By Kim
After Kuniko got eliminated, CJ and Josh got into it with John for lacking tact and being lecture-y. I hate Josh, but he is totally right about John, who is a dick. And he's one of those dicks who excuses his dickishness by saying, "I'm just being honest! You can't handle my honesty!"
Quickfire Challenge: There are two giant slabs of beef hanging in the kitchen. They have to butcher their favorite cut and create a dish in an hour. The top three are CJ, Josh and John, of course. And then John wins the Quickfire and everyone has to clap and swallow their gorge.
Immunity Challenge: The owners of renowned restaurant Canlis, which was founded in 1950, ask the cheftestants to revive their original 1950 menu. And it's a double elimination, thank GOD! I can't keep track of all these people. I would totally eat any dish off that menu, but maybe not the calf liver. Eh, I'd try it. Here is the menu:
Appetizers:
Tyler: fresh crab leg cocktail, and the judges think he did a great job of letting the crab shine.
Lizzie: marinated herring, which the judges actually love, even though it's weird.
Josh: French onion soup, which the judges think is salty, cold and the crouton is too stiff.
John: steamed clams Bordelaise, which gets high marks from the judges.
Chrissy: Canlis special salad, which the judges think is overdressed and doesn't have enough mint.
Brooke: seafood salad a la Louis, which the judges thinks is perfectly period appropriate.
Entrees and Sides:
Sheldon: fresh Hawaiian mahi mahi, which the judges think is perfectly cooked, if not perfectly butchered.
Carla: whole milk-fed squab, which kept getting sent back for being too rare, but the ones that the judges get are overcooked and not boned properly. Because the grill room was so small, Carla had to rely on Bart and Sheldon to grill her squab, but she doesn't seem too concerned about it.
Micah: mixed vegetables, which get mixed reviews because they look good, but aren't cooked well.
Stefan and Kristen: calf's liver and French fried onions, which the judges think is true to the period and they love Kristen's onions.
Bart: double cut New York steak, which the judges find barely okay.
Josie: gargantuan baked Idaho potato, which the judges have some nitpicks about.
CJ: shish kebab with pilaf, which the judges totally bust him on for sous viding the meat and they don't like the pilaf either.
Kristen: French mushrooms, which the judges compliment highly.
Desserts (these are four dishes -- each woman made two):
Danyele: vanilla ice cream and Royal Hawaiian supreme. The judges like both.
Eliza: mint sherbet and fresh frozen Hawaiian pineapple parfait. The judges give them mild approval.
The top four are Lizzie, Kristen, Tyler and Stefan, and the winner is Kristen. Wow, she won with two sides. People are going to be pissed, but it goes to show that it doesn't matter what you cook as long as you cook it well.
The bottom four are Carla, Chrissy, CJ and Josh. Man, it is not helping CJ and Josh's vendetta against John if they keep ending up in the bottom. Josh can't believe that his soup was cold and blames John's expediting. Chrissy isn't sure how her dressing didn't taste like lemon because she put a ton in. The judges can't believe that Carla didn't taste her food before sending it out when she wasn't the one who cooked it. And Tom takes CJ to task for sous-viding the lamb for no apparent reason, since it ruined the texture.
Somehow Chrissy and Carla get sent home. I see why Carla went home, but Chrissy had to make a salad that's the specialty of the house to this day and she got penalized for not making it right, which seems a bit unfair. Yes, her salad was overdressed, but CJ sent out mealy lamb. And I like CJ! The editing just didn't show me why Chrissy is going home. Or is she? Turns out they are doing Last Chance Kitchen again. I totally forgot that was a thing.
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The cheftestants are still hanging in the Stew Room after Kuniko's elimination and they're doing the usual thing of talking about what a great chef she was, how much they will miss her, how they can't believe this happened, etc. John pipes up and says that he respects Kuniko, but if you can't make potatoes, then you don't deserve to be there. Brooke points out that Kuniko's still a chef and John retorts that they had five hours, so there's no excuse. Look, he's not wrong, but he doesn't seem to get that this isn't the time. I'm sure if you asked him, he'd say that he's just keeping it real. And if you can't handle honesty, then that's not his problem. Ugh, he is such a typical reality show asshole that it's almost boring.
