Dale’s Huge Save
Well, well, well. Brian was eliminated from the final four in tonight’s Top Chef. On one hand I am sad that he didn’t get to advance and showcase some of his other skills, but on the other hand I am glad to know that his restaurant gets to keep him for a little while longer.
As for the others … let’s review the top three.
Wow, guess who stepped up? Dale looked like he was headed for the bin when he dumped his tart, but then turned it around with some simple cauliflower and potatoes. Doesn’t Ripert look like he’d be an asshole if you crossed him? Well, he loved Dale’s dish and that’s saying a lot: Le Bernardin sets the bar high. I still think Dale is the dark horse in the final … we’ll see if he can pull it out.
There was no way Hung wasn’t going to make it to the finals, right? He’s the front-runner, the master of technique, the favorite and the bad-guy at the same time. I hate the way the judges didn’t take him to task more for admitting he was cooking for them first and foremost, and the eaters second. I have no doubt that his dishes will be perfect in the final, but like Marcel before him, will they lack heart?
Casey is all heart and simple flavors. If she can make her food sing, create a dish that can WOW the biggees on board next week, she might carry it.
My least favorite part of tonight’s show was the softee-huggy-feely portion when the finalists monologued on why they should be allowed to stay. Dale nearly wept, God love him. Casey showed us her youthful exuberance, and talked a lot with her hands. Hung oddly mentioned how much soul he puts into his food (just moments after being told he’s not present in his food). And Brian just said how much he’d like to keep cooking for his friends. Throughout the whole thing they kept panning to Colicchio and his sappy awww-shucks expression, except for his stone-face when Brian was talking. Shocking surprise.
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