And we are back in action, just in time for the new season of Bravo's Top Chef.
After a scintillating summer of Top Chef: Masters, the newest season which takes place in Las Vegas is a bit lackluster.
Top Chef: Masters had the best of the best from a variety of backgrounds. The greatest part of Top Chef: Masters was the twists of using past Top Chef chef-testants (as Bravo calls them) to either judge or help the Master chefs. It was sweet revenge to see some of these Master chefs, who were judges in the past, gulp and perspire in the wake of seeing their judgees become judges.
It may also be a detriment to some of these Master chef's careers. Well, not some, just one. Michael Chiraello from Easy Entertaining on the Food Network appears on his show to be an easy going gentlemen with an affinity for hosting Italian dinner parties. However, on Top Chef: Masters he appeared to be one giant a-hole. Especially while picking past Top Chefs to be his sous-chefs for the second to last challenge. Come on, who pisses off their work force? Undermining these sometimes volatile past Top Chefs could invoke the wrath of their Top Chefy strategy which they all implored so well in many competitions.
Chiraello's attitude aside, it was good to see some old favorites like Ilan (always fit with an unusual pair of glasses), Jamie (the scallop queen from San Fransico), and my personal favorite Fabio (who had many a gaff in his season).
Without fail, Fabio delivered, on cue, a loveable comment about a twist in a buffet challenge: "I sweating like a mountain goat at the beach now."
Awesome.
After this tantilizing episode, my taste buds were waiting for more food porn to grace my senses. But, instead, I was accosted by piercings and throat tattoos. Not that I have anything against piercings and tattoos in general; but when theres a lip septum thing talking about her vice being alcohol and excess next to a pair of ginormously gaged ears talking about her hot-temper...I'm not feeling quite so hungry.
Thankfully, Jennifer Z., her gages, and her throat heart tattoo had to pack their knives and go yesterday. So this season could be potentially awesome. I mean, someone won $15,000 in the quickfire.
Did GE come into some money this season? Where is all this cash coming from?
More scrutinizing personality descriptions and food recaps coming next week.
