Top Chef

[Piddle Duck 0]

I can't get this into a cooking show if I can't taste the food. Well I can get into the cooking show but I couldn't post my thoughts as if they were based on fact.I liked Hosea. I didn't like Stephan. I hated Carla until the last couple of shows. I hate scallops and I never enjoyed squab. Chocolate is better than venison. So I think they made the right decision because Stephan was a twat.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

because Stephan was a twat.

to quote Stefan " but hey, who isn't?" (a twat)

[theresa113 0]

I thought the decision was correct. I also wanted to punch Casey... boiled beef? Yuck... I felt bad that Carla fell for it.

[El Guapo 8]

I was very pissed. I missed the episode, so I clicked on Bravo later to see if I could watch it on there and the winner is plastered all over the front page.I finally watched the episode and Hosea deserved to win. Carla messed up twice and Stefan made a terrible dessert.

[Cappy37 0]

second happiest person that Hosea won is Stephanie because she's no longer the "weakest" winner of top chef

QFMFT.

I went from hating the alien (Carla) to rooting for her. Too bad she let the worst cook ever in any finale to influence 2 of her dishes. Bad decision.

Again, so true!This was an injustice. They should have done the honorable thing:Padma: Carla, please pack your knives and go.Carla: Thank you for the oppotunity to cook with LOVE!Padma: Stefan, please pack your knives and goStefan: Ich glaub, mein shwein pfeift!Hosea: Woo!!!!!!!!!!Padma: Hosea, please pack your knives and go.Hosea: Wha?????Padma: Jeff, congratulations, you are the Top Chef!

[BigDMcGee 3,355]

I so glad I didn't watch this, hosea winning would have tilted the shit out of me.

[Theraflu 1,035]

Carla messed up twice and Stefan made a pedestrian dessert.

FYPIt wasn't that it was awful, it just wasn't wowzers, and seemed way to simple and uncreative for a top chef final dish.

[Suited_Up 2]

I can't get this into a cooking show if I can't taste the food. Well I can get into the cooking show but I couldn't post my thoughts as if they were based on fact.I liked Hosea. I didn't like Stephan. I hated Carla until the last couple of shows. I hate scallops and I never enjoyed squab. Chocolate is better than venison. So I think they made the right decision because Stephan was a twat.

Basically this. Except I do like scallops, never had squab, and I don't care how good Carla's food was towards the end, I hated her face and her attitude and her loud in your face thing, and popping out eyeballs. She scares the crap out of me and I really don't like her.Which is why I wanted Hosea to win. All Stefan had to do was act like he cared and he'd have won but I just don't think he did. It's his own fault.

[Southern Buddhist 1]

I so glad I didn't watch this, hosea winning would have tilted the shit out of me.

Agreed. He just never once seemed to have any imagination except in how he could have his playground revenge on Stefan, and drifted through based on not sucking quite as hard as someone else. In fact, that's how he won -- just by not sucking quite as hard.If Hosea opened a restaurant a block from my house, I'd have to think twice before walking that far to try his food.The "I Like to Watch" blog on Salon.com follows Top Chef, and usually has some pretty insightful comments on it. It said that Padma looked genuinely bummed when she told Hosea that he'd won. I haven't read the judges' blogs on Bravo, but reading them for Project Runway often does tell you a lot more about the decision than they can fit into the show, making some seemingly left-field decisions make a lot more sense.Oh, and as for Gail, I can't remember if it was here or Salon that responded to her saying, "I could just eat a big bowl of that," by saying that watching Gail Simmons devour a big bowl of anything would make great TV, or that she sometimes came to judging table looking like she was going to do her judging, then leave, pick up the first 24-year-old she saw, screw him senseless all night long, then tell him to get lost.

[Suited_Up 2]

Agreed. He just never once seemed to have any imagination except in how he could have playground revenge on Stefan, and drifted through based on not sucking quite as hard as someone else. In fact, that's how he won -- just by not sucking quite as hard.If Hosea opened a restaurant a block from my house, I'd have to think twice before walking that far to try his food.

What about his final meal sucked? They didn't LOVE the sashimi dish, but it's sashimi. You don't overdo sashimi. I wouldn't have picked that course, but saying it wasn't seasoned enough is pretty petty. It is what it is.Everything else they loved.

[Southern Buddhist 1]

What about his final meal sucked? They didn't LOVE the sashimi dish, but it's sashimi. You don't overdo sashimi. I wouldn't have picked that course, but saying it wasn't seasoned enough is pretty petty. It is what it is.Everything else they loved.

