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Well … the Canadian-themed challenges had a good run, eh?
Nothing wrong with that in theory, but in practice?
I walked away doing the Massimo-Fonzie shoulder shrug of The [challenge] sucked!
In fact, it was a solid start that even introduced a fun twist on the formats typical constraints.
Anything requiring baking onTop Cheftends to bring out the extremes in people, and this Quickfires no exception.
Some chefs immediately lock in with unsettling calm (see Katianna and Corwin).
Others lose control of the basics and cant quite recover (Cesar, Kat).
This rightly lands him in the bottom alongside Kat and Cesar, whose dough becomes batter and crumbles.
Otherwise, the judges are pleased.
It wouldve been interesting to hear Corwins reaction to that, but oh well.
Katianna comes out on top, taking her winnings thus far to a cool $15,000.
Maybe if the challenge had been presented in the opposite order This weeks theme is hockey!
Also, make it cold!
it mightve made more sense.
As it was, I deeply sympathized with every chefs struggles throughout Kristens explanation to keep their brows unfurrowed.
As Anya says, it was Russian roulette!
… No pun intended.
But even a cursory Google search tells me that at least half of these terms are rare at best.
while their competitors get to play with the likes of eggs (games ending in zero).
Zubair luckily has immunity, but Massimo …?
Well, more on him later.
Tristen, buoyed by a FaceTime with his (adorable!)
The worst ice cream, unfortunately, belongs to two of my faves.
resting on a muffin-flavored ice-cream puddle that not even liquid nitrogen could freeze.
Meanwhile, poor Anya had an absolute nightmare trying to highlight eggs.
Massimos immediate, hilarious, and extremely thorough mea culpa (The dish sucked!
As painful as it is, though, the judges really had no choice but to axe Anya.
Massimos dish indeed sucked, but hers both included multiple cooking mistakesandfailed to honor eggs in any meaningful way.
Her exits a heartbreaker, not least because she literally says shes heartbroken to leave.
natures greatest and clingiest weighted blanket.
I miss the Stew Room!
Bring back making chefs guess if theyre being called into the principals office for good or bad behavior!
Im not making fuckin muffins.