CJ points out that this isn't the time for those kinds of sentiments. Josh pipes up that they've had enough of John's lectures. John denies giving lectures and Josh yells that John has no tact. John's retort is, "And Oklahoma has a lot of tact?" What does Oklahoma have to do with it? What a stupid comeback. He might as well have said, "Your face." Josh tells John that he's the most hated chef for a reason and he's known for opening restaurants that fail and blowing off events. John claims he's just "truthful" (there it is) and Josh is "making shit up like a blogger." So John is not only the "I'm just too honest" guy, he's also the "people on the Internet are a bunch of haters" guy. I hate both of those guys. The argument peters out. I don't like either of those guys. How about they both go home? That would be great.
The morning, things are tense around the loft. John interviews that Josh was being "a redneck" (what?) and CJ was playing him and he's had enough. Whoa, Mr. Narcissism. It's not all about you. Stefan interviews that he loves the fighting because it's like "Real Housewives of Seattle." Out on the balcony with the smokers, Stefan and Kristen get their flirt on. Apparently, she plucked or waxed Stefan's eyebrows for him so she asks for a foot massage in return. And Marcellus Wallace told us what a foot massage really means. Kristen interviews that their flirting is innocent. Mmm hmm.
The cheftestants file into the kitchen for the Quickfire Challenge. The guest judge is Naomi Pomeroy, a Masters alum. Josh interviews that Naomi's known for cooking land-roaming animals, so he hopes the challenge is about butchery. Padma reveals two sides of beef hanging from hooks (those things are huge!). I don't think I would be able to resist punching them like Rocky, though. Anyway, the challenge is to procure their favorite cut of meat from the hanging sides and then prepare it in an hour. Padma tells them that, for safety reasons, no more than two chefs can butcher the beef at any one time.
I think there were more than two sides of beef because suddenly every pair has a giant hunk of meat. Bart is going for the kidneys, because he doesn't think anyone else will. Sheldon grabs a hacksaw and starts hacking away while admitting he doesn't have much butchering experience. Josie and Carla are struggling to even get the side off the hook and onto the table for butchering. Carla keeps telling Josie, "Upper, upper" instead of higher and she's not helping at all. They finally get it down.
John and Micah are both cooking oxtail and John interviews that it has "a sweet, unctuous quality." Gag me with an oxtail, dude. CJ plans to do a tartare and he knows that he's competing against a lot of people who work with meat often, but he's not worried because he thinks he's the best chef there. This is example number one of CJ's newfound confidence which borders on (and often falls right over into) cockiness. I don't think I like it.
Tyler interviews that he's in a funk, because his team lost the Thanksgiving challenge and his gumbo was bad. He's trying to do something atypical this time around to get the judges' attention. Carla is complaining about the pots on the stovetop while Stefan complains about Carla. Lizzie plans to use a pressure cooker to cook her meat, although she admits that she only had a quick demo with it before coming to be on the show and now it's not working right. And if it doesn't work right, her meat will be undercooked.
Micah's oxtail isn't braised how he would like, so he decides to chop it up and fold it into the polenta. He claims John is stuck in the old ways, so Micah thinks he'll win even though John is cooking the same cut. John also notices that his oxtail isn't as tender as he'd like, so his solution is to braise it a bit more. CJ interviews that if the judges don't like his dish, he'll say, "Screw you, you don't know what's good." There's the second example of CJ's cockiness. Still don't like it. Plating, plating, saucing, saucing, garnishing, garnishing and time's up. Micah actually makes a motion like he's spanking an ass. What a dipshit. He's sure he won.
Time to eat! Eliza made flank steak with cherry cognac reduction, asparagus and potato cake. I love flank steak beyond all reason, so I'd probably just stop eating here and declare Eliza the winner. Good thing I'm not a judge. John made braised oxtail, potato gnocchi with roasted vegetables and celery. Isn't celery a vegetable? Why is it listed out as a separate ingredient? I blame John, who's doing that thing with his glasses on his forehead. I hate that. CJ interviews that he wants to beat John, because he knows they will be in the end together. There's the third example of CJ's cockiness. Now I'm worried that CJ's going home this week.
Josh made beef meatballs with creamy polenta and pickled shallots. Sheldon made kalbi round steak with tomato cardamom broth and fennel salad. Cardamom AND fennel. He hit the weird ingredients of the season jackpot! Brooke made grilled hanger steak with smoked onion figs and cauliflower puree. Naomi says it's her favorite cut of meat, but difficult to cook. Brooke interviews that Naomi will probably be extra critical, since it's her favorite cut.
