On Mar 4, 8:55*pm, Alan Calan > wrote:
> I am so surprised that there isn't more talk here about Top Chef.
> These people who compete are so incredibly creative and competent it's
> amazing.
>
> Did Arianne get thrown under the bus? *Has any one been to her
> restaurant in NJ, which has a very high Zagat rating? *Do you think
> Hosea should have been Top Chef? *His he a better chef than Stephan? *
>
> Maybe Carla is really the best chef of them all but listened to Casey
> when she should have done her food.
>
> What really gets me is how they all can pull in incredible flavors and
> ideas in so short a period of time. *It's not Iron Chef but close!
>
> Alan

Loved the reunion- the funniest one ever. I think Gail and the others
had it right when they commented on the editing....and I'm sure that's
not the only time that a couple of the cheftestants were drunk at
judges' table .... what a hoot. And, of course, Fabio-lous was to die
for! Jamie was really funny, too.

I think Hosea won by not screwing up, rather than by being the best.
Carla would have been my first choice - Casey threw her under the bus,
blaming her problems on her, rather than taking any responsibility for
leading her down the wrong path. Any other sous chef would have just
shut up .... and Carla wasn't especially speedy in any of the
challenges - remember the oysters? Yet, she always managed to get it
done in the end. Casey thought she had to "do it all," and I'm sure
that wasn't the case. Stefan would have been my second choice.
(Note, he was the only one who consoled Carla at final judges' table,
when Carla was crying. Hosea just walked away.)

N.