Liked, not loved. Of the four courses they served, he only won one, the venison. Of the appetizers, they seemed split between Carla's crab whatever and how well Stefan had handled the alligator, giving the edge I think to the alligator soup. Of the appetizer, they gave that one to Carla (the seared snapper and grilled clam). Of Stefan's squab versus Carla's sous-vide versus Hosea's scallop, they gave the win to the squab, with most of them saying that was the single best dish of the night. Only on the final dish did Hosea win. Carla and Stefan split the other three. That's hardly an overwhelming victory there. The problem was that on the dishes they didn't win, Carla and Stefan both completely flopped and Hosea didn't completely flop on anything. But there's no arguing he only won one round out of four. That strikes me as pretty weak for a win.

[Suited_Up 2]

It's not about who won each course. It's not black and white every course. Each dish is good on a specific level, just because squab was the best, doesn't mean it was like 10 points better than everyone else. Same with all the other courses. It's not just, win, loss, win, win.... There are levels of liking something. Nobody said anything really negative about anything Hosea did... Sashimi wasn't amazing, but nobody really didn't like it. Not true for Stefan and Carla. They both had at least one course that people really weren't a fan of.It's not a pass fail course. There are different grades for everything. It was clear that they liked Hosea better overall.

[LadyGhey 0]

It's not about who won each course. It's not black and white every course. Each dish is good on a specific level, just because squab was the best, doesn't mean it was like 10 points better than everyone else. Same with all the other courses. It's not just, win, loss, win, win.... There are levels of liking something. Nobody said anything really negative about anything Hosea did... Sashimi wasn't amazing, but nobody really didn't like it. Not true for Stefan and Carla. They both had at least one course that people really weren't a fan of.It's not a pass fail course. There are different grades for everything. It was clear that they liked Hosea better overall.

You're so ridiculously defensive about Hosea considering the fact that you didn't get to taste any of the dishes. I've read the blogs and that's as close as any one of us is going to get to knowing what they thought, so quit acting like you can read their minds.

[Suited_Up 2]

You're so ridiculously defensive about Hosea considering the fact that you didn't get to taste any of the dishes. I've read the blogs and that's as close as any one of us is going to get to knowing what they thought, so quit acting like you can read their minds.

The final outcome says it all.

[LadyGhey 0]

The final outcome says it all.

Well then I guess you should shut up.

[Suited_Up 2]

Well then I guess you should shut up.

That doesn't make sense.

[theresa113 0]

They all tied on the appetizer, there was nothing negative said about any of them. According to my points system, the right one got it. My point system goes as follows:2 is a winning dish, 1 is a good dish and 0 is a not even worth talking about dish.Carla= 2 for appetizer, 2 for 1st course, 0 for 2nd course and 0 for third course = 4 pointsHosea= 2 for appetizer, 1 for 1st course, 1 for second course, 2 for third course = 6 pointsStephan = 2 for appetizer, 0 for first course, 2 for second course and 1 for third course = 5 points.Stephan is clearly the most experienced chef, Carla is the most well trained chef (her biggest issue is allowing others to walk all over her) and Hosea is the best at planning and realizing his strengths and weaknesses. If I would go to a restaurant I would prefer Carla for french or southern food, Stephan for old world cuisine but I would probably want Hosea for something that is more common but flavorful. I think the best thing about this finale is that they all had different styles. None of them had their A game across the board so if you were not rooting for Hosea I can see where you would be disappointed. But based on what was cooked that night, the right chef won.

[HollywoodAFD 0]

I'm glad he won and even more glad that Carla didn't. I hated the way she tried to talk black when she was trying to be cute.

[rivergirl 2]

Considering the only thing that brought Hosea any attention this season was his fling with Leah makes me think that he should never have been declared the winner. He was definately bottom 3 way more often than top 3 and a couple times it was with some sort of seafood (that is his strength) that put him on the bottom. With that said, i'm also glad Stephan didn't win, i don't care how great of a chef he is, his attitude makes me want to punch him in the face. I felt really bad for Carla, if she had just stuck to her guns, she would've done fine. i think either fabio, jamie or jeff should've made top 3 before Hosea, so i was really disappointed by the outcome.

