Top Chef Tailgates

Top chef 

So this week Rachel and I got to see some more Top Cheffers! We went to a q & a at Barnes and Noble, with Tom, Gail and Ted. Basically we are slowly making out way through meeting the entire show. Awesome

Show opens and aw Jen is sad bc the "love of her life" is gone and so she is now doing everything from now on for Zoi.

Lisa and Dale are talking after their fight last week where Dale turned gangster

Quickfire-Beer taste challenge:

So get drunk and cook! The challenge is to create a dish that pairs well with your beer.  

Lots of chopping and mixing

Dale makes pork with pretzel dust, which sounds cool

So far lots of seafood and meat as usual.  The guest is really quiet and straightfaced so it;s hard to know what she's thinking.

Lisa made a cheeseburger with her beer, haha.

Jens goes over well, her islandy beer and dish.  

Least favorites: Nikki, Spike (not a united dish) and Dale (not moist enough)

Tops: Richard, Stephanie (mussels) and Jen

Winner is Jen- and in the words of Spike, yay for lesbians.

Elimination challenge!

Theyre going to a Bears game!! And tailgating! Two of my favorite things- football and tailgating yay!

Why does Spike love that hat so much? And apparently chicken wings.

Richard wants to do more refined food and wants to do a "pate melt"

Nikki, wearing giant aviators in the supermarket, wants to do sausage and peppers hero, which is something I have always wanted to try, it always smells so good walking by those stands.

Ryan is like I don't like sports I'm metro and too pretty for sports. LOL Ryan, pretty(ish) but dumb. 

Drama with the coolers someone is yelling that there's no more room!

 Back at the house, drinking some wine, relaxing, Dale is ironing his apron.  Mark and Spike are taking a bubble bath together and the love is growing, Spike says he loves his curly hair and he's a cool dude. 

At the Soldier Field- lots of Bears fans and grills around.  Oh man I love tailgating it's so fun and there is such a good energy.  The judges are all wearing personal jerseys, cute. 

It's kinda like the block party

Stephanie- something with pork, good reviews from the crowd

The Fridge!! Reminds me of my childhood watching football with my dad.

Dale- ribs that people really like

Spike- trying to show more personality and is failing haha.  He made fire spiced chicken wings and pineapple slaw.

Antonia- jerk chicken sandwhich.  Good but messy says one fan.

Ryan is going nuts trying to get everyone involved and calling people honey.  He made bread salad with chicken and "adult" hot cocoa.  Too fancy for some fans though

Andrew is wearing a helmet cause he's "in the game" He's so funny, and imitates Gail, but makes her laugh. I see a love connection there.  He made shrimp that was good.

Nikki sounds really bored

Lisa made skirt steak, Jen made Chicken

Richard made pork and veal pate melt

Mark, on his real coal bbq had trouble with the grill.  He made chicken and scallion skewers. He's a mess and people didn't love it. 

Nikki is rocking a bouffant in her interviews and is worried cause she's out of peppers and onions before the judges get to taste it, that sucks.  She should've saved some for them and didn;t make the sausages herself.

The Fridge loved Lisa and Dale's haha he's huge.

Gail Sayers liked Dales the best.  

Antonia Dale and Stephanie go to the judges first- they were the top 3 fan favorites.  The winner is Dale and they give him a top chef jersey and the grill he used, which he's excited about.

They ask to see Mark Nikki and Ryan.  Nikki's was disconnected and not very careful.

Metro Ryan is next and says he wanted a whole dining experience. They think it was weird of him to make a poached pear as a dessert.  Mark is called out for using the charcoal grill and putting a heavy sauce on his dish.  They also diss is presentation and his table for being a mess and tasting the soup and using the same spoon (ew).

Aaand Ryan is out.  Oh I definitely thought they were kick off Nikki or Mark, not Metro Ryan.  He takes it well, still has a pen behind his ear btw, don't know why.  

That's all folks.