Comments on: ‘Top Chef New York’: Why It Sucked

By: Kaz

Kaz — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:21:18 +0000

Really interesting to see how so many people didn't want Hosea to win, I didn't either. Stefan didn't win for the simple reason he had an accent, let's be honest about it folks. He was a PITA, but he was honest about it. Unlike Leah, who was a much bigger jerk, well, maybe marginally less than Hosea. He was a horses ass. I thought it was disgusting they way threw Ariane under the bus (and the judges let them! Shame, shame, shame). Did you hear what Stefan said to the "lovebirds"? You took a big stick to her, didn't you? He was right. Carla was good and much under rated. Loved Fabio. This is Top Chef, not Top Scallop.

Love Toby. Gail is a wet noodle. Toby can be harsh, but when he praises, he praises well. Give the man his due.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:49:52 +0000

I have been a huge fan of Top Chef until this season. First off, Carla, I love you but why in the world did you so easily let a sous chef change your cooking method?! Jeff, why did you muddle your dishes with so many distracting ingredients? But the biggest problem, in my eyes, was that the editors decided to do too much "creative" editing. They focused on Stephan as the bad guy, they focused on the "romance" between Hosea and Leah. This is not a soap opera! Focus on the food!

By: J.D.

J.D. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:39:06 +0000

If Salmon Rushdie dumped her she must be full time annoying. Being a walking fatwa can't make it easy to score chicks.

By: FeFe

FeFe — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:37:24 +0000

I agree with you. Stephan should have won. Although, Jeff should have been in the final not Hose. Carla, my muppet, sous-icide. hahahaha My favorite part of the reunion show was when Stephan told Bravo shills no one cares about the kiss. They promptly give us more of it. How obvious can you be you've jumped the shark.

By: Kevin_Webb

Kevin_Webb — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:18:39 +0000

If you loved Iron Chef, you should check out Chopped on Food Network. It is a competition starting with 4 chefs. They create an apatizer, entree, and dessert with a chef being eliminated after each course. They are given a basket of ingredients and a time limit to create. What adds an additional element is that they have a kitchen with supplementary items they can use, but it is not fully stocked, so the chefs must be extremely creative and flexible. I've only seen a couple of shows thus far, but I am hooked.

By: Suzie1

Suzie1 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:34:23 +0000

I've seen a couple of these and they've had some good ideas, taken on some hard tasks, and come up with some interesting design details, but in the end – it's like the Seinfeld line – congratulations on a job… done. They dazzle with a grand scale.

By: aharris

aharris — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:43:11 +0000

I like Project Runway all right, but I was really intrigued with Step It Up and Dance. I actually enjoyed watching the different types of dance they had to do. Did it survive?

By: Andre

Andre — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:15:33 +0000

"…the eccentric, muppetish Carla."

Muppetish! Now there's a good description. I was always referring to her as the girl who looked like a character on Scooby-Doo. Still, I was pulling for her from the very beginning.

Padma's OK, but would someone please get this woman a double espresso before the cameras roll. She always sounds like she's about to nod off.

By the way, Mrs. Gary Eaton, "Project Runway" is tied up in legal hell, courtesy of Harvey Weinstein.

Say hi to Gary for me.

By: Scott S.

Scott S. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:00:04 +0000

I liked the season as a whole, it was just that the best chef didn't win. But that is Stephens own fault, his own arrogance in not putting 100% into it. Hosea just played it smarted (no one has ever won top chef by desert) and Carla just imploded letting her assistant dictate her menu.

Overall the talent wasn't quite up with other years, though it has always seemed to me that they pick some of the chefs for their character, not their talent. Tom is great, love Gail, Toby didn't work great, but didn't annoy me as he seems to have annoyed everyone else. But Padma is one of the best parts of the show, love her.

Stephen should have won (or Carla if he slipped), at first I didn't like him, but towards the end he grew on me as he was more honest then Hosea who has a major issue with Stephen. Maybe it was the editing, but the only person he ever seemed to talk about was Stephen (man crush anyone?). Someone else mentioned it, but when Carla was talking about how she stuffed up, Hosea was all but kicking her when she was down, but Stephen was consoling her. I think that was pivotal, it showed that Stephen talked tough, but could be nice, but Hosea was just a prick.

By: Mrs. Gary Eaton

Mrs. Gary Eaton — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:30:56 +0000

This season was pretty boring. Tom's cool, I like his snottiness. Padma is a million times better than the chick from the first seaon. Leah was terrible and should have been eliminated way earlier and the whole deal with Hosea was just pathetic. ("It was just one kiss." Um, you were laying on top of each other.) Ariane should not have been knocked off so soon, she was just hitting her stride, but they knocked her off to keep the stupid drama between Leah and Hosea. I also very much disliked the lesbian chick, she had such a chip on her shoulder, but she could cook. (If she didn't have such a crappy attitude towards celery, she'd still be there.)

Food Network has become our family's go-to….something we can all agree on. Iron Chef is cool, but just can't beat the original (Japanese) Iron Chef. Oh, and Chopped is okay, too, but can the Ted Allen just talk normally?

Where is the new Project Runway??