I knew when Jill used store bought hot dogs, she was going down! Obviously, Jill has never seen "The Amazing Race" either, didn't they have to eat ostrich omelets as a challenge a few seasons back? Egg quiche should not be GRAY, looked like nasty powdered scrambled eggs to me!! Now, are Stephan and Fabio really gay, or are they just European?? Honey Bear's stoner snack/dessert sounded totally delish, I'm surprised Scar didn't ask for seconds! Great recap as always, Flipit, keep up the good work!

The reason Ariane is still around is because the viewers will be frustrated that she's still around and want to see her kicked off. Even Lisa last season didn't start sucking until the midpoint.

But, Flipit, this is where I disagree with you. As far as the dish being too sweet goes: if the cheftestants had tasted it, that meant the dish was already made. Which means, even if it was too sweet, Ariane didn't have time to redo it. I can't believe I'm defending that woman, but I think no matter how sweet it was at that point, it was too late and she had to serve what she made.

Now, as far as Jill goes, she should have said that line in front of judges that you spit out Ariane's food. if she could have mustered ONE sentence, she would have stayed.

And, my dear Flip, as far as Ms. Honey Bear goes, I'm sure he would give up the back door for Daddy Tom.

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the wonderful recaps....

Darling Flipit,
The week before the holidays suck. But, this recap made me laugh my ass off : ) Thanks so much.
Hugs,
Yenta

Another season of Daddy Tom and great Flipit recaps... sigh. Who could ask for more? Anyone else getting a little Stella (Project Runway) vibe from Ariane? "I'm dooin the best I caaaaan but it's haaaaard" -although Ariane is no where's near as entertaining as Stella...anyway, thanks Flipit!

Ariane annoys the crap out of me. She really should have taken lessons from Leah's mom about how crying on national TV makes me look like a whiny loser.

Flipit, I wuv you so much, and here's why: Watching this episode, when I saw the shot of Carla *snort* putting on makeup (thereby highlighting her already freakishly bulging eyes) I knew that you were going to use that screen shot, and I began to laugh hysterically... because I couldn't get out of my mind "Wait... is that a train?... AAAAAAAAAAH!" Now every SINGLE time that Carla is on screen I start to LOL. That's some talent, babydoll, and I am indebted to you for it!

I was so pleased to see the 50 rejected Real Chefs acting maturely and being objective in their critiques... because there's nothing like a bitter loser sucking up camera time trying to talk about how awesome they are (every time I see a commercial for Wal-Mart now I'm gonna have a big LOLz, too, so thank you for that as well, Flippy!)

As far as Ariane goes... my take on it is this: This is a Com. Pe. Ti. Tion. Does she REALLY think that the other chefs owe her an honest appraisal of her food?... and how is it a threat that the others are going to "hear about it" if the food you made sucks and other people lied to you and told you it was good? Her histrionics at the end say more about her guilty-conscience and were an obvious plea for someone to hold her and stroke her hair and tell her everything was going to be all right and that she IS a great chef despite being in the bottom 2 two weeks in a row (all while looking super-scared... enter Carla!) I can't wait to see who she sends home next week!!

Amazing job, Flipit! You rock my world!

love, J-Mo :)

P.S. Honey Bear's Chunky Ass! (just kidding!)

I question the quality of seafood at Hosea's restaurant if he resorts to using tinned crab rather then rethink his meal in a competition judged by other restaurant chefs.

There is a reason why tinned crab shouldn't be used in a restaurant it tastes bad in comparison to the uncanned crab. It has preservatives and other stuff in it that change the taste, also sometimes it's imitation crab or other stuff in it so the amount of real crab is shockingly low. Also it can taste of the can. Why was Hosea shocked to be there since he should have known from tasting the tinned crab it was going to make his meal bad?

I can see Hosea running into trouble again if the store doesn't have the ingrediant fresh again. A chef has to rethink their meals in a instant if something goes wrong such as not having the ability to use a certain ingrediant.

