Top Chef Las Vegas Recap

By Jason Lee

December 10, 2009

I think Michael can take Bryan. That whisk isn't the best weapon.

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Michael lets his gaze drift over to Robin and tells the camera that if he were to draw the knife of "certain individuals," he would rather use it to slit his own throat than cook with them.

Kevin looks over a Jen and calls her a bad-ass. He wants her on his team.

Kevin draws first and he gets Preeti. He's not happy. I wouldn't be either. Preeti was annoyingly clueless through the first three episodes. Bryan does much better, picking Jen. He's thrilled, as any of the three finalists would be if they'd picked Jen. He immediately has an advantage in the finale. Michael picks Jesse, who I wasn't a fan of (she could never get her act together) but who Michael says he's happy with, calling her a workhorse.

The chefs draw one more round of knives. Kevin gets Ash and looks none too happy. I don't blame him. His sous-chefs are weak. Bryan picks Ashley and both he and Jen look really enthused. I would be, too – Ashley showed some great skills in the middle of the season. Michael picks Eli and is extremely happy with it.

In his narration, Kevin says that he's extremely jealous of the sous-chefs of his competitors. He was really hoping to draw Jen and Eli, but they went to Bryan and Michael respectively.




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The chefs head back to the kitchen and open up their Mystery Boxes, which contain crab, rockfish, squash, Meijer lemon, anise and matsutake mushrooms. All three of them look perplexed – "how on earth will I combine these ingredients into a good dish?" they seem to be wondering.

The prep period goes by pretty quickly. Ashley is melding very well with Bryan, though his dishes sound a little more safe than the other two. Michael is concerned with the fact that he doesn't have a clear vision of what he wants to do with the Mystery Box ingredients – he says that for the first time in the competition, anxiety is settling in. Kevin spends the majority of his prep time being pissed off at Preeti. He says that she's far too slow, and out of about 20 items on his prep list, he's only allowing her to do two of them. I understand his reluctance to let Preeti do too much for his menu but I find it strange to see the normally unflappable Kevin to be so angry and frustrated.

The chefs wake up the next morning and are chomping at the bit to get started. Kevin is mad at himself for having wasted so much time being down on Preeti the day before, saying that it cost him half his prep time. Michael is still trying to figure out his Mystery Box dish and Bryan is drawing plans for his plating. When all of a sudden, there's a knock at the door.

The chefs immediately all go on high alert. They are understandably expecting a huge twist. Bryan says that he expects Padma or Tom to come in and add a totally new aspect to the challenge. The door opens and in walks...


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