Oh thank the heavens!!!! Kelly Cutrone, one of my favorite self made women, will soon have her own TV show “Kell on Earth“. You might remember Cutrone best from her stint as the tough boss chewing out the celebubrats on “The Hills” and “The City“, but before that she was building a powerhouse PR company People’s [...]
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OMG!!! It’s like the vagina having version of The Soup, ‘The Dish’, read my mind with their Kim Zolciak Halloween costume. Just the other night, I was yammering on and on to my friend how this would be the best Halloween costume ever – me in a bad fake wig, with fake bling, informing people of [...] Vive la France or at least its style of cooking. The glitz and glamour (i.e. gambling and neon) of Las Vegas were left behind for the chicness of French cuisine for this week’s episode of Top Chef. Our chef’s were surprised by the quick fire challenge, which had them creating dishes showcasing escargot, or for you non-foodies SNAIL! To top off this difficult challenge, Daniel Boulud, renowned French chef and restauranteur, was announced as the guest judge. And to freak out the judges even more, the loser of this challenge would be going home. YIKES! Jen, one of my favorite chefs this go around, informed the viewers at home that escargot is an incredibly difficult protein to work with and can be easily screwed up. So no pressure guys with you have to cook a French delicacy for a famous French chef and the fear of getting kicked off looming over you the whole time. And thanks to the perfect reality TV tool of foretelling interview sequences, we know right away that the bottom bunch for the quickfire will be a handful of women (Thanks Robin). On the other hand, Kevin wowed the judges with his snail fricassee and with his win, he secured immunity as well as a seat at the elimination challenge table. Anyway back to the losers: Ashley, Jesse and Robin all ended up at the bottom of the snail heap and were asked to create an amuse bouche in like two minutes to see who should get the boot. Jesse’s did not make the cut and she was asked to pack her knives and get the F out the kitchen, which obviously didn’t make her happy. See? Is there no end to the funny that is Kathy Griffin? The queen of the D-List happily skewered Kate Gosselin, mother of eight, abuser of men and overall most hated woman in 2009, for her appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show last night. She did this with the help of the brilliantly creepy George [...] Within the first five minutes of the season premiere of “Top Chef”, I had already picked who would be the first to have to pack their knives and go. Sadly, “Streched Ears” Jen’s love of her son or generic tattoos could not save her final dish and she was the first chef to get the ol’ heave ho. And it wasn’t just the generic storyline she came with, but her ears made me so physically uncomfortable, I was counting down the moments until she was gone. But we’ll get to what got her sent home in a bit. I was actually hesitant to bite into last night’s “Top Chef”, since I had to watch the “Top Chef: Masters” season finale first. See I like to truly complete things, so I couldn’t begin on the Las Vegas journey without knowing if Hubert took home some cash to his non-profit. And after I watched Rick Bayless kill it with his 27 ingredients mole sauce and win the Masters challenge, I settled in for what I would assume to be quite a disappointing culinary experience. While I adore “Top Chef”, the first few episodes of the season are always a bit rough. In the beginning, chefs don’t really get to showcase their talents, they let fears take over their menu and they tend to have to work with their competition, so its always a bit daunting to follow and figure out who will impress with their culinary prowess in the beginning. This season, while we have a deficit of hotties, we are overflowing with annoying and douchey chefs. Oh and a whole lot of ladies who look like dude bike messengers, but let’s not judge too much. There are a few annoying sub-plots from the beginning, dueling brothers, one being quite stoic and professional and the other being quientesential southern California., seems to be one plot I will easily get bored with. Not sure if “Top Chef” really needed the “The Odd Couple” treatment, but it seems these dudes are accomplished so they might be sticking around for quite some time. We also see a few burly dudes making fat jokes about themselves, a whole lot of bad tattoos, the quintessential “mom doing it for her kid” reality contestant and a chef who endured 27 days at sea to get to America from Haiti. More on “Top Chef” Returns with Some Luck & Puck! – SPOILER ALERT! after the JUMP Hallelujah “Top Chef” is back baby! Tonight marks the season premiered of the foodie competition show and this go around we watch the chefs battle for their position in the perfect place for competition – Las Vegas! What can we expect from this season: A LOT OF guest appearances from celebrity chefs, magicians [...] Personally, Im in love with the crazy ladies of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”. I cant believe some group of women came along and made the ladies from the OC and Atlanta look calm and stable, but they did. And let’s not forget, these classy broads have rap sheets, “alleged” mob ties and [...] The battle to be Top Chef for Season 5 ends tonight. The second part of the finale has our three competitors, Stefan, Carla and Hosea battling it out for the top prize. I am usually all about “Top Chef” and I try to recap everything, but this season I sort of fell out of love with it a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, I tuned in each week, but I didn’t really have an overwhelming favorite until a few episodes ago. Its also hard to review this show, as opposed to “Project Runway”, since its not something the viewers can actually experience for themselves. |
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