[runthemover 39]

for whatever reason they did things differently this year (or showed us different stuff). Usually they talk about difficulty, decision making, what makes a top chef, and they have the input of a judge "representing" the other chefs who were at the dinner (though in spirit I guess bald britty had the same thoughts as them. they just never said "representing the other chefs tonight blah blah blah").in the past they would've talked about how Stefan had the most difficult appetizer in the alligator (that gives stefan a 3, theresa) and given that round to him because of that since they were pleased with all of them. the only time they really talked about decision making was stefan doing a dessert and not much on Hosea having an "unfinished" meal. it was very clear that there were two main groups at that table. the majority had the feeling that stefan had done better. the minority which just happened to consist of tom, padma, and gail were in favour of Hosea. them's the breaks.to say, "you can't just call them black and white" isn't totally correct. in past seasons, this is EXACTLY how they've done it. they compare dishes head to head and see who had more "wins". if necessary, they then talk a little bit about how much better or worse things were. basically, they cover all angles including ones that don't have to do with how the food tastes. I know it's a bit silly when pretty much everything they've done before is how the food tastes but this is how they've done every final before this one. it was just weird that there was nothing like that shown to us this time.one thing that totally bothers me about this show is the seemingly random use of 75 minute episodes. shouldn't the final episode be 75 minutes (maybe it was and I'm forgetting?). the extra 15 minutes is there to make a better episode and it seems like more explanation could've been used here but I don't remember them ever doing 75 minutes. also, they need to go back to head-to-head and splitting the meals up instead of everything at once.

[BigDMcGee 3,355]

I'm glad he won and even more glad that Carla didn't. I hated the way she tried to talk black when she was trying to be cute.

Jesus christ, you're the worst human being alive.

[LG's Touch 0]

That doesn't make sense.

You said "the final outcome says it all". If the outcome says it all then there is nothing more that you can add. Hence I suggested you shut up.

[Suited_Up 2]

You said "the final outcome says it all". If the outcome says it all then there is nothing more that you can add. Hence I suggested you shut up.

But then everyone could shut up, that'd be no fun.

[speedz99 145]

I didn't get the impression that they "loved" the scallop dish.

The phrase "I could eat this all day" was thrown out amidst all of them saying nothing but good things about it.

I so glad I didn't watch this, hosea winning would have tilted the shit out of me.

Everything tilts the shit out of you.

Liked, not loved. Of the four courses they served, he only won one, the venison. Of the appetizers, they seemed split between Carla's crab whatever and how well Stefan had handled the alligator, giving the edge I think to the alligator soup. Of the appetizer, they gave that one to Carla (the seared snapper and grilled clam). Of Stefan's squab versus Carla's sous-vide versus Hosea's scallop, they gave the win to the squab, with most of them saying that was the single best dish of the night. Only on the final dish did Hosea win. Carla and Stefan split the other three. That's hardly an overwhelming victory there. The problem was that on the dishes they didn't win, Carla and Stefan both completely flopped and Hosea didn't completely flop on anything. But there's no arguing he only won one round out of four. That strikes me as pretty weak for a win.

They all tied on the appetizer, and his win was by a bigger margin by the other chef's wins. Yeah, it's weak, but the bitching about it (not you, others) is absolutely ridiculous. The right chef won.

You're so ridiculously defensive about Hosea considering the fact that you didn't get to taste any of the dishes. I've read the blogs and that's as close as any one of us is going to get to knowing what they thought, so quit acting like you can read their minds.

You calling someone defensive about this is absolutely insane. Is your period over yet or what? Jesus Christ.

That doesn't make sense.

lol

They all tied on the appetizer, there was nothing negative said about any of them. According to my points system, the right one got it. My point system goes as follows:2 is a winning dish, 1 is a good dish and 0 is a not even worth talking about dish.Carla= 2 for appetizer, 2 for 1st course, 0 for 2nd course and 0 for third course = 4 pointsHosea= 2 for appetizer, 1 for 1st course, 1 for second course, 2 for third course = 6 pointsStephan = 2 for appetizer, 0 for first course, 2 for second course and 1 for third course = 5 points.Stephan is clearly the most experienced chef, Carla is the most well trained chef (her biggest issue is allowing others to walk all over her) and Hosea is the best at planning and realizing his strengths and weaknesses. If I would go to a restaurant I would prefer Carla for french or southern food, Stephan for old world cuisine but I would probably want Hosea for something that is more common but flavorful. I think the best thing about this finale is that they all had different styles. None of them had their A game across the board so if you were not rooting for Hosea I can see where you would be disappointed. But based on what was cooked that night, the right chef won.

Wow. Someone objective. Weird.

[Theraflu 1,035]

The phrase "I could eat this all day" was thrown out amidst all of them saying nothing but good things about it. Everything tilts the shit out of you.They all tied on the appetizer, and his win was by a bigger margin by the other chef's wins. Yeah, it's weak, but the bitching about it (not you, others) is absolutely ridiculous. The right chef won. You calling someone defensive about this is absolutely insane. Is your period over yet or what? Jesus Christ.lolWow. Someone objective. Weird.

What craw got in your snatch?