-time with Daddy Tom that he can make mental masturbation movies out of... *sigh*

Awesome recap, totally worth every second, I love you, HoneyFlip!

love, J-Mo :)

P.S. How much you wanna bet that there really IS a "Dildo Beach Club" somewheres?

Wow, can't really be mad that HB is gone if the fat gay guy can't make a S'More!!!!! And, really, what's T-Giving without s'mores? Was he being serious? The only time to eat a S'More is if you're on a camping trip, so his laughable, feeble attempt got him where he deserved... back at home, on his ass. (But a nice ass, indeed! I'm sure!)

What I was thinking was if they like bananas, why not do a banana bread, which would have been the starch (replacing those nasty ass al dente potatoes) or could have doubled as a dessert?

Whoever came up with Beeker, that nickname just sounds funny. Where is that even from?

Now that Team Rainbow has only one member left based on her ability to make soup, I agree with J-Mo that they should be forever renamed Team Sucknuts. (Tits, in Jamie's case.)

And, dearest Flipit, I hope that's your REAL e-mail address because you're my fave recapper since early TC and Top Design Season 1 (Gay Dad & Carisa). We go way back. Hopefully, you can go from friend in my head to e-mail buddies!

Thanks!

"Whoever came up with Beeker, that nickname just sounds funny. Where is that even from? "

I believe they spelled the name as it sounds rather then how it is spelled which is Beaker. Beaker is a bug eyed muppet on Sesame Street. He is the lab partner of Doctor Honeydew.

I honestly do think Carla does remind me of a muppet with her facial expressions and shock of hair in the segments done in the confessional.

Flipit, you name dropped Ruth Buzzi. The hell? I'm speechless. Well played, sir. Well played indeed.

I CANNOT look at PrettyBoy without thinking of Dr. Chase....

Missing a recap sucks. I have no idea who you guys are referring to. =(

HEY! sorry i sounded like i was saying goodbye. i'm not often sentimental so it never comes out right. hahah. it's my two year anniversary here so i got all teary for a second.

i agree that a dork always makes it to the end, but he seemed pretty extreme about this one! and yes i misspelled beaker! dumbass. chibby, sorry to make you feel left out i will explain better next week. talking about carla with the bug eyes. and if there is a club dildo, jmo, i think you would know about it. ;0 LOVE

Great recap, as usual. They're almost better than the shows. Beaker is a perfect nickname for Carla. For the uninitiated, it's a reference to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's assistant on The Muppet Show. There are a couple of clips on YouTube. Check them out. You'll never see her the same way again!

can someone please explain the origins of the stalker nickname.

Reckless, look at page three of the previous recap for Top Chef. Basically, Leah says that she always has to have a boyfriend and starts carrying on with Hosea. Even Fabio notices which is pretty amazing given that it has nothing to do with Stefan or the rest of Europe. :p

Yes victory is mine and it taste likes crackers, sweet, or in this case salty. Anyway this week was my favorite Thanksgiving episode shot in July ever. That being said it was sad to see H-Bear get the boot because Team Rainbow has now officially turned into Team Yeartle The Angry Turtle. Maybe crappy banana smores are the official reason Honey Bear had to leave, but I think the fact Chef Tom was getting tired of the way his extra husky big boy boxers kept disappearing out of his dressing room every day may have had something to do with it too.
I love me some Beaker (and her soup did look good this week), but Jamie has the potential to carry this season all on her little hunched over shoulders. Yes I think it’s all going to come down to a magic formula that the bigwigs at Bravo seemed to have finally figured out, irrational anger + a tiny no necked lesbian + carny tats = screen magic. I love the fact she’s snapping at people and she’s winning. If she ever ends up in the bottom three we could the kind of show TV’s been missing since Fox stopped doing those When Animals Attack! specials.
Of course this assumes that her anger at Sad Clown Danny wasn’t personal. I can think of a couple of things just off the top of my head that would make snapping at that guy perfectly justifiable. (B) If Danny had already broken out his fiesta thong before that night, or (2) having to sit next to the Sad Clown in the Rav 4 for the whole six hour drive up to Roch (sorry it just may be me, but that dude looks gassy.)
I think the only reason Prettyish is still around is he pulled a full Mikey this week. Translation he put out so much crappy food the judges couldn’t focus on the one dish he really boned. Remember Mikey’s big plate o’ starch? Remember the way that KFC corn cobbette almost made Anthony Bourdain cry? Remember how Mikey was still around for about another four episodes? Good times, good times. Can’t wait for the next episode.

