Your Votes

Last week we asked "If you were in this weeks " Mise en place" relay, which would you choose to do?

With 225 votes, we are an egg white beating kind of crowd.

147 of you voted to beat the 3 egg whites.
54 of you would fine dice 5 onions.
21 of you would break down 4 chickens
and 3 of you are cool enough to shuck 15 oysters.

Way to go TC fans.

For fun we also wondered - "Which one Chef Tom would like to do".

and look what Bravo provided us!

We will have a vote for you again next week so take a break and remember to sign our fan petition for a Judges Challenge for season 4. Remember, over 180 of you voted for this. At the time of the post, we now have 44 signatures. Let's get to 100. Grab a friend, ask a co-worker, run up and down the street and ask a stranger... hell get your dog to sign. We need those signatures!

Have a safe holiday weekend everyone.

Top Chef In the News ***UPDATED***

Well, it's been a boring week for us Top Chef addicts so we've decided to go in search of every Top Chef related link we can find to tide our loyal readers over until next week....Enjoy!

***A surprising side to Gail!***


It seems Chef Yamaguchi came to the main land for a visit in Baltimore last week.

Patricia Rodriguez tell us the five lessons we can learn from Top Chef.

Swiss Chard lovers, here is a recipe from Chef Tom.


Check out Chef Cynthia's new venture.






Nina Lalli reviews last weeks Top Chef episode.




An overveiw of Top Chef...as a reality show amoung many.



Gregory Kirschling compares cooking to baseball...hmmm.




Gina Scarpa interviews lastest chef on the chopping block, Tre.







Is Chef Dale the real villian of Season 3?




Looks like Chef Sandee will be making an appearance this Saturday..Can you make it?



Some gossip about Maimi restaurant happenings...including Chef Stephen's.

YOU could win a date with Chef Sam...if you can beat Chef Biatch to the pepper grinder.



Aileen Gallagher has her own take on the above mentioned contest.





Information about the Hot Spot Culinary Extravaganza, which will include many of our Top Chefs.


Top Chef's name appears as an example when discussing a recent "cyber-attack"...sounds dangerous.



More NY restaurant gossip...including aformentioned contest.


Another recipe...this time from our beloved Ted.



Bill Lamb catches up with Chef Ilan.

They Wish They Could Get On The D-list

Chris Ciccone was pissed Chef Biatch looked better in the outfit then he did.

4 Star All Star... Again

In case you missed it the first time... or you want to see it again, tonight's show is a repeat of the " 4 Star All Star" challenge.

That is right TC fans. NO NEW SHOW TONIGHT.
There will also be NO CHAT ROOM TONIGHT. We will catch you again next week.


Need other things to entertain you while you wait a week?
Check out these fun, Top Chef and food games.

From Bravo. com

Click HERE to play.

In addition, there are other games listed on the right sidebar under Fun Food Games. The "Meal or No Meal" is a hoot. Each of us has scored the $1,000,000. See how you do by clicking HERE.

Enjoy everyone!

Monday Morning Mixer

Let's see what others do with a part two!

Eric 3000 - Sums it up as only Eric can with " Top Chef: Miami: the do-over!" As always, Eric keeps us laughing.

The glamorous Ms. Place of Dishin' Dat has careful observation and analysis with" Top Chef 3: Stalled En Place On the Chopping Block "






Cosmo Marius - spells it all out with "Reality Star Life Cycle: From Birth To The Supernova (Top Chef 3; Episode 9) ."


Amuse-Biatch- have a question on their mind, "Is Casey "Beaver Boots" The Top Chef Typhoid Mary?"


What'ere, Jane Eyre is serving up "Restaurant Second Helping "

Thanks everyone. As always, you each nailed this one.

Sunday Roast

Prepared by Chef Biatch

Your turn. Feel free to write comments or leave you own caption for the picture of Dale and Hung. Enjoy everyone!

Chef Tre CHOW Interview

Chef Tre "Chow" interview is now being served.

He admits exclusively to CHOW that he was specifically

sought out by the "Top Chef" folks and

didn't have to go through the open casting call.

Click HERE to listen to " April in Pieces".

CJ Speaks

Chef CJ tells Eater LA what he thought of this weeks episode.

Click HERE to read, "Top Chef Recap Part II: What the Hell Happened, CJ?"

