Top Chef judges are Fair or Fairly Legal?

that photo is WHAT

captainlorax you should post on i love cricket

maybe you could start this thread there too? just a thought

jeff that's from a challenge on that season - i bet every dude that made it that far has one like that

I VOTE PADMA

I get bothered by people who do really strong-opinion second-guessing of the judges on this show, as if I don't know full well they HAVEN'T TASTED THE FOOD

I mean, you can only complain so much when we viewers are inherently barred from any experience of the main sensory dimension these chefs are being judged on

jeff that's from a challenge on that season - i bet every dude that made it that far has one like that

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:15 PM (11 minutes ago)

dude, nowadays it is polite to refer to them as "women"

Hosea might not have one anymore

they're gonna get rid of Leah cuz she's hotter than Padma

oh yeah, Hosea and Leah's real life relationships are on the ropes. But they look so cute together!

i like the new judge btw - he was being overly showy during his first episode but i like him @ judges table. really detailed.

I just liked the moment of new-here awkwardness, which I translate as:

Toby: She can't cook!
Padma: Don't be acting like you've been here and know what people cook
Toby: Oh but isn't it part of the rubric that we ignore everything else?
Padma's Expression: Maybe, but you still need to simmer down over there

Yeah, but she had one of the top five dishes the week before so even in his limited experience that's an unfair expression of disdain.

yeah, i like whatsisname, but Padma otm. it was also funny when he did the double take after dan barber did his one-liner schtick better than he did. kudos for putting dan barber on tv btw, but afaic the people who fucked up the challenge the most were the producers - it's nice that they have all those nice sheep and piggies on the farm, but ingredients and seasonality mean VEGETABLES, motherfuckers.

xpost top three, ahem

is this on tonihgt?

yes

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNFAIR

they replay it a lot of times

I meant the eviction.

when I made this poll I meant to write that the judges "causes more than a couple wrong vote offs - all the time" *per season*

after tonight I think that there has been 1 wrong vote off this season.

but I do think that once we get to the final 3 chefs, the prior 3 voted off chefs will come back.

-I should have made the poll options more specific (per season) - because I think the chefs have been spot on until tonight :(

*judges have been spot on until tonight (my Chinese new years resolution will be to proofread my posts)

even tho i like fabio's schtick, he probably should have gone

oh well, it's TV!

don't they justify every big decision with "this isn't about ________, this is about being Top Chef"?

I don't know anymore.

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"they're gonna get rid of Leah cuz she's hotter than Padma"

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honestly they got rid of her because she is not stefan
but she is HOT in the big boobs sense of the word

http://eater.com/uploads/2009_02_leahnsfw.gif

http://twitter.com/#!/ericripert/status/26618643547

adam horowitz is wearing a boredoms t-shirt while serving as top chef just desserts guest judge!

er... horovitz