Top Chef Masters Recap

By Jason Lee

April 26, 2010

Coming soon, these two will have their own sitcom. We call it 'Grumpy and the French Dude.'

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Finally, the Masters are brought back in front of the critics. Ludo’s Irish stew was unrecognizable as Irish stew, Mark’s Yorkshire pudding was a disaster, Jonathan’s Shepherd’s pie was flavorful and robust, Wylie’s banger sausage was dry, Graham destroyed the flavor of the kidneys, Rick’s potato slices were too thick.

In the end, experience triumphed. According to Gail, Jonathan’s shepherd’s pie was a joy to eat and will be the standard by which she judges all future shepherd’s pie. She gives him 4 ½ stars, Gael gives him 5 stars and Jay gives him 4 ½. The diners give him 4 ½ stars, for a total of 18 ½ stars. WOW. Easily the highest score of the season and Jonathan wins this thing.

But we have one more spot to give out. It won’t be Mark Peel, with his disastrous toad in a hole. He gets 3 stars from Jay, 2 ½ from Gail and 3 stars from Gael. He gets a slap-in-the-face 1 star from the diners for a total of 9 ½. Poor guy. He’s pretty devastated by the 1 star rating from the diners.

Gail says that Ludo’s dish was beautiful but had no context, giving him 3 stars. Gael gives him 3, Jay gives him 3 but the diners give him 2 stars. He has a total of 11.




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Graham had some lovely beef but Gael chides him for fearing the taste of kidney. She gives him 3 ½ stars, Jay gives him 2 ½ stars, and Gail gives him 3 stars. The diners gave him 4 ½ stars (they must hate the flavor of kidney, too) for a total of 13 ½ stars.

Gael calls Wylie’s dish “gently gentrified” and gives him 4 stars. Jay gives him 3 ½ stars and Gail gives him 3 ½ stars. With 3 ½ stars from the diners, he has 14 ½ total, one better than his friend/rival Graham.

It’s up to Rick. He’s the only one who can beat Wylie. Jay says that his fish and chips brought some much needed glamour to Britain’s national dish, giving him 4 stars. Gail gave him 4 stars and Gael gave him 4 stars. Last season, he didn’t put out a Quickfire dish, sinking him in the overall standings, but there’s no such slip-up this time around. He gets 4 stars from the diners for a total of 16. He’s moving onto the Finale.

As the Masters pack up their things and profess their enjoyment of the day, I brace myself for an ending rant from Ludo. He’s actually not bad – he says that he doesn’t regret coming back for Top Chef: Masters 2, though he won’t give up. “Even if it takes until Top Chef: Masters 10, I won’t give up,” he promises.

The question is how many chefs will he have to piss off along the way.


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