Tyler made Hispanic crudo with charred tomato sauce and cilantro radish slaw. I don't know what a Hispanic crudo is. I know what crudo is, but doesn't it usually involve fish? His dish kind of looks like poop with corn in it. Yuck. Kristen made top sirloin tartare with mustard sabayon and carpaccio salad. Kristen admits that she just took the first cut she saw because she wanted to get cooking. Padma calls her brave. True. What if she got the asshole or something?
Micah made oxtail polenta with truffled Romanesco cauliflower. Naomi admires his butchery. Carla made a sirloin medallion wrapped in bacon and Asiago risotto with marsala sauce. Naomi likes the flavor and sauce. Stefan made braised top round ravioli with marjoram and aged parmesan. I could go for some ravioli right now. That looks good.
CJ made top round tartare, raw juniper and kohlrabi. Padma says it's very nice and CJ looks away and sniffs like, "Yeah, I know." Whoa. That was weird. What is CJ's deal this season? Chrissy made grilled hanger steak with brown butter, parsley and radish salad. Radish is the new jicama, I guess. I'm surprised she didn't include fennel. Lizzie made braised foreshank with turnips and dill.
Judging! Naomi says that the least successful dishes were Lizzie's shank, which wasn't cooked enough, Eliza's flank steak, which had the bad combo of asparagus and cherries, and Tyler's crudo which was underseasoned. Poor Tyler. He is depressed.
So what were the top dishes? Naomi liked CJ's tartare and he has a look on his face like, "Of course she did." She also liked John's oxtail, because he braised it long enough and Josh's meatball, because the flavors melded well and the meatball was perfect. Well, the producers couldn't have asked for a better final three, drama-wise and then John wins the Quickfire so he's got immunity again. Ugh. I wish his glasses would win immunity. I don't even know what that means. I just really hate how he wears his glasses.
Elimination Challenge! Padma explains that the restaurant Canlis has been serving Seattle diners fine food since 1950 and the owners Brian and Mark Canlis are here to explain this week's challenge. Their grandfather opened it and introduced fine dining to the Pacific Northwest. So the challenge is to recreate the original 1950s menu for one night only. Stefan interviews that he's psyched to make good food without all the bullshit and then he goes on a gross rant about dirty martinis that you don't need to know about, trust me.
The Brothers Canlis offer up the original menus and explain that nearly all of the dishes on there are no longer offered at the restaurant except one: the Canlis Salad, which looks kind of like a Caesar salad plus mint? Sounds gross. Padma explains that the challenge winner will get ten grand and adds that it's a double elimination. Whoo! Let's get rid of some dead weight. I love double eliminations.
The cheftestants get the menus and squabble over who will cook what. Stefan seems to be in charge, so it's a good thing he's not a total sexist pig who will give all the crap dishes to the women. Oh, wait. He totally is that guy. For example, Kristen gets mushrooms and she's annoyed that she has a lame side dish instead of an entrée. I know not everyone can get an entrée, but wow. Eliza and Danyele can't even get into the scrum so they volunteer to make all of the desserts. I guess it makes sense to just take ownership of something, but it sounds like most of the desserts are sundaes and I don't know how you can put your stamp on a sundae, really, especially when the ingredients are prescribed for you.
Carla yells out that she wants to do the calf liver, but Stefan says he's doing the calf liver and bullies Carla into doing squab. Now I know that Carla probably can't be bullied, but when it's chaos and someone is barking at you, "Squab! Squab! Do squab," it's hard to say no, especially as a woman who's been socialized to make nice. Do you think John would have accepted squab if he were in Carla's position? Hell no! He would have told Stefan to fuck off and he's doing calf liver and fuck off. I mean, Stefan could at least offer to flip a coin or rock paper scissors or whatever, but he won't.
Chrissy somehow ended up with the legendary Canlis salad (probably because she's a woman and it seems like the women got stuck with all the crap dishes), but she thinks it will be easy. Josh points out that so many people have eaten that salad over the past 63 years and they know exactly what it's supposed to taste like, so if you screw up one thing, you're gone. Chrissy's like "Oh, shit."
