Time for the final Judges Table! Baldhawk's grilled first. The Judges tell him that his fois was too heavy, and his gnocci was too dense. The seared scallop was excellent, though. How much of that was CJ's? He answers "One hundred percent....fifty fifty!" Aw, Baldhawk's all grown up! Now, instead of telling a bald faced lie, he's only kinda telling a halfie lie! Who says you don't learn anything as a reality contestant? Tom loved his duck poached lamb and asks if today was the first time he made it. "Yes!" Tom's like, really? "Yes!" Are you sure you're not telling a halfie? "Yes!" Even the editors don't buy it, as they insert that gong clash "liar" music. Love. You. Editors. Nevertheless, the lamb was fantastic and should be served for the rest of BH's career. Atta boy! To make his day even better, Ted Allen tells him "Baldhawk, you are one decadent bitch." They air kiss and it's Foo Foo's turn.

Scar asks her if she brought any of her A game dishes for the finale, and if so, which were they? Ouch, that question hurted. Foo said that she had some ideas but when she was presented the table of ingredients, she went with what she had to work with. She wanted to use leeks, but there were none....Daddy Tom interjects. "There were leeks!" She's like "I'm so sure, like baby leeks?" And he's all "oh hell no, woman. They were this big! I saw them!" Lying gong. She keeps her mouth shut, but this exchange is the beginning of the end for our sweet little Bunny, as she is now hellapissed. You can tell because she's over-enunciating everything and bouncing her pony tail back and forth. Uh oh.

Whoyoucallin
Who you callin a-hole?

Next, her use of the unborn salmon on top of her scallop and fois is questioned. She said that she had never put those flavors together, but she thought the roe added nice color. Daddy Tom laughs and shakes his head like she's a moron. Dude, what's your deal today? Gail says that the roe was such a strong flavor that it changed the whole dish for the worse. Bunny swishes her pony tail and gets snippy. "So the roe is what ruined it all, okay then." Damn, girl, where has this side of you been? LOVE IT! Gail talks her off the ledge with a creepy smile and changes the subject to the Boogeyman of the sea. Why more fish eggs? Was she trying to depress everyone?

She says that she was given a caveman for a sous chef and lost control of the plating and yes she can have babies. She thinks. Hullo it's your responsibility. She knows, but they were given a last minute fourth course! Yeah, the judges watch the Top Chef. Thanks. Daddy Tom shakes his head and reminds her that everyone is on the same show. She stops talking and gnaws a rolling pin into a cute little gnome. Sorry. Impressive, but the prawns are still a no. Her pork belly was dry, and worse, she admits to not tasting it before it went out. Good Lord, woman! You MEANT it to be dry! Then, to make matters worse, she almost cries as she gives Howie credit for perfectly searing her beef while she was off boning the other dishes. Darn it. This could have all been turned around with some better answering. Foo's screwed.

Dung is next. His fish and chip homage was awesome but for the lack of citrus. His second course could have used a kick too, as his rice was BURNT CHARRED RUBBERY I mean bland. Gail's face just does that to me, what can I say? His duck was perfect! Don't change a thing! Dung is practically jumping up and down and thanking God and his agent and all his lovely cast mates and stop the war in Iraq yay OSCAR!! Foo Foo is as annoyed as I am.

Thisstinks
Peee-eew! Do you guys smell BULLSHIT (cough)?!?!

Gail wonders why he made a hacky ass molten chocolate cake for his meal of a lifetime, and when he says that he wanted to play that one safe since he didn't know how to make it, Foo's pony tail snaps around and she gives him this look:

Foonodyoudid
Lie Gong. This girl's fit to be tied.

The Chefs are excused so the Judges can deliberate. Hung's first course wins, Baldhawk takes the second, Hung takes the third, and Dale's lamb makes the fourth course a tie, even though Daddy Tom prefaced it by saying that his third course was the worst dish of the night.

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Comments (13)

Pegster:

How unsurprised would you be to know that I looooove Rocco? I'd totaly lay down & put my ankles to my ears for him. Five dolla, two dollar, no dolla - don't care!
Glad you didn't commit hari kari when the Hung Train of Awesomeness rolled over the rest of the competition!! The knowledge that you had to write this recap made the victory that much sweeter!!

Yaaaay Hung!!!!

lolafan:

flipti! i love reading your recaps. great job. I'm a little sad you missed it when Scar said, "well, hung...." I laughed so hard when I heard her say that. with that said, I'm thrilled that Hung won! I'd love to eat at his restaurant. btw, asian seafood isn't known to have citrus in it. so don't see what they were yammering bout.

CheriesTake:

Flipit you sick son of a bitch you!
MONKEY PORN!!!!
OMG I laughed so hard I gave myself a freakin headache!
I love you, you crazy man!
Can I come live with you? I cook and I can tell people how to clean!

Jellybean49:

Baldhawk's self portrait was priceless! Thanks for all the Top Chef fun,
Flipit. YOU made the show so much better!

Lime23:

Oh, man -- love you, Flip it? Where to start? Do I chastise you for the beef curtains reference/visual? LOL at you for the requirements for a proper fag hag? Or confess that I didn't immediately get "scalpy watcher", 14 across? (LOL & Duhhhhh.)

Let's just say, great recap, great season, and I don't have any problem with Hung winning -- because, well, he's not Ilan.

Donna Martin Graduates!:

Actually Baldhawk called Todd English his "prep bitch", but I doubt anybody cares at this stage.

HUNG ROOLS!

Donna Martin Graduates!:

Oh, and I had to look up 'french gnocchi'

It is not made with flour and potatoes, but with a choux pastry dough (flour, butter and egg) that is piped into tiny pieces then boiled, and then usually baked in sauce.

So it is an especially light version of this Italian classic.

juddfan:

Thanks again my favorite flipit man!!!! Don't you think we should all go over Donna Martin's for some home cooked meals!!! OR maybe DM, you should apply for next season . . . I'm very impressed with yours and Flipit's culinary knowledge!

Loved the pig in the wood chipper, and that's some serious disdain posting some monkey love . . . liked the sound track though--hopefully Amy Wino will pull it together and give us more music!

HEART and Can't wait for Project Runnway!!!!

mattypopo:

Thanks for making TP entertaing yet again, flipit. Was it just me or the live feed results kind of. . .sucked. Sure it was cool to see Marcel there, but I would have rather him been a picture-in-picture where he found teh results the results out the first time. In any case it sucks Hung one, I was going for Foo but she fumbled her pork belly right on the goal line. Now ung can get the full prcedure with $100 grand, and maybe have enough leftover to buy Marcel a spit foam machine for his Cpt. Crunch in the morning.

Donna Martin Graduates!:

Hey, juddfan, thanks very much for the vote of confidence.

But some of those challenges really put the chefs behind the eightball, you know what I mean? They were so difficult they were almost impossible.

Too stressful!

juddfan:

Well . . . we wouldn't pressure you! and with us in attendance, crushed fritos could go a long way!!!! I do see what you mean about the challenges . . . the worst part is how little time they give them, but as a contestant, I would do cue cards to myself for as many things I could do with "pork belly" for example . . . speaking of pork belly, that sounds like a challenge ingredient, not one someone would choose . . . ah well Foo, just not meant to be!

Mr. Flip . . . will we be getting a recap of the reunion? HEART

giffordsaz:

Thanks Flipit.. you are a joy and I am better having known you....

I am really happy Hung won..... he deserved it.

flipit:

you guys thanx so much. of course i will be recapping the reunion!! i want to see if they will drag sam back out to be all hot for ratings, even though he's so last season. i trust they'll find a way.

thanks for all your funnies throughout the season. love

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