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It's starting to become anticlimactic in what, for us, has been an underwhelming season of "Top Chef." We really tried to get sucked into the show, with its local setting and local contestants. But it just seems as though all we've seen is the inside of the Boystown Whole Foods week after week, as if it's the only one in the city.
Now Nikki is gone, which brings the remaining contestants down to seven. The only real sense of drama left now is trying to predict what hat Spike will wear, how horny is Andrew, and when Lisa will leave. For all we know, it could be this week. Barring a colossal meltdown (which Dale seems capable of, judging from the video), the final four of Richard, Dale, Stephanie and Antonia is set. After that we start to wonder who will join Richard for the live finale, although some besides us have been intimating that Ms. Izard has actually been prepping for it with dinner parties.
And now, this week's rankings.
1. Richard (last week – 2): Making every man in the planet except this one look bad by offering to share his elimination challenge prize with Steph.
2. Antonia (last week – 3): Dare we say she just might sneak up and win the whole thing?
3. Stephanie (last week – 4): Grace under pressure, showing impressive forearm strength whipping up mayonnaise and tackling a wedding cake that received approval from Gale Gand. Bless you.
4. Dale (last week – 1): Yes, being a whiny bitch can drop you three spots in the rankings.
5. Andrew (last week – 5): Starting to develop a form of culinary priapism. Again, we don't want to hear about his boners, culinary or otherwise.
6. Spike (last week – 7): Held his tongue for way too long while Dale threw his entire team under the bus.
7. Lisa (last week – 6): Hair in need of a major hot oil treatment holds on for another week.
8. Nikki – (last week – 9): If she had at least shown a backbone and took charge she could have made the elimination interesting. Instead she went out as meekly as her pasta.
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"If your culinary erection lasts longer than four hours, please consult an Arby's"
I mostly agree, although I'd switch Stephanie and Antonia in the rankings. Richard has a habit of getting overconfident, so there's still hope for a Stephanie win, but this season's drama has been largely deflated.
Previews make it seem like this week's could be fun, even if Spike or Lisa is bound to go home.
UTV: If that was original, it was definitely comment of the week.
The rankings are as they are, Dave. Antonia has been more consistent than Steph in recent weeks, so her second-place showing in this week's rankings is no accident.
As much as I hate Antonia for her attitude trip when it came to my beloved Polish sausage, I agree that she's had a couple of really good weeks.
Celery: Thanks, it was original, born out of the monotony of the start of another week.
I'm actually enjoying this season much more than I did last season in Miami.
Although there's a bit of a bias since I actually have someone to cheer for this year, I think that not only has the drama been better, most of the food has looked spectacular.
So... we're not supposed to offer our opinions on the rankings then? How interactive.
If that's what you read out of that, Dave, then I fear for the future.
AGAIN, Richard GAVE the entire prize, he didn't offer to share:
After they give the prize:
Stef: We can share it
Richard: Its yours.
Even from BRAVO:
"Ultimately, the bride's team shined, giving Richard the win (which he later gave to Stephanie for her cake attempt.)"
http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/4/episodes/index.php?e=episode_9
The man did a nice deed and DIDNT take it back, so I say give him credit for it!