John offers to expedite since he has immunity. CJ interviews that it should be great, since John has opened 96 restaurants and knows everything -- just ask him. Heh. John harangues Josh about his ability to make French onion soup. Josh just puts his head down and assures John that he does know how to make it. John's all, "I learned how to make it in FRANCE! They just call it onion soup there! Do you know that you're supposed to put onions in it? But no French people?" It's about that level of condescension. He ends by saying that he'll jump back and help Josh if he needs it. Well, thanks John. You're so generous.
Back at the loft, the cheftestants talk about Last Chance Kitchen. I totally forgot that ever existed. Now I have to go check the website and see if they are doing it. They are! I'll save any thoughts on it until the end of the recap, in case you want to avoid knowing.
The cheftestants arrive at Canlis and start cooking. You guys, I hope you are sitting down because this is going to be a shock, but John knows a lot about 1950s cooking! His father used to take him to all the fine dining rooms in New York (which was the 1950s? How old is he anyway?) so he totally knows his stuff. Kristen interviews that it's actually harder to make a dish with few ingredients, because each one has to be perfect. Her strategy with the mushrooms is to prevent sogginess by throwing them in a hot oven for a few minutes, so they are dried out. Stefan develops a strategy to cook his calf liver that involves pan searing and then grilling.
We have to talk about the grill situation in this kitchen. There's a grill room that has (surprise!) a grill and it's tiny and covered in cooper panels. And you can only access it from the kitchen by a door or by looking through a tiny slit window. Weird! And inconvenient, since there are multiple people who need to use the grill and there's not enough room for all of them in the grill room. This will be important later.
Chrissy seems a little worried about her ability to make this iconic salad; she should be. Josh interviews that there wasn't a lot of French onion soup around in the '50s, which I refuse to believe. Maybe not at home, but every steakhouse (and I imagine Oklahoma is full of steakhouses) has French onion soup, no? Josh uses it as an excuse to talk about how his grandparents ate calf testicles... like we get it, you're country, but you don't get to have it both ways. You can't get mad when people think you're unsophisticated but then also brag about your heritage like that. Pick a side.
Carla is prepping her squab by crushing the rib cage with her hand. That's an unconventional method. Wouldn't the tiny rib bones splinter inside the breast that way? I don't know; I buy my meat boneless if that's what I want, because I am a spoiled suburbanite. Anyway, Carla's squab needs to be grilled but she's somehow not allowed in the grill room? She says that only Sheldon and Bart are allowed in there, although we've seen CJ and Stefan in there too. I don't know why she agreed to this; I don't know how it was negotiated. But it's bullshit and she should have never agreed to it, especially with a dish like squab, which we've seen doesn't fare well to tiny fluctuations in length of cooking. Anyway, CJ is making kebabs and he decides that he will sous-vide his meat if it doesn't get cooked enough. This could also be a grilling issue, but it's not clear.
John yells out for someone to give him tape so that he can set up "an expo line." Everyone ignores him, as they should, because why doesn't he get off his ass and walk around and find his own goddamn tape? John continues doing what he likes to do most, which is give people instructions.
The judges and guests are seated. They show Chrissy dressing her salad and there is a LOT of dressing on that lettuce. It looks pretty weighed down. Now, look -- I like a heavily dressed salad, but I don't think a real foodie would eat it that way, since it would drown out the taste of the vegetables. As John tries to get the food out on time, there is some confusion with Josh's soup. It's not clear to me if the confusion is John's fault or Josh's fault, but they seem to get it settled fairly quickly.
The food is served and, of course, the appetizers are first. The judges this week are Emeril, Tom, Padma and Hugh Acheson, with guests Naomi Pomeroy and the Canlis brothers. Tyler made a fresh crab leg cocktail. Lizzie made marinated herring, which is served with plain saltine crackers. That's ballsy. Josh made the oft-mentioned French onion soup. John's dish is steamed clams Bordelaise and Chrissy made the overdressed Canlis special salad. Finally, Brooke made seafood salad a la Louis.
The judges dig in. The judges think Tyler's crab leg cocktail shines, because it's time period appropriate and he really let the crab shine. Josh's soup, on the other hand, has some problems. It's too salty and not hot enough. The judges want to see the cheese bubbling and it's congealed and just sitting there. One of the brothers point out that diners would have a problem with the soup, because you need a spoon, and then a fork and a knife to eat the crouton, because it's hard. The judges think the seafood is cooked perfectly in Brooke's seafood salad and that it's a quintessential '50s dish. Moving on to Chrissy's Canlis salad: Emeril points out that it's overdressed and the croutons are soggy. Tom thinks she used the outer greens from the head of lettuce, so they were wilted to start out with. It seems like she made a few mistakes: used the outer greens, overdressed them and then added hot bacon and the heat further wilted the greens. Plus her dressing was underseasoned. Yikes. Naomi thinks Lizzie's herring is her favorite dish so far and Emeril loves the saltines. Tom and Emeril both have mild praise for John's dish; it doesn't matter because he has immunity anyway.
