Chicagoist: "Top Chef" Power Rankings: Week 3

Dave!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:26:13 -0600

Erik wasn't an everyman... Erik was a tool. And a tool who couldn't cook... no way would an everyman screw up a corn dog. Good riddance.

UTV

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:32:37 -0600

My favorite quote of the episode: "I don't think you knew how to use that Velveeta." Hah!

benschomatic

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:18:10 -0600

I have two words: Nacho. Soufflé.

Karl Klockars

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:52:43 -0600

Not only that, but he's like 38. It's like he's trying to be Guy Fieri but life has passed him by.

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:50:32 -0600

Just look at that picture up there... Crooked hat. Sweatbands (For a photo op? You ARE a badass, good sir!). Mean ass "Fred Durst" scowl. Why, he can't even be bothered to have the white properly filtered out from his picture using Photoshop. What a douche!

celerysalt

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:21:46 -0600

i had the tour at Alinea last night. and i like mac and cheese with velveeta. so there.

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:15:56 -0600

I'm not going to underestimate a Mexican in a kitchen, ever.

Chuck Sudo

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:07:53 -0600

Manuel is too under-the-radar to make it to the final four. He doesn't wow anyone with his cooking, and (because of the wonders of television editing) he has no personality. He might make top eight, but not top four.

frp

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:44:53 -0600

@plumbum82 "I think a tattoo on the neck says "I never want to be taken seriously, ever." Unless you're a Maori chieftain. Then, it's all good." ROTFLMMFAO...that made my day. Or, maybe, if you're Kat Von D...of course, it's just really difficult to take her seriously...ever. And, if Stephanie Izard DOES win, will she ever re-open Scylla....pleeeeeease!!!!!

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:22:28 -0600

I think a tattoo on the neck says "I never want to be taken seriously, ever." Unless you're a Maori chieftain. Then, it's all good.

cornichon

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:18:13 -0600

He was very sloppy and unprofessional, those two characteristics are not the formula for a top chef. There are many great chefs in Chicago that would never hire him to work in his kitchen just because of the tatoo on his neck. Now i am not saying you are a bad person if you have a tatoo on your neck, but it says a lot about you as a person, such as his lack of taste.

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:17:57 -0600

I tee'd off on Erik in the other thread, but fuck that guy. And Manuel should be higher. I get the feeling he'll be in the final four.