I will agree that "Beeker" is much better than what I was calling her (the crazy chick).

That said, is it just me watching too much Dog Whisperer, or does Fabio look a lot like Cesar Millan? Especailly in the cap on page 3.

Great recaps Flip, I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

Greetings to you too, Mr. Flip!!!! Good to know you're used to hanging out with peeps with leather breath (as in shoe leather) I'll breathe easy the day I waltz into the Dildo Club and hear someone shouting about Daddy Tom and Scar, and turn to see the flesh and blood Flip it, and entourage I'm sure. Hope I don't stutter tho, it's so unbecoming . . . damn nerves! ( I'll bring some ping pong balls to get your attention ; )

thanks for all the laughs I'm so slow to catch up with here. Gotta get me some party undies, mmmm. Still love Beeker, more and more, and Sad Clown seems a tad annoying, but I hope team suck body part of choice doesn't go the fleasa route, I was thinking of her as a contendah! In the end, HB did do a lot of afterschool snack food, but he was so cute and nice, it's a total shame, they could of dispensed of one of the unnamed, unnoticed one's like tan girl.

As for DT's announcement, well, I'm gonna say girl prisoner or Rad to be the one he's referring to, and a surprise coz I think they are less trained in the Cul arts, but I believe they've got good buds in there leading them in the right direction.

Can't believe it's been two years only that you've been cappin'--I think we started with AI, wasn't it? NO matter, I've loved ya from the start, and "sniff" you guys ARE like family, "sniff"

I think I started here with that season of Survivor from which I derived my senseless (now) name. Totally makes sense that I should embody someone who would drool over an unavailable straight a-hole that everyone else hates . . . sigh . . .

Carla is the Beaker to Tom's Professor Honeydew.

I would love to name "She-Bangs" on Melissa. Either that or what the F**K happened to Mena Suvari?!

ha he does look like cesar milan. now that's not gonna get out of my head. thanks for that! judd, it's good to see you! i've missed ya tiger. and shebangs has me loling. hilarious. or mena suvari through a meat grinder, but that's too long to type. and slutty-whore i forgot to answer you sorry! yes that is my real email address use it whenever! i write emails instead of living a life. i got a new blackberry and just stroke it all day long. hahahah

Forgot to say about last ep. when Padma spit out her "disgustingly sweet" dessert...um, and you had Salman Rushdie's dick in your mouth for how long?
Just sayin'...

Juddfan, do you really think Tom is referring to Girl Prison? I know that he worked his way up from dishwasher (which is awesome), but his food has been in the top every week so far. He is actually my fave to win right now. Of course, I must admit that the douchebaggery that is Stefan keeps him from that position.

I think Jeff is hot! The problem is that I read the name of his restaurant as "Dildo" and that cracks me up!

Snootchy, yes I do, Rad was more of a hunch, but when GP nailed that dish by tasting it at the deli counter, it made me think that palate is the key to cooking, and he seems to have a very acute one. All the training in the world can't give you taste, I also think that's what put Stephanie over the top last season. Don't worry about Stefan, I have a feeling something will trip him up, and perhaps Fabio is going to take it. His english reminds me of my ex, so hopefully he'll start a trend of bad usage for fun!!! (the things I look forward too . . . )

I've missed you too, Flip, damn job, like I'm supposed to work or something . . . of all the nerve!!!

"Snootchy Bootches:
Juddfan, do you really think Tom is referring to Girl Prison? I know that he worked his way up from dishwasher (which is awesome), but his food has been in the top every week so far."

Nope he has had a few misses.

The quickfire hotdog challenge in which his sushis dogs were giving a disgusting look, and the elimination challenge at craft in which his food was panned by both the judges and customers.