John is getting ready to send out the entrees for the judges. Carla is walking around muttering to herself loudly as usual and Stefan tells her to shut it because he can't hear anything. Meanwhile, the servers are bringing the squab back into the kitchen because it's undercooked. It's not clear how much of this information makes it back to Carla; we do see John tell her that the last squab was "a little rare," but that's it. She's too busy arguing with Stefan to listen anyway and as much as I hate John, it's not his job to sit Carla down and talk to her about the doneness of her dish. It's also not clear how much of the squab Carla is testing as it comes off the grill. John tells her about another rare bird and Carla passes the information on to Sheldon and Bart through the tiny slit in the wall. I'm not sure what the fuck Carla is doing all this time. Presumably, her squab is all prepped and just needs to be fired as needed. So is she just standing around arguing with people?
The judges get the entrees and sides, and John introduces them. Sheldon made fresh Hawaiian mahi mahi and Carla made whole milk-fed squab. Micah had a side of mixed vegetables and Stefan and Kristen put their dishes together: calf's liver and French fried onions. Bart cooked double cut New York steak, and Josie baked gargantuan baked Idaho potatoes. CJ served shish kebab with pilaf, and finally, Kristen made the oft-discussed French mushrooms. Time to eat!
The diners like Sheldon's mahi mahi, which they call "bright and fresh," but Tom notices that he left the blood line on and it shouldn't be there. Maybe in the '50s, they didn't remove the blood line? Just kidding. One of the owners tells how his grandfather used to pack the mahi mahi in suitcases of ice to get it to Seattle from Hawaii and get the Pan Am flight attendants to transport it. Moving on to Micah's vegetables, Hugh thinks some are underdone and some are overdone, but Naomi points out that he picked the correct blend of vegetables for the '50s. It kind of looks like a side dish in a TV dinner, which is probably period appropriate.
Padma likes the squab and the sauce especially, but Hugh and Tom have issues with the way it was butchered and Naomi thinks it's overdone. Sounds like the pendulum swung too far the other way. It does look a mess. Naomi thinks Stefan's calf's liver was totally '50s and Tom and Emeril love that Stefan respected the product and kept the dish simple, with good seasoning. The grandsons love Kristen's onion rings, which are hot and crispy but not too heavy.
Hugh didn't like CJ's kebabs, because they were underseasoned and the lamb was mealy. Tom guesses that CJ sous-vided the lamb and Hugh agrees. Tom also hates the pilaf, because the mix of rice is off and it's soggy. Back in the kitchen, CJ is bragging to Josh and Brooke about how he's playing to win. He might want to do less talking and patting himself on the back and more cooking, because his mouth is writing checks that his spatula can't cash.
Emeril thought Bart's steak was just okay, but meat expert Naomi thought it was cut poorly. The grandsons thought Josie's giant potato was fine, but it needed to be hotter and Padma wanted a crisper exterior. It's tough to fuck up a baked potato (unless it's uncooked and given Josie's experience with the turkey, I guess that was a possibility). The judges have nothing but praise for Kristen's mushrooms and wonder how she managed to keep the excess moisture out of them. Tom can't say enough good things about them.
Weird interstitial. The baked potatoes are gigantic. That's about all there was to that segment. Light week, I guess.
And finally, we move on to desserts. Danyele and Eliza had some trouble before sending it out getting the sherbet to freeze up and avoid sending out a dessert you can drink. Danyele made vanilla ice cream and Royal Hawaiian supreme. Eliza made mint sherbet and fresh frozen Hawaiian pineapple parfait. Padma thinks that all of the desserts are '50s, especially the mint sherbet. The judges don't have much to say about the desserts except that they are sweet and period appropriate. I don't think these two will win or lose. They're solidly in the middle of the pack. Danyele's seem to be marginally ahead of Eliza's, if anything.
