Top Truffle

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First of all, does it seem that Rocco has had some work done? Or was that just a really creepy makeup job?

This last week, the Top Chef kids had to compete in a food test for the quick-fire challenge. What was with the gimme ingredients? Oatmeal? Bow-tie pasta? Come on, Casey should have had to name it correctly as farfalle at least. But wasn’t it soooo awesome when Hung’s ego was his downfall, passing on a taste test that would have given him the correct ID? Do you think he watched that episode at home and cringed? It should be noted that Brian was in the top two.

On to the elmination challenge … which was all about figuring out how to freeze a pasta dish. Yada yada yada to individually freeze or not yada yada yada.

The best part of the show was the Truffle Smackdown between Rocco and Colicchio. Tommy thought the flavors of Tre/CJ’s dish were a little beyond the Mediterranean scope of the assignment. Rocco smirkingly disagreed, he’s had truffles from all over the Med and no way is he going to pass up a chance to giggle at Mr. Smugly Accomplished over there.

The saddest part is that, even though I heart Colicchio, he was wrong. Seriously, Umbria is well-known for their truffles, which makes the ingredient fair game. What’s worse, he tried AGAIN to prove his wrong point by asking the chefs if they thought it was a good choice to add truffles to a Mediterranean dish. Rocco had to be tapping his toes with evil glee under the table.

I must say, as much as I am a Brian fan, I have to root for CJ as well. He is hi-larious and I would love to hear his commentary for a few more weeks. And Joey … I guess the bigger they are, the harder they sob.