I loved the way Fabio handled that - Dale may have been the team captain but Fabio was really in charge.
He was great. "Don't yell at my servers."
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2011 8:44:55 am PST #16015 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Kathy A - Jan 20, 2011 8:52:32 am PST #16016 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I thought it was great that the judges acknowledged what a fantastic job Fabio was doing managing his servers.
sumi - Jan 20, 2011 9:40:24 am PST #16017 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
One thing I've remembered is that Carla's experience isn't restaurant based - this may be why she did so poorly in her first Restaurant Wars and why she was picked last this time despite her wins.
flea - Jan 20, 2011 9:44:21 am PST #16018 of 23273
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I thought it was great that the judges acknowledged what a fantastic job Fabio was doing managing his servers.
I was confused about what thread I was in and got this image of the long-haired romance novel cover model working in campus IT.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2011 9:58:25 am PST #16019 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought it was great that the judges acknowledged what a fantastic job Fabio was doing managing his servers.
I know Bourdain, for one, has mentioned in his writings how much he hates dealing with front of the house stuff, so I think there's a lot of respect for someone who can do it well, and pull off a really good dessert on top of it.
Vortex - Jan 20, 2011 10:08:31 am PST #16020 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Tiffany really dodged a bullet there.
yes, she did. I was really unimpressed with her as front of house. And she seemed to move really slowly. Yes, part of your Front of House job is to schmooze, but also to pick up slack, let your servers know what's going on, etc.
Also, is it just me, or is Angelo way more sympathetic this time around?
It's like Tom said, he knew that there was a disaster, so he just kept his head down and tried to make a good dish. He failed at that, but that was his goal.
Seriously! The person (Carla) who won the last elimination challenge got picked dead last. WTF?
well, given her last Restaurant Wars where she sent out crap food with a lot of love, I can see the hesitation.
Lee - Jan 20, 2011 10:12:12 am PST #16021 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey Vortex, did you get my email? How about a package?
Vortex - Jan 20, 2011 10:13:48 am PST #16022 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I responded to you
zuisa - Jan 20, 2011 11:54:46 am PST #16023 of 23273
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I tried not to watch American Idol last night. I really did. But it's like crack, I'm pretty sure, and I can't not watch this show. I'm leaving for the boat in two days and I still watched it. It's a sickness.
I actually really liked it, though! I thought a lot of people were excellent, and I feel like the new judging panel might work really well together.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 20, 2011 12:24:35 pm PST #16024 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
People on Top Chef All Stars I like(d) more this season than I did on their season: Angelo, Tiffani F., Stephan, and Mike I., to an extent.
People I liked more on their season than this season: Jaimie, Jen, Tiffany, Blaise.
I have always loved Dale T., Carla, Tre, and Antonia!
I have always hated Spike.
I wanted to believe that Marcel's douchiness was because he was in the season of complete and total bullies and assholes, (man, I hated that fucking season) but I guess some of the blame rests on his shoulders as well.
I am fairly consistently meh on Casey, the other Dale, and Elia.
Fabio is getting back into my good graces, I liked him on his season (even though it was apparent he was outclassed in the kitchen), but he definitely believed his own hype when he first came back.
(I was cracking up last night remembering his line about being Front of House on his season's RW, saying that he could serve monkey ass in a clam shell and they'd still win... which is basically what happened.)