Overall, the judges thought there was some great dishes, but a few misses, and they have to send some people home. Hugh brings up Chrissy's salad, which was nothing like the original, and was a bad salad to boot. Hugh then brings up the squab, which was poorly butchered and overcooked. Padma hated CJ's kebabs even more, and Tom adds that they were both tough and mushy, which seems like a difficult trick to pull off. Padma brings up Josh's soup, which was way too salty, and didn't have enough cheese. The Canlis boys and Naomi are excused so that the judges can get down to business.
The cheftestants sit in the Stew Room and various people assure Josh that his soup was great. Brooke does say it was a little salty. Padma walks in and asks to see Stefan, Tyler, Lizzie and Kristen. Once they assemble in front of the judges, Padma tells them that they are the top four. Stefan and Tyler are notably relieved. Hugh tells Tyler that his dish was clean and straightforward. Padma tells Lizzie that her herring was flavorful and balanced and Tom admired her audacity to include a saltine. Tom asks Kristen if she was worried about having two side dishes. Kristen says she was, and didn't think her dishes were difficult enough. Tom and Padma assure her that she did a great job and they've seen similar dishes go very wrong. Emeril tells Stefan that they were impressed with how Stefan respected the product and kept it simple. Hugh announces that the winner is... Kristen. They all seem actually happy for her. I'm just psyched that being relegated to a side dish didn't mean that she got overlooked. Stefan is really happy for her. A little too happy. I think Stefan has a Jamie-style crush on her.
Kristen goes back and has to send out Carla, Chrissy, CJ and Josh. Those four stand in front of the judges and Padma tells them that their dishes were underwhelming and two of them will be going home. Josh is told that his dish was almost inedibly salty and it was cold. Josh can't believe that the soup was cold and blames it on John and his faulty expedition (expediting? Expedititorium?). Chrissy is told that her salad was soggy and the dressing didn't have enough flavor.
Tom tells Carla that her squab was poorly butchered and overcooked and he wonders if it came out the way she wanted. Carla says sadly that she got to try the last one and Tom and Padma interrupt her like, "WTF are you talking about that you only got to try the last one?" Carla explains that she didn't actually cook her own food and she did check it a few times. Padma's jaw literally drops. Tom points out that, as chefs, they often have other people cooking their food for them, but they know that ultimately they are responsible for the dish and it needs to be checked and rechecked until it's perfectly done. And would you really want one of your competitors cooking your food? Perfect opportunity for sabotage. I don't think that's what Sheldon and Bart did, but it just seems like a bad idea all around.
Finally, CJ is told that his lamb was mushy and Padma asks him if it was what he wanted. CJ says that the grilling wasn't charring it enough, so he sous-vided it too. And then grilled it, hoping that some of the edges would get charred and thus not be mushy, since it's not like he had enough lamb to redo the whole thing. Tom is aghast and wonders why CJ would do that, since it's not remotely period appropriate. Emeril says that the lamb was dry and the marinade didn't come through.
Tom doesn't think that any of these were cases of chefs having problems with the period. They were all technical issues. CJ says that he shouldn't have used a sous-vide and it was a mistake, but it shouldn't send him home. That's his whole argument? My dish was bad and it was my fault, but it wasn't THAT bad? Josh's argument is basically, "It wasn't my fault" as he continues to taste John. Did John add extra salt to your dish? Chrissy made the dressing as close to the original as she could based on only a description, but that doesn't explain the overdressing. Carla has no defense. Then they do that new thing where they each do an interview about how they don't want to go home. Filler.
Tom tells them that their dishes wouldn't have been good in 1950 and they're not good today. Ouch. Two people are going home and those two people are Chrissy and Carla. Wow. I don't know if they are necessarily the worst chefs, but they did both get stuck with dishes that they didn't really want and that no one else wanted. I'm not saying it's because they were women, but there does seem to be a sexist streak running through this particular group along with a cockiness factor between John, CJ, Josh and Micah all bragging about how awesome they are. So far only John has been rewarded by the judges and I for one can't wait until he gets his ass handed to him, hopefully by a woman.
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In Last Chance Kitchen, they brought back Carla, Chrissy, Kuniko and Jeffrey. They each got the ingredients for the dish that got them kicked off and were allowed to make either the same dish or a new dish with those ingredients. Carla and Chrissy basically made the same dish. Kuniko made a potato chowder and Jeffrey made halibut with a different sauce. Tom said that Carla's still sucked, but the other three really redeemed themselves and then he let Kuniko stick around to take on week's challenger.
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