Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Top Chef - Top Chef Bowl

The quick fire challenge is sponsored by Quaker Oats so the cheftestants have to come up with a dish using said oats and whatever food group they draw on a football type squares. Fabio rolls eggplant in the oats, Jamie, who drew fruit, does coconut & oatmeal crusted shrimp but it was Stefan with his breakfast dish that wins him the challenge. At least he acted surprised this time.
The elimination is to go head to head against Top Chef All Stars. I remembered most of them and was glad to see Andrew and Spike, they make me laugh! Each chef picks a football team and has to cook a dish using regional ingredients from that team's city. Fabio goes up against Spike using Green Bay, anything with cheese will work there. Fabio doesn't like having only 20 minutes to prep and references his monkey ass dish again saying he will make something out of the venison. Carla is up against Andrew, which she thoroughly enjoys, and New Orleans so she chooses gumbo, good choice. Stefan, of course, thinks he can out cook anyone but gets to chose his opponent and picks Andrea from season 1 who he thinks is weak. Jamie picks San Francisco, why not, and is stumped on what to cook, hello, crab or crab in sour dough, chowder in sour dough, crab chowder in sour dough. Did I mention crab or sour dough? The challenge will be in 2 rounds, a judge's vote will net a 7 point touchdown while a fan vote gets a 3 point field goal. Oh, and all of the previously eliminated chefs are part of the fans.
Leah, Josea & Carla come out with the judges votes right off the bat while Stefan the great loses his dish to Andrea. Love it! Karma can be a bitch! Jamie scored a field goal while Jeff scored a big goose egg. Spike & Fabio go head to head and it's foodie trash talking at it's best. Fabio pulls off a field goal winning the season 5 cheftestants the challenge. Carla was happy that Toby tasted the love in her dish and she wins the challenge. Her prize is 2 tickets to the Superbowl. I'm SO jealous! It's Jeff, Fabio and Stefan at judge's table. Jeff stood behind his cevechie saying that Josie shouldn't have served warm cevechie. Who cares if it's warm, as long as it tastes good. Fabio defended himself by saying his venison was perfectly cooked but the judges didn't get to it in time. OK, now there's a good defense. Stefan was just speechless to be in the bottom three. Stefan the great dodged a bullet when our cutie Jeff's watered down cevechie earned him a pack your knives and go. Double D

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