As for the ostrich eggs. They can be used in cooking but you have to have had used them before since eggs from differant creatures taste differant, have differant textures, require differant cooking techniques. You don't want to use an ingrediant you have never used before especially what is an exotic one to you if are in a cooking competition for a huge prize. She should have gone with regular eggs.

Ariane should have been elimanated she makes too many simple mistakes especially in a row for her amount of years in the cooking field.

erg! It's been so busy here at work, I'm sooooo behind--completely missed last weeks recap, tho I just caught up!

So great to have you back, Flip!!! Too funny both weeks, and can I just say, I love, love, love, love Carla--like J-mo, every time they show her face I just LOL!!!! She's comic gold to me and I'm so glad she wasn't just fodder . . .

I call foul on not tarting up the dessert, can't be that hard to double the unsweet parts and mix . . .. but what do I know . . . at least I know not to ask everyone and then leave it anyway . . .

Me likey the season so far, like the Rainbow, and Hbear seems so nice and fun and cool . . . there must be a catch!

Slutty whore, your Daddy Tom observation was too f'in funny!!! And I'd heartily agree!!! DT needs to get over his gay fan's lusting at his knees, we should all be so lucky!!!

It was an awesome bittersweet episode. Sweet because it's Top Chef, but mainly bitter becuase right when I figured out who Jill reminded me of (Kenneth from 30 Rock in a wig) they booted her! And to make matters worse they did it to keep Ariane around. Sweet (but not violently sweet) Jesus, do you have any idea just how bad you have to bone a dessert to have a pothead cough it up like a cat with a hairball?
Speaking of Scar, between Ariane's lemon meringue and that bone in her hot dog, Scar pretty much reguritated everything she ate this week on camera. Could Bravo have a PA remind that old skank why they gave her her own trailer in the first place?
Gail's dress was mega awesome this week. I spent the whole episode picturing her gradnmother wandering around her apartment wearing only a housecoat and muttering; "I could have sworn I had a whole closet full of clothes a couple of weeks ago."
Carla's my favorite right now, mainly because she looks like Beaker from The Muppet Show, and I think that under any random screenshot of her you could run the caption "I just soiled myself" and it would fit.
This is the best show on TV!

I love Red Maple and was so excited to hear their executive chef was going to be on the show...too bad Jill turned out to be such a flake!

Great recap. I love the commentary on Scar and Gail's wardrobe!

Okay, so I was bothered this whole episode by Jill, wondering who the heck she sounded like. And when she got booted off, I finally figured it out! Geena Davis, from Speechless! She only vaguely looks like her, but her voice is EXACTLY the same. I remember because I always found Geena Davis's voice slightly irritating, so it's been engraved in brain. Just thought I'd point it out.

I think Carla looks like the female Fraggle. I forgot her name.

Also wanted to say great recap, ive read for a few years and Flipit's Top Chef reviews are some of my favorite. The hardyhar har picture had me rolling.

I was wondering who Carla reminded me of, Red Fraggle, HaHa..perfect.
When Jill picked the ostrich egg with no idea how to use it or how it tasted, and her articulate answers to the panel, er, ah, um, I figured she was history. Loved the look on Daddy Tom's face.
They need Ms. Tabby(Salon Make Over) as special guest to remove Ariane's tear ducts.
And Gail just looks dumpy..end of story.
Funny recap, keep them coming.

i have been thinking that Carla looks like a combination of Red Fraggle and Tracee Ellis Ross (Diana Ross' daughter).

Sorry, folks, I think Carla's really more of a Sideshow Bob lookalike than anything else. This is mean to go on about, because she seems like a nice, goofy, reasonably talented person, but any given screengrab of her is endearingly hilarious.

OK, the definitive Carla look-alike: Jar-Jar Binks from the later Star Wars films.

Nah, I think she looks more like Beaker from The Muppets and Red Fraggle had a love child.

I hope my comment about Carla came out endearingly, as steam points out, as it is!

I think she looks like all those things, which is why, just looking at her I smile . . .