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| Ashley: Mick Jagger hair and the rebelliousness to match. Photo: Bravo |
Wednesday night's bachelor- and bachelorette-party hors d'oeuvres challenge managed to serve up a little slice of cruelty for everyone, it seemed.
Not only were the 16 remaining cheftestants forced into gender-based teams that helped determine their fates -- a fact that did not sit well with "I'm as good as any guy" Jennifer.
See who won after the jump.
Not only did they have to cater to the whims of a privileged, breeder majority -- incensing pro-marriage-equality lesbian Ashley, she of the righteous indignation and the kick-ass Mick Jagger hair.
No, as if all of that wasn't enough, the would-be culinary wunderkinds had to craft dishes to go with a trio of heavily alcoholic shooters, one of which Ash aptly deemed "sweet, gooey and disgusting."
Whether or not that description might've also applied to the bride and groom is still up for debate, but both parties seemed pleased by the sometimes-inspired, oft-wilted, occasionally gross finger foods they were dealt by the two teams.
To the non-drunk palates of the judges, however, the girls' offerings were rather quickly deemed inferior to those of the guys. While the latter may have indeed been "contrived," to quote Laurine, we have to admit they looked exotically tasty. Although Michael V., no matter how talented, should never be allowed to call anything a "Nitro Gazpacho" again.
His brother Bryan's challenge-winning sweet-and-sour macaroon, a sort of inside-out take on chips-and-guac, was one of the highlights, even if it was met with bemusement by his peers. "I didn't even know what the f--- he was talking about," Ash admitted.
Meanwhile, the bottom rung of the "Top Chef" ladder held few surprises. While Ashley got penalized for overreaching -- serving both a luscious watermelon carpaccio and a lackluster bay-leaf panna cotta -- it was last week's offenders who earned the most scorn.
Perma-cryer Jesse and the whiny-voiced Eve again found themselves lacking in the technique and flavoring departments, respectively.
While it was Eve who was let go for her unbalanced, overcooked shrimp ceviche, the ladies got the last laugh: Watching the men take a celebratory dip into the bachelorettes' pool, Laurine quipped, "I mean, who would you rather see in wet clothes -- girls or fat boys?"
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8-27-2009 @4:16PM boss sauce said... Great wrap-up! But I don't think of her as "I'm as good as any guy"-Jennifer, but as "I can't say ceviche correctly"-Jennifer.
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8-27-2009 @5:08PM Sara Bonisteel said... That's driving me nuts too! Suh-veech sounds like Screech!
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8-27-2009 @5:38PM Yossarian said... curious to know if you have a seat on the judges table? no? you must be an editor then? nope? hmmm. you obviously flipped out over the same overly edited, condensed episode that i watched at home. You've mustered an opinion, but failed to actually criticize anything of value. Congrats on the breeder part, cherry on top of this mouth breather post.
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8-27-2009 @6:14PM TRS said... I don't care what your sexual preference is! Your on the show to prove your talents as a chef. Talk about food, cook food and wow the judges. Take your social agenda and shove it. Get over yourself and be happy to have an opportunity that many other talented folks did not get. Grow up.
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8-28-2009 @12:44PM Jill said... Since when is the show about sexual preference? Ashley came off as very childish and hateful. I'm not sure where she works, but does she refuse to cook for heterosexual married couples. You're on the show to cook, so cook and shut up. No one cares who you sleep with and you should give everyone else the same benefit.
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8-28-2009 @2:44PM XDXJX said... Although im rooting for her out of philly pride. Jennifer definitely needs to learn how to say ceviche, and how many times can you make it? She probably picked the pronunciation from eric ripert.
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8-28-2009 @6:37PM Brad said... I don't fault Ashley for saying what she did - she's given a platform by the show to speak to a national audience, it makes sense she might try to take advantage of it.
I am curious as to the motivations behind the editors, including that though in the show. The cynical part in me thinks it was included simply to stir up controversy, news, and ratings. It seemed this episode, a lot of the dishes done by various chefs in the quickfire were glossed over or not discussed in the interviews - was the "food" matter of the show dumped in favor of Ashley's rant? Or was the other material really not that good?
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8-29-2009 @9:28PM PrixFixe said... Actually she's worked for Eric Ripert, who is French. The French say it the way she's saying, the way we're used to hearing it is the English was. So actually as grating as it maybe, Jennifer is saying right.
I mean, don't you think if she was saying it incorrectly - she would've been informed of that by the judges, Tom being the main one.
So while it may grate on nerves, she is in fact saying caviche correctly.
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