Top Chef
Do any of you watch Top Chef? I missed Wednesday's episode and just caught it last night. Holy smokes!
If you haven't seen it and don't want to know what happened, don't read this...
Chef Eric Ripert was the episode's guest judge and the Quick Fire challenge began (make a dish using chocolate) and went along as usual -- nothing out of the ordinary, except for Ilan making ganache with a chicken liver center.
After Sam is declared the winner, the elimination challenge is given. The five remaining contestants have to prepare a five-course meal which oozes L-O-V-E. Cliff's dish ended up being the weakest (Chef Ripert said it was "Hotel Food") and the level of drama was par for the course.
Back at the loft, however, when the elimination was over the gang got a bit tipsy and decided it would be a good idea to a.) film themselves and b.) shave their heads. Elia and Ilan did it, and Sam was a big wuss and backed off at the last minute and Cliff -- well Cliff had nothing to shave off. At this point, Sam (the Instigation King) decided it would be funny to shave Marcel's head, without his consent.
Cliff then walks over to Marcel, who is asleep on the couch, and drags him off the couch like he weighs nothing more than 5 pounds and begins to half-nelson him into the ground. Cliff must be like what, 6' 1" and 200-something pounds? Marcel is about as big as Elia -- on a good day. Poor dumb Marcel is flailing, barely managing to get out a "Hey, stop!"
His little hair swirl just keeps jiggling back and forth as Cliff is pinning him into the sisal carpet yelling for the others to come in and shave his head. The others aren't coming or doing anything. It is super uncomfortable to watch and finally Cliff lets Marcel go. Pissed and scared, Marcel ends up sleeping in the bathroom, presummably with the door locked.
The next day, Chef Colicchio comes and tells Cliff he broke Bravo's rules (i.e., you can't manhandle the competition and make them squeal) and is being asked to leave.
At the judging table the remaining contestants are called idiots, bad examples and not Top Chef material by the judges -- yet all four of them are heading off to Hawaii for the final challenge.
I was just left sitting there with my mouth totally hanging open. Did anyone else see it?
Of course, for me the best part was when super hawt Eric Ripert (Isn't it crazy how his eye color is exactly the same as his hair color?) said that Ilan's dish "should not be served, for example, in a restaurant."
