Technically correct or not, "seh-VEETCH" just sounds pretentious.

Heh--someone over at WX has dubbed Kevin "Yukon Cornelius," which totally fits!

Wait, so it's supposed to be "seh-VEE-chay," right? Or wrong? I'm confused now.

Kevin as Yukon Cornelius is brilliant. I really like him, too. He reminds me of S1 Dave a bit, in that he's not cocky, not arrogant, but he may cook better than he thinks he does.

Jen's pronunciation of ceviche is annoying and nowhere in the neighborhood of correct. It's primarily a South American dish, no? Peruvian although most S. American countries do their own versions. So yeah, it should be something like "seh-vee-chay." They may mispronounce it in French restaurants. I don't know. I still mostly like Jen, though, and hope she goes far.

I was glad to see Eve go home. She seemed so clueless in the first two episodes. She may be a great chef, but she was really wrong for this show.

ETA: Actually, if you really want to get jiggy with it, the "vee" would sound more like a "bee", so something like "seh-BEE-chay". In S. America, you'll often even see it spelled with a "b" rather than a "v", so cebiche.

I thought initially she was trying to do a Rachael Ray and be cutesy with her pronunciation. After seeing her in 2 eps, that doesn't seem like her personality, so I don't know what's going on.

Glad Eve went because she seemed generally clueless and her voice was annoying.

I was really happy to see the other brother take the final since I thought his macaron/macaroon thing was a cool idea.

I hated hated hated the boys vs. girls aspect of the challenge. That was lame. But Ashley's reaction was ridiculous. Would she never cater a reception? Never serve a couple on their anniversary?

Regarding Jen's pronunciation of ceviche: I don't know where she gets it, because I can't see a French chef using the term when French cuisine has a perfectly good long-standing term for that preparation, poisson cru. However, that is how you would pronounce it in French, based on the spelling.

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Oh, such yummy and delicious news about AI. Having learned my lesson, I've posted about it in Spoilers Lite. If you're not phobic and you need a little pick me up after a mostly lackluster summer run for ABDC, as I have needed lately, then you should definitely check it out. You will squee. Or at least, I did. Also, it is reported on EW.com, so you could just read it there, too.

I read some blog somewhere talking about how some of the cheftestants look like other people, and still don't know half of their names, so: I thought it was interesting that Beck was the one who was all politically offended by the challenge. And I REALLY wish she had learned anything from past seasons, and not made a frigging dessert!

But Ashley's reaction was ridiculous. Would she never cater a reception? Never serve a couple on their anniversary?

I just hope next week we don't get treated to another lecture because gays can't serve openly in the military and ZOMG BRAVO IS SO MEAN TO MAKE ME DO THIS.

Because while I am 100% with her on equal marriage rights, maybe if you're against het couples celebrating their coupledom, a career in hospitality is not for you?

Also, no extra dishes and ESPECIALLY not an extra dessert and ESPECIALLY not an extra dessert that's something fussy like panna cotta! Jeeze! Watch the show, chefs!