Top Chef
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But now we have six competitors with no further intrusions, and things are beginning to feel really real!
Their miffed faces when the judges named her ice cream and baklava tablescape the winner?
As delicious as that dessert looked.
I do think the overly vague interpret this abstract concept challenges are goofy.
But this weeks tablescape-focused Elimination felt to me like a good flip of last weeks fish boil.
Obviously one of these is more conceptual than the other.
You dont have to be a thorough scholar of the game like Buddha was to anticipate that demand.
They have 30 minutes to do their best; the winner, per usual now, gets $10,000.
Shockingly, only Michelle and Manny immediately go to the plate when theyre able to.
Yeah, dude, because you came up with it!
I nodded so hard along with Michelles quippy For you after Tom says cooking this dish was fun.
(Is this actually a fine-dining trend, as the show suggests?
Someone c’mon research and report back, I am slightly skeptical.)
I dont even understand.
I dont even understand!
Everyone but Laura struggles a bit while cooking.
Danny burns his rice, so he loses a ton of it on the bottom of his pans.
Savannah cooks her octopus incorrectly.
Manny loses a shrimp, and his risotto seizes up.
(He only gives himself 30 minutes to cook it, which, insane.)
Michelle slices her potato chips too thin.
But beautiful plating elevates a lot of these dishes.
Three chefs clearly do great.
Lauras dessert, though, brings the house down.
What a time to be alive!
Still, she does better than both Manny and Michelle.
Nothing about Michelles table works.
Light a candle to save our elder emo, hey!
vibe but I will graciously accept these meager offerings.
Bravo, you do not need to send me my portion in the mail!
The ice creams firm texture is traditionally thanks to …orchid tubers?I am fascinated!
That sumac tuile Charbel made lives in my mind rent-free.
Dan being so dismissive of seafood porridge felt weird to me when congee is very much a thing?
I also would put kedgeree in this category, too.
