Top Chef Recap

By Jason Lee

September 13, 2010

Why do the losers always look so unhappy?

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The stakes are high and the chefs start cooking their brains out. It’s already a hot and humid night, and everyone’s sweating within 30 seconds of being in front of a wok. Kevin’s worried because he’s never used a wok before, but Angelo is supremely confident. Ed is pretty confident, too, saying that he’s had a wok at home for years.

Angelo serves up some chili frog legs with a rambutan salsa and vegetarian sea urchin. Kelly took inspiration from today’s market trip and cooked some Chinese noodles with lobster cockles and bean sprouts. Kevin has a seafood stew with lobster cuttlefish and crispy shallots. Ed has a stir fry with noodles, black pepper sauce, steamed lobster and gai lan.

I have no idea who’s in first - I think maybe Kevin, but it turns out that Ed’s won the immunity. Wow. Angelo is seriously pissed. Actually, all three of the other chefs look pissed. Ed, meanwhile, is beaming away.

Padma says that immunity will play a big role in the Elimination Challenge because they’ll be working as a team. WOW. That’s a surprise. They’ll be creating a menu for an event hosted by Dana Cowen, editor of Food and Wine Magazine, celebrating the multicultural nature of Singaporean cuisine. Kevin is worried about working on a team with Angelo, saying that he sometimes gets overbearing.

Because they’ll be doing dishes for 80 people cooked a la minute (meaning, everything done to order), each person decides that the best course of action is to only cook one dish each. Of course, while shopping, Ed finds this batter that Singaporeans use to fry plantains. He buys it, deciding that he’ll show everyone else up by doing two dishes.




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They head into the kitchen for one hour of prep. Angelo and Ed immediately start sniping at each other. It’s really quite annoying.

Tom enters and is aghast when he learns that they’ll only be serving four dishes. “Four dishes? For 80 people? I really think you need to do at least two dishes each.”

“I’m doing two dishes. Of course.” Ed smirks. What an a-hole.

The other three chefs immediately start fishing for ideas for a second dish. Everything seems to be going fine (hectic, but fine) until Angelo notices some blood on the floor. He wonders if it’s duck blood or chicken blood - but no, it’s Kelly’s blood. She’s cut her hand and it won’t stop bleeding. It’s disgusting. Seriously. She puts on a glove to finish prep work but the glove keeps filling with blood. I’m almost gagging.

The next day, the cheftestants head over to the Tanjong Beach Club for the event. Kelly feels good, saying that her dishes really represent her well. Ed is being uber sarcastic in the kitchen. He remarks to us that usually his sarcasm makes people think that he’s a douchebag, but this time, he’s purposefully being a douchebag to upset Angelo.

A-hole.


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