Chicagoist: "Top Chef" Power Rankings: Week 2

joseph_dunphy_in_chicago

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:37:45 -0600

"Someone should have reminded Mark the Hobbit of that as he was barreling through Green City Market looking for his five ingredients for the Quickfire challenge" Any chef who goes barreling through a farmer's market or supermarket looking for ingredients will have me cheering for him to lose. There are markets that cater to the restaurant industry, to which you and I as home cooks have no access. For the chefs to come through and pick the places where we can shop bare because they want to make a fashion statement on their menu item descriptions to me, doesn't seem very neighborly behavior.

ilr

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:59:08 -0600

I completely agree about Andrew -- coke or perhaps meth? Does it count in the $200 of special supplies they keep in their locker? My question about this episode: why did so many people turn "blini" into a 3-syllable word? (buh-lini)

plumbum82

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:57:55 -0600

@Kay2: I noticed that too. It seems like he's always coked up. Then again, he is a chef... And I have Stephanie and Dale written in pen for the top 3. This is one show where the cream usually rises pretty early.

kay2

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:41:19 -0600

Am I the only one who thinks that Andrew is on something? His jitters, nervous energy, aggressiveness, etc., suggest he's ingesting more than his own cooking.

Rachelle Bowden

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:23:58 -0600

i think rick bayless is going to be on this week.

matty

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:12:39 -0600

I agree about the chicago thing. They don't really advertise any of our local restaurants.

celerysalt

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:51:49 -0600

So here's my question (I, cable-less, didn't see the show)....what on earth was Wylie Dufresne doing on there? He's a NY guy. Couldn't they have asked Homaro Cantu or Graham Eliot Bowles instead? Would've like to have heard about Chi representing molecular gastronomy - especially with Moto - arguably the best example state-side -- in town.....

I_h8_toyota_and_BT

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:51:41 -0600

ummm...what is top chef chicago?