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rootbeer1 ([personal profile] rootbeer1) wrote2006-10-26 09:37 am

Blindsided

Know what bothers me about Tom Colicchio on Top Chef? The way he wanders into the kitchen and asks questions of the chef contestants like he’s a mentoring Tim Gunn Project Runway figure, and then half an hour later he sits there in judgment of the chefs who foolishly made themselves vulnerable by providing him with any sort of information.

TOM: “So, how’s your appetizer coming?”

CHEFTESTANT: “Well, I was worried that the halibut might be off, but it seems fine. I’m just hoping to get it all done before the clock runs out.”

*half an hour later, at the judging table*

TOM: “Weren’t you concerned that the halibut might be off? And I hear that you have time management issues. That’s it, you’re out of here.”

VAPID SPOKESMODEL: “Please pack your knives and leave. You’re dead to us.”

[identity profile] foodpoisoningsf.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I've watched twice. This cross-pollination with Tom Colicchio is just technique of course, to add tension. And no one ever said Reality TV was fair.

Unfortunately his coming off like a bitter creep cancels out any potential hotness. He's even more gratuitously mean than that Simon person. And I have trouble looking at Padma Lakshmi w/o thinking of her sucking Salman Rushdie's dick.

[identity profile] rootbeer1.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You are so right about his meanness and creepiness canceling out his hotness. Despite Tom's being better looking than Tim Gunn, I doubt if Tom will be having the devoted fans that Tim has ... bad chef. No T-shirt for you.

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so glad I'm not watching this season! Tom and Frank "the Bull" can remain perfect shrink-wrapped fantasy material, unsullied by their boorish actions in real fake reality!