Man, I really wanted Leah to go. That is my big disappointment.

Yeah, I'm actually kind of starting to dislike her a little bit. Her demeanor and lack of fire are getting annoying.

I very much enjoyed Stefan losing so decisively. And I am sure that I was not alone, either in the audience or the Top Chef kitchen.

Stefan losing to Andrea was beautiful.

The look on Stefan's face at judge's table was priceless. To quote Paton Oswalt, he practically had "transvestite revelation face".

For those who are interested, a new Hell's Kitchen starts tonight. I'll probably skip it, but someone might be interested (seriously - divas having catfights ... with access to knives and fire).

Best was Tom calling him on it. "Come on, you choose her because ..."

I also loved how glad Tom seemed to be to see some of the old cheftestants. That was nice.

I'm sad about Jeff, though. I've really come to like him, and I think he just tries *too* hard. He's so serious about it, and overthinks himself right into the bottom almost every time.

Fabio was funny, as usual. And Carla winning the Superbowl tickets was priceless. Fun episode.

Jeff doesn't know how to edit. He does too much, and all of it is okay, instead of doing a few things well.

Except that very often, one of those four things he sets for himself actually is exceptional - like the sorbets, and some other things I can recall, but they get dragged down the other so-so things. Even more frustrating, in some ways, but if he wasn't showing those flashes of brilliance, caked in mud as they are, I don't think he'd still be around (or that we'd care if he was.)

Except that very often, one of those four things he sets for himself actually is exceptional

oh, good point.

Although I think that Fabio was bullshitting with the "waiting" issue (a medium rare meat does not turn overcooked in a few minutes if it was cooked properly), you could see some evidence of it with Jeff's sorbet melting.

Also, hot ceviche is bullshit. That was a shrimp salad with lime juice. The point of it being ceviche is that the shrimp is cooked in the acid, not on a damned stove. They both screwed the pooch on that one, but Josie's tasted better.

Fabio was bullshitting with the "waiting" issue

Any cook knows that there is carry-over cooking happening with meat and factors that into the cooking time of the dish. That was pure bs he was spouting and he deservedly got whacked around for it.