Top Chef First Night in New York

The first episode of Top Chef New York was decent. It appears they have a group of very talented people.

It took about ten minutes before they booted a woman for being unskilled in the ways of peeling, chopping and cooking an apple. We didn't get to really know her but I didn't feel sorry for the "Chef". Her downfall, besides being slow with a knife, was preparing a dish made with apples. She prepared a nice salad. The show furnished a burner and pan for the dish. Lady, this might be a clue they wanted something cooked! It's not called Top Salad Girl.

After they kicked her to the curb, the chefs than drew knives to see what type of New York City cuisine they would be cooking. In other words, if they drew China Town they cooked Chinese, Brighton Beach they cooked Russian, and so on.

Many of the dishes looked pretty good. This says a lot, since I would rather eat Alpo than dine in New York.

The winner was an egotistical chef from Finland. I happen to believe all great Chefs are egotistical so him winning was OK with me.

The losers came down to some woman whose kids like her cooking and a culinary student. The culinary student was shown the door. Again, no great surprise.....he is a STUDENT....not a CHEF!!!!

His weakness was using black noodles in his Chinese dish. he said he had never used them before so he didn't know what they would do when cooked. Hey Einstein, ever think......hey I don't know how to cook black noodles so I should use another ingredient?

With the student and Miss Apple 2008 gone it will not lessen the show. It should make it better.





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