Your Turn To Vote

Last week we asked if you would like a Judges challenge and over 180 of you voted "Yes".

The petition is up and people are signing it. Again Click HERE to sign and the link is also now on the side bar.

We had over 100 signatures to get Ted on the show. We know we can get that many, if not more for this petition.

Onto this weeks vote.

If you were in this weeks " Mise en place" relay,

which would you choose to do?

Shuck 15 Oysters



Fine Dice 5 Onions



Break Down 4 Chickens

Beat 3 Egg Whites - till they are stiff enough to hold to the bowl,

upside down, for 5 seconds .

If you were in this weeks " Mise en place" relay,
	Shuck 15 Oysters
	Fine Dice 5 Onions
	Break Down 4 Chickens
	Beat 3 Egg Whites
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Wonder which one Chef Tom would like to do?

Someone's In The Kitchen

Were we the only ones wondering why...

Chef Tom stayed and ate in the kitchen this week?

Well, Chef Tom answers this question in his blog.

From Chef Tom's blog:

Question: WHY WERE YOU IN THE KITCHEN DURING SERVICE AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?

Chef Tom:I thought it was important for me to be there. We heard grumbles that some of the chefs weren't working right in the kitchen, and I wanted to see how each chef directed the other chefs and teammates and how they interacted with the front of house people. I don't think I made them nervous being there -- I just watched them. I got to eat everything cooked in the kitchen, and it was great watching them work and seeing who took responsibility and stepped up. I found Sara really in command of her teammates. She had them make stuff over when it wasn't right. The other team was too lax in letting stuff go out that wasn't right.

Mystery solved! Whew, we thought he was in a time out from the other judges and just did not want the chefs to know. He looked so alone in there.

Click HERE to read all of Chef Tom's blog.

Second Take

According to RestaurantOwner.com, “after the first year 27% of restaurant startups failed; after three years, 50% of those restaurants were no longer in business; and after five years 60% had gone south. At the end of 10 years, 70% of the restaurants that had opened for business a decade before had failed”. If all these numbers seem a little overwhelming let me, or the website sum it up for you: “one in four chance a new startup will fail”. While it’s not the myth of 90-95%, it’s still a little daunting. Then is goes on to tell the hopeful entrepreneur that “Another academic research study concluded that 81.4% of all small business failures result from forces within the control of the owners/managers”. So now, not only will you fail, it will be your fault.

That is almost...what’s the opposite of inspirational? Crushing!

But let’s really think about this and break it down. You’re a chef and think it would be fabulous to own your own restaurant where you get to make all the food choices and get all the glory. Sounds great! However, a few details will need your attention.

Why don’t we just focus on staffing? When starting a restaurant, one would think about the typical hiring needed: chefs, sous chefs, wait staff, bus staff, dishwashers, hosts, bartenders, sommeliers, bakers, and pastry chefs. But these will not be your most expensive staff members. Your lawyer and accountant will cost you way more an hour than your waiters. Not to mention your partner, who will take half of everything you earn, but lets face it, if your opening a restaurant in any major city (like NY) having a partner is the way to go. But of course all these people, with the acceptation of the “partner”, arrive after all the work is done. Before anyone can help you the big questions, like money, location and name, have been answered. The many needs of interior design (including construction), kitchen setup and appliance stocking, selection of suppliers, acquirement of permits and inspections are all done by "temporary" employees that all require your time and attention (and money). All this and you have yet to cook a bean.

This whole mess really brings last nights challenge into perspective: 4 chefs, 2 days (actually 4, right?) to focus on food and environment. And the losing team’s food stunk? That was just sad. While last week I was sympathetic for the chefs and the lack of time to reach the judges high standards, this week I was sure that with a little fine tuning they could knock it out, no problem. But taking a step backwards? Bad news. Sure they didn’t have the help the other team did but then as you’ve read all the tough stuff lays on the restauranteur...help comes later. Unfortunatly, a little too late for Tre.

WOW!! What A Restaurant War

Congratulations to Team Dale, Hung, Sara and Howie for the Quick Fire Relay win.

Way to go Sara,

your first Elimination Win. Way to run a kitchen.

Chef Tre...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This is one we did not think we would be posting this soon. Chef Tre we wish you all the best. Feel free to drop by the kitchen anytime!